Anti-War Movement Growing
Protests Planned Dec. 3-10
From: AntiWar 4 the Million Worker March <antiwar4themillionworkermarch@action-mail.org>
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/warmuststopweek21oct04.shtml
October 21, 2004
A Call to Action:
The following Call to Action was raised from the stage at
the Million Worker March on Sunday, and supported by a
meeting of the Million Worker March Committee on Monday, October 18. We
forward this to you in lieu of a full report of this historic and important
event, which has formed a new level of unity between the antiwar movement
and the workers' struggle.We encourage activists across the country to begin
discussing December 3-10. Send us your ideas and feedback as soon as possible.
There has been a suggestion that Friday, December 3 might
be a perfect day for student walkouts--this is something that student activists
will know best.
In the coming days, this web page will report on the specific
proposals for action on the various days, Dec. 3-10, including actions planned
by labor activists and unions, by students and youth, and by community organizers.
Not one more life - or U.S. bullet or bomb - or new war to
pacify Iraq.
It is with a shared sense of seriousness and urgency that
we appeal to all antiwar forces, including: those of us who are based in
the union/workers movement; organizations that are fighting for jobs, health
care and housing; youth and student organizations; veterans; military families;
military resisters; solidarity movements; and all the other progressive
movements - to make the week of Friday Dec. 3 - Friday Dec. 10 (International
Human Rights Day) a time for truly mass action across the country to Stop
The War Now! including job actions, student walkouts, boycotts, and business
closings.
The U.S. has started a new war to conquer Iraq - It Will Not Work - But
it will be deadly - UNLESS we say, "No
More!"
The bombing raids on Falluja and other Iraqi cities have been
intensifying, and after the U.S. presidential elections, the occupation
forces are preparing a full-scale new war to "pacify" Iraq in
preparation for phony U.S.-controlled elections in January. This assault
will not subdue the Iraqi people; they have made it clear that they want
the U.S., and U.S.-led occupation forces to leave immediately.
However, this new desperate and deadly plan to conquer a people
who refused to be conquered will cause enromous
death and destruction unless we make it clear that the war will no longer
be tolerated.
The War & Occupation must end now! And the People can
end it!
Our challenge, especially for those of us who have marched
against the war, and those of us who have worked hard to
organize those marches, to remind ourselves that the election is not going
to stop the war, and that waiting for something beyond our control to stop
the war only weakens our movement. The majority of the people want the war
and occupation to end immediately. It is up to us to act with a sense of
urgency, immediacy, passion, and determination. It is time to say "No
More!"
Jobs - Unions - Healthcare - Education - Housing - Bring the
Troops Home Now!
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