------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Nov. 21, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR ANTI-WAR ACTIONS JAN. 18-19 IN D.C. By Sarah Sloan Washington The Oct. 26 National March on Washington of 200,000 people launched major new campaigns to build opposition to a U.S. war in Iraq. Most notable are the People's Anti-War Referendum and projected mass actions in Washington, including a Jan. 18 National March and a Jan. 19 Grassroots Peace Congress. The ANSWER coalition reported in an email circulated on Nov. 7 that momentum was growing for the two days of activities, which take place on the weekend of the Martin Luther King holiday. "Buses, vans and car caravans are being organized from communities, high schools and campuses all over the East Coast, South and Midwest," says the coalition email. "More than 150 cities organized transportation to be at the protest of 200,000 in D.C. on Oct. 26--and those organizers left the protest pledging to continue to mobilize for an even larger turnout on Jan. 18-19. "Millions of people outside of D.C. watched the rally on C- Span or listened to it on Pacifica Radio's live coverage. Many more found out about it through other media coverage-- including a major article that appeared in the Oct. 30 edition of the New York Times--a much better article than the biased article that appeared on Oct. 27 after the Times received thousands of angry phone calls and emails. They are now beginning to organize. Some 50,000 people have registered on the VoteNoWar.org web site. This is in addition to the tens of thousands who have filled out paper ballots/petitions on Oct. 26 and in the days since. "ANSWER offices around the country are daily being contacted by organizers and volunteers whose commitment to mobilize makes us confident that Jan. 18-19 will be a massive outpouring of opposition to war in Iraq." Organizers of the Jan. 18-19 actions and People's Anti-War Referendum are not only calling on all those who oppose a new war in Iraq to be there for the next protest. They are asking everyone to become organizers, to help get the word out, raise consciousness about the real U.S. motives and bring all the people they can to D.C. People wanting to cast a vote against the war can join the People's Anti-War Referendum by going to www.VoteNoWar.org. Besides registering in the referendum, they can download a referendum sheet to collect the signatures of others. The site encourages visitors to send information about the referendum to their friends and add a link to their own web sites. The Jan. 18-19 Call to Action plus information about endorsing, finding transportation from different areas of the country, and downloading a flyer can be found at www.InternationalANSWER.org. Those interested can also call (202) 544-3389 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information. - 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] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ 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]>
