Stop the War at Home & Abroad!
More than 75 organizing centers!
100+ buses
1700+ endorsers
7 days of resistance
Only 2 more days...
Let's Bring the Occupation to Washington!
SEPT 29:
National March on Washington
SEPT 22-29:
Encampment in Front of Congress to STOP the War
New! Updated Logistics Info - Housing, Schedules, and more!
Get on the bus! - find an organizing center near you:
It's time to turn up the heat! Funding for the criminal war in Iraq will expire on October 1. The next few days will see the next big struggle over war funding, but this time the antiwar movement needs to be there to demand the immediate cut off of all war funding.
We have all seen that the Democratic leadership in Congress, despite being elected with a clear mandate to end the war, has completely capitulated to the Bush Administration. Some have already announced their intention to vote for additional funds for the bloody and illegal occupation of Iraq. We cannot wait for politicians to end the war.
Let's bring the occupation to Washington! In just a few days - and lasting for the entire week of September 22-29, antiwar activists will erect an encampment on the Lawn directly across from the Capitol. The site of the Encampment is a square of land directly in front of the Capitol, where we will maintain a determined, visible 24-hour antiwar presence as a direct challenge to the politicians - both Republican and Democrat - who voted for the war and vote to continue to fund the war.
Activists, military families, veterans, trade unionists, and community organizers from across the U.S. are planning to erect a tent city in Washington, DC, which will be a center of organizing, resistance, and action for the week. At the same time, activists will also be converging in Los Angeles for a West Coast week-long antiwar Encampment and March (see http://www.iacenterla.org for more information and to get involved.)
If you're not able to attend the Encampment, you can still play an important role in making it happen. Mobilizing a week long encampment and national march - on both coasts - is enormously expensive, and we need your help to pay for buses, preparing literature, supplies for the encampment, and so much more. Please consider making a generous donation online at http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml.
If you want the social justice issues you are fighting for to be seen and heard around the world and by the national media, then bring your displays, art, graphics and signs to the week long encampment.
Many local and national organizations are planning to have their own tents for the Encampment. There will be actions, protests, and speak outs organized by health care activists, military family members, immigrant rights organizers, and more.
Rock the Rulers!
Each day will have a variety of different activities, focused on the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for war crimes, student and youth action, political prisoners, Katrina, stopping a war against Iran, and more. Each night will feature "Culture and Resistance," including spoken word artists, musicians, poets, and more. For details and to see the growing list of artists, go to http://troopsoutnow.org/rocktherulers.
Katrina/Rita survivors will present a documentary on the racist military occupation of New Orleans. Organizers will report from the massive anti-racist demonstrations in Jena and the struggle to free the Jena Six. Activists are organizing a teach-in and actions to protest Washington's plans for a new war against Iran. Others are planning a panel to discuss the ongoing efforts to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney for war crimes. Military families will be a determined presence with exhibits and demands to bring their sons and daughters and ALL the troops home now. Code Pink, the Green Party of the US, World Can't Wait, and other national and local organizations will be on site and organizing creative confrontations in the halls of Congress.
Many of the working people that Michael Moore featured in SICKO are planning a special candle-light vigil for all those who have died for lack of health care. see http://troopsoutnow.org/9-2007%20VIGIL20FLYER5B15D.pdf for details.
Youth are meeting and planning resistance actions in the congressional office buildings and streets of DC.
At the end of the week, participants in the Encampment will join activists from across the country for a massive March on Washington on September 29. Buses, vans, and car caravans are coming from more than 75 organizing centers, with more than 100 buses already scheduled, and more being added every day.
If you are in the Washington DC - Maryland - Virginia area, we need your help with housing, food, transportation and help on set-up. Please contact us online or by phone at 212-633-6646.
A week-long encampment directly in front of Congress
A giant billboard and round-the-clock political challenge to Congress to STOP funding the war .
Actions every day and resistance music and culture every evening. We are open to many displays and actions. Just contact us with your ideas.
ACTIONS ALL WEEK
Every day - music, spoken word, creative acts of resistance and protest
People from around the country will start arriving on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23. The Encampment will expand to major actions on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, culminating in a mass march on Saturday, September 29.
Schedule
Saturday, 9/22 & Sunday 9/23
Help erect scaffolding for a giant billboard demanding: 'Congress: Stop Funding the War - Fund Peoples' Needs.' Music and work at the site on tents, canopies, and displays. Crews will be doing outreach throughout neighborhoods in the DC/Baltimore area with sound cars and leafleting brigades.
Monday, 9/24 & Tuesday, 9/25
Actions demanding:
- Impeachment of Bush & Cheney for War Crimes
- Stop War on Iran - action and a strategy meeting on Emergency Network to focus on the growing threat of a U.S. attack on Iran
Wednesday, 9/26 - Turn up the heat!
Actions TBA in the halls and offices of Congress to confront their political complicity in the war - Funding the war is a war crime.
Thursday, 9/27 - Stop the War at Home Day
Program at 5:30 in the big tent:
Katrina/Rita Survivors—
The struggle to rebuild New Orleans continues
Special showing: “Welcome to New Orleans” one hour
Documentary on the racist military occupation of New Orleans
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
- Malik Rahim, Exec. Dir., Common Ground Collective, New Orleans
- BrendaStokely, NY Solidarity Coalition for Katrina/Rita Survivors
- Teresa Gutierrez, May 1st Immigrant Rights Coalition
Discussion to follow
Friday, 9/28 - Youth actions challenge military recruiters, war funding & police repression. 'Money for Education, NOT War.' http://youthantiwarweek.wordpress.com
Cuba Solidarity and anti-war activists will present a rainbow solidarity letter with thousands of signatures to the Acting Attorney General demanding Freedom for the Cuban Five political prisoners. Videos about the Cuban 5 such as ‘Mission against Terror,’ & ‘Salud’ will be shown non-stop during the encampment.
Join an Evening Vigil with SiCKO film cast members at the Lincoln Memorial to remember those who died because they were denied health care.
Never Again -A concert of hip-hop and spoken word at the encampment with BAYAN Philippine Alliance to oppose U.S. military in the Philippines.
Other actions & meetings TBA. Set up, banner & sign making all day.
Other actions & meetings TBA. Set up, banner & sign making, outreach & organizing all day.
SATURDAY, 9/29 Noon
Mass March to demand: Stop the War at Home & Abroad More than 100 buses, along with vans and car caravans arriving at the Capitol.
If you cannot join us in Washington, you can still help. Please donate whatever you can to help others join the march. Every single dollar helps to make our voices stronger. Your donations can help pay for buses, flyers, picket signs, mailings and all of the necessary costs. Everyone can be a part of this effort.
Donate online at:
http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
More than 1,600 Endorsers
ENCAMPMENT to STOP the WAR
SEPT 22-29
Washington DC - Los Angeles
NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON SEPT 29
_______________________________________________________
Stop the War at Home & Abroad
Troops Out Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!
End all occupations – Iraq, Palestine, Haiti, the Philippines
from Protest to Resistance...
It's time to Occupy the Occupiers!
Momentum is growing for the Encampment to Stop the War and the National March on Washington. New organizing centers are forming every day, in cities and towns across the U.S. We now have more than 1,200 endorsers, including World Can’t Wait, the Green Party of the U.S., Al-Awda NY/NJ - The Palestine Right To Return Coalition, Cindy Sheehan, Michael Parenti, Not in Our Name, Ron Kovic, Cynthia McKinney, Carlos & Melida Arredondo; Ann Wright; David Swanson, co-founder of After Downing Street; Fernando Suarez del Solar; Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General; Brenda Stokely of the NYC Solidarity Committee For Katrina / Rita Evacuees; Jonathan Hutto, Appeal for Redress; Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal; and more.
Let's bring the occupation to Washington! During the week of September 22-29, antiwar activists will erect an encampment on the Lawn directly across from the Capitol. The site of the Encampment is a square of land directly in front of the Capitol, where we will maintain a determined, visible 24-hour antiwar presence as a direct challenge to the politicians - both Republican and Democrat - who voted for the war and vote to continue to fund the war. Activists, military families, veterans, trade unionists, and community organizers from activists from across the U.S. are planning to erect a tent city, in Washington, DC, which will be a center of organizing, resistance, and action for the week. We will end the Encampment on September 29 with a massive march for the Capital to the White House. Buses are coming to DC for the September 29 demonstration from 70 organizing centers in 32 states. This national demonstration will be the culmination of a month long surge of anti-war actions against the war taking place in DC. (see the sidebar for a list of actions)
At the same time, activists will also be converging in Los Angeles for a West Coast week-long antiwar Encampment and March (see http://www.iacenterla.org for more information and to get involved.)
We still have a lot of work ahead of us in the next few weeks as we prepare for the Encampment to Stop the War and the National March:
• Our goal over the next few weeks is to double the number of organizing centers. If you are able to organize a bus, van, or car caravan, or if you just want to help get the word out in your area, contact us at http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
• You can also locate organizing centers in you area at: http://troopsoutnow.org/sept2907orgcents.shtml
• If you’re not able to attend the Encampment or March in Washington or Los Angeles, you can help others attend. Please consider making a donation to help with buses and the many other expenses involved in organizing this massive outpour of resistance to Bush’s criminal war: http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
• Help get the word out! Over the next few weeks, we need to distribute hundreds of thousands of leaflets, flyers, posters, and stickers. You can download materials at http://www.troopsoutnow.org
• If you are in the Washington DC - Maryland - Virginia area, we need your help with housing, food, transportation and help on set-up. Please contact us online at ttp://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml or by phone at 212-633-6646.
A Two-Month Surge of Resistance Against the War at Home and Abroad
The next two months will see many acts of protest and resistance against the war. We encourage you to organize, mobilize, and support as many of these actions as you can. Let's answer Bush's surge with a surge of resistance.
August 25 - March Against the the war at home and abroad - Newark - http://www.peaceandjusticecoalition.org
August 25 - Protest the war criminals - Kennebunkport Maine - http://www.kportprotest.org
August 27 - Stop the War Against Women - acenter.org/images/womennyc082707a.pdf
August 29 - September 2, 2007 - International Tribunal on
Hurricanes Katrina & Rita - http://internationaltribunal.org
September 11 - "Day of Outrage" against police terror - NYC - called by the D12 Movement
September 15 - March Against the War - Washington DC - called by the ANSWER Coalition http://www.answercoalition.org
September 15 - 22 - Week of Antiwar action in Washington DC - http://www.answercoalition.org
September 22 - 29 - Encampment to Stop the War in Washington - http://www.troopsoutnow.org
September 29 - March against the war at home and abroad - http://www.troopsoutnow.org
October 27 and 28 - Regional antiwar protest around the country - called by United for Peace & Justice - http://www.unitedforpeace.org
Let us join forces with the movements struggling to:
STOP THE WAR ABROAD &
STOP THE WAR AT HOME
SAME STRUGGLE SAME FIGHT!
* No War against Iran
* End all occupations now - from Iraq to Palestine, the Philippines, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Afghanistan
* Support The Right to Return - from Palestine to New Orleans
* Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes
* No to U.S. intervention - Hands off Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and the Sudan
* Stop the raids against immigrant workers -- Full rights for undocumented workers
* Justice for Katrina survivors - End racist police terror - Stop the war against Muslims
* Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners
* Money for health care, jobs and education, not endless war
Endorse | Donate | Volunteer | Let us know you're coming to the Encampment
National March on Washington SEPT 29
ENCAMPMENT to STOP the WAR
SEPT 22-29
Washington DC - Los Angeles
Stop the War at Home & Abroad
Troops Out Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!
End All Occupations -- from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti to the Philippines!
Get your buses for the antiwar march on Washington - Saturday, September 29
Attention Students
-Campus-based groups
-Activists who work at schools
-Anyone associated with a campus community
You have less than one month to organize a bus (or buses) from your school for the march against the war abroad and at home on Saturday September 29.
To get more information about the march, go to http://www.troopsoutnow.org
To get information about student organizing, and the student day or resistance go to http://youthantiwarweek.wordpress.com
Prior to the Sept. 29 march - there will be a week long encampment against the war on the mall in front of the capital - starting on Saturday September 22 - for more information the encampment go to: http://www.troopsoutnow.org
from Protest to Resistance...
Cut Off ALL War Funding!
Fund People's Needs -
NOT War!
It's time to turn up the heat! Funding for the criminal war in Iraq will expire on October 1. The month of September will see the next big struggle over war funding, but this time the antiwar movement needs to be there to demand the immediate cut off of all war funding.
We have all seen that the Democratic leadership in Congress, despite being elected with a clear mandate to end the war, has completely capitulated to the Bush Administration. We cannot wait for politicians to end the war.
In addition to the enormous cost in human lives - more than 600,000 Iraqis and nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers - the attempt to occupy and colonize Iraq has already cost more than $1 trillion. Every day, the Pentagon spends another $720 million.
This is money that is stolen from working people who need funding for human needs.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported last week that:
• 36.5 million people in the U.S. lived below the official poverty line in 2006.Meanwhile, infrastructure is crumbling. Schools are understaffed and falling apart. Affordable housing is disappearing. And almost nothing has been done to rebuild the Gulf Coast following Hurricane Katrina.
• 47 million people in the U.S. were without health insurance in 2006, up from 44.8 million in 2005.
• The number of uninsured children increased from 8 million (10.9 percent) in 2005 to 8.7 million (11.7 percent) in 2006.
Let's bring the occupation to Washington and demand money for human needs, not war! On September 29, tens of thousands of activists, community organizers, youth and students, veterans, military families, and health care activists will march on the White House to Demand: Cut off ALL War Funding! Fund People's Needs, NOT War!
Buses, vans, and car caravans are coming from more than 75 organizing centers, with more than 100 buses already scheduled, and more being added every day. Organizing a mobilization of this scale is enormously expensive -- please consider making a donation online at http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml.
Also, during the week of September 22-29, antiwar activists will erect an Encampment on the Lawn directly across from the Capitol. The site of the Encampment is a square of land directly in front of the Capitol, where we will maintain a determined, visible 24-hour antiwar presence as a direct challenge to the politicians - both Republican and Democrat - who voted for the war and vote to continue to fund the war.
Organizing a week-long enccampment and a national march is an enormous organizational challenge, and we need your help. Please consider helping with the costs by making an online donation at http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml.
Activists, military families, veterans, trade unionists, and community organizers from activists from across the U.S. are planning to erect a tent city, in Washington, DC, which will be a center of organizing, resistance, and action for the week. At the same time, activists will also be converging in Los Angeles for a West Coast week-long antiwar Encampment and March (see http://www.iacenterla.org for more information and to get involved.)
If you want the social justice issues you are fighting for to be seen and heard around the world and by the national media, then bring your displays, art, graphics and signs to the week long encampment.
Many local and national organizations are planning to have their own tents for the Encampment. There will be actions, protests, and speak outs organized by health care activists, military family members, immigrant rights organizers, and more.
Each day will have a variety of different activities, focused on the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for war crimes, student and youth action, political prisoners, Katrina, stopping a war against Iran, and more. Each night will feature "Culture and Resistance," including spoken word artists, musicians, poets, and more.
Many of the working people that Michael Moore featured in SICKO are planning a special candle-light vigil for all those who have died for lack of health care.
Youth are meeting and planning resistance actions in the Congressional office buildings and streets of DC.
At the end of the week, activists at the Encampment will join tens of thousands of people from across the country for the massive March on Washington on September 29.
Organizing a week-long encampment and a national demonstration is a major challenge, and we need your help with the enormous expenses. Please consider making a donation online at http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml.
We need your input planning giant displays, literature and organizing tents, skill sharing sessions, and acts of creative protest and resistance. Please contact us to share your ideas and to volunteer to help organize for the encampment.
Over the next few days, we will be posting a calendar of events for the Encampment. If your group would like to organize a tent, protest action, teach-in, etc. please contact us.
We are developing a list of inexpensive housing in the area and will be posting it soon -- activists who are able to join us all week, should also line up housing in the area. We can be a presence on site around the clock but we can not actually sleep at night or cook on-site.
If you are in the Washington DC - Maryland - Virginia area, we need your help with housing, food, transportation and help on set-up. Please contact us online or by phone at 212-633-6646.
of the
IRAQ WAR
=
$720
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One Day
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=
163,525
People with Healthcare
One Day
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IRAQ WAR
=
1,153,846
Children with Free School Lunches
One Day
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IRAQ WAR
=
423,529
Children with Healthcare
One Day
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IRAQ WAR
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34,904
Four-Year Scholarships for University Students
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12,478
Elementary School Teachers
The U.S. is spending
$500,000
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on the war against the people of Iraq.
Your donation can help send a youth or student organizer to the Encampment for the week -- Please consider making a donation online at http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
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Call for Encampment and March Sept 22-29 | Download leaflet
Politicians Won't Stop the War - Only the People Will Stop the War
SEPTEMBER 29: MARCH ON WASHINGTON
SEPTEMBER 22 -29: ENCAMPMENT
directly in front of Congress to demand Congress stop funding the war
STOP THE WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD!
TROOPS OUT NOW!
IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY FOR WAR CRIMES!
Last November, the Democratic Party took control of the House and Senate as voters made clear their overwhelming opposition to the policies of the Bush Administration. Many looked to the Democratic Party to take bold action to end the brutal war in Iraq. Some expected that the Democrats would push forward with the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for their crimes.
Instead, as soon as the Democratic leadership was sworn in, they announced that they had no intention of cutting off the war funding and that impeachment was "off the table," as they ignored the mandate of the people and began to strategize for the 2008 Presidential Election.
In March of this year, while more than 70% of the people in the U.S. were opposed to the war, Congress completely capitulated to Bush and voted to approve funding for the war.
Meanwhile, as Congress gives Bush a blank check for endless war, there is no money to provide more than 40 million people in the U.S. with health care. Our cities are collapsing, our schools are not preparing our youth, our seniors are abandoned. Only the prisons and police repression are growing.
Currently approved funding for the war will expire on October 1. This time, we cannot wait for the Congress to "do the right thing." The antiwar movement must be there in massive numbers to demand the cut off of all war funding and the end to this criminal war. And it's time for us to explore new tactics -- marches alone will not end the war, no matter how big they are. It's time to move from protest to resistance.
The next battle over war funding: September
September will be a month of escalating protest and resistance. Many local and national organizations are planning actions in Washington DC, beginning in early September. Thousands of people are coming in from around the country. The month of protest will culminate in a massive march on September 29, timed to coincide with the next struggle over funding for the war.
During the week of September 22-29, the antiwar movement will "Occupy the Occupiers," with an Encampment directly in front of the Capitol. Youth, veterans, military families, community organizers, and antiwar activists from across the country are planning now to be in DC for the week of the Encampment. The Encampment itself will be an organizing hub all week, with teach-ins, music, displays, and more. Activists are also planning creative acts of disruption and direct action throughout the week as Congress debates the funding for Bush's war.
On September 29, activists from all over the U.S. will assemble in Washington for a massive march to demand "Troops Out Now! Stop the War at Home and Abroad! Impeach Bush and Cheney for War Crimes!"
Buses, vans and cars are coming from around the country and from a city near you. Momentum for the Encampment to Stop the War (Sept. 22-29) and the March on Washington (Sept. 29) is growing, with Organizing Centers in 47 cities, more than 65 buses scheduled and many more expected. The list of endorsers is growing daily, with more than 1,000 organizations, community groups and organizers. Recent endorsers include World Can't Wait, the Green Party of the U.S., Not In Our Name, former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Michael Parenti, MECAWI, Charles Barron, Ramsey Clark, Code Pink, After Downing Street, Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace, Ron Kovic, Michael Parenti, numerous chapters of Military Families Speak Out and Veterans for Peace and more. for a complete list, see http://troopsoutnow.org/encampmentendorsers.html
We need your help - Only the People Will Stop the War!
We cannot wait for Congress to act on its own and cut off war funding. We cannot listen to those who would tell the antiwar movement to stand down and wait for the 2008 Presidential elections. Politicians won't stop the war until we make them stop it, and that requires a massive outpour of resistance in the streets of Washington. We're counting on your help to make this happen.
Here's how you can help:
Endorse - Add your name to the growing list of international signers supporting the call for united action to shut down the war.
Donate - Help send buses to Washington DC
Become a local organizer
Download leaflets and help get the word out.
Washington DC
Endorse - Add your name to the growing list of international signers supporting the call for united action to shut down the war.
Donate - Help send buses to Washington DC
Become a local organizer
Download leaflets and help get the word out.
Find a local organizing center
Join us on Saturday, August 11,
from 3:00 to 5:30 pm at the Solidarity Center - 55 W. 17th St. 5th Fl.
for a
REGIONAL ORGANIZERS MEETING
- Bring your ideas for the Encampment to Stop the War (September 22 -29).
- Help plan for the mass National March on Washington on September 29.
- Bring your ideas and suggestions for outreach and organizing to build a massive movement to demand "Troops Out Now! Stop the War at Home and Abroad! Impeach Bush and Cheney!"
for more information call 212-633-6646
Occupy the Occupiers: Sept 22-29 Encampment to Stop the War!
Endorse | Donate | Volunteer | Let us know you're coming to the Encampment
ENCAMPMENT to STOP the WAR
SEPT 22-29
Washington DC - Los Angeles
National March on Washington SEPT 29
Stop the War at Home & Abroad
Troops Out Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!
from Protest to Resistance...
It's time to Occupy the Occupiers!
It's time to turn up the heat! Funding for the criminal war in Iraq will expire on October 1. The month of September will see the next big struggle over war funding, but this time the antiwar movement needs to be there to demand the immediate cut off of all war funding.
We have all seen that the Democratic leadership in Congress, despite being elected with a clear mandate to end the war, has completely capitulated to the Bush Administration. We cannot wait for politicians to end the war.
Let's bring the occupation to Washington! During the week of September 22-29, antiwar activists will erect an encampment on the Lawn directly across from the Capitol. The site of the Encampment is a square of land directly in front of the Capitol, where we will maintain a determined, visible 24-hour antiwar presence as a direct challenge to the politicians - both Republican and Democrat - who voted for the war and vote to continue to fund the war.
Activists, military families, veterans, trade unionists, and community organizers from activists from across the U.S. are planning to erect a tent city, in Washington, DC, which will be a center of organizing, resistance, and action for the week. At the same time, activists will also be converging in Los Angeles for a West Coast week-long antiwar Encampment and March (see http://www.iacenterla.org for more information and to get involved.)
If you want the social justice issues you are fighting for to be seen and heard around the world and by the national media, then bring your displays, art, graphics and signs to the week long encampment.
Many local and national organizations are planning to have their own tents for the Encampment. There will be actions, protests, and speak outs organized by health care activists, military family members, immigrant rights organizers, and more.
Each day will have a variety of different activities, focused on the impeachment of Bush and Cheney for war crimes, student and youth action, political prisoners, Katrina, stopping a war against Iran, and more. Each night will feature "Culture and Resistance," including spoken word artists, musicians, poets, and more.
We have commitments from several hip-hop groups and other musicians for resistance music at the encampment each evening - if you or your group is interested in performing at the Encampment, see www.troopsoutnow.org/cultureandresistance.html for details.
Carlos Arredondo will be erecting a tent with boots and crosses in honor of his son, who died in Iraq. Other members and chapters of Military Families Speak Out will be a determined presence with exhibits and demands to bring their sons and daughters and ALL the troops home now. Code Pink, the Green Party of the US, World Can't Wait, and other national and local organizations will be on site and organizing creative confrontations in the halls of Congress.
Many of the working people that Michael Moore featured in SICKO are planning a special candle-light vigil for all those who have died for lack of health care.
Youth are meeting and planning resistance actions in the congressional office buildings and streets of DC.
At the end of the week, activists at the Encampment will join activists from across the country for a massive March on Washington on September 29. Buses, vans, and car caravans are coming from more than 55 organizing centers, with 80 buses already scheduled, and more being added every day.
We need your input planning giant displays, literature and organizing tents, skill sharing sessions, and acts of creative protest and resistance. Please contact us to share your ideas and to volunteer to help organize for the encampment.
Over the next few days, we will be posting a calendar of events for the Encampment. If your group would like to organize a tent, protest action, teach-in, etc. please contact us.
We are developing a list of inexpensive housing in the area and will be posting it soon -- activists who are able to join us all week, should also line up housing in the area. We can be a presence on site around the clock but we can not actually sleep at night or cook on-site.
If you are in the Washington DC - Maryland - Virginia area, we need your help with housing, food, transportation and help on set-up. Please contact us online or by phone at 212-633-6646.
Yes! I am planning to participate in the Encampment to Stop the War
I can volunteer to help with the Encampment
My group would like to organize a tent/ action/ teach-in/ activity during the Encampment
I can donate to help with the Encampment
I live in the DC area and can help with the Encampment
Troops Out Now Coalition
New York - Los Angeles - Boston - San Francisco - Detroit
National Office:
55 W. 17th St. 5C
NY NY 10011
www.TroopsOutNow.org
August 8, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Dustin Langley 646-354-8056
Activists Plan Week-Long Encampment to Stop the War
in Front of U.S. Capitol
(New York) - Organizers with the Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) and hundreds of local organizations and activists have announced plans for a week-long Encampment to Stop the War during the week of September 22-29.
Larry Holmes, a national spokesperson for TONC, said, "The last week in September is expected to be the time for the next debate over continued funding for the war. The Democratic leadership in Congress was elected with a clear mandate to stop the war and so far they have completely capitulated to the Bush Administration. This time, we're going to make sure that the antiwar movement is in Washington during the vote in large numbers, right in front of the Capitol, where we cannot be ignored."
The week-long Encampment will culminate in a National March on Saturday, September 29. "We already have 55 organizing centers across the U.S. working on transportation to DC, and more than 1,000 endorsers, including Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright, World Can't Wait, the Green Party of the U.S., and many more," said Holmes. "Our phones are ringing off the hook with people wanting to participate in the Encampment and the March on Washington. People are angry about the war, and they're angry at Congress for betraying their mandate to end the war. We're hearing from veterans, military families, Katrina survivors, and activists and organizers from across the U.S. There's so much interest in the Encampment that we're already considering extending it past one week. Maybe we'll stay there until the troops are home."
Sharon Black, a Registered Nurse and organizer with the Encampment, said, "We're going to be demanding that Congress immediately cut off all funding for the war. The billions of dollars being spent on the occupation are needed here, for things like health care, rebuilding infrastructure, education, and so many more human needs."
During the same time period, there will also be an Encampment and March in Los Angeles.
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SEPTEMBER 29 - MARCH ON WASHINGTON -
STOP THE WAR!
Momentum Grows for Sept 29 in Washington and Los Angeles!
41 Organizing Centers in 23 States! (see list below)
Over 60 Buses planned!
Over 1000 endorsers! (see below)
Download Flyers Now! (see flyer below)
Momentum is growing for the National March on September 29 and the Encampment to Stop the War during the week of September 22-29.
In the past few days, hundreds of new endorsers have signed on, and new organizing centers are being formed all over the country. As of today, TONC now has 41 Organizing Centers in 23 states. We already have information on at least 60 buses that are mobilizing to come to September 29.Stop the War at Home and Abroad!
Bring the Troops Home Now!
Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes!Join Cindy Sheehan, Not In Our Name, Cynthia McKinney, Code Pink, Gold Star Families for Peace, Donna Smith from the film Sicko, Democracy Rising, After Downing Street, Ramsey Clark, the Camp Casey Institute, Medea Benjamin, Kevin Zeese, Ann Wright, Fernando Suarez del Solar, John Hutto of Appeal for Redress, and thousands more for a massive outpouring of resistance. updated list of endorsers
We have a lot of work ahead of us in the less than 8 weeks before the beginning of the Encampment in front of Congress beginning on September 22 and the March on September 29, and we need your help:
If there is not a local organizing center in your area (see list), please consider organizing a bus, van, or car caravan. We can help - contact us and sign up to be an organizing center at http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
If you would like to volunteer to help with outreach or to help during the Encampment and March, contact us at: http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
Download leaflets at http://troopsoutnow.org/S29now.pdf and distribute them in your school, workplace, union hall, community center, church or mosque, etc.
ORGANIZING CENTERS (as of 7/25/07, 6 pm)
Arizona
Tucson
International Action Center of Tucson
PO Box 18006 Tucson AZ 85731
Telephone: (520)829-5525
www.iactucson.org
Email: info@iactucson.org
Transportation: Mobilizing to bring people to Los Angeles for encampment and march. Also coordinating for those who wish to go to Washington.
Meeting Info: Contact info@iactucson.org or visit http://www.iactucson.org for the most current information on IAC Tucson activities.
California
Los Angeles
International Action Center-Los Angeles
5274 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019
Telephone: 323-936-7266
www.iacenterla.org
Email: iacenterla@action-mail.org
Activity: Sept 22-29 - Encampment at Westwood Federal Building
Sept 29 - March and Rally - Bring the Troops Home Now! Full Rights for Immigrants! Money for Schools, Hospitals, Mass Transit and Housing!
Anaheim
Free Iraq Now
Anaheim, CA 92804
Contact: Mazen Almoukdad
Email: mazenalmoukdad@hotmail.com
Impeachment is not an option it is a necessity
1617 W Tonia Ln
Anaheim, CA 92802
Contact: Ronald Lee Vaught
Email: info@angelhearttravel.net
Transportation details: discuss and plan for march and have a fun, pot luck sign making day for the march.
Meeting info: meeting every month for plans and implementation of protesting activity.
San Diego
San Diego International Action Center (IAC)
P.O. Box 33447
San Diego, CA 92163
619-255-4585
Email: iacsandiego@safewebmail.com
San Francisco
Troops Out Now Coalition(TONC)-Northern California
2940 16th St, #207
San Francisco, CA 94103-3682
Email: actioncenter-sf@action-mail.org
Transportation details: Organizing a bus to LA for 9/29. May be able to stop at
campuses between San Francisco and LA to pick up people en route. Will leave 9/28 PM, returning 9/29 PM.
Will help others coordinate transportation for the LA encampment, as well.
Santa Monica
Working Democracy
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact: Ms. Charity Luv Colbert, David
Phone: 310-260-2715
Email: Charityluv@mailcity.com, Worldatpeace@hotmail.com
Transportation details: Organizing Car Caravan. Contact for Details
Meeting Info: in formation -- contact for details.
Colorado
Denver
Denver International Action Center
Email: denveriac@action-mail.org
Florida
Jacksonville
contact: Karen Dame
Jacksonville, FL 34450
Telephone: 904 994-0636
Email: kjdame@mac.com
Georgia
Atlanta
Atlanta International Action Center
Little 5 Points Community Center
1083 Austin Ave. NE, Rm. 203
Atlanta, GA 30306
Contact Dianne Mathiowetz
Telephone: 770-989-2536
Email: atlantaiac@aol.com
Website: www.iacenteratlanta.org
Transportation Details: Bus transportation to the September 29 DC demonstration will leave Atlanta Friday night, September 28 around 8pm and return following the march and rally. Approxiamte cost per seat: $80 round-trip.
Meeting Info: The International Action Center holds meetings on Sundays at 5pm at our office, 1083 Austin Ave. NE (corner of Euclid and Austin), rm 203. During the summer, we are meeting every other week. Please e-mail atlantaiac@aol.com for the schedule.
Kentucky
Cold Spring
Contact: Nisia Thornton
Telephone: 859-572-0599
Email: n.t@fuse.net; thorntonn1@nku.edu
Transportation details: Forming a group for Northern Kentucky, 3 counties--Kenton, Campbell, Boone--at the northern tip of Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati.
Illinois
Chicago
IAC / Troops Out Organizing Center - Chicago
Telephone: (773) 381-5839
Email: Chicagotroopsout@sbcglobal.net
Transportation details: Buses to the Sept. 29 march will leave from Columbus Drive behind the Art Institute (between Jackson and Monroe) 5:30 PM Friday, Sept. 28, and return to Chicago Sunday morning. Ticket price $100. Call or e-mail to arrange payment.
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore All Peoples Congress
Contacts: Steven Ceci, Andre Powell
Telephone: 410-467-6132
APCBaltimore@pipeline.com
Transportation details: For bus and volunteer information call (410)467-6132
Massachusetts
Boston
TONC Boston
617-522-6626
troopsoutnow@iacboston.org
www.iacboston.org
Location: 284 Amory St., Boston, MA 02130
Transportation: Buses leave Roxbury Community College Parking Lot 10:30 PM Friday Sept 28, return early a.m. Sunday. Cost: $55 + $5 requested donation to subside fund. Seats can be reserved online at http://www.iacboston.org/092907/S29.html
Check http://www.iacboston.org for the latest information
Meeting Info: Next Organizing Meeting Wednesday July 25th 6:30 pm Action Center 284 Amory Street Jamaica Plain 617-522-6626
Western Massachussetts
Western Mass International Action Center/Troops Out Now
Contact: Nick Camerota/Catherine Donaghy
Phone: 413-896-5219
Email: wmassiac@hotmail.com
Transportation Details: Buses being arranged. Contact W. Mass IAC at number or email above for more information.
Meeting Info: Western Massachusetts Organizing Meeting for Sept 22-29 Actions Thursday, August 9th 7pm Springfield Technical Community College (Rooom TBA) contact: wmassiac@hotmail.com
Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice
Contact: David Sole
313-680-5508
info@mecawi.org
www.mecawi.org
Weekly meetings: Every Wednesday at 7 PM at 5920 Second Ave, Detroit (cross street Antoinette).
Transportation details: Buses leaving Detroit Friday, Sept. 28 at 10 PM. Cost is $75 per seat. Return to Detroit by 6 AM on Sunday, Sept. 30. Mail payment to MECAWI, 5922 Second Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202. Payment is only way to hold a seat. After Sept. 16 you must call to arrange payment.
Chippewa County
Chippewa County Socialist
Contacts: Larry Klein 906-495-7082, Sonny Reid 906-322-5004
Email: lklein@30below.com
Upper Penninsula
Upper Penninsula Peace Council
Contacts: Larry Klein 906-495-7082
Email: lklein@30below.com
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Anti-War Committee
Contact: Jess Sundin
1313 5th St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612.379.3899
Email: bus@antiwarcommittee.org
Website: http://www.antiwarcommittee.org
Transportation Details: Friday 9/28 - in the morning - depart a Minneapolis location (TBA). Sunday 9/30 - in the evening - return to same Minneapolis location. Seats cost $175 per person. Partial scholarships are available.
To reserve your spot or to ask questions, call 612.379.3899 or email bus@antiwarcommittee.org.
To help fund someone else’s participation, donate online at http://www.antiwarcommittee.org or can send a check to the Anti-War Committee at 1313 5th St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Missouri
St. Louis
St Louis/Metro IL Bus to DC
Contact: Julie Anderson
719 Halloran
Wood River, Ill 62095
Phone: 618-410-3257
Email: julieandersonm@yahoo.com
Transportation Info: We are organizing a bus to the DC march from St. Louis/Metro IL area. Further information will be available. Call 618-410-3257 or email julieandersonm@yahoo.com
New Jersey
Hackensack
New Jersey Independents
http://www.njind.org
Contact: Steve Cooper
201-487-3748
nji_1@netzero.com
Transportation info: Pickups planned for Hackensack (Essex Street Train Station), Newark (West Side of Penn Station), New Brunswick, (Rutgers University Center on College Avenue). Call or email for details.
Jersey City
Jersey City Peace Movement
Jersey City, N.J.
201-981-1891
jcpeacemovement@hotmail.com
Transportation info: Bus leaves from Fountain at Journal Square at 7:am Sept 29
$35 ($30 fixed income)
Linwood
Coalition for Peace and Justice
http://www.njind.org
c/o Norm Cohen
321 Barr Ave
Linwood, NJ 08221
609-601-8583
ncohen12@comcast.net
Transportation info: Buses will leave from multiple locations. Call or email for more information.
New York
Buffalo
Buffalo/WNY Troops Out Now Coalition
367 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY 14202
Phone:716-604-9515
Email: iacbuffalo@action-mail.org
Transportation Info: BUS from Buffalo to SEPT 29 MARCH on the White House. Leaving late Friday night, returning right after the march, no overnight stays.
Long Island
Long Island Troops Out Now Coalition
Contact: Heather Cottin
516-223-8002
hcottin@aol.com; worker515@juno.com
Transportation Details: Will have buses from Long Island: Nassau and Suffolk Counties
Meeting Info: Meeting after Aug 28th
New York City
IAC - NYC
212-633-6646
5C - Solidarity Center, 55 W 17th St. NY, NY, 10011
Email: info@troopsoutnow.org
Transportation Details: Buses being organized from 55 W 17th St for Sept 29. Contact the IAC for details.
Meeting info: Get involved in building for September 29 and for the Sept 22-29 Encampment every Tuesday evening at 7pm. Weekly Activists Meetings, anti-war updates, speakers, videos. Air conditioned and refreshments are served.
BUS LOCATIONS IN NYC AREA
Tickets $35 ($30 fixed income)
For information or to buy tickets, contact the NYC TONC office at 212-633-6646, Solidarity Center - 5C, 55 West 17th St, NY, NY, 10011, or email info@troopsoutnow.org
55 West 17th St. between 5th & 6th Aves, Manhattan
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, in front of library
Queensboro Plaza, L.I.C., near the 7 train & Crescent St.
96th St. & Broadway, Manhattan
178th St. & Broadway, Washington Heights, Manhattan
125th St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem
Journal Square, near the fountain, Jersey City, N.J.
Harlem Tenants Council
Office: 26 Edgecombe Ave at 136 St
New York, NY
Mailing address: 207 W 133rd, Room 118, NY, NY 10030
Telephone: 212-234-5005
FAX 212-234-6886
Email: harlemtenants@aol.com
Contact Nellie Hester Bailey
Transportation Details: Buses being organized from 125th St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem. Contact Harlem Tenants Council
Westchester County
No War Westchester Coalition
Ellie Ommani
914-682-4690
Website: http://www.nowarwestchester.org
KlosRtoGod@optonline.net
Transportation Details: Working with TONC & WESPAC to get a bus leaving from Westchester.
North Carolina
Charlotte
Action Center For Justice
http://www.geocities.com/nomorevictims/nowar
7100 Mapleridge Dr
Charlotte, NC 28210
Contact David Dixon
Telephone: 704-492-8527
Email: bringthemonhome@yahoo.com
Transportation info: Sept. 29 Bus from Charlotte: Departing from Charlotte at 12:01 am on Sept 29 and leaving DC at approximately 6:00 pm to return that same day. Cost is $65 round trip. Scholarships provided to students/low-income people as available. To reserve seats or make a donation, use the donation button at http://www.charlotteaction.org & note Sept 29 bus or send check or money order to Action Center For Justice 7100 Mapleridge Dr Charlotte, NC 28210 Departure location TBA
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill
Raleigh F.I.S.T. (Fight Imperialism, Stand Together)
Contact: Peter Gilbert, Tyneisha Bowens
Telephone: (919) 264-0201
Email: raleighfist@gmail.com
Meeting Info: Most Sundays at 4 usually in Raleigh at ACRE - call or email first for details
Transportation details: Being organized. Call or email for more information.
Ohio
Cleveland/Akron
Northeast Ohio Antiwar Coalition
Cleveland/Akron, Ohio 44302
noacinfo@aol.com
216-736-4716
Transportation Details: Contact NOAC for bus details
Peoples Fightback Center
P.O. Box 5963
Cleveland, OH 44115
Contact: Martha Grevatt
216-531-4004
pfcenter@aol.com
Transportation Details: For bus details contact the Fightback Center at the email or phone number above.
Meeting Info: NOAC meets the second and fourth thursday of every month. Contact NOAC for time and place.
Columbus
Vineyard Church
Contact: Daniel Trickett
trickett.6@gmail.com
614-208-1300
World Can't Wait
Contact: Steve Vargo
vargo.che@hotmail.com
614-208-1300
Activity info: We will coordinate actions in Columbus, Ohio to support the action in DC on Sept 29th
Oregon
Scholls
Catalysts of HOPE
Contact: Vernon Huffman
kashimbi@earthlink.net
Phone: 425-438-8985
Transportation/Activity Details: Our cross continental bike ride will converge with other rides in Washington, DC, on Sat 22 Sept, World Car-Free Day. We will encourage all cyclists to join the encampment.
Meeting Info: The previous stop on our ride will be the Veterans for Peace National Convention in St. Louis. We will encourage veterans to ride to DC with us.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia IAC
813 South 48th St
Philadelphia, PA 19143
215-724-1618
Contact Betsey Piette
bpiette@hotmail.com
Local meeting details: Philly IAC meets Tuesday nights, 7:00pm at Calvary Church, 48th & Baltimore.
Transportation details: We will be organizing buses. Details to follow.
Rhode Island
Providence
Peoples Assembly
Contact: Bill Bateman
401-837-7763
Transportation Details: Buses leave Providence 11 PM Friday Sept 28. Bus tickets $55 (requesting extra $5 to help others) Departure Location TBA For more info contact Bill or email gerry@iacboston.orgSouth Carolina
Lake Wylie
RHFactor (Rock Hill for ACTion to Organize Resistance)
Contact: Mary Keenan
mkeenan@comporium.net
803 675-6002
Transportation Details: Will be organizing for the Sept. 29 Bus from Charlotte NC: Departing from Charlotte at 12:01 am on Sept 29 and leaving DC at approximately 6:00 pm to return that same day. Cost is $65 round trip. Scholarships provided to students/low-income people as available. To reserve seats or make a donation, use the donation button at http://www.charlotteaction.org & note Sept 29 bus or send check or money order to Action Center For Justice, 7100 Mapleridge Dr, Charlotte, NC 28210. Departure location TBA
Texas
Houston
Troops Out Now Coalition
PO Box 595, Houston TX 77001
Contact: Gloria Rubac
Telephone: 713-503-2633
Email: houston@troopsoutnow.org
Virginia
Virginia Beach
Hampton Roads Peace and Justice Coalition
PO Box 5533
Virginia Beach, VA 23471
Contact: Tom Palumbo
Telephone: 757-470-9797
Email: hrpjc@hotmail.com
Transportation Details: Call for further information.Washington, DC
Troops Out Now D.C. Headquarters
c/o St. Stephens Church
1525 Newton St, NW, washington, DC
(corner of Newton St and 16th St)
202-821-3686Wisconsin
Milwaukee
International Action Center - Milwaukee
Contact: Bryan G. Pfeifer
Telephone: 414-712-4484
Email: bgpfeifer@sbcglobal.net
What you can do to help:
Endorse the call for unity: http://www.sept29.org/
Download leaflets and distribute them in your school, workplace, union hall, community center, church or mosque, etc.: http://troopsoutnow.org/S29now.pdf
Donate to help with organizing expenses: http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
Become a local organizer: http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
Volunteer: http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
Troops Out Now Coalition
5C Solidarity Center
55 W. 17th St.
New York, NY 10011
212.633.6646
www.troopsoutnow.org
Email: info@troopsoutnow.org
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Call for Encampment and March Sept 22-29 | Download leaflet
"The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that the USA needs to spend $1.6 trillion over five years to put its infrastructure — which includes some 590,000 bridges — in good condition."
Money for Bridges and Cities, NOT War! Sept. 29 in DC
On October 1, Congress is scheduled to authorize over $100 billion for continued war in Iraq, and estimates for the long term costs of the war are over $2 trillion. Already more than $500 billion has been spent.
Meanwhile, as the tragedy following this week's collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis reminds us, we face daily danger from our collapsing infrastructure. This includes, not only 590,000 bridges, but roads, rail lines, subways, levees, preparedness for natural disaster emergencies, schools, hospitals, etc.
Almost five years of U.S. occupation has destroyed the cities and towns of Iraq, killed more than 1 million Iraqis, created 4 million refugees (2 million displaced inside Iraq and 2 million refugees in nearby countries) left 70% of the population without potable water, electricity, schools or hospitals. Almost 4,000 U.S. GIs have died, many thousands are injured and maimed.
Billions spent for endless war means that there is no money to provide more than 40 million people in the U.S. with health care. It means that our cities are collapsing, our schools are not preparing our youth, our seniors are abandoned. Only the prisons and police repression are growing.
JOIN US on Saturday, SEPT 29 in a massive march from Congress to the White House to demand that the billions spent for War in Iraq be used to rebuild the crumbling cities of the U.S., rebuild the bridges and the highways, hospitals, schools, fire stations, utilities, parks, recreation centers and much more. This would mean millions of jobs and providing those with new skills.
Join us in a week long Encampment right in front of Congress (September 22 -29) to expose the real cost of Endless War and to demand that Congress use its constitutional authority to stop funding the war.
Despite overwhelming opposition from the people and a clear mandate to end the war, members of Congress from both major parties have continued to vote for more funds for the war, while robbing people here, who need money for healthcare, affordable housing, jobs with a living wage, schools, and much more.
Join with forces who are demanding funds for the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and to demand full rights for immigrant workers. Join with organizers from Healthcare not War Campaign and with activists calling for the Impeachment of Bush and Chaney for War Crimes.
Together we will demand Bring ALL the Troops home NOW!
An Encampment in Los Angeles during the same week - SEPT 22 to 29 will help to highlight this issue. -
Buses, vans and cars are coming from around the country and from a city near you. Momentum for the Encampment to Stop the War (Sept. 22-29) and the March on Washington (Sept. 29) is growing, with Organizing Centers in 47 cities, more than 65 buses scheduled and many more expected. The list of endorsers is growing daily, with more than 1,000 organizations, community groups and organizers.
Click here to find a local organizer near you.- http://troopsoutnow.org/sept2907orgcents.shtml
Click here to become a local organizer. - http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
What you can do to help:
Endorse the Encampment to Stop the War and the March on Washington: http://www.sept29.org/
Download leaflets and distribute them in your school, workplace, union hall, community center, church or mosque, etc.: http://troopsoutnow.org/S29now.pdf
Donate to help with organizing expenses: http://troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
Become a local organizer: http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
Volunteer: http://www.troopsoutnow.org/sept2207volunteer.shtml
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