Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- I wish to sign this, please add my name, Richard Roper England --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------------------------- > > Dear Friend of peace and foe of injustice. > > The International Action Center is putting out this > call, and would like all > people of conscience who agree with it to sign it > immediately. Please do so > if you can. We are calling for an international and > overwhelming response as > an answer to the war frenzy and vicious xenophobia > sweeping the U.S. since > the terrible events of September 11. Please join us. > Thank you, > Heather Cottin (for the IAC) > > A Call to Join a New Anti-War Coalition: > International A.N.S.W.E.R. > (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) > > Please join us in signing this call: > > Our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences are > with all > those whose loved ones were lost or injured on > September 11, > 2001. At this moment, we would all like to take time > to > reflect, to grieve, to extend sympathy and > condolences to > all. But we believe that we must do more. We must > act now. > We are assembling International A.N.S.W.E.R. to call > for > worldwide rallies against war and racism. On > September 29, > there will be a national march and rally at the > White House > in Washington DC, as well as marches on the West > Coast of > the U.S. and around the world. We call on all > people of > conscience and progressive organizations to take up > this > call and organize rallies around the world. > We join with people all over the world who condemn > the > horrific killings of thousands of innocent civilians > on > Sept. 11th . But unless we stop President Bush and > NATO from > carrying out a new, wider war in the Middle East, > the number > of innocent victims will grow from the thousands to > the tens > of thousands and possibly more. A new, wider U.S. > and NATO > war in the Middle East can only lead to an > escalating cycle > of violence. War is not the answer. > We must also act against racism. Arab American and > Muslim > people in the United States, in Europe and > elsewhere, as > well as other communities of color, are facing > racist > attacks and harassment in their communities, on > their jobs > and at mosques. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism is > a poison > that should be repudiated. > The U.S. government is attempting to curb civil > liberties > and to create a climate in which it is impossible > for > progressive people to speak their mind. The Bush > administration is attempting to take advantage of > this > crisis to militarize U.S. society with a vast > expansion of > police powers that is intended to severely restrict > basic > democratic rights. > On September 29, tens of thousands of people had > planned to > demonstrate against the Bush administration's > reactionary > foreign and domestic policy and the IMF and World > Bank. In > light of the current crisis, with its tragic > consequences > for so many thousands of people, we have refocused > the call > for our demonstration to address the immediate > danger posed > by increased racism and the grave threat of a new > war. We > call on people to demonstrate around the world on > that day. > Now is the time for all people of conscience, all > people who > oppose racism and war to come together. If you > believe in > civil liberties and oppose racism and war, > demonstrate on > September 29 in front of the White House and around > the > world. October 12-13 will be International Days of > Action > Against War and Racism. We urge all organizations > internationally to join together at this critical > time and > take action. > > Initial Signers: > Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General > Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic > Archdiocese of Detroit > Samia Halaby, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return > Coalition > Barbara Lubin, Exec. Director, Middle East > Children’s > Alliance > Rev. Lucius Walker, Pastors for Peace > Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director, International Action > Center > Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, > George > Washington University > Michele Naar-Obed, Plowshares activist, Jonah House, > Baltimore > Pam Africa, International Family & Friends of Mumia > Abu-Jamal > Nino Pasti Foundation, Rome, Italy > Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua > Network > Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National > Lawyers Guild > Tom Hanson, Mexico Solidarity Network > Kriss Worthington, Berkeley City Council > Leonora Foerstal, Women for Mutual Security > Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement > Michel Shehadeh, Los Angeles 8 Case Respondent > Vieques Support Campaign > Ray LeForest, Labor Organizer, 1707 AFSCME > Arab Cause Solidarity Committee, Madrid, Spain > Korea Truth Commission > Congress for Korean Reunification > Michel Collon, Belgium Anti-War Journalist > Elmar Schmaehling, Retired Admiral, German Navy > Struggle Against War Coalition, Italy > Italian Tribunal on NATO Crimes in Yugoslavia > > > International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & > End > Racism) > National Office: 39 W. 14th St., Suite 206, NY, NY > 10011 > (212) 633-6646 > Washington DC Office: 1247 E St. SE, Washington DC > 20003 > U.S.A. (202) 543-2777 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: > www.iacenter.org > > ------------------------------------------------- > This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old > stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down > > > __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? 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