Antiwar Million Worker March- Oct. 17, 2004, Washington,
D.C.
From: "AntiWar 4 the Million Worker March" <antiwar4themillionworkermarch@action-mail.org>
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/antiwarmarch17octinwashDC14sep04.shtml
September 14, 2004
"GET ON THE BUS" for the MILLION WORKER MARCH,
OCT. 17, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C.!
· JOBS & WORKERS RIGHTS - NOT WAR
· BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW! END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ!
· ORGANIZE BUSES - BUSES - BUSES
Danny Glover, actor: "We must keep marching ... before the elections and after the elections
... until we win justice for the homeless, the unemployed and we bring the
troops home now ... Come out on Oct. 17th."
Dear Activists and Organizers,
OVER 1,000 SOLDIERS DEAD & COUNTING - TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF IRAQI'S DEAD - MANY MORE WOUNDED - THIS MUST END NOW!
On Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C., you will have a timely and historic opportunity
to unite the anti-war movement with an unprecedented and vitally necessary
mass march of working people speaking for themselves. This is a rare opportunity
and the latest casualty numbers from Iraq show that it could not come at
a more critical time. We cannot and must not rely on the elections in November
to stop the war. We must raise our voices loud--not after the
elections--right now.
Some of the strongest voices and most active groups in the
labor movement, together with the active support and participation of organizations
representing every progressive movement and cause, will be "getting
on the bus" to D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 17, for the MILLION WORKER MARCH.
What makes the Million Worker March unique is that the event's
principal organizers want to make the anti-war movement's demand to "End
the occupation of Iraq, and bring the troops home now" central to the
march's message and its goals.
Working people are coming to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17 because
whether their concern is about jobs, decent wages, layoffs, union busting,
the battle to protect our pensions and Social Security, or to make health
care a universal right instead of a privilege for the wealthy--with all
we face, we had better raise our own voices and act in our own interests
instead of relying on the next president, whoever that will be. And the
MWM will also be calling for
the troops to be brought home--not two, three or four years from today,
but NOW!
Why? Because it is working families who bear the burden. It is their loved
ones who are sent off to fight and die--and it is workers' money that is
stolen to pay for war and occupation.
The call for a Million Worker March came from one of the most
well known labor organizations in the country, famous for its long history
of militancy, boldness and courage in defense of working people-Local 10
of the International Longshore Workers Union in San Francisco.
· Over the past few months this call has rolled across
the country, picking up the support of scores of labor unions, labor activists
and leaders including:
The Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists; Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer,
AFSCME; National Education Association; American Postal Workers Union; Transportation
Workers Union Local 100 (NY); AFSCME District Council 1707 (NY); AFSCME
District Council 37 (NY); 1199/SEIU Delegates
Assembly; South Carolina AFL-CIO; Farm Labor Organizing Committee; AFSCME
District Council 92 (MD); D.C. Labor Against The War; International ANSWER;
actor Danny Glover; American Indian Movement; ILWU Local 34; Troy and Albany
Labor Council (NY); United For Peace & Justice; National Immigration
Solidarity Network; New York City Labor Against the War; Global Women's
Strike; Teamsters Black Caucus; comedian Dick Gregory; Myra Shone and Ralph
Schoenman, Taking Aim, Pacifica; National Association of Letter Carriers,
Branch 3825; Howard Wallace, co-founder, Pride at Work; Jim Houghton, Director,
Harlem Fight Back; Justice 4 Homeless, SF; United Steel Workers of America
Local 8751; International Action Center; former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey
Clark; Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council; Howard Zinn, historian; Noam
Chomsky, linguist; AFSCME Local 95, Local 205, Local 215,Local 389,Loca167,Local
1881, Local 1930; ILWU Entire West Coast division; CUE Local 3; and many
more.
We urge you to work to make the Oct. 17 Million Worker March in D.C. the
next major event for the entire anti-war movement. If we all rise to this
challenge, we will put the next president and Congress on notice that we
will accept no excuses for prolonging the occupation of Iraq and wasting
lives and precious resources that should go toward satisfying people's needs
like housing and schools. Moreover, we will have helped to forge a critical
alliance
between the grassroots of the labor movement and the anti-war movement that
would represent a whole new level of unity, potential and power.
Does this sound like something worth working for? Does this sound like something
you've been waiting for? You can help make it happen.
BECOME AN ORGANIZING CENTER FOR OCT. 17: We are asking anti-war activists
and groups to set up local organizing centers for the Million Worker March.
Start meeting, planning, and reserving buses to go to Washington. Anti-war
coalitions and groups need to let us know ASAP if their group can be listed
as an Oct.17. Organizing center, in their locality or region.
GET BUSES: make a goal of organizing a bus/or buses from your union, school,
work place, churches, neighborhood, organization or club.
SEND A $$$ DONATION TO HELP PAY FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION:
We want to make sure that everyone who wants to come to Washington on Oct.
17 can, regardless of whether they have only a few dollars to give for a
bus seat, or even nothing. We want to, wherever possible, make transportation
free to young people, unemployed people, and others who are barely getting
by. Your generous contribution will go along way towards helping this happen.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: People's Rights Fund/Oct.17 Buses
· ORGANIZATIONS, JOIN THE LIST OF ENDORDERS
· FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO FRIENDS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO
MIGHT WANT TO COME
· AND ORGANIZE OTHERS TO COME
CONTACT US AT:
AntiWar4theMillionWorkerMarch@action-mail.org
39 W. 14th Street, #206
NYC, NY 10011
phone (212) 633-6646
In solidarity,
Clarence Thomas, Co-Chair, Million Workers March Organizing
Committee, ILWU Local 10
Brenda Stokely, President, District Council 1707 AFSCME, Co-chair,
NYC Labor Against the War
Chris Silvera, Secretary-Treasurer, Local 808 IBT, President
National Teamsters Black Caucus
Ralph Shoenman, Communications Coordinator, Million Worker
March
Larry Holmes, International Action Center, Steering Committee
ANSWER
Sharon Black, Washington/Baltimore Coordinator, Million Worker
March
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Sara Flounders, Coordinator, Iraq War Crimes Tribunal NYC
GET ON THE BUS:
* TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!* FOR MONEY & FOR JOBS NOT WAR!* FOR
A LIVING WAGE!* AGAINST LAYOFFS, UNION BUSTING, & FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS!*
FOR THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS!* BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED JOBS NOT
JAILS!* TO END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ!* TO DEFEND CIVIL RIGHTS! * BECAUSE
WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK IN THEIR OWN VOICE!
GET ON THE BUS OCT. 17 FOR THE MILLION WORKER MARCH
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