BROOKLYN BUILDS FOR FEB. 15
'Find creative ways to resist'
By Monica Moorehead
Brooklyn, N.Y.
"Not only do we have the responsibility to continue
organizing against the war on Iraq but we must consider
creative, effective ways of resisting if the U.S. warmongers
persist in attacking our Iraqi sisters and brothers," declared
Larry Holmes Jan. 30. Holmes, a spokesperson for the
International ANSWER--Act Now to Stop War and End
Racism--coalition, spoke to an overflow crowd at the House of
the Lord church here in Brooklyn.
The multinational crowd of 300 responded enthusiastically to
Holmes' remarks at the anti-war strategy meeting designed to
build momentum for the major anti-war march and rally set for
Feb. 15 in New York City.
The meeting was hosted by the church's pastor, the Rev.
Herbert Daughtry. He is also the president of the MLK Jr. Peace
Now Movement. Other speakers included AFSCME District Council
1707 President Brenda Stokely, Dr. Karen Daughtry, Center for
Constitutional Rights Executive Director Ron Daniels, City
Councilperson Charles Barron from Brooklyn, and International
Action Center Co-Director Teresa Gutierrez.
After the speeches, an open mike session allowed activists
from different boroughs to share organizing ideas.
The activists who attended the meeting took handfuls of Feb.
15 leaflets provided by ANSWER to get them out all over the
city and help build the worldwide day of solidarity to stop the
war against Iraq.
Reprinted from the Feb. 13, 2003, issue of
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