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NATIONAL ANTIWAR MARCH: Update on Jan. 27-29 |
NATIONAL ANTIWAR MARCH: Update on Jan. 27-29 National Antiwar
Mobilization
United for Peace and Justice
We are meeting with the National Parks Service and the DC Police
Department this week and hope to finalize the march route and assembly
point. We will post these details on our website and announce them via
email as soon as they are determined.
To sign up for email notices and for more information see:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
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| Title: Re: NATIONAL ANTIWAR MARCH: Update on Jan. 27-29 |
15 Jan 2007 11:17:22 AM |
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President Bush's announcement of plans to escalate the war in Iraq
has spurred a groundswell of opposition across the country. On
Thursday, January 11 anti-war protests took place in more than a
thousand communities nationwide. As expected, the mainstream news
media under-reported these demonstrations.
This "peace surge" will escalate with a major national march on
Washington on Saturday, January 27 to push Congress to stand up to the
Bush Administration and bring the war to a close. Tens of millions of
people throughout the United States say it's time to end the Iraq
war. Please join us in Washington, DC to tell Congress and the White
House: De-escalate the war and bring the troops home now!
Nearly four years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a majority of
Americans polled believe it's time to end the war. According to two
January polls, 62% believe launching the Iraq war was a mistake, 70%
oppose an increase of troop levels, and 54% say we should withdraw all
troops immediately or within a year. More than 3,000 U.S. soldiers have
been killed in the war and nearly 23,000 have been wounded; according
to Johns Hopkins researchers, Iraqi civilian deaths number in the
hundreds of thousands. The war's cost is approaching $360
billion--money that could have been spent on education, housing for
Katrina evacuees, healthcare and other basic human needs.
The January 27th demonstration is being organized by United for Peace
and Justice (UFPJ), a national antiwar coalition with more than 1,400
member groups. The weekend's activities will also include a
veterans' event on January 25, an interfaith religious service for
peace the afternoon of January 27, and a day of meetings with members
of Congress on Monday, January 29. More information about the January
27-29 activities is on the web at http://unitedforpeace.org
Buses have been planned from more than 20 states and 72 cities,
including from as far away as Milwaukee, WI. Car caravans and peace
trains will be heading to Washington, DC from all over the East Coast,
the Midwest and the Southeast.
The three days of actions will send a clear message to Congress:
De-escalate. The Iraq war must end. It's time to bring all the troops
home. Stop the killing.
- Pat Elder for UFPJ
everywh...@everywhere.com wrote:
NATIONAL ANTIWAR MARCH: Update on Jan. 27-29 National Antiwar
Mobilization
United for Peace and Justice
We are meeting with the National Parks Service and the DC Police
Department this week and hope to finalize the march route and assembly
point. We will post these details on our website and announce them via
email as soon as they are determined.
To sign up for email notices and for more information see:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
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