Join the 2004 Spring & Summer of Protest & Resistance!
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition's rapid response analysis and announcement of plans for a Spring and Summer of Resistance to George W. Bush's war mongering defense of the occupation in Iraq on prime time television on Tuesday, April 13 has attracted widespread support from coalitions and organizations around the country. In the email that was sent out immediately after Bush's speech, we announced plans for major national and nationally-coordinated actions against the occupation of Iraq taking place over the next five months. Here is the current national action plan. Be sure to check future action alerts for announcements of additional nationally-coordinated activities.
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APRIL 16-18: Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition's 2nd National Convention "Sustainable Struggle: The Road to Palestine" will take place in New York City. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is proud to endorse this convention. We urge all to register, endorse, and participate to help secure the Palestinian right to return and self-determination as inextricable anchors of the global justice movement. For more information: www.alawdaconvention.org
APRIL 24: March & Rally to free Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia. Imprisoned journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal has played a central leadership role from his death row cell in the global anti-war movement in the last two years. Mumia - the victim of a police frame-up and widespread prosecutorial and judicial misconduct - has, through his writings and speeches, provided one of the most compelling analysis of the Bush administration's war drive in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Mumia has stood with the Iraqi people and all of those in the United States and around the world who have mobilized against Bush's imperialist war drive. It is essential that the anti-war movement stand in solidarity in the struggle to win his freedom. The activity on April 24, Mumia's 50th birthday, will take place at 10 am at 52nd and Pine St. in Philadelphia. In addition to promoting the April 24 Philadelphia action, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition will be organizing an anti-war contingent in the demonstration. For more information: www.mumia.org , 215-476-8812 or 212-633-6646.
APRIL 25: The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition supports the April 25 mass mobilization in Washington DC to defend women's rights and reproductive freedom. The Bush administration and the ultra-right are working to overturn the gains the women's movement has made over the last thirty-five years. Women have the right to control their own bodies and their lives. A.N.S.W.E.R. is organizing an anti-war contingent in the March for Women's Lives. The main assembly for the demonstration will be on the National Mall (between 3rd and 14th Sts.) at 10 am, with a march beginning at 12 noon. The anti-war contingent will have two meeting locations before assembling on the Mall: (1) 7th St. between Madison Dr. and Constitution Ave. NW and (2) 7th St. between Jefferson Dr. and Independence Ave. SW. You can also meet up with the contingent at our banner in the main assembly area on the Mall on the southeast corner of 7th St. and Madison Dr. NW.
Updated logistical information, including a map, will be available soon at http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/041504a25.html
MAY 1: Nationally-coordinated demonstrations, rallies, teach-ins, and forums on the anniversary of George W. Bush's declaration of the end of major combat operations in Iraq. May 1 was the date that George Bush dressed up like a soldier, flew onto the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, and posed for that disgusting photo op where he could claim credit for the conquering of Iraq. Far from having ended major military combat, the war in Iraq only intensified. More U.S. soldiers have been killed or wounded since May 1 than during the invasion phase of the war. Nearly 10,000 soldiers have been evacuated from Iraq for wounds and other injuries. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed, and in the last week the Bush administration executed a bloodbath as a form of collective punishment for the people of Fallujah and elsewhere throughout Iraq. The May 1 anniversary will be marked by nationally-coordinated activities - demonstrations, rallies, teach-ins, and forums - exposing the lies of the Bush administration. To list your May 1 event on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website, fill out the form at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m1/event.html . See below for information about another calendar on which you can post your event.
JUNE 30: Nationally-coordinated demonstrations on the day of the so-called "turnover of sovereignty" in Iraq. Demonstrate to say NO to fake "Sovereignty" for Iraq and to End the Occupation and Bring the Troops Home Now! To list your June 30 event on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website, fill out the form at http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j30/event.html . See below for information about another calendar on which you can post your event.
JULY 25: Protest the Democratic National Convention in Boston. The July 25 Mass March will kick off a week of protests against the DNC.
AUGUST 26: Independent International Tribunal on Iraq - Day-long hearing in New York City on the eve of the Republican National Convention to report on war-crimes charges brought against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others for crimes committed in carrying out the war and occupation of Iraq. Ramsey Clark and other legal experts around the world have charged that the Bush administration has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. These proceedings are aimed to tell the truth and will include reports from committees in countries around the world that held hearings presenting evidence of crimes against Bush and Co.
AUGUST 29: Protest the Republican National Convention in New York City. The August 29 Mass March will kick off a week of protests against the RNC.
For more information on these and other upcoming events - including how you can get involved - go to www.internationalanswer.org . Please make sure you're on our alert list - you can join by filling out the form at http://internationalanswer.org/subscribelist.html
POST YOUR ACTIONS ON THE NEW CALENDAR
Please visit the new VoteNoWar National and Local Event Calendar at http://www.VoteNoWar.org/events.htm and post any upcoming rallies, teach-ins, forums and other actions taking place in your area. This calendar is available to help build and strengthen the growing anti-war and social justice movement. It has been designed to support the efforts of grassroots and national event organizers.
The calendar has just been added to the VoteNoWar web site, so events are now just about to be posted. For event organizers, now is the time to visit the VoteNoWar National and Local Event Calendar. For event attendees, come back regularly to see the new events that may be of interest to you.
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