Thousands to Join the National Day of Anti-War Protests in Los Angeles on Saturday

Calling to ‘End the War on Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now, and

Justice for the Hurricane Survivors’

WHAT: March and Rally Against War in Iraq

WHEN: Saturday, September 24th

TIME: Noon March

LOCATION: Olympic & Broadway, Downtown LA

TIME: 1:30 PM Rally

LOCATION: The Federal Building, Los Angeles St. & Temple St.

WHO: Scheduled speakers include award-winning actor Martin Sheen ("The West Wing"); Senate Majority Leader, Gloria Romero; Vietnam Veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic; West Hollywood Mayor Abbe Land; UNITE HERE Local 11 President, Maria Elena Durazo; Gold Star Mother, Vicky Castro; Air America radio host, Stephanie Miller; KPFK 90.7FM radio host, Jerry Quickley, community leaders and activists.

At 12 Noon on Saturday, September 24, a broad coalition of community, labor, and peace organizations, brought together by the ANSWER coalition, will mount a large march and rally in Los Angeles, in coordination with national demonstrations in Washington, DC and San Francisco.

These demonstrations promise to be the largest anti-war protests since before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003. In Washington, DC, 100,00 people are expected to participate.

In Downtown Los Angeles, thousands of protestors will assemble at Olympic and Broadway, followed by a march to the Federal Building for a major rally.

Demands of the demonstration include: End the War on Iraq; Bring the Troops Home Now; Real Relief for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina; Money for Jobs, Health Care and Education, Not for War!

CO-SPONSORS: L.A. County Federation of Labor, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Coalition for World Peace, Committee for Justice to Defend the LA 8, Free Palestine Alliance, Frente Unido de los Pueblos Americanos, Gabriella Network, Global Resistance Network, Global Women's Strike, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, International Socialist Organization, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, KMB - Pro-People Youth, Korean Americans for Peace, Latino Movement USA, Muslim Students Association-West, National Council of Arab Americans, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, National Lawyers Guild, Office of the Americas, Palestinian American Women’s Association, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Peace and Freedom Party, South Asian Network, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), U.S. Labor Against War, Youth & Student A.N.S.W.E.R.

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

(Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)

http://www.answerla.org/

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