Fw: [ANSWER]: Nat'l Orgs Endorse April 12 & other updates

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

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From: "A.N.S.W.E.R." <answer.general at action-mail.org>
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Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:16 AM
Subject: [ANSWER]: Nat'l Orgs Endorse April 12 & other updates


> NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSE APRIL 12 MARCH ON 
> WASHINGTON
> 
> USLAW (United States Labor Against the War), Not in Our 
> Name, Black Voices for Peace, the National Lawyers Guild, 
> and Voices in the Wilderness are all endorsing and 
> encouraging their members to mobilize for the April 12 
> National March on Washington DC to Surround the White 
> House.
> 
> Members and supporters of Voices in the Wilderness, a 
> number of whom are at the front lines standing in 
> solidarity with the people of Iraq, issued the following 
> statement of support: "Voices in the Wilderness fully 
> endorses A.N.S.W.E.R.'s call to action for a march on 
> Washington on April 12.  While war rages in Iraq, we join 
> millions of others in the spirit of nonviolent resistance 
> and global citizenship.  We will raise our voices for all 
> forgotten people of Iraq and the world."
> 
> ********************
> 
> VIDEO FOR APRIL 12 NOW AVAILABLE
> 
> A downloadable video for the April 12 march is now 
> available at
> http://www.iqueb.de/video/A12promo.rm
> 
> This link is for a 60-second video. It is a Real Media 
> document, which will automatically download when you open 
> the link (the URL), assuming you have RealPlayer. It was 
> produced by filmmaker Alan Roth of Asymmetric Pictures, 
> who is an media activist with the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition.
> 
> We encourage all anti-war activists and organizations to 
> place links to this video on their web pages, and to 
> circulate the link to others.
> 
> ********************
> 
> APRIL 12 WILL TRULY BE A GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION.
> 
> On March 31, the ILPS-Philippine Chapter announced that it 
> would change its call for a Asia Pacific region-wide 
> mobilization from April 9 to April 12 "So that we can be 
> one with many more people in registering our mightiest, 
> loudest, and most militant protest ... Together with 
> Africa, North and South America and Europe, the people of 
> Asia Pacific shall also march, rally and protest on April 
> 12 to compel US President George Bush and his cohorts to 
> STOP THIS SENSELESS WAR. We hope that we could mobilize 
> hundreds of thousands, if not millions, in our region. 
> ..." More information can be found at 
> http://www.justicenotwar.tk
> 
> We have also just received notice from the Sudanese 
> American Society that the General Union of Sudanese 
> Students will hold a demonstration in the Sudan on April 
> 12.
> 
> Demonstrations are now planned in Australia, Belgium, 
> Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, 
> Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Mexico, 
> Nicaragua, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, South Korea, 
> Spain, Sudan, Sweden, United States and Venezuela.
> 
> ********************
> 
> BUSES TO WASHINGTON DC FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
> 
> Tens of thousands of people, including many who have never 
> been to a demonstration before, are coming by bus, van and 
> car caravan from cities across the East Coast, Midwest and 
> South to be at the White House on Saturday, April 12.
> 
> To find out about TRANSPORTATION FROM YOUR CITY, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/a12/a12transp.html 
> (updated daily)
> 
> If you are ORGANIZING TRANSPORTATION, fill out the 
> easy-to-use form at 
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/a12/index.html#a12transp 
> so that we can help spread the word to others (if the link 
> does not take you directly to the form, scroll down)
> 
> ********************
> 
> MORE INFORMATION ABOUT APRIL 12
> 
> To DOWNLOAD LITERATURE, go to
> http://internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html
> 
> If you cannot download and print the flyers and stickers, 
> 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. Please make your request immediately so 
> they can be sent in time for massive distribution. You 
> must call us by Monday, April 7 at 3 pm EST if you want to 
> be mailed flyers.
> 
> To make a tax-deductible DONATION to support the work of 
> the anti-war movement, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/donate.html
> 
> Please check the April 12 page on the A.N.S.W.E.R. website 
> at
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/a12/index.html
> frequently for additional organizing information. This 
> will include additional pieces of downloadable literature; 
> a daily update to the list of cities organizing 
> transportation; logistical information; & more.
> 
> *The National March to Stop the War on Iraq comes in the 
> midst of the long-planned Latin America Solidarity 
> Coalition (LASC) Mobilization Against Military and 
> Economic Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. 
> A.N.S.W.E.R. encourages participation in the LASC public 
> plenaries including major Latin American speakers on 
> Friday and Saturday at 7:00pm and the LASC rally and 
> demonstration ending at the World Bank and IMF on Sunday, 
> April 13. Visit the LASC web page at 
> http://www.lasolidarity.org for details.*
> 
> ********************
> 
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