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September Mobilization
Three Days of Actions
for Peace & Justice in D.C.
Saturday, September 24
Massive March, Rally & Anti-war Fair
Gather 11 AM at the Washington Monument
[8-22-05]
 | Sat., Sept. 24 - Operation Ceasefire Concert |
| Sun., Sept. 25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training |
| Mon., Sept. 26 - Congressional Education Day and Mass Nonviolent
Direct Action and Civil Disobedience, Linking Anti-war and Global Justice
Protests |
END THE WAR ON IRAQ
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
| Leave no military bases behind |
| End the looting of Iraq |
| Stop the torture |
| Stop bankrupting our communities |
| No military recruitment in our schools |
More than two years after the illegal and
immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S.
soldiers have died, at least another 15,000 have been wounded; even the most
conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in the tens of thousands.
Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the military and
corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild have not
been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic
needs.
A majority of Americans believe that this war
never should have happened, but our elected representatives in Washington
continue to rubber-stamp the Bush Administration's disastrous Iraq policies.
They have given military recruiters nearly unrestricted access to our
schools -- and the Pentagon nearly unrestricted access to our tax dollars.
At a time when our vital social programs are eroding or completely
decimated, an overwhelming majority in Congress recently approved Bush's
request for an additional $82 billion in war funding, and there's already
talk of another $50 billion appropriation this fall.
It's time to hold all pro-war politicians
accountable for the deaths, the destruction, the lies, and the toll on our
communities! Join United for Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. for three
massive days of action against the war: a major march, rally, and festival
on Saturday, September 24; an interfaith religious service and day of
grassroots trainings on Sunday, September 25; and a large-scale grassroots
lobbying day and mass nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience on
Monday, September 26.
From every corner of this country, people
will travel to Washington to bring our demands directly to the policymakers
responsible for this unjust war. These three days of actions will send a
clear message to the White House and Congress: The Iraq war must end. It's
time to bring all the troops home, leaving no U.S. military bases behind,
and to stop the corporate theft of Iraq's resources. Instead of draining our
national treasury for endless war, we demand that our tax dollars be used to
repair the damage done to Iraq and to fund services in our communities. We
call for an immediate end to our government's assault on immigrants, the
unethical pressures on our young people to join the military, and the
undermining of democracy through relentless attacks on everyone's basic
rights.
Our mobilization will coincide with the
meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, whose economic
policies place corporate profits ahead of basic human needs worldwide. We
will speak out against the corporate theft of Iraq's resources and the
decimation of the Iraqi economy through privatization and "free trade."
Join our weekend of action to stop this war,
and help prevent any new wars!
Go to
http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=91
And ...
Within the three days of actions in D.C. there
will be a special series of events dedicated to ...
Stop
Torture!
Alice Winters, Presbyterian mission co-worker
in Colombia and Witherspoon member, has shared with us information on a
special event within the Call for Justice Weekend:
The Chicago Religious Leadership Network
on Latin America (CRLN) will hold special actions focusing on US uses of
torture, and why it should stop. These will include on Saturday, workshops
and panel discussions on the history, legal considerations, and security
consequences of U.S. involvement in torture, appropriate reform measures,
and interfaith presentations on the moral and spiritual issues raised by the
use of torture. Sunday there will be a formal mock trial of Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, and former CIA
Director George Tenet for violations of international and U.S. laws
prohibiting torture. Monday will open with an interfaith presentation,
followed by visits to Congress and other government offices.
For more information, go to
http://www.uusc.org/programs/STOP/index.html
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