FW: [ANSWER] Press Coverage of Emergency Anti-War Actions

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>From: "A.N.S.W.E.R." <answer@action-mail.org>
>To: ANSWER.general@organizerweb.com
>Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:56:49 -0400
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>Subject: [ANSWER] Press Coverage of Emergency Anti-War Actions
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>
>ANTI-WAR MARCHERS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN EMERGENCY 
>PROTESTS IN MORE THAN 60 CITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
>
>Demonstrators in the U.S. Demand End the Siege of 
>Fallujah, Bring the Troops Home Now
>
>Thanks to everyone who have helped with the rapid response 
>emergency anti-war demonstrations that have taken place in 
>the last 48 hours in more than 60 cities. Additional 
>actions are scheduled for tomorrow (Monday). The 
>demonstrations not only brought tens of thousands of 
>people into the streets in local rallies and marches, the 
>actions also attracted widespread media coverage both in 
>the United States and around the world. The emergency call 
>to action was issued by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act 
>Now to Stop War & End Racism). Our message that the U.S. 
>government must Bring the Troops Home Now and End the 
>Occupation of Iraq was heard from East to West and North 
>to South.
>
>There are articles about the emergency anti-war actions in 
>the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Oakland 
>Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, AP, AFP, Xinua 
>(China), Seattle Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and 
>hundreds of other news outlets, as well as substantial 
>television and radio coverage. You can check out the press 
>coverage of the emergency anti-war demonstrations by going 
>to: http://www.votenowar.org/april10.htm
>
>These demonstrations, organized on less than three days 
>notice, are a rapid response from the people of the United 
>States to the Bush Administration's escalation of their 
>attacks on the people of Iraq, who are uniting in their 
>opposition to colonial occupation. The emergency actions 
>fell on the first anniversary of the capture of Baghdad by 
>U.S. military forces and eleven months after George W. 
>Bush declared major military operations were over as he 
>stood on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft 
>carrier under the banner "Mission Accomplished." While 
>Bush's approval ratings and public support for the war has 
>dramatically declined since then, the anti-war movement 
>has picked up strength. In addition to recent mass 
>national demonstrations, today's emergency local actions 
>show the breadth of grassroots organizing in the U.S. 
>Within 24 hours of the emergency call to action, dozens of 
>cities were announcing coordinated demonstrations between 
>April 9 and 12.
>
>Chanting "Money for jobs and education, not for war and 
>occupation," more than 3,000 people marched through the 
>streets of San Francisco on Saturday, April 10. In New 
>York, 700-1000 people marched through mid-town Manhattan 
>in rush hour on the Good Friday holiday. A protest of 500 
>took place at the same time in Los Angeles. In Washington 
>DC, where 500 people marched on Saturday, people came out 
>of restaurants, homes and businesses to join with the 
>marchers. Chants of "Impeach Bush," echoed through 
>Lafayette Park at the opening rally across from the White 
>House. Also on Saturday, a protest of 500 took place in 
>Boston. Dozens of demonstrations also occurred throughout 
>the U.S. from big cities like Chicago, San Diego, Atlanta, 
>Birmingham, and Seattle to medium and small cities and 
>towns including Fayetteville, AK; Ferndale, MI; Pocatello, 
>ID; and Gettysburg, PA. In addition to the U.S. protests, 
>coordinated actions were also held in scores of cities in 
>countries around the world in the last two days.
>
>The Iraqi people, especially those in Fallujah, are 
>enduring a heavy assault ordered by the Pentagon. 
>Throughout Iraq the people are making it clear that they 
>want the occupation to end. The actions over the weekend 
>send a powerful message that the people in the United 
>States oppose the Bush administration's criminal policies 
>in Iraq, in Haiti, in Palestine and wherever people are 
>living under foreign occupation.
>
>It was noteworthy that in the demonstrations throughout 
>the country in the last two days, people condemned the 
>Bush administration for spending hundreds of billions of 
>dollars to occupy other lands while insisting that "budget 
>constraints" require the slashing of vitally needed social 
>programs and funding for education, healthcare, housing 
>and jobs.
>
>Let's keep up the pressure. It is critical that the people 
>of the United States continue to act in the coming weeks 
>and months. Thousands of Iraqis and a growing number of 
>U.S. soldiers will be killed and maimed until this 
>criminal adventure comes to an end.
>
>Be sure to check out the press coverage of the emergency 
>anti-war demonstrations by going to: 
>http://www.votenowar.org/april10.htm
>
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