SHOCK & REVULSION: World Movement Fights Back
March 22, 2003--Borrowing a page from the nightmare of the Vietnam War
when a U.S. commander explained that U.S. soldiers were
burning a peasant village in order to save it from
communism, the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld cabal have decided to
burn Baghdad to save it from the current Iraqi Government.
The world is in a state of Shock and Revulsion as the
murderous Bush Administration follows through on its
promise to "Shock and Awe" the Iraqi people by dropping
thousands of bombs and missiles on their capital, a city
that is home to 4.5 million human beings.This horrific unprovoked attack on a dense urban area must
be understood as one of the extreme terrorist acts of
modern times. Cruise missiles launched from submarines and
air craft hundreds of miles away and 3,000 lb. bombs
dropped from 30,000 ft. up are the latest example of the
Bush administration's criminal resort to limitless
violence and terrorism in order to achieve its objectives
of conquest and occupation. The hypocrisy of the war
against Iraq is extreme: the most powerful military in the
world waging first strike war with the most advanced
weapons against an impoverished country on the pretext
that it someday may possess such weapons.The world has entered a new phase. The Bush Administration
is hell bent on world domination. The war on Iraq was
meant to signal that the U.S. use of raw military power
will be the means to create a new era of Empire. Iraq was
to be a stepping stone on this path of conquest.To the shock of the warmakers, their plans have ignited a
world movement of opposition and solidarity. For months
this movement has delayed and restrained the war plans for
Iraq. Bush and Co. have lost all legitimacy and they are
isolated. The people's movement has deprived them of the
any threadbare claim to legality.Today our hearts are today filled with both anger at the
war and sadness for the suffering people of Iraq who are
enduring this unprovoked terrorist attack. But sadness
and grief should be coupled with a profound understanding
that the sudden emergence of a new global movement offers
the best and only hope that the U.S. government's plans
for militarism, war and domination -- the doctrine of
endless war -- can and will be overcome.In the days ahead we must intensify the struggle against
this cruel war. We urge everyone to stay in the streets,
and to organize against the lies and propaganda of the
death machine. Our movement has shown great energy and
strength in the last days. No part of the planet is free
from mass protests, including hundreds of cities inside
the United States. Now is the time to organize, organize
and organize.---------------------
EMERGENCY REGIONAL PROTESTS
Saturday, March 22:* EMERGENCY CONVERGENCE on the north side of the WHITE HOUSE at 12 NOON
* In NYC, meet at 11:30 a.m. on Broadway between 41st and 36th St.
* In San Francisco, meet at 12 noon Civic Center Los Angeles
* In Los Angeles, meet at 12 noon corner of Hollywood & Vine
* Emergency regional protests in cities around the country
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