Fw: [ANSWER]: OCT. 26: Nat'l March on Washington DC - NO WAR IN IRAQ

["Nello Margiotta" <animarg at tin.it>]

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Subject: [ANSWER]: OCT. 26: Nat'l March on Washington DC - NO WAR IN IRAQ


> Major press conference announces
>
> NATIONAL MARCH on WASHINGTON DC
> * SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 *
> to STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS
>
> For details see http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
>
> *CHECK OUT THE PRESS CONFERENCE ON C-SPAN*
>
> Look at C-Span's schedule at
> http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp
> for broadcast times (you should press "refresh" or
> "reload" on your browser to make sure you have the current
> schedule).  The time scheduled currently is 5:52 am EST on
> 9/5 on C-Span 2 - but please check the full schedule for
> additional broadcast times (and the schedule does change).
>  The program is called "March on Washington announcement"
> featuring Ramsey Clark.
>
> Other press in attendance included CNN, Reuters,
> Associated Press, ABC, Washington Post, Fox News, The
> Final Call, Agence France Presse (AFP), Washington Report
> on Middle East Affairs, Greensboro News, Hokkaido, Kyodo
> News, Phoenix TV, among others, so check for local,
> national and international coverage.
>
> *SPEAKERS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE*
>
> - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
> - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic
> Archdiocese of Detroit
> - Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society
> Freedom Foundation
> - Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Carl Messineo, attorneys and
> co-founders, Partnership for Civil Justice; members of
> A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition steering committee
> - Ihab Darwish, Free Palestine Alliance
> - Peta Lindsey, Howard University student, A.N.S.W.E.R.
> student and youth coordinator
> - Shaimaa Al-Azzawi, Muslim Student Association
> - Brian Becker, co-director, International Action Center;
> member of A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition steering committee
> - Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
> - Art Laffin, Dorothy Day Catholic Worker
> - Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua
> Network; member of A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition steering
> committee
>
> For PHOTOS of the press conference, go to:
>
http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/photo/090402-o26pressconfphotos.html
>
> * EXCERPTS FROM PRESS CONFERENCE *
>
> RAMSEY CLARK, former U.S. attorney general: "You may not
> see it in the mass media in the United States, but the
> bombing of Iraq has already started.  When we were in Iraq
> last week, the United States carried out five bombings in
> five days.  Ten civilians were killed in Basra, many more
> wounded.  The radar that guides aircraft into the civilian
> airport in Mosul was destroyed by U.S. missile attacks.
>  The purpose of the bombing campaign is to degrade Iraq's
> infrastructure and should also be understood as a type of
> psychological warfare against the people of Iraq.  It is
> the U.S. government that is guilty of genocide.  According
> to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization report of
> 1996 and the UNICEF report of 1998, more than a half a
> million Iraqi children under the age of five have died
> directly as a result of sanctions.  It is imperative that
> people of this country take action now to stop the
> government from carrying out limitless violence in their
> name."
>
> SHAIMAA AL-AZZAWI, Muslim Student Association: "The people
> of Iraq have been deprived of basic medicines and the
> things necessary to sustain life.  This has gone on for
> twelve long years and it must come to an end.  Economic
> sanctions are a weapon of mass destruction.  When we march
> on October 26, we will demand an end to war and a lifting
> of sanctions so that the Iraqi people can live."
>
> MARA VERHEYDEN-HILLIARD, attorney and co-founder,
> Partnership for Civil Justice; member of A.N.S.W.E.R.
> Coalition steering committee: "I was in Iraq last week as
> part of a U.S. anti-war delegation, and everywhere we went
> people asked us two questions. The first was when the U.S.
> was going to begin the war against their country.
>  Everyday parents wake up and wonder whether or not their
> children are going to be killed by U.S. bombs or an armed
> invasion.  And the second question we were asked was why
> the government of the United States is doing this and why
> are the people of the United States are allowing this to
> happen.  We are here to say that the people of the United
> States will not allow the United States government to
> carry out this lawless aggression against the people of
> Iraq.  They will be confronted with a massive anti-war
> movement."
>
> MAHDI BRAY, Executive Director, Muslim American Society
> Freedom Foundation: "As a Muslim, as a Black man, as an
> American, I am outraged that this administration is
> planning to kill thousands of innocent people in Iraq so
> that the United States can dominate the Middle East.  Our
> organization and people throughout the country will be
> mobilizing for the October 26 National March in Washington
> DC."
>
> PETA LINDSEY, Howard University student, A.N.S.W.E.R.
> student and youth coordinator: "From the beginning
> students have been at the forefront of the movement
> against war and racism. We understand that the Iraqi
> people are not our enemies. So on October 26th, students
> and young people will gather in Washington D.C. in a mass
> mobilization to say no to a new war in Iraq."
>
> BRIAN BECKER, co-director, International Action Center;
> member of A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition steering committee: "We
> believe that the power really is in the people but the
> people must act.  Everything that we have heard from the
> Bush administration in the mass media is lies designed to
> prepare the population to accept a war of aggression.
>  Over and over we're told that opinion polls support the
> administration, but we don't believe the polls.  Public
> opinion has not been tested.  There will not be a genuine
> debate on U.S. policy towards Iraq until the people are in
> the streets.  Tens of thousands will march on October 26
> and in the days before and afterwards.  The whole world is
> looking to see if the people of the United States can rise
> to the occasion and stop the Bush administration's mad
> warplane."
>
> ********************
>
> JOIN the CAMPAIGN to
> STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS!
> *Below are several ways that you can get involved*
>
> Read the CALL to ACTION for the October 26 National March
> in Washington DC:
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>
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> A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
> Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
> National Lawyers Guild
> IFCO/Pastors for Peace
> Free Palestine Alliance
> Muslim Student Association
> Partnership for Civil Justice - LDEF
> Mexico Solidarity Network
> Nicaragua Network
> International Action Center
> Kensington Welfare Rights Union
> Middle East Children's Alliance
> Bayan USA-International (Filipino community)
> Korea Truth Commission
>
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