Summer of Protest and Resistance
On April 15, 2004, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition called for demonstrations to take place at the end of June exposing the Bush administration's phony transfer of sovereignty in Iraq as nothing but a cover for the continued occupation. Other organizations have now joined in issuing calls for demonstrations to take place in the days leading up to and on June 30. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition urges activists everywhere to stage protests, rallies and other actions in solidarity with the people of Iraq and to call for the immediate withdraw of all U.S. and foreign troops from Iraq. To list your city's June 30 action on the A.N.S.W. E.R. website, fill out the Event Form at http://www.answercoalition.org/campaigns/j30/event.html
The third planned step in the Summer of Protest and Resistance is for a mass mobilization on Sunday, July 25 outside the Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. If elected, Kerry and the Democrats have pledged to continue the criminal occupation of Iraq and to add tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops for that purpose.
The Summer of Protest and Resistance will culminate with a massive protest in New York City on Sunday, August 29, timed to coincide with the Republican National Convention. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and many other anti-war and progressive groups are planning for huge demonstrations in New York City on August 28, August 29 and throughout the week of the conventions.
Read the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Call to Action for protests at the DNC and RNC at http://wwwanswercoalition.org/campaigns/dncrnc/index.html . To endorse, fill out the Endorsement Form at http://www.answercoalition.org/campaigns/dncrnc/endorse.html
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Boston: The people are mobilizing in opposition to the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, which could not have happened without the complicity of the Democratic Party and its members in Congress. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and many more wounded. More than 800 U.S. troops have been killed and thousands wounded and maimed.
John Kerry has made it clear that he not only supports the occupation of Iraq but that he would send more troops if elected president. Kerry has accused the Bush administration of not doing enough to over throw the elected government of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Kerry has repeatedly outlined his support for Israel while it wages war on the Palestinian people.
The people of Haiti are standing up to the illegal kidnapping of Pres. Aristide and racist occupation of their country by the US.
Both parties are opposed to providing benefits and legal safeguards to undocumented workers and their families. Both parties have engaged in scapegoating and targeting of immigrant communities and their legal and social rights.
Both Bush and Kerry have expressed their opposition to equal marriage rights for the LGBT community and they have both stood in opposition to affirmative action.
Both the Republican and Democratic parties have been responsible for a massive transfer of wealth from badly needed social programs to the Pentagon's war budget. Devastating cuts in housing, education, job training, veteran's benefits, and health care are imposing a new level of human suffering, especially in working class and poor communities. Hardest hit are African-American and Latino communities. The Democrats and the Republicans are attempting to abrogate civil rights and liberties while simultaneously falsely positioning Arab-Americans and Muslims as 'enemies within' as exemplified by the passage of the 'Patriot Act.'
Here in Boston we have seen dozens of unions that represent Boston workers organizing, marching and making plans to march on the DNC if their demand for just contracts are not met. We have also seen racist attacks on affirmative action and blatant attempts to re-segregate the Boston schools.
Both the Republicans and Democrats represent and are subservient to an economic and social order which puts the global pursuit of profits first and the rights of poor, working and oppressed people last. It is time to build an independent movement that will put an end to wars of conquest, racism and all forms of bigotry. The resources being used to fund the Pentagon belong to our communities and are needed for jobs, housing, health care and education.
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