MARCH 19 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION

LOS ANGELES

WHEN: Sat, March 19, 12 noon

WHERE: Hollywood & Vine

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition demonstration in Los Angeles will draw people from the Southern California region, as well as neighboring states. Buses and car caravans are coming from all over the region, including Riverside, Ventura, Long Beach, Orange County, Oxnard, Santa Barbara and many area campuses and towns. Many actions will take place in Los Angeles between March 14 and 18 as part of the Campus and High School Week of Resistance, including at Mt. Sac College, Santa Monica College, Mission College, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Northridge, and various high schools

throughout the LA. After a successful week, youth and students will join the March 19 protest in force in a Youth & Student Contingent demanding "Money for Education, Not for War & Occupation!"

Unionists will also march together in a Labor Contingent organized by the Los Angeles chapter of U.S. Labor Against the War. There is a major contingent being organized by activists from the Palestinian, Arab American and Muslim communities.

Speakers at the Los Angeles demonstration will include Ron Kovic;

Maria Elena Durazo, President of UNITE HERE Local 11; Actor Mimi

Kennedy; Sal Rosselli, President, SEIU Local 250; and many more.

Performers will include: Conspiracy of Thought, the Freedom People,

Patty and the Sunshine Brothers, hip-hop artist Farmer John and

more.

Media Co-Sponsor Pacifica KPFK, 90.7 FM will broadcast the rally live! In Los Angeles, gather at 12 noon at Hollywood & Vine for a march and rally.

SAN FRANCISCO

The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition demonstration in San Francisco has gained growing support in the recent days and weeks. Tens of thousands will march. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 has called "stop work meetings" to shut down Bay Area and other West Coast ports in solidarity with the International Day of Protests. Labor will be sponsoring a pre-march rally and then forming a large contingent in the San Francisco march. The co-sponsors of the labor rally and contingent include the six Bay Area Labor Councils: San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, South Bay and Monterey Bay; U.S. Labor Against the War, Million Worker March Movement, Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace & Justice, ILWU Local 10 and Pride at Work.

Community groups and religious organizations from the African American community are mobilizing. Glide Memorial Church, one of the largest churches in San Fran, is mobilizing its congregation to participate in the march and rally. Glide Head Minister Cecil Williams will be among the speakers at the rally. Air America and KPFA Pacifica radio will both be doing live broadcasts of the rally. Immigrant rights activists are mobilizing among the immigrant and people of color communities. A counter-recruitment contingent is being organized by students from many colleges and universities in the area.

Buses and car caravans are coming from all over the region, including Sacramento, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Nevada city, Sonoma County, and many area campuses and towns. In San Francisco, gather at 11am at Dolores Park (Dolores St. between 18th and 20th Sts.). March to the Civic Center for a rally at 1 pm.