Below is a copy of a memo that United for Peace and Justice sent this past Thursday, July 17th to the five other major national anti-war coalitions. The decision to initiate this meeting (conference call) of representatives from all of our coalitions was made at the meeting of the UFPJ Steering Committee last weekend and is the implementation of the decision made at the national conference. So far we have had positive responses from four of the groups and we are still waiting to hear from ANSWER. (One group said our suggestion for a Tuesday call is not good for them so we will try to find another time this week that works for everyone.)
We will make sure to keep you updated on developments around this meeting and will share the outcome of the discussion.
Leslie Cagan ---------------------------------------------------------------------
MEMO TO: Win Without War US Labor Against War Not In Our Name National Student and Youth Peace Coalition ANSWER
FROM: United for Peace and Justice
DATE: July 17, 2003
Events on the ground in Iraq and here at home in recent weeks are stark reminders that our work is far from over. The U.S. occupation of Iraq continues to bring suffering to the Iraqi people and undermines their ability to re-build, as well as putting U.S. servicepeople in harms way.
At the same time, the lies of the Bush administration have become crystal clear and people in this country are questioning the motives behind the Iraq war. And all of this unfolds in the context of the pre-emptive war, empire-building doctrine guiding U.S. foreign policy.
All of our coalitions have remained active, all are busy with campaign and projects. We believe the possibilities for even stronger campaigns exists if we can find ways to work more closely with one another. Toward
that end, we are inviting you to participate in a meeting that will include 2 or 3 representatives of each of the six national anti-war coalitions: Win Without War, USLAW, Not In Our Name, National Student and Youth Peace Coalition, ANSWER and United for Peace and Justice. If possible, we would like to hold this meeting via conference call on Tuesday, July 22nd at 2 pm (east coast time). If this date or time does not work for everyone we are certainly open to finding a better time.
UFPJ will bring to this discussion our idea for a week of actions from October 4th to October 13th. ANSWER has called for a march on the Pentagon October 25th, and US Labor Against War has a national conference that same weekend. If your coalition has other ideas to bring
to the table those would also be discussed. Before any specific dates might be agreed to we believe an assessment of where things are, including the mobilizing capability of our different constituencies, would be in order.
We hope to hear from you very soon.
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