Fw: [Antiwar 4 the Million Worker March] Join the "Anti-war 4 theMillion Worker March" committee now!

["Ulliana Stefano" <ulliana1 at tin.it>]

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  From: AntiWar 4 the Million Worker March
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  Subject: [Antiwar 4 the Million Worker March] Join the "Anti-war 4
theMillion Worker March" committee now!




  "Get on the bus" for the
  Million Worker March, Oct. 17, 2004, Washington, D.C.!
        The struggle of working people and the struggle against the war are
the same struggle!

        Bring the troops home now! End the occupation of Iraq!

        Organize a local "AntiWar 4 the Million Worker March" committee now!



  Dear Activists and Organizers,

  This fall in Washington, D.C., you will have a timely and historic
opportunity to unite the anti-war movement with an unprecedented and
vitally necessary mass march of working people speaking for themselves.
This is a rare opportunity that serious anti-war activists can't afford to
pass up.

  Some of the strongest voices and most active groups in the labor
movement, together with the active support and participation of
organizations representing every progressive movement and cause, will be
"getting on the bus to D.C. on Sunday, October 17, for the MILLION WORKER
MARCH. A sea of workers from every industry, from every union and every
place where workers want a union, from every part of the country, will be
streaming into the capital to demand things like jobs, a living wage and
workers' rights.

  They will also express their anger over the senseless dying that is going
on every day in Iraq and elsewhere, and their desire that it end now. Why?
Because it is working families who bear the burden, it is their loved ones
who are sent off to fight and die--and it is their, our, the workers' money
that is stolen to pay for war and occupation.

  What makes the Million Worker March unique is that the event´s principal
organizers want to make the anti-war movement´s demand to "End the
Occupation of Iraq, and Bring the Troops Home Now central to the march's
message and the goals.

  START A LOCAL "ANTI-WAR 4 THE MILLION WORKER MARCH" COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW!

  We are asking anti-war activists to set up local "Anti-war 4 the Million
Worker March committees. Start meeting, planning, and reserving buses to
go to Washington on October 17. Anti-war coalitions and groups need to let
us know ASAP if their group can be listed as an "Anti-war 4 Million Worker
March committee in their locality or region.

  We encourage activists to form committees in their unions, schools, work
places, churches and communities. It is our hope that "Anti-war 4 MWM"
committees will complement the labor union and community-based organizing
that is going on across the country for Oct. 17.

  We urge you to start now, before the Republican National Convention
protests in NYC. Please get back to us so that we can send you information
and resources that will be helpful to your organizing.

  YOU CAN HELP

  * Add your name, title and endorsement as a signer to this urgent call.
  * Set up an Anti-War 4 the Million Worker March committee
  * Send this email to your friends, co-workers, and neighbors.
  * Commit to sending a bus from your city, town or region.

  CONTACT US AT
  AntiWar4theMillionWorkerMarch at action-mail.org
  39 W. 14th Street #206
  NYC, NY 10011
  phone (212) 633.633.6646

  The call for a Million Worker March came from one of the most well-known
labor organizations in the country, famous for its long history of
militancy, boldness and courage in defense of working people-Local 10 of
the International Longshore Workers Union in San Francisco. Over the past
few months this call has rolled across the country, picking up the support
of scores of labor unions, labor activists and leaders including:

  The Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists; Bill Lucy, Secretary-Treasurer,
AFSCME; the National Education Association; Transportation Workers Union
Local 100 (NY); AFSCME District Council 1707 (NY); South Carolina AFL-CIO;
Farm Labor Organizing Committee; AFSCME District Council 92 (MD); D.C.
Labor Against The War; International ANSWER; actor Danny Glover; American
Indian Movement; ILWU Local 34; Troy and Albany Labor Council (NY);
National Immigration Solidarity Network; New York City Labor Against the
War; Global Women´s Strike; Teamsters Black Caucus; comedian Dick Gregory;
Myra Shone and Ralph Schoenman, Taking Aim, Pacifica; National Association
of Letter Carriers, Branch 3825; Howard Wallace, co-founder, Pride at Work;
Jim Houghton, Director, Harlem Fight Back; Justice 4 Homeless, SF; United
Steel Workers of America Local 8751; International Action Center; former
U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council;
Howard Zinn, historian; Noam Chomsky, linguist;AFSCME Local 95, Local 205,
Local 215,Local 389,Loca167,Local 1881, Local 1930; ILWU Entire West Coast
division; CUE Local 3; and many more.

  Working people are coming to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17 because whether
their concern is about jobs, or decent wages, or layoffs, or union busting,
or the battle to protect our pensions and Social Security and to make
health care a universal right instead of a privilege for the wealthy--with
all we face, we had better raise our own voices and act in our own
interests instead of relying on the next president, whoever that will be.

  And most important, the time for us to speak in our own voice is not
after people vote in November, but before. The Million Worker March on Oct.
17 is about the people telling the president, the candidates, the
politicians and the corporate elite who are the real power behind the
election campaigns and the politicians to "Shut up! and listen to us for a
change.

  Let´s make sure that after many of us march in NYC against the Republican
convention, Nov. 2 isn´t the only important date this fall. We urge all of
you to work to make the Oct. 17 Million Worker March in D.C. the next major
event for the entire anti-war movement. If we rise to this challenge, we
will put the next president and Congress on notice that we will accept no
excuses for prolonging the occupation of Iraq and wasting lives and
precious resources that should go toward satisfying people´s needs like
housing and schools. Moreover, we will have helped to forge a critical
alliance between the grass roots of the labor movement and the anti-war
movement that would represent a whole new level of unity, potential and
power.

  Does this sound like something worth working for? Does this sound like
something you´ve been waiting for? You can help make it happen.

  In solidarity,

  Clarence Thomas, Co-Chair, Million Workers March Organizing Committee,
ILWU Local 10
  Brenda Stokely, President, District Council 1707 AFSCME, Co-chair, NYC
Labor Against the War
  Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer, Local 808 IBT, President National
Teamsters Black Caucus
  Ralph Shoenman, Communications Coordinator, Million Worker March
  Larry Holmes, International Action Center, Steering Committee ANSWER
  Sharon Black, Washington/Baltimore Coordinator, Million Worker March
  Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General

  Get on the bus:


  * To bring the troops home now!* For money & for jobs not war!* For a
living wage!* Against layoffs, union busting, & for workers´ rights!* For
the rights of immigrant workers!* Because young people need jobs not
jails!* To end the occupation of iraq!* To defend civil rights! * Because
working people need to speak in their own voice!

  Get On The Bus Oct. 17 For The Million Worker March







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