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-----Original Message----- From: Charles Turk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:41 PM To: Recipient list suppressed Subject: Re: [IAC-SF] Jan. 18 -- Scenario & Politics
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charlie
At 08:21 PM 12/12/2002, International Action Center wrote:
MASS MARCH ON JANUARY 18 TO DEMAND
NO WAR AGAINST IRAQ -- ELIMINATE U.S. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Please read the following email for important updates about the scenario
for the January 18 National Marches in Washington DC and San Francisco to
say "No War on Iraq" and for an alert on Bush's moves toward first strike
nuclear war.
**********
The world is being menaced by Weapons of Mass Destruction by a government
that is openly threatening and planning to use nuclear weapons in preemptive
wars of aggression against others, including non-nuclear countries. While
all eyes are focused on the purported threat coming from Iraq, the Bush
Administration has sharply reorganized U.S. military doctrine and strategy
as it prepares to actually use Weapons of Mass Destruction in coming
conflicts as a matter of declared policy.
It is for this reason that on January 18, people across the United States
will demand the immediate elimination of US weapons of mass destruction and
a people's inspection team will call for unfettered access and a full
declaration of U.S. non-conventional weapons systems.
Bush seeks to have world attention focused on the disarmament of Iraq as
the preeminent threat to world peace, while the real threat of nuclear war
and the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction arises within the U.S.
Administration. This is the politics of diversion and should give pause to
those who are thinking of joining in Bush's sleight-of-hand anti-Iraq chorus
believing it to be a path to peace. The nuclear threat posed by the United
States is neither rhetoric nor speculation, it is the now announced doctrine
and strategy of the Bush White House. It represents the ushering in of a new
era of unrestrained and unprovoked catastrophic violence.
"Preemptive Strikes are Part of US Strategic Doctrine," reads the headline
of the front page of the Washington Post of December 11, 2002. A classified
version of the new Bush Doctrine "breaks with the fifty years of
counter-proliferation efforts" by planning for the use of nuclear weapons
against countries that not only have not attacked the US but that do not
themselves possess nuclear capability.
A.N.S.W.E.R. believes that all Weapons of Mass Destruction should be
banished from the planet. But this is impossible until the biggest arsenal
of Weapons of Mass Destruction -- the one at the disposal of trigger-happy
George W. Bush and Co. is eliminated. Any other call for disarmament will
not be viewed as legitimate by the rest of the world.
These war hawks are determined to breach the "taboo" against the use of
nuclear weapons that grew after the world experienced the horror of the
incineration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
It would be cowardly and foolish to turn our attention away from the open
threats and plans to use Weapons of Mass Destruction that are issuing from
the White House, not Iraq, and are embodied in the new Bush military
doctrine.
We must stop the Bush Administration from threatening and killing the
people of the world who are not our enemy.
*Perspective on the January 18 demonstration & Update on People's Peace
Congress*
On October 26th hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in
Washington, DC and San Francisco in demonstrations called by A.N.S.W.E.R.
(http://www.InternationalANSWER.org) and in coinciding actions in 220 cities
around the world. On December 10th thousands took part in anti-war actions
called by United for Peace (http://www.unitedforpeace.org) in dozens of
cities around the country marking International Human Rights Day. On
December 14, there will be an important demonstration in New York City
starting at 125th St. in Harlem that will also oppose a war in Iraq called
by Uptown Youth for Peace and Justice (http://www.uptownpj.org), and in San
Francisco, ANSWER hosts an anti-war teach-in at 7pm at the Horace Mann
Middle School (23rd & Valencia). Every day, there are protests, rallies and
teach-ins called by local organizations in cities and towns around the
United States in opposition to a new war against Iraq.
On January 18, there will be a massive protest in Washington DC initiated
by A.N.S.W.E.R. and endorsed by thousands of organizations and individuals
(for an endorsers list, see
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/endorsers.html).
This timely demonstration is gaining momentum everyday with support coming
from community, labor, student, religious, women's, civil rights, LGBT, and
peace groups around the country. On January 20, Black Voices for Peace will
be organizing an important activity in Washington DC.
We are marching in Washington DC and San Francisco on January 18 to
embrace the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. The U.S.
possesses 6,000 nuclear weapons. It has spent $7 trillion on their
development in the last half-century. Instead of spending $400 billion every
year for weapons of mass destruction and to promote militarism, we the
people of the United States will demand on January 18 that our money be
spent to provide free education, healthcare and childcare, jobs and job
training, expanded support for the elderly and other things that human
beings need.
In San Francisco, we will meet at 11 am at Embarcadero & Market Streets
and march to Civic Center for a 1 pm rally. The scenario for January 18th
includes a brief rally on the West side of the Capitol starting at 11 am
followed by a massive march to the Washington DC Navy Yard, a huge military
complex located in the heart of one of Washington's working class
communities, walking distance from the Capitol.
On Saturday, January 18, tens of thousands will travel by bus, van and car
caravan from all over the country for the National Marches against war on
Iraq. We encourage people to bring banners and puppets, to dress as weapons
inspectors, to find as many creative methods to dramatize our demands in
opposition to a war of aggression and in support of a reorganization of
society's priorities that would put people's needs ahead of the Pentagon and
the war profiteers in Corporate America.
Dr. Martin Luther King said, "The greatest purveyor of violence on the
planet is my own government." That statement is as true today as it was
during the Vietnam War. We will honor Dr. King's legacy by marching against
the terror that these weapons of mass destruction wreak on the world.
We also join with people all over the world who mourn the loss of Phillip
Berrigan who devoted his life to courageous opposition to militarism and
war. Phil Berrigan put his body on the line in the struggle to call
attention to the inherently evil nature of weapons of mass destruction
produced by and for the US military industrial complex. In addition to
honoring Dr. King, we intend to make the January 18 march a living tribute
to Phil Berrigan's life and legacy.
Given the feedback that we have received, we have decided that there will
be more effective organization and participation in the People's Peace
Congress if it takes place after the January 18-19-20 weekend. Many local
areas indicated that they wanted to participate in the Peoples Peace
Congress, but reserving buses for the entire weekend was logistically
difficult and extremely expensive. Given the response from different
communities that are excited about participation in the People's Peace
Congress, we are suggesting the rescheduling of the Congress in the spring.
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is consulting with different member organizations
and supporters, and will announce further plans for the People's Peace
Congress in the coming weeks. Everyone agrees that the most important and
urgent task -- given the imminent war danger -- is for a massive street
mobilization on the Martin Luther King birthday weekend in Washington DC.
If you're planning to travel to and stay in Washington DC, there will be a
lot to do, including student and youth gatherings following the
demonstration. Further details will be announced soon.
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
A new flyer is now available to help spread the word about the upcoming
actions. It can be downloaded at
http://www.actionsf.org/images/pdf-files/mlk1-18.pdf or
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html. If you
are unable to open or print the flyer, call us at 415-821-6545 or email
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and we can mail you an original copy or a stack of
flyers.
**********
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
http://www.VoteNoWar.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545
Sign up to receive national updates (low volume):
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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Turk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:41 PM
To: Recipient list suppressed
Subject: Re: [IAC-SF] Jan. 18 -- Scenario & Politics
From: Charles Turk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:41 PM
To: Recipient list suppressed
Subject: Re: [IAC-SF] Jan. 18 -- Scenario & Politics
charlie
At 08:21 PM 12/12/2002, International Action Center wrote:
MASS MARCH ON JANUARY 18 TO DEMANDNO WAR AGAINST IRAQ -- ELIMINATE U.S. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Please read the following email for important updates about the scenario for the January 18 National Marches in Washington DC and San Francisco to say "No War on Iraq" and for an alert on Bush's moves toward first strike nuclear war.
**********
The world is being menaced by Weapons of Mass Destruction by a government that is openly threatening and planning to use nuclear weapons in preemptive wars of aggression against others, including non-nuclear countries. While all eyes are focused on the purported threat coming from Iraq, the Bush Administration has sharply reorganized U.S. military doctrine and strategy as it prepares to actually use Weapons of Mass Destruction in coming conflicts as a matter of declared policy.
It is for this reason that on January 18, people across the United States will demand the immediate elimination of US weapons of mass destruction and a people's inspection team will call for unfettered access and a full declaration of U.S. non-conventional weapons systems.
Bush seeks to have world attention focused on the disarmament of Iraq as the preeminent threat to world peace, while the real threat of nuclear war and the use of Weapons of Mass Destruction arises within the U.S. Administration. This is the politics of diversion and should give pause to those who are thinking of joining in Bush's sleight-of-hand anti-Iraq chorus believing it to be a path to peace. The nuclear threat posed by the United States is neither rhetoric nor speculation, it is the now announced doctrine and strategy of the Bush White House. It represents the ushering in of a new era of unrestrained and unprovoked catastrophic violence.
"Preemptive Strikes are Part of US Strategic Doctrine," reads the headline of the front page of the Washington Post of December 11, 2002. A classified version of the new Bush Doctrine "breaks with the fifty years of counter-proliferation efforts" by planning for the use of nuclear weapons against countries that not only have not attacked the US but that do not themselves possess nuclear capability.
A.N.S.W.E.R. believes that all Weapons of Mass Destruction should be banished from the planet. But this is impossible until the biggest arsenal of Weapons of Mass Destruction -- the one at the disposal of trigger-happy George W. Bush and Co. is eliminated. Any other call for disarmament will not be viewed as legitimate by the rest of the world.
These war hawks are determined to breach the "taboo" against the use of nuclear weapons that grew after the world experienced the horror of the incineration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
It would be cowardly and foolish to turn our attention away from the open threats and plans to use Weapons of Mass Destruction that are issuing from the White House, not Iraq, and are embodied in the new Bush military doctrine.
We must stop the Bush Administration from threatening and killing the people of the world who are not our enemy.
*Perspective on the January 18 demonstration & Update on People's Peace Congress*
On October 26th hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington, DC and San Francisco in demonstrations called by A.N.S.W.E.R. (http://www.InternationalANSWER.org) and in coinciding actions in 220 cities around the world. On December 10th thousands took part in anti-war actions called by United for Peace (http://www.unitedforpeace.org) in dozens of cities around the country marking International Human Rights Day. On December 14, there will be an important demonstration in New York City starting at 125th St. in Harlem that will also oppose a war in Iraq called by Uptown Youth for Peace and Justice (http://www.uptownpj.org), and in San Francisco, ANSWER hosts an anti-war teach-in at 7pm at the Horace Mann Middle School (23rd & Valencia). Every day, there are protests, rallies and teach-ins called by local organizations in cities and towns around the United States in opposition to a new war against Iraq.
On January 18, there will be a massive protest in Washington DC initiated by A.N.S.W.E.R. and endorsed by thousands of organizations and individuals (for an endorsers list, see
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/endorsers.html).
This timely demonstration is gaining momentum everyday with support coming from community, labor, student, religious, women's, civil rights, LGBT, and peace groups around the country. On January 20, Black Voices for Peace will be organizing an important activity in Washington DC.
We are marching in Washington DC and San Francisco on January 18 to embrace the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. The U.S. possesses 6,000 nuclear weapons. It has spent $7 trillion on their development in the last half-century. Instead of spending $400 billion every year for weapons of mass destruction and to promote militarism, we the people of the United States will demand on January 18 that our money be spent to provide free education, healthcare and childcare, jobs and job training, expanded support for the elderly and other things that human beings need.
In San Francisco, we will meet at 11 am at Embarcadero & Market Streets and march to Civic Center for a 1 pm rally. The scenario for January 18th includes a brief rally on the West side of the Capitol starting at 11 am followed by a massive march to the Washington DC Navy Yard, a huge military complex located in the heart of one of Washington's working class communities, walking distance from the Capitol.
On Saturday, January 18, tens of thousands will travel by bus, van and car caravan from all over the country for the National Marches against war on Iraq. We encourage people to bring banners and puppets, to dress as weapons inspectors, to find as many creative methods to dramatize our demands in opposition to a war of aggression and in support of a reorganization of society's priorities that would put people's needs ahead of the Pentagon and the war profiteers in Corporate America.
Dr. Martin Luther King said, "The greatest purveyor of violence on the planet is my own government." That statement is as true today as it was during the Vietnam War. We will honor Dr. King's legacy by marching against the terror that these weapons of mass destruction wreak on the world.
We also join with people all over the world who mourn the loss of Phillip Berrigan who devoted his life to courageous opposition to militarism and war. Phil Berrigan put his body on the line in the struggle to call attention to the inherently evil nature of weapons of mass destruction produced by and for the US military industrial complex. In addition to honoring Dr. King, we intend to make the January 18 march a living tribute to Phil Berrigan's life and legacy.
Given the feedback that we have received, we have decided that there will be more effective organization and participation in the People's Peace Congress if it takes place after the January 18-19-20 weekend. Many local areas indicated that they wanted to participate in the Peoples Peace Congress, but reserving buses for the entire weekend was logistically difficult and extremely expensive. Given the response from different communities that are excited about participation in the People's Peace Congress, we are suggesting the rescheduling of the Congress in the spring. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is consulting with different member organizations and supporters, and will announce further plans for the People's Peace Congress in the coming weeks. Everyone agrees that the most important and urgent task -- given the imminent war danger -- is for a massive street mobilization on the Martin Luther King birthday weekend in Washington DC. If you're planning to travel to and stay in Washington DC, there will be a lot to do, including student and youth gatherings following the demonstration. Further details will be announced soon.
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
A new flyer is now available to help spread the word about the upcoming actions. It can be downloaded at http://www.actionsf.org/images/pdf-files/mlk1-18.pdf or http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/resources/index.html. If you are unable to open or print the flyer, call us at 415-821-6545 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we can mail you an original copy or a stack of flyers.
**********
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org
http://www.VoteNoWar.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New York 212-633-6646
Washington 202-332-5757
Chicago 773-878-0166
Los Angeles 213-487-2368
San Francisco 415-821-6545
Sign up to receive national updates (low volume):
http://www.internationalanswer.org/subscribelist.html
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