EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS
Iraq, a country that has not attacked or threatened the United States, is now the subject of a state-sponsored terrorist assault from the skies as the Bush administration orders cruise missile attacks in Baghdad that began in the early morning hours in Iraq today. President Bush went on national television at 10:15 pm EST to alert the country and the world that the U.S. war on Iraq had begun. The Bush administration camouflaged its unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq as a war for "disarmament" and "liberation." All aggressors throughout history have disguised their ambitions and goals by presenting their actions as a means in pursuit of noble ends. The war against Iraq is not about disarmament or about the protection of the United States or about the creation of a democratic Iraq. The Bush administration and other previous U.S. governments have in fact aided, financed and armed some of the most brutal dictatorships on the globe. The real objectives of this first strike war are to achieve U.S. domination over the strategic and oil-rich region of the Middle East.
The people of the world in the last month have carried out an unprecedented campaign of global opposition to the planned U.S. war against Iraq. The worldwide anti-war movement has stripped the Bush administration of the veneer and fig leaf of legality and legitimacy that it sought by coercing and bribing the United Nations to back its unilateral actions against Iraq. The UN's refusal to support the U.S. war against Iraq has resulted in the political isolation of the Bush administration. The administration seeks now to overcome its failed diplomacy and political isolation by resorting to massive military power and the exercise of limitless violence. In the coming days and weeks, anti-war forces in the United States and around the world will intensify their protest, opposition and resistance to this illegal and immoral war.
We urge everyone to participate in the Emergency Response Mobilization plans:
Thursday, March 20
WALKOUT / STAY AWAY!
CONVERGE TO PROTEST AT 12 NOON
In the morning, either go to work or school and encourage others to leave to join the protest, or spend the morning leafleting for other people to join. Converge at 12 noon in city centers -- in Washington D.C. at the White House, in New York City at Union Square, in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza -- to engage in protest actions against the war. Flyers can be downloaded (see links below) and will be available at A.N.S.W.E.R. offices and organizing centers around the country.
Thursday, March 20
EMERGENCY PROTEST AT 5 PM
Gather at a central location at 5 pm -- in Washington DC at the White House, in New York at Times Square, in San Francisco at Powell and Market -- to protest the war.
SATURDAY, MARCH 22
*EMERGENCY CONVERGENCE on the WHITE HOUSE in WASHINGTON DC at 12 noon
*Emergency regional protests in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and around the country
*In New York City protest at 11:30 a.m., assemble on Broadway between 41st and 36th St.
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HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Spend the morning leafleting about the walkout and the emergency protest, and then leaflet about the Saturday protest. Below are some downloadable flyers (Acrobat Reader required):
NATIONAL FULL PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local gathering spot):
http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_large_natl2.PDF
NATIONAL QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local gathering spot):
http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_natl.PDF
NATIONAL POSTER: http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/landscape2.PDF
WASHINGTON DC QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET: http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_dc.PDF
WASHINGTON DC POSTER: http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/landscape2.PDF
SAN FRANCISCO POSTER FOR SATURDAY: http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/sf_window.pdf
SAN FRANCISCO QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET FOR SATURDAY: http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/sf_war_4_onpage.pdf
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