>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "International" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 13:41:04 -0400 >Subject: Iraq Sanctions Challenge & Int'l Day of Protest: Jan. 2001 >Reply-To: "International" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On the tenth anniversary of the war against Iraq, January 2001: >END THE GENOCIDE > >INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST: January 16 >JOIN A DELEGATION TO IRAQ: Jan. 2001 Iraq Sanctions Challenge IV > >JOIN THE DELEGATION TO IRAQ NEXT JANUARY -- >A Shipment of Medicine, a Challenge to Genocide > >The Iraq Sanctions Challenge (ISC) will defy the U.S./UN sanctions that >have killed one million people by taking tons of medicines and medical >supplies to Iraq in January 2001 as an act of solidarity with our Iraqi >sisters and brothers and of defiance to the genocidal U.S.-led UN >sanctions and continued bombing. > >This will be the fourth delegation sent by the Iraq Sanctions Challenge. >The first Iraq Sanctions Challenge included more than 84 people-- >community and religious leaders, trade unionists, students, and >activists--in May 1998. Combined with the second and third Iraq >Sanctions Challenges in December 1998 and January 2000, more than >$8 million worth of medicine was delivered to Iraq. > >In January 2001, Ramsey Clark and other prominent leaders and >activists will travel to Iraq as a part of an important delegation that will >defy the sanctions in an international act of civil disobedience. > >January 16 is the tenth anniversary of one of the greatest massacres in >history. More than 100,000 Iraqis were killed while the United States >lost just more than 100. The U.S. used an integrated strategy of >bombing and economic sanctions to permanently weaken Iraq. The >U.S. goal has always been to return Iraq to semi-colonial bondage so >that U.S. oil monopolies and banks can dominate its vast oil resources. > >The U.S. propaganda continues to demonize the Iraqi leadership as a >justification for its policy of genocide, military occupation, bombings >and CIA covert operations. The U.S. does not want to establish a more >“humanitarian” or “democratic” regime in Iraq. It wants a puppet >regime, like the governments it supports in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. > >The Iraqi people are not the enemy of working and poor people and >youth in the United States. Help extend a hand of solidarity between the >U.S. and Iraqi people next January and take medicine to Iraq in >defiance of U.S. sanctions. > >ORGANIZE A PROTEST IN YOUR AREA JANUARY 16 > >In February 1998, 5,000 people marched on the United Nations in New >York City to demand “Lift the Sanctions, Stop the War Against Iraq.” >The movement against sanctions has grown worldwide. > >On January 16, 2001, there will be demonstrations in more than 100 >cities around the world to demand 1-End the Sanctions, 2-Stop the >bombing and covert operations in the Gulf Region, 3-U.S. Troops and >War Ships Out of the Gulf. > >BECOME PART OF THIS CHALLENGE TO GENOCIDE > >ORGANIZE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST: >JANUARY 16 >*Organize a protest in your area >*Publicize the day of protest >*Notify the IAC about your action > >JOIN THE IRAQ SANCTIONS CHALLENGE IV: >January 2001 >*Travel to Iraq with the delegation >*Recruit delegation participants >*Sponsor a delegation participant >*Raise funds for medicine >*Publicize the Challenge >*Set up an Organizing Center >*Join the Emergency Response Network > >TO GET INFORMATION about the January 16 protest and the next Iraq >Sanctions Challenge delegation, call the New York office at 212-633- >6646, or the West Coast offices in San Francisco at 415-821-6545 or >Los Angeles at 213-487-2368. > >___ Yes, I would like to travel to Iraq with the Iraq Sanctions Challenge >IV in January 2001. Contact me about application information. > >___ I/my group can organize a protest on January 16. > >___ I would like to make a donation of ___________. >Donations of $50 and more are tax-deductible and should be written to >"People's Rights Fund/Medical Aid Project." Please make all other >checks payable to “International Action Center.” > >Name ________________________ >Address ______________________ >City/State/Zip __________________ >Phone ________________________ >Email _________________________ >School/Group/Union _____________ > >IRAQ SANCTIONS CHALLENGE >NATIONAL OFFICE: 39 W. 14 St., #206, NY, NY 10011 >(212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889 >http://www.iacenter.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >WEST COAST: >San Francisco: (415) 821-6545 fax: (415) 821-5782 >2489 Mission St., #28, San Francisco, CA 94110 >http://www.actionsf.org email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Los Angeles: (213) 487-2368 fax: (213) 387-9355 >422 S. Western Ave., Room 114, Los Angeles, CA 90020 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >International Action Center >39 West 14th Street, Room 206 >New York, NY 10011 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.iacenter.org >CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org >phone: 212 633-6646 >fax: 212 633-2889 > _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for anti-imperialist news. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________
