------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Feb. 7, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
MARCH ON WASHINGTON APRIL 27: "MONEY FOR JOBS, NOT FOR WAR" By Sarah Sloan Washington, D.C. Momentum is building for an April 27 mobilization to brings tens of thousands of anti-war activists, workers, students, labor unionists and others to Washington, D.C., to demand: "Money for jobs, education, housing and health-care--not for war and corporate giveaways!" Initiated by the International ANSWER--Act Now to Stop War & End Racism--coalition, the April 27 rally and march on Washington will be the culmination of a week of mass actions. That day, simultaneous rallies will take place in San Francisco and many cities around the world. ANSWER was formed in response to the headlong rush to war and racist attacks following the horrific events of Sept. 11. The coalition has the support and participation of more than 500 organizations and prominent individuals. And ANSWER already has scores of organizing centers across the U.S. and around the world. ANSWER's national steering committee includes Nicaragua Network, Mexico Solidarity Network, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, International Action Center, Partnership for Civil Justice, Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Middle East Children's Alliance, Committee for Justice to Defend Palestinians, and the Korea Truth Commission. ANSWER's call for the April 27 march on Washington reads in part: "The U.S. corporate and banking establishment seeks to maintain U.S. domination throughout the globe for its own benefit. It is these corporate and banking elite who profit from the exploitation of oil and natural gas resources in the Middle East and South Asia, bloated military contracts and Bush administration bailouts and tax breaks. "With skyrocketing unemployment, evictions, foreclosures, and slashing of welfare and health-care benefits at home, people in the U.S. need billions to create jobs, improve our schools and provide quality health care. Instead the Bush administration is spending billions on bombing civilians and military aggression. "As the U.S. war and occupation of Afghanistan continue and that country lies in ruins, the Bush administration is preparing to widen its war against other countries." The call voices opposition to U.S. threats against Iraq and north Korea--both cited by Bush in his bellicose State of the Union address on Jan. 29--as well as Somalia, Sudan, Indonesia, Yemen and Cuba, and attacks on the people's struggles in the Philippines, Colombia and Palestine. The call continues, "As the war abroad threatens to expand, the war at home against Arab, Muslim, South Asian and all working people continues. So-called 'anti-terrorism' legislation has legitimized and legalized racial profiling as more than 5,000 young Arab men have become the targets of FBI investigation. Over 1,200 people have been detained and college administrations have been asked by the FBI to turn over names and records of Arab, Muslim and international students. "Bush and Ashcroft are reorganizing federal law enforcement into a domestic surveillance police state that gives the government license to listen to the public's phone calls, read the public's e-mail, execute covert searches, and target political and religious groups." ANSWER is calling on people to join the National Colombia Mobilization April 19-22 in Washington the week before the mass march on April 27. For more information see http://www.soaw.org/colombiaMobilization.html. ANSWER has put out a call for all activists to become organizers for the April 27 National March in Washington, D.C. To endorse and/or to become an organizer, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 212-633-6646. Check out www.InternationalANSWER.org for more information about how to get involved. - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For subscription info send message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.workers.org) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
