December 17 Anti-War Protest Vigil

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 6 PM

NW corner of Hollywood & Highland, LA

(Parking at Hollywood & Highland Center Mall and on street. Hollywood & Highland Metro Red Line stop.)

For more info call 323-464-1636 or e-mail answerla@answerla.org.

Click here to Endorse the December 17 Protest Vigil:

http://answerla.org/pic/05-12-17-Vigil/Dec17-endorse.htm

Click here to download a flyer for distribution in your community:

http://answerla.org/pic/05-12-17-Vigil/Dec_17a.pdf

This Saturday, December 17, join A.N.S.W.E.R., Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic and many other progressive people and organizations on the corner of Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles for a Protest Vigil to "Stop the War & Bring the Troops Home in Time for the Holidays!" There will be anti-war banners and signs, photos of Iraqi children, candles, live music, street theatre, community activists and well-known speakers and more. Let's unite and keep the anti-war movement going strong!

OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROTEST VIGIL

(1) VOLUNTEERS AND DONATIONS NEEDED: Click here to make a donation online. Call 323-464-1636 or e-mail answerla@answerla.org to donate over the phone or to volunteer. Or you can come to the A.N.S.W.E.R. table at the Protest Vigil. We'll be on the NW corner of Hollywood & Highland. You can help pass out leaflets, get names, hold banners and signs and much more.

(2) BRING YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW: What better way to usher in the holiday season than with an anti-war Protest Vigil to unite around a progressive, pro-people cause. Tell everyone you know to come out on December 17!

(3) STREET THEATRE AND PROTEST CAROLERS: Norma Bowles of the educational theatre company Fringe Benefits will be at the NW corner of Hollywood and Highland to lead an evening of protest caroling in support of the demonstration. Join the carolers anytime between 5:30 and 8:00 pm. If you want to carol, please wear holiday attire! No experience or musical talent required.

(4) HOLIDAY CLOTHING AND FOOD DRIVE: Food Not Bombs and Axis of Justice-LA will be collecting clothing and on-perishable food items for the homeless at the Protest Vigil on Saturday night. Please bring a donation to help the homeless during the holidays. Your generosity is appreciated.

Stop the War! Bring the Troops Home Now!

End the Occupation: Iraq, Palestine, Haiti ...

Money for Jobs, Education, Health Care, Welfare - Not War!

Stand Against Racism Here and Abroad!

Full Relief for the People of the Gulf Coast!

INITIATED BY A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition-LA: Youth & Student A.N.S.W.E.R., Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Free Palestine Alliance, Party for Socialism and Liberation, National Lawyers Guild, Latino Movement USA, GABRIELA Network, MINDULAE.

ENDORSED BY Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, Veterans for Peace-LA, Los Angeles Greens, Office of the Americas, Muslim Students Association-CSULB, CISPES-LA, Coalition for World Peace, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, Global Women's Strike-LA, Casa del Pueblo, KmB Pro-People Youth, Ecumenical Fellowship, Pastors for Peace-LA, Cafe Intifada, Mindanao Caucus, International Socialist Organization, MEChA, San Pedro Youth Brigades, First Quarter Storm Network, Topanga Peace Alliance, Palisadians for Peace, Careful Research, Mark Twain Democratic Club, Beyond War, Coalition for Equal Marriage Rights, Ordinary Dharma, Citizens for a Peaceful Resolution, Clothing of the American Mind, Philippine Pesant Support Network (PESANTE), The WE Project, The Los Angeles Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee, A.N.S.W.E.R. Ventura County, Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains, Witness for Peace Southwest, Axis of Justice-LA, Global Resistance Network, Students for a Democratic Society, Peace and Freedom Party-LA, Riverside Area Peace and Justice Action and many more organizations and individuals.

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A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition-LA

Act Now to Stop War and End Racism

323-464-1636

http://www.answerla.org

answerla@answerla.org

1800 Argyle Ave, #410

Los Angeles , CA 90028

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