MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR MAR. 20 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION!

MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR MAR. 20 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION!

YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT IS NEEDED NOW!

United demonstrations against war and occupation are set for San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and hundreds of cities around the world. On Mar. 20 in San Francisco, we will gather at Dolores Park at 11 am and march to Civic Center, demanding “End Colonial Occupation, from Iraq to Palestine and Everywhere! Bring the Troops Home Now! Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War & Occupation!”

TWO IMPORTANT MOBILIZING ACTIVITIES IN SF

Saturday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. MASS MAILING at ANSWER office, 2489 Mission St., Rm. 28, (Corner 21st St., San Francisco). Join us for a mailing party (& pizza)! This will be a 12,000-piece mailing, so we need lots of help.

Tuesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m. Next ANSWER Activist Meeting, at ANSWER office, 2489 Mission St., Rm. 28. This will be a WORKING MEETING to build for Mar. 20, with political updates on the struggle in Haiti and the Middle East and then break-outs into working committees on campus and community outreach, postering and visibility, march and rally logistics, and fundraising.

HELP BUILD MARCH 20!

1) New downloadable flyers available for San Francisco & other cities

2) Over 1,500 endorsers, plus Open Letter from Arab-American and Muslim Community

3) Momentum builds for major regional demonstrations, as well as for local demonstrations nationwide

4) Make a financial contribution to support the mobilization

NEW DOWNLOADABLE FLYERS

New downloadable flyers are available for many cities across the country. These flyers are in PDF format - only Acrobat Reader is needed to easily open them, and then you can begin to spread the word.

Flyers (8.5x11) are now available for: *San Francisco *New York City *Los Angeles *Chicago *Washington DC (buses to NYC) *Boston (buses to NYC)

Check out the "downloads" page on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website at: http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html

Flyers for additional cities - along with posters, stickers and more - will be available soon!

ENDORSEMENTS OF MAR. 20 CALL TO ACTION

Currently over 1,500 organizations and individuals have endorsed the Mar. 20 National Coalition Call to Action. Important labor endorsements include: the San Francisco Labor Council, ILWU Local 10 (who are planning a stop work action for that day), and Portland's ILWU Local 18. To view a list of endorsers or to add your name, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m20/endorsers.html .

An important Open Letter from the Arab-American and Muslim Community to the U.S. Anti-War Movement, which was originally issued by 41 organizations, has been expanded to 222 signatory organizations in support of the letter. To read the letter, go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/013104openletter.html .

To view the new national unity statement between the The March 20 National Coalition and the March 20 Mobilizing Committee go to http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/020604statement.html .

FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR CITY: Regional & Local Demonstrations, and transportation to them

On Saturday, March 20, major regional demonstrations will take place in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. Buses, vans and car caravans are being organized to bring people to these cities.

If you're organizing transportation to a regional demonstration, fill out the form at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m20/index.html#transportation People around the country are visiting the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition website to find out about transportation plans from their city.

In addition to the major regional demonstrations taking place in San Francisco, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles, momentum is growing across the country and around the world to make March 20 a massive day of global action. Cities organizing local protests include: Atlanta, Georgia; Augusta, Maine; Bellingham, Washington; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Crawford, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Des Moines, Iowa; Eureka, California; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Fresno, California; Lansing, Michigan; Lincoln, Nebraska; Mobile, Alabama; Naples, Florida; New Bedford, Massachusetts; New Orleans, Louisiana; Oxford, Michigan; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; Riverside, California; Rockford, Illinois; San Diego, California; San Jose, California; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Seattle, Washington; Tallahassee, Florida; Tucson, Arizona; Ventura, California; Waterloo, Iowa; Yellow Springs, Ohio; and many more!

If you're organizing a local demonstration, fill out the form at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m20/index.html#event People around the country are visiting the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition website to find out about demonstrations in and near their city.

MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO HELP MAKE MARCH 20 A SUCCESS!

Organizing coordinated protests from coast to coast will insure huge expenses. The work is carried out by dedicated volunteers in cities across the country. But there are enormous expenses associated with the mobilization. We have already printed 100,000 leaflets and there is still seven weeks to go. We are making available leaflets, posters, stickers and organizing packets. We are sending speakers and organizers to college campuses. Because of the volume of phone traffic we have added extra phone lines. We will need to rent adequate sound systems, a stage, portable bathrooms and more. We plan to produce thousands of signs and banners for people to hold at the demonstration.

Thousands of people have made donations, large and small, in the last year in order to make this movement become such a powerful force that the New York Times described it as "the other global superpower" opposing the Bush administration's plans for war. If you have made a contribution before, we urge you to consider supporting this effort. If you have never contributed, now is the time. At a minimum, we need to raise $30,000 in the next few days to guarantee that our mass organizing campaign reaches its full potential.

In order to keep this work going at full pace, we are asking all of those who believe in the struggle for peace and justice to send an urgently-needed financial contribution. This is a critical moment for both the people of Iraq and the Middle East and the people in the United States. We must stop the Bush administration's endless war abroad and its concerted assault against civil rights and civil liberties at home.

You can make an online contribution at www.progressunity.org .