NEW YORK
'Make Feb. 15 Anti-War Day'
By Teresa Gutierrez
New York
New York ANSWER--Act Now to Stop War and End Racism--has
sent a letter to the New York City Council asking it to put
this city on the map by taking a bold stand against the
Pentagon's threatened war on Iraq.
The letter states in part: "On Saturday, Feb. 15, this city
will be the site of the next major anti-war event. We are
contacting you to ask for your support so that New York City
can welcome the anti-war movement by declaring Feb. 15, 2003,
'Anti-War Day.'
"In addition, it is important to us that all the people who
want to express their stance against the war be able to do so.
As part of Anti-War Day, we are also asking the City Council to
do what it can to offer free MTA [subway and bus] travel so
that people can come from as far away as the Bronx, Harlem and
East New York to join the growing movement against the
war."
Twenty-six individuals signed the letter. They include
former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Nadia Marsh of
Doctors and Nurses Against the War, the Rev. Herbert Daughtry
of the House of the Lord church, National Youth & Student
ANSWER Coordinator Peta Lindsay, Daniel Vila of the Harlem
Tenants Council, Working Peoples Voices, Michelle Quintus who
is the Local Council 5 representative of the Flight Attendants
union, Jessie Heiwa of Queers for Peace & Justice, Kadouri
Al-Kaysi of the Committee in Support of Iraqi People, Jerry
Dominguez of Casa Mexico, and Asha Samad Matias of Muslims
Against Racism & Religious Profiling and the Human Rights
Center.
Gutierrez, a co-director of the International Action
Center, is also a signatory to the letter.
Reprinted from the Feb. 13, 2003, issue of
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