SATURDAY, APRIL 12: NATIONAL MARCH on WASHINGTON
STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ!

SÁBADO, 12 de ABRIL: MARCHA NACIONAL en WASHINGTON
¡DETENGAMOS LA GUERRA CONTRA IRAK!

Short streaming Video Promoting April 12 Demo

Gather at 12 noon March on the White House

On Saturday, April 12, 2003, join the tens of thousands of people of conscience who will surround the White House and march in San Francisco. . The whole world is watching to see if the people of the United States can intensify the power of the anti-war movement at the moment that the Bush Administration is intending to slaughter tens of thousands of Iraqi people and occupy their country. We urge every anti-war organizer and concerned person to bring your friends, neighbors and family members to this all-important mobilization on April 12.

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. Baghdad has been bombed relentlessly, terrorizing the occupants of that city and of the entire country. U.S. "precision" bombs have slammed into poor residential neighborhoods in Baghdad and a busy shopping street. U.S. and British troops are leaving a "trail of death" in their wake as they invade and bomb Iraq and reporters describe charred corpses littering the roads to Baghdad as well as in its streets. U.S. and British forces have laid siege to Basra, bombing and destroying the electrical supply to the main water plant and blocking the Iraqi food distribution system into Basra. The people of Basra are now starving and without water; various U.N. agencies state that Basra is in humanitarian crises and on the verge of a major cholera outbreak and massive child mortality. This crisis is caused by the U.S. attack coupled with the effect of 12 years of U.S.-led U.N. economic sanctions. The United States government is telling the people of Basra that they may only have food and water if they rise up against the Iraqi government and accept the U.S. occupation.

The Iraqi people and the U.S. GIs who have been killed and wounded and are suffering are the casualties of George W. Bush's unprovoked war of aggression. We extend our heartfelt sympathies to the families of all those who have been killed and wounded as a consequence of this illegal imperialist war.

This horrific unprovoked attack on Iraq must be understood as one of the extreme terrorist acts of modern times. Cruise missiles launched from submarines and aircraft hundreds of miles away and 2,000 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. We understand that the war on Iraq is only one of the fronts on which the United States government is determined to build a world empire. The U.S. is also waging war in Colombia, training future death squads at the dreaded School of the Americas/WHISC, and waging economic war through the IMF, World Bank, and free trade treaties such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement.

To the shock of the warmakers, their plans have ignited a world movement of opposition and solidarity. In addition to the well publicized demonstrations in Europe and the Middle East, nearly every country in Latin America has participated in massive street demonstrations and the continent has nearly unanimously rejected Bush's "Coalition of the Willing." 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.

April 12 comes in the midst of the long-planned "Mobilization Against Military and Economic Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean" organized by the Latin America Solidarity Coalition (LASC). This coalition, which includes some members of the A.N.S.W.E.R Steering Committee, has called for a series of actions from April 10- 15. In addition to converging in Washington on Saturday April 12 for the mass march on the White House to Stop the War on Iraq, A.N.S.W.E.R. encourages you to travel to DC in time for the public opening plenary of the LASC conference on Friday evening, April 11, and to stay for a demonstration on Sunday, April 13 focusing on Latin America Solidarity which will march to several corporate and financial institutions before arriving at the World Bank. Visit the LASC web page at www.lasolidarity.org for full details.

In San Francisco, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition had planned an anti-war teach-in on April 12 at Horace Mann Middle School. This teach-in will be postponed, and we expect to reschedule it for the next Saturday, April 19. Updated information on the teach-in will be sent out as soon as we have secured the site.

Today our hearts are filled with both anger at the war and sadness for the suffering people of Iraq who are enduring this unprovoked terrorist attack, and for the grieving families of the sons and daughters of America who Bush has sent to kill and be killed for his war of aggression and conquest. 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.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

SPREAD THE WORD! Send this webpage, and download flyers, posters and stickers from the A.N.S.W.E.R. web page (available by Thursday).

ORGANIZE BUSES TO DC. Let us know about transportation from your city. Fill out the form at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/a12/index.html#transp  (if this link does not take you directly to the form, scroll down) to list your transportation plans.

ENDORSE THE MOBILIZATION at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/a12/index.html#endo (if this link does not take you directly to the form, scroll down)

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
http://www.VoteNoWar.org
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Washington 202-544-3389
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545


SÁBADO, 12 de ABRIL: MARCHA NACIONAL en WASHINGTON

¡DETENGAMOS LA GUERRA CONTRA IRAK!

12 del mediodía Marcharemos a la Casa Blanca

El sábado 12 de abril, 2003, únase a decenas de miles de personas que rodearán la Casa Blanca. El mundo entero está enfocando en los Estados Unidos para ver si este pueblo puede intensificar el poder del movimiento antibélico en el momento que la administración de Bush está pensando en matar decenas de miles de Iraquíes y ocupar su país.

Nosotros instamos a cada organizador y organizadora contra la guerra y a toda persona interesada a que traigan a sus amigos, vecinos y familiares a esta importantísima movilización del 12 de abril.

El mundo está en un estado de Asombro y Revulsión al ver cómo la administración asesina de Bush lleva a cabo su promesa de "Asustar e Intimidar" al pueblo iraquí lanzando miles de bombas y proyectiles en su capital, una ciudad con 4.5 millones de seres humanos. Bagdad se ha bombardeado implacablemente, aterrorizando a los ocupantes de esa ciudad y del país entero. Las bombas de "precisión" estadounidense han caído en barrios residenciales pobres de Bagdad y en un mercado abarrotado de gente. EE.UU. y las tropas británicas están dejando un "sendero de muerte" en su ruta al invadir y bombardear Irak; los reporteros describen cómo cadáveres carbonizados se encuentran en los caminos a Bagdad así como en sus calles. Los EE.UU. y las fuerzas británicas han sitiado a Basra, bombardeando y destruyendo el suministro eléctrico de la planta principal de agua y bloqueando el sistema iraquí de distribución alimentaria en Basra. El pueblo de Basra está ahora hambriento y sin el agua; varias agencias de la ONU declaran que en Basra hay una crisis humanitaria, estando al borde de una grave erupción de cólera y una mortalidad infantil masiva. Esta crisis está causada por el ataque estadounidense junto a los efectos de 12 años de sanciones económicas por los EE.UU.-ONU. El gobierno de los Estados Unidos le está diciendo al pueblo de Basra que ellos pueden tener comida y agua sólo si se sublevan contra el gobierno iraquí y aceptan la ocupación estadounidense.

El pueblo iraquí y los reclutas estadounidenses que han muerto, los que han resultado heridos y han estado sufriendo son las víctimas de la guerra de agresión de George W. Bush. Nosotros extendemos nuestras condolencias a los familiares de todos aquéllos que han muerto ó han sido heridos como consecuencia de esta guerra imperialista ilegal.

Este horrendo ataque sin provocación a Irak debe verse como uno de los actos supremos de terrorismo en tiempos modernos. Proyectiles tipo crucero lanzados desde de submarinos y aviones a ciento de millas de distancia y las bombas de 2,000 lb. lanzadas desde 30,000 pies, son el último ejemplo del recurso criminal a la violencia ilimitada y al terrorismo de la administración de Bush para lograr sus objetivos de conquista y ocupación. La hipocresía de la guerra contra Irak es extrema: el ejército más poderoso del mundo declarando y librando una guerra con las armas más avanzadas contra un país empobrecido bajo el pretexto que este pueda poseer tales armas algún día.

El mundo ha entrado en una nueva fase. La administración de Bush está empecinada en lograr la dominación mundial. La guerra en Irak es una señal de que los EEUU usarán su más fuerte poder militar para crear una nueva era de Imperio. Sabemos que la guerra en Irak es sólo uno de los frentes en que el gobierno de los Estados Unidos planea construir un imperio mundial. Los EE.UU. también están emprendiendo la guerra en Colombia, entrenando futuros escuadrones de muerte en la temida Escuela de las Americas, emprendiendo la guerra económica a través del FMI, del Banco Mundial, y de los tratados de libre comercio como el ALCA. Para susto de los guerreristas, sus planes han encendido un movimiento mundial de oposición y solidaridad. Además de las demostraciones ampliamente publicadas de Europa y el Medio Oriente, casi cada país en América Latina ha participado en demostraciones callejeras masivas y el continente ha rechazado casi unánimemente la "Coalición de los Dispuestos" de Bush. Durante meses este movimiento ha retardado y frenado los planes de guerra contra Irak. Bush y compañía han perdido toda su legitimidad y están aislados. El movimiento de los pueblos los ha privado de cualquier clamor a una legalidad.

El 12 de abril cae en medio de la "Movilización Contra la Intervención Militar y Económica en América Latina y el Caribe" organizada desde hace un tiempo por la Coalición de Solidaridad con América Latina (LASC). Esta coalición que incluye a algunos miembros del Comité Timón de A.N.S.W.E.R , ha hecho un llamado a una serie de acciones desde el 10 - 15 de abril. Además de converger en Washington el sábado 12 de abril para la marcha a la Casa Blanca para Detener la Guerra en Irak, A.N.S.W.E.R. exhorta a que viajen temprano a la capital para que asistan a la apertura del plenario de la conferencia de LASC el viernes por la noche, 11 de abril, y se queden hasta el domingo, 13 de abril para una demostración enfocada a la Solidaridad con América Latina que marchará a varias instituciones financieras antes de llegar al Banco Mundial. Visite la página web de LASC a www.lasolidarity.org para más detalles.

 Hoy nuestros corazones están llenos de rabia por la guerra y tristeza por las personas de Irak que están sufriendo este ataque terrorista, y por las familias afligidas cuyos hijos e hijas de los EEUU Bush ha enviado para matar y ser matados en su guerra de agresión y conquista. Pero a esta tristeza debe unirse el profundo entendimiento de que el surgimiento súbito de un nuevo movimiento global ofrece la mejor y única esperanza para que los planes de militarismo, guerra y dominación del gobierno de los EEUU --la doctrina de la guerra interminable--puedan y serán vencidos. En los días venideros debemos intensificar la lucha contra esta guerra cruel.


JOIN THE WORLD'S PEOPLE ON SATURDAY APRIL 12TH NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C.; SURROUND THE WHITE HOUSE

APRIL 12--INTERNATIONAL--SUMMARY

Our efforts to stop the illegal and criminal war against Iraq must be intensified. Join with people around the world for an international day of protest on April 12th. Mobilize for a national march on Washington D.C. and surround the White House.

Each day the horror mounts as the Pentagon continues to unleash weapons of mass destruction on the people of Iraq. Baghdad, a city of 4.5 million people, has been bombed relentlessly in an effort to terrorize and crush the will of the Iraqi people to resist colonial occupation.  

The Bush administration and it's military generals have boasted about their intentions. The fact that innocent children have been the victims of this plan or that an entire people are facing death and destruction is of no consequence in their mad scheme to secure Iraq's vast oil reserves.

The death and carnage is not limited to the Iraqi people. The sons and daughters of the workers and poor of this country are also being sacrificed on the alter of profits for the big oil companies, the many war contractors who are profiting from this slaughter, and those billion dollar companies who are scurrying about to obtain contracts for post-war occupation.

Who will pay for this? It will not come from the pockets of the oil executives. The most conservative Wall Street figures have placed a price tag of 200 billion dollars for the Iraq war. This amounts to $3,000 dollars from every single family of four in this country. While the Pentagon kills and maims Iraqi children, Baltimore school children are without books.

Each day and night we are bombarded with the worst sort of propaganda aimed at whipping up so-called patriotism and convincing us that we, the movement against the war, are in the minority.

But what is not shown on the daily news is the tremendous and growing movement that is world wide against the U.S. Empire. From the Middle East to Europe, from Asia to Africa, from Latin America and South America, protesters have filled the streets in opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq.

The Pentagon, the Bush administration, and the billion dollar bankers and businessmen they represent, have high tech weapons at their disposal, but they are a tiny and small clique as compared to the vast majority of the world's people. We are the majority and we can shut down the war machine.

On April 12th, there will be massive protests schedule around the world including Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Philippines, Britain, Germany and many other parts of the world. In the U.S. we will march in Washington D.C. and San Francisco.

For more information contact ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) For more information see: www.internationalANSWER.org  

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