Fw: [ANSWER]: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A.N.S.W.E.R." <answer.general at action-mail.org>
To: <answer.general at action-mail.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 5:22 AM
Subject: [ANSWER]: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS


> Bush administration begins terrorist assault against Iraq
> EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS
> 
> Iraq, a country that has not attacked or threatened the 
> United States, is now the subject of a state-sponsored 
> terrorist assault from the skies as the Bush 
> administration orders cruise missile attacks in Baghdad 
> that began in the early morning hours in Iraq today. 
> President Bush went on national television at 10:15 pm EST 
> to alert the country and the world that the U.S. war on 
> Iraq had begun. The Bush administration camouflaged its 
> unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq as a war for 
> "disarmament" and "liberation." All aggressors throughout 
> history have disguised their ambitions and goals by 
> presenting their actions as a means in pursuit of noble 
> ends. The war against Iraq is not about disarmament or 
> about the protection of the United States or about the 
> creation of a democratic Iraq. The Bush administration and 
> other previous U.S. governments have in fact aided, 
> financed and armed some of the most brutal dictatorships 
> on the globe. The real objectives of this first strike war 
> are to achieve U.S. domination over the strategic and 
> oil-rich region of the Middle East.
> 
> The people of the world in the last month have carried out 
> an unprecedented campaign of global opposition to the 
> planned U.S. war against Iraq. The worldwide anti-war 
> movement has stripped the Bush administration of the 
> veneer and fig leaf of legality and legitimacy that it 
> sought by coercing and bribing the United Nations to back 
> its unilateral actions against Iraq. The UN's refusal to 
> support the U.S. war against Iraq has resulted in the 
> political isolation of the Bush administration. The 
> administration seeks now to overcome its failed diplomacy 
> and political isolation by resorting to massive military 
> power and the exercise of limitless violence. In the 
> coming days and weeks, anti-war forces in the United 
> States and around the world will intensify their protest, 
> opposition and resistance to this illegal and immoral war.
> 
> We urge everyone to participate in the Emergency Response 
> Mobilization plans:
> 
> Thursday, March 20
> WALKOUT / STAY AWAY!
> CONVERGE TO PROTEST AT 12 NOON
> In the morning, either go to work or school and encourage 
> others to leave to join the protest, or spend the morning 
> leafleting for other people to join. Converge at 12 noon 
> in city centers -- in Washington D.C. at the White House, 
> in New York City at Union Square, in San Francisco at 
> Civic Center Plaza -- to engage in protest actions against 
> the war.  Flyers can be downloaded (see links below) and 
> will be available at A.N.S.W.E.R. offices and organizing 
> centers around the country.
> 
> Thursday, March 20
> EMERGENCY PROTEST AT 5 PM
> Gather at a central location at 5 pm -- in Washington DC 
> at the White House, in New York at Times Square, in San 
> Francisco at Powell and Market -- to protest the war.
> 
> SATURDAY, MARCH 22
> *EMERGENCY CONVERGENCE on the WHITE HOUSE in WASHINGTON DC 
> at 12 noon
> *Emergency regional protests in San Francisco, Los 
> Angeles, and around the country
> *In New York City protest at 11:30 a.m., assemble on 
> Broadway between 41st and 36th St.
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> HELP SPREAD THE WORD
> Spend the morning leafleting about the walkout and the 
> emergency protest, and then leaflet about the Saturday 
> protest. Below are some downloadable flyers (Acrobat 
> Reader required):
> 
> NATIONAL FULL PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local 
> gathering spot):
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_large_natl2.PDF
> 
> NATIONAL QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local 
> gathering spot):
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_natl.PDF
> 
> NATIONAL POSTER:
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/landscape2.PDF
> 
> WASHINGTON DC QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET:
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_dc.PDF
> 
> WASHINGTON DC POSTER:
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/landscape2.PDF
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO POSTER FOR SATURDAY:
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/sf_window.pdf
> 
> SAN FRANCISCO QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET FOR SATURDAY:
> http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/sf_war_4_onpage.pdf
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> FOR MORE INFORMATION:
> http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
> http://www.VoteNoWar.org
> info at internationalanswer.org
> New York 212-633-6646
> Washington 202-544-3389
> Los Angeles 213-487-2368
> San Francisco 415-821-6545
> 
> To make a tax-deductible donation, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/donate.html
> 
> Sign up to receive updates (low volume):
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/subscribelist.html
> 
> ------------------
> Send replies to answer at action-mail.org
> 
> This is the ANSWER activist announcement
> list. Anyone can subscribe by sending 
> any message to <answer.general-subscribe at action-mail.org>
> To unsubscribe <answer.general-off at action-mail.org>
>