[IAC]***NEW SUPPORT FOR S29 DEMONSTRATION****

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From:           	"Action Center" <actioncenter at action-mail.org>
Date sent:      	Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:48:38 -0400

[IAC]***NEW SUPPORT FOR S29 DEMONSTRATION****


 Please circulate new call- note additional endorsers

A Call to Join a New Anti-War Coalition:
International A.N.S.W.E.R.
(Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)

Please join us in signing this call:

We join with people all over the world in condemning the
horrific killings of thousands of persons in the September
11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Our
most heartfelt sympathies and condolences are with those
whose loved ones were lost or injured on September 11, 2001.
At this moment, we would all like to take time to reflect,
to grieve, to extend sympathy and condolences to all. But we
believe that we must do more. We must act now.
We are assembling International A.N.S.W.E.R. to call for
worldwide rallies against war and racism.  On September 29,
there will be a national march and rally at the White House
in Washington DC, as well as marches on the West Coast of
the U.S. and around the world.  We call on all people of
conscience and progressive organizations to take up this
call and organize rallies around the world.

Unless we stop President Bush and NATO from carrying out a
new, wider war in the Middle East, the number of innocent
victims will grow from the thousands to the tens of
thousands and possibly more. A new, wider U.S. and NATO war
in the Middle East can only lead to an escalating cycle of
violence. War is not the answer.

We must also act against racism. Arab American and Muslim
people in the United States, in Europe and elsewhere, as
well as other communities of color, are facing racist
attacks and harassment in their communities, on their jobs
and at mosques. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism is a poison
that should be repudiated.

The U.S. government is attempting to curb civil liberties
and to create a climate in which it is impossible for
progressive people to speak their mind.  The Bush
administration is attempting to take advantage of this
crisis to militarize U.S. society with a vast expansion of
police powers that is intended to severely restrict basic
democratic rights.

On September 29, tens of thousands of people had planned to
demonstrate against the Bush administration's reactionary
foreign and domestic policy and the IMF and World Bank.  In
light of the current crisis, with its tragic consequences
for so many thousands of people, we have refocused the call
for our demonstration to address the immediate danger posed
by increased racism and the grave threat of a new war.  We
call on people to demonstrate around the world on that day.
Now is the time for all people of conscience, all people who
oppose racism and war to come together.  If you believe in
civil liberties and oppose racism and war, demonstrate on
September 29 in front of the White House and around the
world.  October 12-13 will be International Days of Action
Against War and Racism.   We urge all organizations
internationally to join together at this critical time and
take action.

Initial Signers:
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Al-Awda, New York and New Jersey
Barbara Lubin, Exec. Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance
Jews Against the Occupation
Rev. Lucius Walker, Pastors for Peace
Karen Talbot, International Center for Peace & Justice
Committee for a Democratic Palestine
Ben DuPuy, former deputy ambassador at large, Haiti
Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director, International Action Center
Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, George Washington University
Martin Espada, Poet
Michele Naar-Obed, Plowshares activist, Jonah House, Baltimore
Pam Africa, International Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
Wolfgang Richter, President, European Peace Forum
Nino Pasti Foundation, Rome, Italy
African Immigrant and Refugee Coalition of N. America
Dominican Workers Party, NY
Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network
Ray LaForest, Labor Organizer, 1707 AFSCME
Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild
Tom Hanson, Mexico Solidarity Network
Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council
Leonora Foerstal, Women for Mutual Security
Asha A. Samad, Human Rights Center
April 25 Movement of the Dominican Republic, NY
Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
Michel Shehadeh, Los Angeles 8 Case Respondent
Muslim Student & Faculty Association
Leslie Feinberg, Transgendered author, Co-Founder, Rainbow
Flags for Mumia
Kadouri Al Kaysi, Committee in Support of Iraqi People, NY
Minnie Bruce Pratt, writer and ant-racist activist
Vieques Support Campaign
Mahtowin Munro & Moonanum James, United American Indians of
New England
SAFRAD Somali Association
Arab Cause Solidarity Committee, Madrid, Spain
Korea Truth Commission
Congress for Korean Reunification
Michel Collon, Belgium Anti-War Journalist
Elmar Schmaehling, Retired Admiral, German Navy
Struggle Against War Coalition, Italy
Sakhi for South Asian Women
Women for Afghan Women

International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
National Office: 39 W. 14 St., #206, NY, NY 10011
(212) 633-6646  iacenter at iacenter.org
www.iacenter.org
Washington DC Office: 1247 E St. SE, Washington, DC 20003
(202) 543-2777

To make a financial donation please go to:
www.peoplesrightsfund.org

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