International A.N.S.W.E.R.

[Franco Marenco <franco.marenco at casaccia.enea.it>]

Dear friends, comrades
The IAC is attempting to counter the Bush administration's
war drive. If you agree with this course, as I'm sure most
of you do, please endorse the call. If the situation is
suitable in your country, please try to organize similar
actions, if possible on the corresponding dates. Send your
endorsements to iacenter at iacenter.org and a copy to me at
jcat at wwpublish.com. Thank you.

Yours in struggle,
John Catalinotto

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Subject: Draft of coalition call
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:57:05 -0400
From: "Sharon Ayling" <sharona at wwpublish.com>
To: jcat at wwpublish.com

John,

The draft call for Internation ANSWER coalition is attached
as well as pasted.

Sharon

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:

Our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences are with all
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 and beyond, 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.
After the horrific killings of thousands of innocent
civilians on Sept. 11, the Bush administration is moving in
a very ominous direction. In a chilling statement, Bush
administration spokespersons have called for "ending
states," an unprecedented threat.
At the same time, 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.

Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic
Archdiocese of Detroit
Samia Halaby, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition
Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Children's
Alliance
Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director, International Action Center
Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, George
Washington University
Michele Naar-Obed, Plowshares activist from the Jonah House
Community in Baltimore
Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network
Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild
Leonora Foerstal, Women for Mutual Security
Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement
(List in formation, September 17, 2001)

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