MILWAUKEE
Protest hits war, racism
By Workers World
Milwaukee bureau
"One, two, three, four, we don't want your racist war" was
the message in Milwaukee Oct. 13. Over 75 protesters at the
Henry Reuss Federal Building came out to say: "U.S. out of
Afghanistan and the Middle East!"
"We send our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences to
those who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center and
Pentagon attacks Sept. 11. But bombing Afghanistan and other
Middle Eastern countries, or reactionary legislation under the
guise of fighting 'terrorism' is not the answer," said Art
Marburg of A Job is a Right Campaign, sponsor of the protest,
which was endorsed by over a dozen progressive
organizations.
AJRC led a delegation to Washington, D.C., for the Sept. 29
International ANSWER demonstration.
The Milwaukee anti-war, anti-racist demonstration demanded:
stop bombing Afghanistan; money for victims' needs, not
corporate bailouts and war; no to anti-Arab, Muslim and South
Asian racism; stop the war on Arab-Americans and Muslims; stop
the theft of our rights; no U.S. war drive domestically or
internationally; and money for jobs, education, healthcare and
housing, not war.
Held in the heart of Milwaukee's shopping and financial
district, the protest at the Federal Building was spirited and
met by friendly passersby honking their car horns in
support.
Immediately after the beginning of the AJRC anti-war
protest, a feeder march swelled the numbers at the federal
building. A few blocks east a consortium of peace groups had
concluded their rally as part of the International Day of
Protests to Stop the Militarization of Space. They then marched
down Wisconsin Avenue to meet at the Federal Building.
Jean Verber, an organizer with Women and Poverty Public
Initiative, while honoring the Sept. 11 victims, focused on
class issues. She called the W-2, or Wisconsin Works, program
terrorist. This racist program has forced thousands of women
into poverty, said Verber.
More anti-war, anti-racist actions are being planned.
Reprinted from the Oct. 25, 2001, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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