-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: John Catalinotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: Sep. 27,28 worldwide/ANSWER to Bush/Unity statement/
> We have heard directly from people planning demonstrations > on Sept. 25- > 28 in Canada, the U.S., Poland, Britain, Turkey, Greece, > Finland, > Germany, France, Belgium, Norway, Japan, Spain, and > indirectly of > protests in Italy, Palestine, India. There are undoubtedly > other > protests planned. In the U.S., Canada, Norway, Belgium, > Japan there are Oct. 25 actions planned. I also include an > ANSWER statement on Bush's speech and a unity statement of > ANSWER & UFPJ for the Oct. 25 protest.--John Catalinotto > > POLAND > > In Warsaw, Poland, there is going to be a national > demonstration on > Sept. 27 - against the occupation of Iraq and for the > withdrawal of > Polish troops. Poland is governing one of the occupations > zones in Iraq > and has sent around 2,500 troops. We are building for a > big > demonstration to show that people in Poland don't agree > with the > government's striving to be Bush's best friend and to > become a colonial > "master." Demonstrators will walk to the President's > Palac, the American > Embassy and the Premier's office. > > Hoping for a successful day of protest on Sept. 27 Ela > Inicjatywa Stop > wojnie, Poland > > TURKEY > > In Turkey there is going to be an important > anti-occupation anti- > collaboration demonstration in Ankara on Sept. 27. You can > imagine its > importance with all the discussion going on about Turkey > sending troops > to Iraq. In fact, I wish some of you could come there in > solidarity. > Ayse > > GREECE > > Stop the War coalition with Trade Unions will organize a > national > demonstration in Athens on Sept. 27 with slogans, "End > occupation in > Iraq now-Free Palestine!" The demonstration will go to > UK,U.S. and > Israeli embassies. Petros Constantinou > > FINLAND Anti-war demonstration in Helsinki, Finland, on > Sept. 27. Juhani > > GERMANY > > On September 27 in Berlin, Germany, at 14 h we start with > an action > between the U.S. and UK embassy, where we mark the trace > of blood with > red hands. Then we will march through the city to > "Leipziger Platz" > where we tear down a symbolic wall between Israel and > Palestine and > plant olive trees. The final act will be at Potsdamer > Platz where we > have international speakers from Iraq, Palestine, USA and > Israel and > Germany. Organized by Aktionsbündnis 27.09. Peter > > FRANCE > > A concert will take place in Paris collecting funds for > medical care in > Palestine. JS > > BELGIUM > > We are planning a demonstration in Brussels on Sept.27 > followed by a > meeting. It will be a common organization of all the > anti-war forces. > STOP USA has negociated a platform against the occupation > of Irak and > for solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Jo Cottenier > (PTB) > > NORWAY > > Here in Norway there will be a rally in Oslo sept 27th > (plus some > smaller activities some other places) concentrated on > Palestine. The > main initiative comes from the Palestine solidarity > committees here, in > cooperation with the main Trade Union Association of Oslo > and The > Peoples Aid (One of the four major humanitarian > associations in Norway, > supported by the trade unions), and, of course, the > Anti-war Nettwork. > In the appeals Iraq, of course, also will be mentioned, > and mobilizing > for the Oct 25 manifestation on Iraq, with the main issue > to bring back > the 150 Norwegian soldiers. Arnljot A. > > BRITAIN > > as you probably know, we are holding a national demo here > in London on > September 27. The slogan is: 'No more lies, no more war, > end the > occupation of Iraq, freedom for Palestine' In the context > of a > completley discredited war government we are expecting a > very big > turnout. Chris Nineham StWC Britain > > > JAPAN > > On Sept. 27 "Stop War World Action" will hold a rally and > wage > demonstration in Shibuya in Tokyo. Anti-War Joint Ation > Committee, > Secretary Kikuchi Takao > > SPAIN > > In Madrid at 7 p.m. on Sept. 27, with the slogans "End the > occupation of > Iraq, withdraw the Spanish troops, for the national rights > of the > Palestinian people." CSCA web site > > United States: San Diego, Sept. 27, Seattle, San > FRancisco, Los Angeles, > Boston, New York, Sept. 28, Alexandria, VA., Sept. 25. > Other cities (see > www.internationalanswer.org) > > Canada -- Vancouver, others. > > Also, In Palestine and Israel AIC and other organizations > (including > surely the ISM) prepare mobilisations. There may be a > demonstration in > Barcelona. There are undoubtedly other demonstrations that > we have not > heard from yet. > > > --------------------------A.N.S.W.E.R. COALITION RESPONDS > TO PRESIDENT > BUSH'S NATIONAL TELEVISION ADDRESS OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2003 > > President Bush's illegal war and occupation of Iraq has > left the > Administration in a position of extreme political > vulnerability. He now > wants the United Nations and U.S. taxpayers to bail him > out. Having > defied U.S. and world public opinion - which preemptively > opposed his > planned, illegal invasion of Iraq - the Bush > administration wants to > internationalize responsibility for the U.S. quagmire in > Iraq. With U.S. > casualties mounting daily he wants the soldiers of other > countries to do > more of the dying to take the heat off himself at home. > And in the name > of fighting international terrorism he wants the already > suffering > working class, poor and middle class communities to foot > the bill to the > tune of another $87 billion (triple what they had > projected). Having had > his public rationale(s) for the war exposed in recent > weeks as a > complete fraud, Bush shamelessly reverts to the > time-tested tactic of > trying to scare the hell out of people. > > President Bush's conduct on Iraq - before, during and now > after the Iraq > war - has made the old cliché about truth being the "first > casualty in > war" to be a grand understatement. Everything about this > "pre-emptive > war" is premised on deceit. Even in the realm of ever > duplicitous "world > politics," the Administration's pattern of cynical > deception was and > remains breathtaking. Tonight's nationally televised > address conforms to > this pattern of endless deceit. > > 1) Bush lied before the war. Iraq never posed a grave and > imminent > danger to the United States. Iraq had nothing to do with > September 11th. > Iraq never possessed nuclear weapons. Iraq was not rapidly > trying to > develop weapons of mass destruction. This was a war of > aggression > against the second-largest oil producer on the planet that > had been > weakened by a decade of economic sanctions and political > isolation. > > 2) Bush lied during the war. This was not liberation. The > Iraqi people > did not welcome the U.S. armed forces as liberators but as > occupiers. > Their lives did not become better. On the contrary, this > culturally rich > society has been torn apart, deprived of necessary > services to sustain > civilian society and on the brink of internal collapse. > > 3) Bush is lying now. Iraq is not the battlefield between > "international > terrorism" and the forces of so-called "freedom" and > "civilization." The > growing resistance to U.S. occupation is the consequence > of an angry and > proud people in Iraq who insist on reclaiming their own > sovereignty. > Having killed tens of thousands of Iraqis in an illegal > invasion - and a > growing number of dead and maimed U.S. soldiers - the Bush > team wants > U.S. taxpayers to spend at least another $87 billion on > the occupation > of Iraq. The vast majority sentiment in Iraq wants the > U.S. soldiers to > leave and the U.S. GIs want to go home. The Iraqi people's > call to end > the occupation is not a call for even more foreign nations > to occupy it > and to take a share in the looting of Iraq's natural > resources. The > truth is that the invasion and occupation of Iraq is > viewed by the > people of the Middle East as an act of "international > terrorism" and as > such it can only lead to a dangerous escalation in the > cycle of > violence. > > Why did Bush address the nation tonight? He, like Nixon a > generation > ago, fears that the people of the United States are > turning against this > criminal war. During his administration, Bush has only > rarely felt that > he must address the people, and does so when he fears that > a sentiment > is growing strong enough to challenge his illegal actions. > He must then > lie more to convince the people of the U.S. to support his > criminal > endeavors, or at least acquiesce in them. His shameful > "top gun" act > aboard the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Lincoln, in front > of a "Mission > Accomplished" banner, was an effort to tell people in the > United States > and around the world that the war was over and that no > more critical > attention need be focused on Iraq. Tonight, with that lie > laid bare, he > is seeking to go a new route, to convince people that far > from being > over, the war is a high stakes game to save "civilization" > and "freedom" > and that it requires endless sacrifice in human life and > vitally needed > resources. > > The A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition calls on people in the United > States to join > together for a massive demonstration in Washington DC on > October 25th to > demand "Bring the Troops Home Now, End the Occupation of > Iraq." Tens of > thousands will be in the streets that day as the antiwar > movement picks > up new momentum. For information about transportation to > Washington DC > or to get literature go to > http://www.internationalanswer.org > > ---------------------OCTOBER 25th: March for an end to the > occupation of > Iraq! > > Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) and United > for Peace and > Justice (UFPJ), are joining forces to call on all those > who oppose the > war, invasion and occupation of Iraq, to unite on > Saturday, October 25 > in Washington, D.C., for a truly massive outpouring > reflecting the > growing popular opposition to the Bush Administration's > foreign and > domestic program. It was the peace and antiwar movement in > the 1960's > and 70's that proved to be one of the decisive factors > ending the US war > in Vietnam. The October 25th demonstration will be a > powerful > repudiation by the people of the United States of Bush's > criminal war > and occupation of Iraq and will be a signal of the new > antiwar > movement's potent political force countering the Bush > Administration. > > UFPJ and A.N.S.W.E.R. have both organized antiwar > demonstrations > numbering in the hundreds of thousands in the last year > and have now > agreed to join forces for the purpose of organizing the > October 25 > National March on Washington, D.C. under the banner: End > the Occupation > of Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now! The protest will also > condemn the > vast cuts in vital domestic social and economic programs > and demand: > Money for jobs, education & healthcare, not war and > occupation. As the > October 25-26 weekend is also the second anniversary of > the passage of > the so-called Patriot Act, authorizing political arrests, > indefinite > detentions, domestic spying, and religious and racial > profiling, the > demonstration will also be a call to Fight Back Against > the Patriot Act. > > By working together we are optimistic that this > mobilization will be an > expression of the wide-spread opposition to the ongoing > occupation of > Iraq. We urge you to do everything possible to help bring > massive > numbers of people to Washington, D.C. on October 25th! > > Statement Issued by A.N.S.W.E.R. and UFPJ, 9/5/03. > > For more information: http://www.internationalanswer.org > http://www.unitedforpeace.org www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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