International A.N.S.W.E.R. Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
January 8, 2003-- Hundreds of Thousands Will Honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on January 18 by Demonstrating Against War with Iraq & Conducting Peoples' Inspection of U.S. Weapons of Mass Destruction
Washington D.C. Rally Start Time: 11 A.M. on the West side of the Capitol, March to the Washington D.C. Navy Yard
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As the Bush administration moves weapons, thousands of troops and material to Iraq for a war set to be triggered by the January 27 deadline, people in the United States are building a powerful follow-up to the October 26 anti-war demonstration that brought out over a quarter of a million people--200,000 in Washington D.C. and 100,000 in San Francisco.
On Saturday, January 18, people will celebrate Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday weekend by traveling in buses, cars, trains and planes to Washington D.C. and San Francisco for a U.S.-based international day of demonstration with one dominating goal: to stop the war.
A growing list of rally speakers will include Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney; former U.S. Attorney General, Ramsey Clark; actor Mike Farrell; Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran and author of "Born on the Fourth of July"; actor Jessica Lange; and musical performances by best-selling artist Chumbawumba and 70's icon Patti Smith.
After speeches, the demonstration will feature a dynamic march to the Washington Naval Yard, where a people's weapons inspection team will demand full, unfettered access to and elimination of U.S. weapons of mass destruction.
SPEAKERS & MESSAGES TO INCLUDE:
-Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney -Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholc Archdiocese of Detroit -Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General -Jessica Lange, actor -Mike Farrell, actor -Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House -Mahdi Bray, Executive director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation -Brenda Stokely, President District Council 1707 AFSCME; Co-Convenor, NYC Labor Against the War -Bill Fletcher, Co-chair, United for Peace; TransAfrica -Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth & Student Coordintor, Howard University student -Rev Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister Plymouth Congregational Church -BAYAN -Free Palestine Alliance -Macrina Cardenas, Mexico Solidarity Network -Yoomi Yeong, Korea Truth Commission -Nicaraqua Network -Partnership for Civil Justice -Muslim Students Association of the U.S. & Canada -IFCO/Pastors for Peace -International Action Center -Rev John Dear -Blase Bonpane, Director of Office of the Americas -Rev. Herbert Daughtry, National Pastor, House of the Lord Church, Brooklyn -Not in Our Name Project -Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran and suthor of "Born on the Fourth of July" -Michael Tarif Warren, Attorney -Mumia Abu Jamal, taped message -Representative of women's struggle to defend reproductive rights on the 30th anniversary of Roe v Wade
MUSICAL & CULTURAL PERFORMANCES INCLUDE:
-Chumbawamba
-Prime Meridian
-Patti Smit
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