Fw: [ANSWER]: Anti-War Moratorium / March 15: Take it to the White House

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

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> Report form March 5 National Anti-War Moratorium
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> TAKE IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE on March 15
> Emergency National Anti-War Convergence
>
> Thousands of people walked out today to protest war
> against Iraq. Youth, students, and others left high
> schools and middle schools, left college campuses, left
> their workplaces and carried out hundreds of anti-war
> actions in communities around the United States today,
> March 5. The anti-war movement emanates from every
> community and has become a powerful force demanding a halt
> to Bush's war drive.
>
> The  A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition participated in many of these
> actions. Below are some preliminary reports on some of the
> student actions that took place:
>
> WASHINGTON DC
>            Today at Howard University there was a walkout
> of approximately 200 students demanding money for
> education, not for war. Youth and Student A.N.S.W.E.R.,
> Amnesty International (HU chapter) and HUSA (Howard
> University Student Association) organized the walk out.
> The students rallied at the center of campus at 11:45am,
> chanted and held a speak out.
>            In northern Virginia, there was a walkout
> organized by Yorktown (Arlington) Public High School
> Students Against the War with the assistance of Youth and
> Student A.N.S.W.E.R. The main Yorktown student organizer
> counted 140 people present at the demonstration, out of a
> school of 800. After this demonstration was over a number
> of students went to join the large and vigorous anti-war
> demonstration happening in front of HB Woodland, organized
> by the middle school students. When the students were
> forced off the sidewalk by Arlington County Police, they
> took the hallways of their school, running through every
> hall chanting "Hell no we won't go, we won't fight for
> Texaco!" Many teachers were present for this
> demonstration. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth and Students joined
> them.
>
> CALIFORNIA
>            San Francisco State University students rallied
> on campus then blocked traffic on 19th Avenue in the
> afternoon. Hundreds of San Francisco high school students
> walked out and marched through San Francisco and passed
> out flyers for the upcoming March 15 march. In Oakland,
> hundreds of students walked out, marched and then rallied
> in front of City Hall.
>            Seniors at Arroyo High School walked out and
> their principal has revoked their senior "privileges" and
> is barring them from walking in the graduation ceremony.
> Petaluma High School students walked out and blocked a
> main street in front of their school. Walkouts also took
> place at Berkeley High, City College of San Francisco, San
> Jose State University, San Jose high schools, Notredame
> College, Sonoma State University, California State
> University Sacramento, UCLA and at twelve other Los
> Angeles schools, UC Santa Barbara and many more.
>
> NEW YORK CITY
>            College and high school students walked out of
> classes and converged on Union Square in New York City,
> overflowing the park at noontime. Many students traveled
> to Hunter College -- part of the CUNY (City University of
> New York) school system -- to join a walkout of hundreds
> of Hunter students a little later in the day. As students
> stood in the buildings holding banners that were visible
> through the glass windows, speakers addressed an
> overflowing crowd. They included City Councilmember
> Charles Barron, Larry Holmes representing the A.N.S.W.E.R.
> Coalition, and many student speakers.
>
> You can send accounts of your school's or community's
> action to info at internationalanswer.org
>
> TAKE IT TO THE WHITE HOUSE MARCH 15
>
> The reason the anti-war movement is growing so fast is
> that the world recognizes that the Bush Administration is
> not only planning to carry out an illegal unprovoked
> assault but that it intends to use methods that constitute
> war crimes and crimes against humanity. The reign of
> terror and violence is no longer a secret but the declared
> policy and strategy of the Bush administration. Fearful
> that a large number of U.S. casualties will intensify a
> political backlash at home, the war planners are openly
> admitting that they intend to create maximum terror among
> the Iraqi population. A front page article in the New York
> Times today reported the Pentagon's plans for "unleashing
> 3,000 precision-guided bombs and missiles in the first 48
> hours of the campaign. General Myers warned that the
> American attack would result in Iraqi civilian
> casualties...'But we can't forget that war is inherently
> violent,' he said. 'People are going to die. As hard as we
> try to limit civilian casualties, it will occur. We need
> to condition people that that is war. People get the idea
> this is going to be antiseptic. Well, its not going to
> be.'" ("U.S. General Sees Plan to Shock Iraq Into
> Surrendering" New York Times, March 5, 2003)
>
> On March 15, tens of thousands will converge on the White
> House in Washington DC. THE PLAN FOR THE EMERGENCY
> CONVERGENCE ON THE WHITE HOUSE is to gather at 12 noon at
> the Washington Monument (just south of the White House,
> Constitution Ave. between 15th and 17th Sts. NW) for a
> rally and march.
>
> Contact information for BUSES, VANS AND CAR CARAVANS
> traveling to DC -- and an easy-to-use form to sign up to
> list the transportation options from your city -- go to:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m15/m15transp.html
>
> A FLYER for the March 15 Emergency National Convergence on
> the White House is available on the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
> web site. You can easily download a PDF of the national
> flyer for the Washington DC demonstration, as well as a
> version for those in New York City planning to travel to
> DC. Flyers for West Coast events are also available. To
> download flyers, go to
> http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html
> If you cannot download and print the flyers, you can pick
> up stacks at A.N.S.W.E.R. offices around the country, or
> you can call us at 202-544-3389 and request a packet of
> flyers.
>
> For logistical information (updated daily) -- such as a
> map of the rally area, directions, public transportation
> in DC, disability access, parking, housing and more -- go
> to
> http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/m15/logistics.html
>
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