Workers World Party 2004 Election Campaign Newsletter

Sept. 30, 2004

Bring the troops home now!

Money for jobs--not war in Iraq

For socialism--against capitalism

Workers * People of Color * Activists

A Different Kind of Campaign

John Parker for president

Teresa Gutierrez for vice president

LeiLani Dowell, Peace & Freedom Party candidate

in the 8th Congressional District in San Francisco

Read candidate statements

View campaign platform

Download flyers and posters

at www.Vote4Workers.org



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WWP campaign rally in New York City:

Talking about fightback and revolution

The message of the Sept. 18 campaign rally came through loud and clear: Workers World Party is using the podium of the 2004 presidential elections to build the revolutionary struggle against capitalism and resistance to Washington's war of occupation in Iraq.

Full article: http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/wwprally0930.php>



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John Parker: 'A whiff of socialism'

Something smells very bad in here, in Los Angeles and all over the country--it's capitalism.

http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/parker0930.php>



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Teresa Gutierrez: 'Get out in the streets!'

This year will forever be marked as the infamous Anybody But Bush year. The fear that George W. Bush evokes is regrettably propelling some sectors in the movement and in the working class once again toward the Democratic Party.

[But] it's not about which rich white man is in the White House this year.

http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/gutierrez0930.php



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LeiLani Dowell: 'U.S. hand in Haiti coup'

From Sept. 3-6, I participated in a fact-finding delegation to Haiti with 11 other activists from both coasts of the United States. Now I want to take every opportunity I can get to raise the situation in Haiti; it's my responsibility, given the hand of the United States in the coup.

http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/dowell0930.php



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SAN FRANCISCO:

U.S. Hands off Haiti!

Support the Million Worker March!

Friday Oct. 1, 7 p.m.

Friends Meeting House

65 9th Street between Mission and Market

-10 donation -- No one turned away for lack of funds

For information call (415) 561-9752



Haitian activist Pierre Labossiere was in Haiti early this year for bicentennial celebrations marking the country's independence from France, before a U.S./French-backed coup deposed democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Feb. 29.

LeiLani Dowell traveled to post-coup Haiti in September as part of a fact-finding delegation led by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. She met with dozens of political prisoners, including Haitian singer So Anne and members of Jean Bertrand Aristide's government who were arrested after the coup.

Plus: Million Worker March organizers



Sponsored by San Francisco Antiwar 4 the Million Worker March



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VERMONT: Talking socialism in New England

Taking the message of socialism to Vermont, Workers World Party presidential candidate John Parker and vice-presidential candidate Teresa Gutierrez met with activists in Brattleboro Sept. 25 and Barre Sept. 26.

Their visit was hosted by the Liberty Union Party, which is sponsoring the WWP candidates on the state ballot.

"We're confident that it's inherent in the working class and oppressed to fight for a socialist society. History demands that we turn capitalism around," Gutierrez declared before a crowd at the River Garden, a community center in Brattleboro, a town of 6,000 in southeastern Vermont.

The candidates spoke before a colorful banner declaring, "Bring the troops home! People's needs, yes. Capitalist greed, no. All out for the Million Worker March, Oct. 17, Washington, D.C."

Queried about WWP's position on the U.S. war in Iraq, Parker said, "Our party stands unconditionally against the war in Iraq and for the resistance movement."

After the River Garden closed, candidates and audience members moved to a local progressive coffee bar to discuss a range of topics from Palestine to Iraq to the Million Worker March. And, of course, how to fight for socialism.

In Barre, popularly known as "Granite City" for its historic industry, the candidates spoke at the Socialist Labor Hall.

MWM T-shirts and literature were sold and distributed at both events.

(Report by Bryan G. Pfeifer)



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DENVER: Workers, students welcome WWP candidates

Presidential candidate John Parker and vice-presidential candidate Teresa Gutierrez spent four whirlwind days in Denver Sept. 6-9. There they found working people excited about the campaign as a way to connect the elections to the living struggle.



http://www.workers.org/ww/2004/denver0923.php



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Parker-Gutierrez-Dowell

COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

Workers World Party candidates John Parker, Teresa Gutierrez and LeiLani Dowell may be speaking in your community this fall.

Following the Sept. 18 kickoff rally in New York City, Parker and Gutierrez toured New England, with meetings in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 22, Boston Sept. 23, Providence, R.I., Sept. 24, Brattleboro, Vt., Sept. 25, Barre, Vt., Sept. 26 and Chatham, N.Y., Sept. 27.

In San Francisco Dowell spoke at a Peace & Freedom Party meeting for local candidates Sept. 25 and a Radical Women meeting Sept. 28. On Oct. 1 she will speak on the struggle against the U.S. invasion and coup in Haiti.

There will be candidate appearances in the Midwest, including Cleveland Oct. 5, in conjunction with the vice-presidential debates at Case Western Reserve University.

In California, all three candidates are scheduled to appear in Los Angeles on Sat. Oct. 9, 4 p.m., at Workmen's Circle; Sun. Oct. 10, 4 p.m., KRST African Spirituality and Unity Center; and Mon. Oct. 11, 1 p.m., Sunset Hall Senior Center. Call (323) 936-1416 for information. In San Francisco: Wed. Oct. 13, 7 p.m., African American Art & Culture Complex. Call (415) 561-9752 for information.

Also in Chula Vista: Thurs. Oct. 14, 11 a.m., Free Speech Area, Southwestern College. In San Diego: Thu. Oct. 14, 6:30 p.m., San Diego City College; Fri. Oct. 15, 7 p.m., San Diego IAC office. Call (619) 692-4496 for Chula Vista and San Diego information.

The candidates will join the march for immigrants' rights in Los Angeles Oct. 16 before flying to Washington, D.C., for the Million Worker March Oct. 17.

Beginning Oct. 18, a Southern tour will take them to Richmond, Va., followed by Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 19, Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C., Oct. 20, Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 21 and Atlanta Oct. 23. For the Southwest, in Houston and in Albuquerque, N.M., dates will be announced soon.

They will speak at rallies in Chicago on Oct. 28 and Detroit on Oct. 30.

They will be in the Mid-Atlantic cities of Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia in mid-late October.

Campaign representatives will participate in third-party presidential debates on Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis; Oct. 15 in Johnson City, Tenn.; and Oct. 29 at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.

For updates, visit the campaign website at www.vote4workers.org or call the campaign offices in New York at (212) 627-2994 or Los Angeles at (323) 936-1416.



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From Antiwar 4 the Million Worker March:

Make Sat. Oct. 2 and Sun. Oct. 3

MILLION WORKER MARCH AWARENESS WEEKEND

We have just two weekends before the October 17 Million Worker March-Let's make them count!

Oct. 2-3 is the Million Worker March Awareness Weekend. We need to get the word out all over the country, and we need your help to do it. Organize activities to get the word out about the Million Worker March.

WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES?

-Set up information tables in shopping areas

-Distribute leaflets

-Hold a rally, street meeting or house meeting

-Organize a bake sale, a barbecue or fundraising party

-Have an informational car caravan

No event is too large or too small!

-Let your local media know about your plans, and make sure that you share it with organizers across the country, so the information can be posted on web sites and included in news releases.

Email us to let us know what you're doing at awareness@antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org



You can download leaflets from

http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/pdfdownload.htm

Momentum is building for the Million Worker March---new organizing centers are springing up all over the country (see

http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/organizingcenters.htm) and new endorsers are being added to the list daily (http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/endorsers.htm).

It is more important than ever that we turn out by the thousands to say "Jobs, Health Care, and a Living Wage, Not War!" on October 17. We need your help in these last two weeks to make it happen.

Million Worker March

October 17, 2004, Washington, D.C.

www.millionworkermarch.org



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Workers World Party Presidential Campaign Committee

55 West 17 St., 5th floor, New York, NY 10011

(212) 627-2994

vote4workers@workersworld.net

http://www.vote4workers.org