-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: John Catalinotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:05 AM Subject: CALL FOR OCTOBER 25 ANTI-WAR ACTIONS WORLDWIDE
> CALL FOR OCTOBER 25 ANTI-WAR ACTIONS WORLDWIDE > > Momentum is growing inside the United States for a > successful national demonstration in Washington on October > 25 against the occupation of Iraq and to bring the U.S. > troops home now. The ANSWER Coalition is asking the world > movement to consider making this same date - October 25 - > a date for worldwide actions against the occupation. > > From mid-to-late August-a time when there is usually a > low level of political activity in the U.S.-there were > surprisingly significant protests in New York, Chicago, > Richmond, Va., and Taos, N.M., most demanding and end to > the occupation of Iraq. The Aug. 23 demonstration in > Washington commemorating the 1963 Civil Rights March gave > its biggest applause to anti-war statements. In addition, > a Newsweek poll showed more people now opposed the > continued occupation than supported it. > > The Iraqi people's refusal to accept U.S./UK domination of > their country has made the continued occupation unpopular > among the rank-and-file U.S. troops, their relatives and > the U.S. population in general. > > The ANSWER Coalition has been working for the past two > months to build a strong national march on October 25 in > Washington. By late August some 2,000 organizations and > individuals, including Not In Our Name, NY Labor Against > the War, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation > and the San Francisco Labor Council, had endorsed this > initiative. The latest step toward a successful > demonstration was the decision as August ended by the > other major national coalition, United for Peace and > Justice, to accept an ANSWER invitation to jointly sponsor > the demonstration. > > This means the October 25 action will be the first > national demonstration supported by the entire U.S. > anti-war movement since the Pentagon took Baghdad last > April. It will come a month after important local > actions-expected to be strongest on the West > Coast-September 25-28 to end the occupations of Iraq and > Palestine, part of internationally supported protests on > the anniversary of the second Intifada. > > A major U.S.-based protest of the occupation Oct. 25 will > undoubtedly have a strong impact on the worldwide anti-war > movement. Already movements have called actions for Oct. > 25 in Belgium, in Canada, in northern Italy, Japan, and in > Madrid, Spain, where a "Donors' Conference" of countries > aiding the occupation is set Oct. 23-24. These are just a > beginning. Last year's global demonstrations that began > Oct. 26, grew on Jan. 18 and peaked with the Feb. 15-16 > actions, involved at least 10 million worldwide and were > repeated in March and April, showed what is possible. > > Now this movement should consider if it can use the > U.S.-based action as a catalyst for protests in other > countries. Can October 25 be the next powerful > international day of protest? > > John Catalinotto > www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
