War Escalates, Peace Movement Mobilizes

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<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=5&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/3yearstoomany>"Operation
Swarmer": That's what the U.S. military is calling the air assault they
launched in Iraq earlier today. In what CNN is reporting as "the largest
air assault since the invasion of Iraq nearly three years ago," some 50
aircraft are "supporting" U.S. and Iraqi troops near the city of Samarra.
When the military says "supporting," they mean bombing. And when bombs are
dropped, innocent civilians are killed.

Just yesterday U.S. air power demolished a farmhouse. According to The New
York Times, "The American military said that only three civilians had been
killed, while Iraqi officials said an entire 11-member family -- from a
75-year-old grandmother to a 6-month-old baby -- had died in the attack
.... The results were devastating, according to images broadcast on Arab
TV: dead cows, scorched cars, a smashed house and 11 bodies rolled up in
blankets." (New York Times, March 16, 2006, p. A8)

This new air assault demands a quick, visible outcry from people all around
the country. As it happens,
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=6&url=http://unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?caltype=39&lcountry=&state=&search=Search>there
are more than 500 antiwar activities already planned to coincide with the
3rd anniversary of the start of the war in hundreds of locations around the
country. Please take a moment right now to find out what is happening near
you and then do everything you can to build those actions.

It is time to stop the killing. It is time to stop the war in Iraq. It is
time to bring all of our troops home!

If nothing is planned near you, you can still organize a event. It needn't
be elaborate:

Pick a public location to gather and speak out against the war -- shopping
malls, business districts, in front of the district offices of your
Congressional Representative and/or Senators, transportation hubs, etc.
Select a date and time to gather -- times, like rush hour, when larger
numbers of people will see you are best.
Call friends, relatives, co-workers, people you go to religious services
with; send out an email notice to everyone you know;
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=7&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/addevent>list
it on the UFPJ website calendar; try to get an announcement in your local
media outlet.
Bring some posters or banners to hold up,
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=8&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/3yearstoomany>make
copies of leaflets to hand out and petitions to gather signatures on.
You can also
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=9&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/congresspetition>sign
and circulate our online petition to Congress, demanding that they stop
funding the war and bring the troops home immediately.
And be sure to use the activities around the 3rd anniversary as building
blocks for the
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=10&url=http://www.april29.org/>massive
national mobilization being planned in New York City for Saturday, April
29th. The combination of our ongoing local work and our periodic national
demonstrations is what makes this movement powerful.

As the bloodshed in Iraq escalates, let's do all we can to project our call
for peace far and wide.


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today.

APRIL 29
New York City
<http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=95373367&url_num=12&url=http://www.april29.org/>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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