ACT NOW BEFORE THE BOMBING BEGINS!
Speak Out, Walk Out, No School, No Work , No Business As Usual! NOW!
Next Convergence: National Emergency Convergence Against The War
A National Call to Action has been issued by the ANSWER Coalition, The Greens/Green Party USA, Not in Our Name Project, NYC Forum of Concerned Religious Leaders and NYC Labor Against the War. All organizations and coalitions are invited to join the call.
Wednesday March 19th
When: 12PM
Where: Los Angeles: Westwood Federal Building (Corner Of Wilshire and Veteran)
See end of this e-mail for TDO (The Day Of the start of the bombing) and TDA (The Day After) plans for Southern California.
Act Now As If The Future Depends On It –
Because it Does!
Bush issued his ultimatum in an address to the nation Monday: Saddam Hussein and his sons must get out of Iraq by 8 p.m. Wednesday or bombs will start devastating the country. In the name of ridding the world of Sadam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, 3,000 cruise missiles and the mother of all bombs will be dropped on the people of Baghdad in the first 48 hours. Pentagon officials have bragged “there will not be a safe place in Baghdad.”
We say, Not in Our Name!
In response to Bush’s ultimatum, Not in Our Name calls on everyone to begin MASSIVE opposition NOW to this war. We cannot go about our daily business as usual while bombs designed to flatten Baghdad and "shock and awe" the world into submission to U.S. might are loaded into planes. This war will be an outrageous crime against the people of Iraq and a blow to the very humanity of people the world over. We can’t wait for the bombs to fall. We must act now to show the world that people in this country repudiate this war and are doing everything in our power to stop it.
As Bush and his allies have made murderously clear, this diplomacy was never really about disarmament. It was about “regime change.” In the name of liberating Iraq from brutal dictatorship, our own government and others plan to launch a full out invasion and occupation of another country. After the deaths of many thousands of civilians who will be heartlessly dismissed as collateral damage, Saddam Hussein will be deposed and a military dictatorship will be established in the name of bringing democracy to Iraq. But as the U.S. Government’s own state department reports make clear, there is no plan for any kind of democratic government (even after indefinite military occupation and rule by US generals and UN troops) because “electoral democracy, were it to emerge, could well be subject to exploitation by anti-American elements.”
How dare this President call on us to support this unjust and illegitimate war! This President who has put the United States beyond any international treaties;
Who has declared all votes that go against his imperial designs invalid;
Whose administration is unprecedented in eroding the very freedoms he claims to be fighting for;
Who has detained people without trial based on their nationality and religion;
Who is torturing prisoners of war being held in Guantanamo;
Who has manufactured fear to herd people into endless war and a big brother society that George Orwell only dreamed of;
Who is ordering the spending of billions for weaponry that will secure oil and, through death and mass destruction, reorder strategic regions of the world to serve a U.S. imperial order – while people the world over will have to go without.
How dare this President ask us to support this unjust and illegitimate war in ANY way.
At this time when they try to stifle dissent and intimidate opposition by the loud drums of war, it is important to understand that the powerful anti-war resistance around the world, including in the U.S., has had a huge impact. It has torn the legitimacy from this war and demonstrated that the U.S. government is acting against the will of many millions worldwide. In these crucial few days ahead, we need to intensify this resistance.
War begun by governments can be stopped by people – and the last few months have witnessed the moral and material power of people who have organized this historically unprecedented international movement. We in this country stand with people all over the world in saying WE DON’T WANT THIS WAR!
As Bush demands that the world fall in line – as he threatens whole countries and people – our resistance must rise to new heights of breadth, daring, creativity and determination.
Another World is Possible and We Pledge to Make it Real
Actions:
Many organizations, coalitions and networks are planning and acting. On Monday 50 people, including family members of 9-11 victims, were arrested in Washington, D.C. for acts of civil disobedience, and approximately 50 clergy and others were taken into custody in NYC for attempting to block the entrance of the U.S. Mission to the UN. The Iraq Pledge of Resistance has activated its networks across the country to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience. High school and college walkouts are in the planning stages. Let us know what you’re planning and we will post the information.
Tuesday, March 19, 5 p.m. Emergency NYC Convergence at Union Square
Wednesday, March 19
No War on Iraq! No Business as Usual!
On March 19, the deadline for Bush’s ultimatum, Not in Our Name is joining with others to call for walkouts and central convergences at noon across the country. A National Call to Action has been issued by the ANSWER Coalition, The Greens/Green Party USA, Not in Our Name Project, NYC Forum of Concerned Religious Leaders and NYC Labor Against the War. All organizations and coalitions are invited to join the call.
March 19 Actions include:
NYC – Converge at Union Square, 12 noon
Los Angeles – Converge 12 noon, Westwood Federal Building, Wilshire & Veteran Blvd, West LA.
Washington, D.C. – Converge 12 noon on the north side of the White House
Contact NION Networks or watch this site for information about other locations. Plan your own wherever you are. No business as usual
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