>************************************************************* > > NATIONAL MOBILIZATION > TO END THE SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ > > "Stop the Killing, Start the Healing" > > "We are destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as >that." >-Denis Halliday, former UN coordinator of the Oil-for-Food Program and Nobel >Peace Prize nominee > >On 6 August 1990, the UN Security Council imposed a near total embargo on >Iraq, the most comprehensive sanctions in modern history. Today those >sanctions continue to kill innocent Iraqis while undermining the pillars >of civil society. And since December 1998 the Iraqi people have faced >regular bombing by American and British warplanes. Numerous sources >estimate the death toll of sanctions and bombing to be over one million. > >In response, a broad coalition of organizations and concerned individuals >will converge on Washington, DC this August 6* to demand an end to this >economic and military war carried out by the United States through the >United Nations. Our message is clear and direct: "Lift the economic >sanctions, stop the bombing!" > > August 5-7, 2000 > Washington, DC > Schedule of Activities > ------------------------------- > >Saturday, August 5 - Teach-in on Iraq: > >11:30 am - 6:00 pm: Film, panels, and discussion of the sanctions, >U.S. policy, and comparisons with Hiroshima. > >Panelists include: Aiham Alsammarae, ADC Board member > Anthony Arnove, editor of Iraq Under Siege > Edmund Ghareeb, author, academic, former >journalist > Elizabeth McAllister, Jonah House CatholicWorker > Deana Rabiah, Program Coordinator at ACCESS, > Former ADC President of UMI Chapter in Ann Arbor, >MI.. > A Gulf War veteran >(There will be a showing of the acclaimed John Pilger Film "Paying the >Price: Killing the Children of Iraq.") > >6:45 - Hiroshima vigil at the Reflection Pool on the Mall > >Sunday, August 6: > 9:30-11:30 National Coalition Building > 12:00 Interfaith Prayer then March from Lincoln Memorial > 2:00 Rally at Lafayette Park with Rania Masri, Rev. Jim Lawson, >MP > George Galloway, Vicki Robb, John Dear, Martin Sheen > 5:00-7:00 Scenario Overview/Non-violence training (again, at St. >Al's) > 7:00-9:00 Specific Scenario/Legal > >Monday, August 7: >9:00 - Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at the White House > >========================== > >A6 Endorsing Organizations as of June 27, 2000: > >Adams Youth Center >American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) >American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) >Anti-Intervention Network >Arizona Institute for Peace Education and Research >Bruderhof >CAIR-Michigan >Catholic Worker, New York >Center for Contemplation and Nonviolence, Seattle, WA >Church of the Brethren Washington Office >Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace >Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) >Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) >FOR-Houston >Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) >Green Mountain Veterans for Peace >International Socialist Organization (ISO) >Iowans for Peace with Iraq >Life for Relief and Development (LIFE) >Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) >Middle East Children's Alliance >Partners for Peace >Pax Christi USA >Peace Action >Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois >Veterans for Peace >Vietnam Veterans Against the War Anti-Imperialist >Voices in the Wilderness >War Resisters League >Washington Action Group (WAG) >Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility (WPSR) > > > >==== <<>> <<>> > > ---------- > >================================================================ >American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee > Organizing Department > /\ |_ ___ \ / ____| 4201 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 300 > / \ | | \ | | | Washington, D.C. 20008, U.S.A. > / /\ \ | | | | | | Tel: (202) 244-2990, Fax: (202) 244-3196 > / ____ \ _| |_ / | | |____ E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /_/ \_\________/ \______| Web : http://www.adc.org > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Free @Backup service! Click here for your free trial of @Backup. >@Backup is the most convenient way to securely protect and access >your files online. Try it now and receive 300 MyPoints. >http://click.egroups.com/1/6348/3/_/22961/_/964028054/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Knowledge is Power! >Elimination of the exploitation of man by man >http://www.egroups.com/group/pttp/ >POWER TO THE PEOPLE! > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: >http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________