I'm looking forward to hearing Stan Goff, Fernando del Solar Suarez,
and Viggo Mortensen.
***** October 23, 2003
For Immediate Release
News from: A.N.S.W.E.R and United for Peace and Justice - Momentum
Building for national protest in Washington, D.C.
Contacts: Bill Dobbs, (212) 868-5545, cell: (917) 822-5422 - UFPJ
Bill Hackwell, (202) 543-5302, cell: (415) 269-7917 - A.N.S.W.E.R.
Ramsey Clark, Phyllis Bennis, Martin Luther King III, Rev. Al
Sharpton, and others to join tens of thousands in Washington, D.C.
this Saturday-October 25
End the Occupation of Iraq
Bring the Troops Home Now
WASHINGTON, DC-Tens of thousands of people from 140 regional
organizing centers in cities around the country are preparing to
board buses to come and fill the streets of Washington, D.C. for a
major rally and march this Saturday Oct. 25. Protesters will be
joined by well known voices saying no to the Bush Administration's
agenda of endless war. Speakers at the rally include:
Martin Luther King III, civil rights leader
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Viggo Mortensen, star in the movie, Lord of the Rings
Rev. Al Sharpton, prominent civil rights leader and candidate for President
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies
Brian Becker, A.N.S.W.E.R.
Leslie Cagan, United for Peace and Justice
Elias Rashmawi, Free Palestine Alliance
Fernando del Solar Suarez, Military Families Speak Out, father of
Marine killed in Iraq
Stan Goff, Bring Them Home Now, former Army special forces and father
of soldier in Iraq
Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
Brenda Stokley, President AFSME local 215, New York City Labor Against the War
Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Partnership for Civil Justice
Kathleen Tinley, 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Rev. John Thomas, President and General Minister of United Church of Christ
And others
Coming on the eve of the PATRIOT Act's second anniversary, the
Washington mobilization will oppose the Bush Administration attacks
on civil liberties by marching near the White House and the Justice
Department.
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R) and United for Peace
and Justice are organizing this protest as a conference committee of
the Senate and House of Representatives prepares to put the final
touches on Bush's $87 billion request to fund the illegal occupation
of Iraq.
WHO: A.N.S.W.E.R., United for Peace and Justice, and other anti-war coalitions
WHAT: Rally and March in Washington, D.C. against the occupation of Iraq
WHEN: Saturday, October 25, gather at 11:00 AM, West side of
Washington Monument
Additional information: www.internationalanswer.org,
www.unitedforpeace.org ### *****
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Yoshie
* Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/>
* Calendars of Events in Columbus:
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>,
<http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/>
* Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio>
* Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/>
