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March 20, 2010: National Anti-War March On Washington DC On The 7th Anniversary Of The War On Iraq

People from all over the country are organizing to converge on Washington, D.C., to demand the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.

On Saturday, March 20, 2010, there will be a mass National March & Rally in D.C. We will march together to say “No Colonial-type Wars and Occupations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine!" We will march together to say "No War Against Iran!” We will march together to say “No War for Empire Anywhere!” Instead of war, we will demand funds so that every person can have a job, free and universal health care, decent schools, and affordable housing.

A day of action and outreach in Washington, D.C., will take place on Friday, March 19, preceding the Saturday march. There will be coinciding mass marches on March 20 in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Cindy Sheehan and a coalition of groups has announced a new initiative set to begin in March 2010 called Peace of the Action, an integral part of which will be a camp that will be set up beginning March 13. This camp will be a staging area for people coming to DC to take part in anti-war activities.

March 20 is the seventh anniversary of the criminal war of aggression launched by Bush and Cheney against Iraq. One million or more Iraqis have died. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have lost their lives or been maimed, and continue to suffer a whole host of enduring problems from this terrible war.

This is the time for united action. The slogans on banners may differ, but all those who carry them should be marching shoulder to shoulder.

The initiators and endorsers of the March 20 National March on Washington (preceded by the March 19 Day of Action and Outreach in D.C.) include: the ANSWER Coalition; Muslim American Society Freedom; National Council of Arab Americans; Cynthia McKinney; Malik Rahim, co-founder of Common Ground Collective; Ramsey Clark; Cindy Sheehan; Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK; Debra Sweet, Director, World Can’t Wait; Mike Ferner, President, Veterans for Peace; Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition; Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild; Ron Kovic, author of “Born on the 4th of July”; Juan Jose Gutierrez, Director, Latino Movement USA; Col. Ann Wright (ret.); March Forward!; Partnership for Civil Justice; Palestinian American Women Association; MANA - Muslim Alliance in North America; Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines; Alliance for Global Justice; Claudia de la Cruz, Pastor, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas-UCC; Phil Portluck, Social Justice Ministry, Covenant Baptist Church, D.C.; Blase & Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas; Coalition for Peace and Democracy in Honduras; Comite Pro-Democracia en Mexico; Frente Unido de los Pueblos Americanos; Comites de Base FMLN, Los Angeles; Free Palestine Alliance; GABRIELA Network; Justice for Filipino American Veterans; KmB Pro-People Youth; Students Fight Back; Jim Lafferty, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild - LA Chapter; LEF Foundation; National Coalition to Free the Angola 3; Community Futures Collective; Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival; Companeros del Barrio; Barrio Unido for Full and Unconditional Amnesty; Michael Berg; Action Center for Justice - Charlotte, NC; Bay Area United Against War; Casa las Américas; Community Organizing Center, Columbus, Ohio; CT-SAW (Connecticut Students Against the War) ; Delaware Valley Veterans for America; Hawai'i Solidarity Committee; Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination; Texans for Peace; and many more.

For more information & to become an endorse see:
ANSWER Coalition

Anti-war protesters arrested outside West Point

AP, WCAX.com, Dec. 1, 2009

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - Six anti-war protesters were arrested outside the U.S. Military Academy during President Barack Obama speech outlining his planned troop buildup in Afghanistan.

Highland Falls Police Chief Peter Miller said Tuesday the protesters were charged with disorderly conduct for blocking the roadway.

More than 200 protesters had marched a half mile to a rally at the military academy's gates before Obama's speech Tuesday night. They carried candles and protest signs saying "The audacity of torture," "Get out now," and "How many lives per gallon?"

The group included people of all ages, from young children to seniors hobbling with canes, as well as war veterans and family members with loved ones fighting overseas. Many said they had voted for Obama and were disappointed with his decision to add 30,000 troops in Afghanistan.

A Year After The Gaza Massacre: The Struggle For Palestine - pt. 1



Dr. Adel Samara, Editor-In-Chief of the quaterly magazine Kanaan
Introduction by Joyce Chediac, International Action Center

A Year After The Gaza Massacre: The Struggle For Palestine - pt. 2



Dr. Adel Samara, Editor-In-Chief of the quaterly magazine Kanaan

PROTEST OUTSIDE DEC. 3 WHITE HOUSE JOBS SUMMIT

UNEMPLOYED AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO DEMAND
MONEY FOR JOBS NOT WAR

AT 12 NOON IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE

“Fund A REAL JOBS PROGRAM instead of sending MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN!”


Unemployed people, along with groups representing the homeless and the poor from Washington, D.C., New York City, Boston, Detroit, Providence RI, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Cleveland, Baltimore, Virginia and elsewhere will protest directly in front of the White House at 12 noon on Thursday, Dec. 3 to declare the White House Jobs Summit too little and too late in the battle against depression level joblessness.

At 12 noon directly in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Ave. between 15th and 16th Streets, women and men suffering from the 'jobless recovery' will call for a real jobs program that is as ambitious in scope as the Work Progress Administration (WPA) established during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

The Protest will also draw attention to the sad and disappointing fact that the Government is perfectly ready to waste billions more dollars on the war in Afghanistan, but can only offer talk when it comes to the number one crisis in the country, rising joblessness.

In addition to the Bail Out the People Movement, the primary sponsor of the protest, other groups participating in the Jobs Summit protest are: The Rhode Island Unemployed Council; Picture The Homeless, NYC; The Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shut Offs, Mich.; Peoples Organization for Progress, N.J.; Rev. Graylan Hagler, Pres., United Church of Christ Commission on Racial Justice; Rev. Tom Smith, Pres., Inter-religious Foundation for Community Organization; Anti-war Activist Cindy Sheehan; The National Network to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions; The Cleveland Family Center Connections; Charles Barron, N.Y. City Council Member; Chris Silvera, Sec.-Treas. Local 808 IBT, N.Y.; and the Rosa Parks Committee, Boston.

Sharon Black, jobs campaign organizer said, "We do not accept the argument that there is no money for a real jobs program." Black continued, "A government that can find literally trillions of dollars to bail out greedy and criminal bankers, and more money to fuel terrible wars, cannot maintain that there's no resources to bailout the unemployed. We must fund a real jobs program, not send more troops to Afghanistan."

A major jobs protest planned for spring will be announced.

For more information:

Bail Out the People Movement
Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St. #5C
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.BailOutPeople.org
Email: http://bailoutpeople.org/cmnt.shtml