{"article":{"id":215022,"heading":"ALL OUT: March 15 Mass Protest in LA","author":"ANSWER Coalition","created":"2008-03-15 00:38:01","modified":"2013-11-11 00:53:08","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:53:08","article":"\n

ALL OUT: March 15 Protest
\r\nMarch & Rally to End the War Now!
\r\nJoin Thousands in Los\r\nAngeles This Saturday
\r\nCoordinated with 100s of Protests Worldwide
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\r\nThis Saturday, March 15, 12 noon
\r\n<\/strong>\r\nGather at Hollywood and Vine
\r\nMarch to Sunset and Cahuenga (CNN media building)
\r\nMap\r\nand Directions<\/span><\/b><\/u>  \r\n<\/span>Public\r\nTransportation<\/span><\/b>
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\r\nMarch 15 is almost here. This weekend, thousands of people will gather in Los\r\nAngeles to protest on the 5th anniversary of the criminal Iraq war. Buses and\r\ncarpools are coming from all over Southern California to join the protest.\r\nThe LA march is coordinated with 100s of\r\nprotests across the world--from Latin America to the Middle East, from Europe to\r\nEast Asia!<\/b>
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\r\nVolunteer\r\nat March 15 Protest
\r\n<\/b><\/u>Endorse\r\nMarch 15<\/b>
\r\nOrganize\r\nTransportation
\r\n\r\nJoin\r\nthe Student Campaign to Stop the War<\/u><\/b>
\r\nDownload\r\nFlyer<\/b><\/u>   ANSWER\r\nFlyer<\/u><\/b>
\r\nList\r\nof Organizing & Transportation Centers<\/u><\/b>
\r\n Maps,\r\nLogistics for March, Rally & Die-In<\/u><\/b>
\r\nDonate<\/b>
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\r\nWe'll gather at Hollywood and Vine, 12 noon,\r\nand march to the CNN building at Sunset and Cahuenga where there will be a mass\r\nrally with speakers, music, spoken word and much more. Confirmed musical\r\nartists include Los\r\nDuggans<\/b>, Mojow\r\nand the Vibration Army<\/b>, Avis\r\nHarrell<\/b>,and spoken word with award-winning filmmaker Travis\r\nWilkerson.
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\r\nThere are over 50 organizing and\r\ntransportation centers in the Southern California area building for March 15.\r\nTell everyone you know about this protest and bring them on Saturday. Click\r\nhere for a list of Organizing and Transportation Centers.<\/b>
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\r\nReal change made by the\r\npeople!<\/b>
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\r\nA recent government report announced that the U.S.\r\nwars on Iraq and Afghanistan could cost $2.4 trillion over the next decade. The\r\nBush budget allots more money for war than ever before--almost $800 billion. The\r\nreal cost of the war is much higher in dollars and human lives. Nearly 4,000\r\nU.S. troops and over 1 million Iraqis have died since the March 2003 invasion. All\r\nof the money directed toward killing people should instead fund jobs, education,\r\nhealth care, Social Security and housing for everyone.<\/b> Not one more person\r\nshould die in this war based on lies.
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\r\nA huge demonstration in LA on March 15 will send a strong message to the\r\nwarmakers--the people demand an immediate end to the war. It will also continue\r\nto galvanize people to play an increasingly active role in the anti-war\r\nmovement. We don't want another five years of war and occupation.<\/b> Join\r\nthe anti-war movement today. Only a powerful, independent people's movement can\r\nstop the war!
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\r\nContact ANSWER at 213-251-1025<\/b> or answerla@answerla.org.
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\r\nMarch 15 Rally Speakers & Facilitators\r\nInclude
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\r\n<\/b>Cynthia McKinney<\/b>,\r\nU.S. presidential candidate, former Congresswoman
\r\nMaria Elena Durazo<\/b>, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Executive\r\nDirector
\r\nGreg Akili<\/b>, African Americans Against the War
\r\nMargaret Prescod<\/b>, Global Women's Strike
\r\nZahi Damuni, <\/b>Al-Awda, Palestine Right of Return Coalition
\r\nMalalai Joya<\/b>, former member of Afghanistan's parliament
\r\nJohn Acevedo<\/b>, ANSWER Coalition, U.S. Army veteran
\r\nJim Lafferty<\/b>, National Lawyers Guild
\r\nTim Goodrich<\/b>, Iraq Veterans Against the War
\r\nJuan Jose Gutierrez<\/b>, Latino Movement USA
\r\nRon Kovic<\/b>, Vietnam War veteran, author Born on the 4th of July
\r\nMark Ruffalo<\/b>, actor (\"Zodiac\"), World Can't Wait
\r\nShakeel Syed<\/b>, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
\r\nBlase & Theresa Bonpane<\/b>, Office of the Americas
\r\nNader Abuljebain<\/b>, National Council of Arab Americans
\r\nMimi Kennedy<\/b>, actor (\"Dharma and Greg\")
\r\nMike Farrel<\/b>, actor (\"Mash\")
\r\nGloria La Riva<\/b>, Party for Socialism and Liberation, U.S. presidential\r\ncandidate
\r\nTravis Wilkerson<\/b>, award-winning filmmaker (\"An Injury to One\")
\r\nAnnalisa Enrile<\/b>, GABRIELA Network
\r\nDon White<\/b>, Coalition for World Peace and United for Peace and Justice
\r\nChristine Araquel<\/b>, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines
\r\nMarylou Cabral<\/b>, Youth & Student ANSWER, Cal State Long Beach student
\r\nAnitra Wertzel<\/b>, American Friends Service Committee
\r\nJennifer Caldwell<\/b>, ANSWER Coalition
\r\nSharaf Mojood<\/b>, Council on American-Islamic Relations
\r\nLinda Sharp<\/b>, Doctors 4 Peace
\r\nCarlos Alvarez<\/b>, Youth & Student ANSWER
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\r\nANSWER\r\nCoalition initiated the March 15 Los Angeles protest. <\/b>
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\r\nMarch 15 Stop the War Coalition members and endorsers: <\/b>Paul Haggis, Academy award-winning director (\"Crash,\" \"In the Valley of Elah\"); Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman and U.S. presidential candidate; Gore Vidal, award-winning author, playwright and activist; Mark Ruffalo, award-winning actor (\"Zodiac\"); Jackson Browne, legendary musician and songwriter; Ron Kovic, Vietnam veteran, author Born on the 4th of July; Office of the Americas, National Council of Arab Americans, United Teachers Los Angeles, ANSWER Coalition, Coalition for World Peace, Addicted to War, Al-Awda Palestinian Right to Return Coalition, MEChA Central Los Angeles, Latino Movement USA, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Doctors 4 Peace, Bus Riders Union, CODO Verde\/OC Greens, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional, Just Peace, American Friends Service Committee, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines, Americans for a Department of Peace, ANSWER Ventura County, World Can't Wait, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, Korean Americans for Peace, Council on American Islamic Relations, Asians for Jericho and Mumia, Kill Radio, Be Love Project for Nonviolent Resistance, Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid, Chicano Forums, Claremont Peace Group, Clothing of the American Mind, Coalition Against Unnecessary Wars, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador-LA, School of the Americas Watch-LA, Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iran, Conspiracy of Thought, Echo Park Community Coalition, Comite Pro-Democracia en Mexico, Ecumenical Fellowship for Justice and Peace, First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, San Pedro Neighbors for Peace and Justice, KmB Pro-People Youth, Free Iraq Now, Free Palestine Alliance, GABRIELA Network, Global Women’s Strike, International Socialist Organization, Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, Laguna Beach Peace Vigil, Women in Black, Bus Riders Union, Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross Federation, Katrina Survivors Network, Muslim Students Association-West, National Lawyers Guild, L.A., Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress, Palisadians for Peace, Muslim American Society, Palestinian American Women’s Association, Patrick Henry Democratic Club of America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Peace and Freedom Party, Peace and Justice Center of Pomona Valley, Peace Bakersfield, Radical Teen Cheer, Riverside Area Peace and Justice Action, Southern California Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles, Topanga Peace Alliance, Pomona College Student of Color Alliance, Youth & Student ANSWER and\r\nover 100 others.
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\r\nFor more info call 213-251-1025<\/b> or email answerla@answerla.org. \r\n
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\r\n<\/b><\/span>Special\r\nMultimedia Performance After March 15 LA Protest
\r\n'PROVING GROUND'
\r\n<\/span>By\r\nAward-Winning Filmmaker Travis Wilkerson,
\r\nMusic by Los Duggans<\/span>
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\r\nSaturday, March 15,\r\n7pm
\r\n<\/strong><\/b><\/span>Paul Gleason Theater,\r\n6520 Hollywood Blvd., LA
\r\n<\/span><\/strong><\/b>Driving\r\nDirections<\/span><\/u>  \r\n<\/span>Public\r\nTransportation<\/span>
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\r\n<\/span><\/b><\/strong>For\r\nmore info call<\/span>\r\n213-251-1025<\/b><\/span>\r\n<\/span>or\r\nemail <\/strong><\/b><\/span>answerla@answerla.org<\/span>.
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\r\n<\/b><\/strong><\/span>After\r\nmarching and chanting at the March 15 mass protest in Hollywood, come to a live\r\nperformance of the multi-media piece \"Proving Ground\" by award-winning\r\nleftist filmmaker Travis Wilkerson and LA-based death folk band Los Duggans.\r\nWilkerson and Los Duggans will be performing part of \"Proving Ground\"\r\nat the protest and then performing the entire piece at the nearby Paul Gleason\r\nTheater.
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\r\nWilkerson's best-known work is an agit-prop\r\nessay on the lynching of Wobbly Frank Little called \"An Injury to One\"\r\n(2002). His fiction debut, \"Who Killed Cock Robin?\" (2005) was one of\r\nthe most divisive films in the history of the Sundance Film Festival's Dramatic\r\nCompetition. He is an organizer for the ANSWER Coalition and a member of the\r\nParty for Socialism and Liberation.
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\r\nWilkerson's latest work, \"Proving Ground,\" was performed at the 2007\r\nSundance Film Festival where it shocked and educated audiences about the horrors\r\nof U.S. imperialist aerial bombardment--from Germany to Vietnam to Iraq.
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\r\n<\/strong><\/b><\/span>Performance\r\npresented by Artillery\r\nMagazine<\/b>.
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\r\nA.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
\r\nAct Now to Stop War and End Racism
\r\n<\/b><\/span>213-251-1025
\r\nhttp:\/\/www.answerla.org
\r\n<\/span>answerla@answerla.org<\/span><\/u>
\r\n137 N. Virgil Ave., #201
\r\nLos Angeles, CA 90004
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