[lbo-talk] Fwd: Oct. 25th: March for an end to the occupation of Iraq!

[Doug Henwood]

>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:03:17 -0700
>Subject: Oct. 25th: March for an end to the occupation of Iraq!
>
>United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) and Act Now to Stop War & End 
>Racism (ANSWER) are joining forces to call on all those who oppose 
>the war, invasion and occupation of Iraq, to unite on Saturday, 
>October 25 in Washington, D.C., for a truly massive outpouring 
>reflecting the growing popular opposition to the Bush 
>Administration’s foreign and domestic program.
>
>It was the peace and antiwar movement in the 1960’s and 70’s that 
>proved to be one of the decisive factors ending the US war in 
>Vietnam. The October 25th demonstration will be a powerful 
>repudiation by the people of the United States of Bush’s criminal 
>war and occupation of Iraq and will be a signal of the new antiwar 
>movement’s potent political force countering the Bush Administration.
>
>UFPJ and ANSWER have both organized antiwar demonstrations numbering 
>in the hundreds of thousands in the last year and have now agreed to 
>join forces for the purpose of organizing the October 25 National 
>March on Washington, D.C. under the banner: End the Occupation of 
>Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now!
>
>The protest will also condemn the vast cuts in vital domestic social 
>and economic programs and demand: Money for jobs, education & 
>healthcare, not war and occupation. As the October 25-26 weekend is 
>also the second anniversary of the passage of the so-called Patriot 
>Act, authorizing political arrests, indefinite detentions, domestic 
>spying, and religious and racial profiling, the demonstration will 
>also be a call to Fight Back Against the Patriot Act.
>
>By working together we are optimistic that this mobilization will be 
>an expression of the wide-spread opposition to the ongoing 
>occupation of Iraq. We urge you to do everything possible to help 
>bring massive numbers of people to Washington, D.C. on October 25th!