3 Years of War ... and Resistance

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Please forward widely!
Make a bold visual statement for peace on the third anniversary of the Iraq
War --
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=5&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/catalog>order
anti-war posters, yard signs, buttons, and stickers from UFPJ today.

Even the soldiers think the war should end now:
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=6&url=http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1075>Astunning
new Zogby poll shows that 72% of U.S. troops serving in Iraq think the
United States should exit the country within a year.

The third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq is fast approaching, and
people all over the country are gearing up to say no to war and call for
all the troops to come home now.
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=7&url=http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?caltype=39&lcountry=&state=&search=Search>Over
200 events are already listed on our calendar -- and we know this is just a
fraction of what's being organized. If you haven't listed your event yet,
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=8&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/addevent>please
do so now –- no activity is too small or too large to include.

Some highlights:

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=9&url=http://www.vetgulfmarch.org/>Walkin'
to New Orleans:<>
Veterans' and Survivors' March for Peace and Justice
Veterans and military families are uniting their call for peace with
hurricane survivors' call for justice, with a five-day march and caravan
from Mobile to New Orleans. This historical event highlights the
connections between the economic and human cost of war in the Middle East
and the failure of our government to respond to human needs at home,
especially the needs of poor people and people of color. It is being
organized by UFPJ member groups Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against
the War, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out,
Gold Star Families for Peace, and hurricane survivors' organizations (Save
Ourselves, the People's Hurricane Relief Fund, Common Ground Collective,
Bayou Liberty Relief, the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance, C3, and
others).

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=12&url=http://guerreroazteca.org/>Peregrinación
por la Paz<>
Latino Peace March from Tijuana to San Francisco
On March 12 four outspoken Latino opponents of the Iraq war will lead a
241-mile march for peace from Tijuana, Mexico, to San Francisco. Latinos
make up nearly 15% of the U.S. population and 11% of the U.S. military,
with many serving in combat or hazardous duty occupations. This march is
aimed at making visible and strengthening the growing opposition to the
Iraq War within the Latino community. The march is being led by Fernando
Suarez del Solar, who lost his son in Iraq; Pablo Paredes, who resisted
being sent to Iraq; Camilo Mejia, an Iraq war veteran jailed for nine
months for his opposition to the war; and Aidan Delgado, a conscientious
objector to the war after being stationed at the Abu Ghraib prison. The
organizers seek people to plan local events in the cities they are passing
through as well as organizational support for the march.

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=15&url=http://www.mediachannel.org/>Wednesday,
March 15:<>
National Day of Media Action
Kicking off the March 15-22 week of activities against the war, media
activists and anti-war organizers are working together to challenge media
outlets to tell the truth about the war and report on the anti-war
movement. Working with MediaChannel, UFPJ is encouraging a full range of
events: calls to journalists and talk show hosts; letters to the editors;
delegations to meet with editorial boards and producers at newspapers,
radio and stations TV; mid-day and/or early evening protests in front of
local media outlets; vigils, forums and speak-outs to discuss the role of
the media and to plan for actions. Activists from all over the country and
the world have already written to support the day of media protest and ask
how they can help. The answer is simple -- become an organizer and media
activist!

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=18&url=http://www.nyspc.net/home.php>Thursday,
March 16:<>
Young People's Resistance to Three Years of War
As the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq approaches, the war's
impact on youth and students is increasingly alarming. The vast majority of
U.S. troops killed in Iraq have been youth of college-age. Military
recruiters have escalated their aggressive and deceptive campaigns in our
schools, preying upon young people as the Pentagon struggles to enlist
enough youth to fight a war based on lies. The war's soaring cost (nearly
$400 billion!) has forced massive budget cuts, leaving young people with
under-funded schools, diminishing social services and fewer alternatives to
the military. But young people all over the country are organizing and
fighting back! On March 16, the National Youth and Student Peace Coalition,
a member group of UFPJ, is joining with our allies across the movement to
call for a national day of youth- and student-led cultural resistance
against three years of needless war.

<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=21&url=http://globalcalliraq.org/en/node>Monday,
March
20:<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=22&url=http://globalcalliraq.org/en/node>
A Global Call for Nonviolent Resistance to End the U.S.-Led Occupation of Iraq
Nobel Laureates, Cindy Sheehan, Eduardo Galeano, Harold Pinter, Ernesto
Cardenal and many others from around the world have called on people to
engage in acts of nonviolent resistance to the war on Monday, March 20, and
several dates later in the year. Events being planned for the third
anniversary of the war include a
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=23&url=http://globalcalliraq.org/en/node/300>march
on the Pentagon and
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=24&url=http://globalcalliraq.org/en/node/350>direct
action at a Connecticut military recruitment center.

If you're not already part of a peace and justice group in your community,
now's a great time to join one. Visit our
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=25&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=27>online
directory of UFPJ member groups to find an organization in your area. And
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=26&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/>visit
our website for additional resources and event ideas for the third
anniversary of the war.

Raising a loud outcry against the war requires resources -- and we need
your financial support. Show your opposition to the war by
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=27&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate>making
the most generous donation you can today to the work of United for Peace
and Justice.

Thanks for all your support -- together we will bring this war to an end!


APRIL 29
New York City
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=89715244&url_num=28&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/april29>March
for Peace, Justice, and Democracy
End the war in Iraq -- bring the troops home!
Unite for change -- let's turn our country around!


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