Fw: [ANSWER]: Jan. 18 Update: New Endorsers, Speakers & More!

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

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Subject: [ANSWER]: Jan. 18 Update: New Endorsers, Speakers & More!


> January 18 Update:
> NEW ENDORSERS, SPEAKERS & MORE!
>
> Momentum is growing for the January 18 National March on
> Washington DC and joint action in San Francisco.
>  Transportation is now being organized from over 200
> cities in 45 different states. Read the following email
> for exciting updates on January 18 endorsers, speakers,
> protests around the world, media coverage and how you can
> get to Washington DC or San Francisco.
>
> I. The plan for January 18
> II. New Endorsers
> III. New Speakers
> IV. More demonstrations around the world
> V. Ramsey Clark on Al-Jazeera
> VI. 0% chance of precipitation for January 18!
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> PLANS FOR JAN. 18 NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC
> & JOINT ACTION IN SAN FRANCISCO
>
> 11 AM
> WEST SIDE OF THE CAPITOL
> (on the National Mall at 3rd St.)
> MARCH to the Washington Navy Yard
>
> The scenario plan for Washington DC includes an 11 am
> opening rally on the West side of the Capitol Building (on
> the National Mall at 3rd St. NW).  This rally will include
> representatives from the diverse movements and
> organizations that oppose the war.  Following the rally,
> we will hold a mass march to the Washington Navy Yard -- a
> massive military installation located in a working class
> neighborhood in Southeast Washington DC that parks
> warships on the Anacostia River.
>
> In San Francisco, assemble 11 am at the foot of Market St.
> at Embarcadero. Rally then march to Civic Center Plaza
> (Grove & Larkin) adjacent to City Hall for a closing rally
> with speakers, entertainment and cultural performances.
>
> For more information, go to
> http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
>
> **********
>
> NEW ENDORSERS
>
> There have been many new endorsements for the January 18
> National March on Washington DC in the last week. New
> endorsers include Janeane Garofalo, Jessica Lange,
> Veterans for Peace, 1199 SEIU New York's Health and Human
> Service Union, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Voices in the
> Wilderness, School of the Americas Watch, New York Youth
> Bloc, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Anti-Flag &
> A-F Records, United for Peace, MADRE, Board of Directors
> of Peace Action of Michigan and many more.
>
> For a FULL LIST OF ENDORSERS, go to:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/endorsers.html
>
> **********
>
> PERFORMANCES INCLUDE Chumbawamba, Patti Smith, and Pam
> Parker & Lucy Murphy
>
> UPDATED LIST OF SPEAKERS & MESSAGES:
>
> - Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
> - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic
> Archdiocese of Detroit
> - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
> - Rev. Al Sharpton, National Action Network
> - Rev. Herbert Daughtry, national pastor, House of the
> Lord Church, Brooklyn
> - Mike Farrell, actor
> - Jessica Lange, actor
> - Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House
> - Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society
> Freedom Foundation
> - Brenda Stokely, President, District Council 1707 AFSCME;
> Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War
> - Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
> - Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against
> the War
> - Representative of 1199 SEIU New York's Health and Human
> Service Union
> - Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran and author of "Born on the
> Fourth of July"
> - Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth and Student
> Coordinator, Howard University student
> - Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth
> Congregational Church
> - Bayan
> - Free Palestine Alliance
> - Macrina Cardenas, Mexico Solidarity Network
> - Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission
> - Nicaragua Network
> - Partnership for Civil Justice
> - Muslim Students Association of the U.S. & Canada
> - IFCO/Pastors for Peace
> - International Action Center
> - Rev. John Dear
> - Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange
> - Bill Fletcher, Co-Chair, United for Peace; TransAfrica
> - Blasé Bonpane, Director, Office of the Americas
> - Not in Our Name Project
> - Mumia Abu-Jamal
> - New York Youth Bloc
> - Representative of women's struggle to defend
> reproductive rights on the 30th anniversary of Roe v Wade
>
> **********
>
> DEMONSTRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD JANUARY 18
>
> On January 18 -- in addition to the National March on
> Washington DC and joint action in San Francisco ?
> solidarity demonstrations will take place in over 25
> countries around the world. In the past week new
> information came in about demonstrations in several Latin
> American countries, Bahrain, Pakistan and Australia.
>
> Solidarity demonstrations are set to take place in Egypt,
> Bahrain, Pakistan, Japan, the Philippines, South Korea,
> Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Canada, Italy,
> Spain, France, Belgium, Australia, Indonesia, England,
> Germany, Austria, Russia and more.
>
> In Argentina, the Association of Madres de Plaza de Mayo
> have called for a demonstration on Thursday, Jan. 16, as
> Thursday is the day they have been demonstrating for the
> last twenty-five years. They will march from the Plaza
> Italia to the U.S. Embassy. Below is the press release
> from Madres de Plaza de Mayo:
>
> PRESS RELEASE: No War Against Iraq!
>
> The ASSOCIATION OF MADRES DE PLAZA DE MAYO joins the call
> for a DAY OF INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ
> taking place on January 18 in the United States. This call
> was made by an important group of organizations and
> personalities that are opposed to the imperialist war and
> call for a March from Plaza Italia to the United States
> Embassy for the 16 of January 2003.
>
> Hebe de Bonafini, President
> Buenos Aires, January 7th, 2003
>
> **********
>
> RAMSEY CLARK ON AL-JAZEERA
>
> For those of who have the access to Al Jazeera through
> satellite, Ramsey Clark is due to appear live on the
> channel's news show on Friday, January 10. Barring any
> last-minute changes, he is scheduled to come on at about
> 12:05 pm.
>
> **********
>
> 0% CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY 18!
>
> According to weather.com, as of Thursday, January 9, there
> is a 0% chance of precipitation on January 18!
>
> **********
>
> For a list of CITIES ORGANIZING TRANSPORTATION, go to:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18contacts.html
>
> If you're organizing a bus from your city, fill out the
> easy-to-use form at:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18contacts.html#list
> (if this link does not take you directly to the form,
> please scroll down)
>
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>
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> etc.), go to:
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>
> YOUTH & STUDENT ACTION: JAN. 18-19
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/students.html
>
> To ENDORSE, go to:
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18endorse.html
> (scroll down)
>
> **********
>
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