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The groups Act Now to Stop War & End
Racism--ANSWER--and United for Peace and Justice--UFPJ--are
joining forces to call on all those who oppose the war,
invasion and occupation of Iraq, to unite on Saturday, Oct. 25
in Washington, D.C., for a truly massive outpouring reflecting
the growing popular opposition to the Bush administration's
foreign and domestic program.
It was the peace and anti-war movement in the 1960s and
1970s that proved to be one of the decisive factors ending the
U.S. war in Vietnam. The Oct. 25 demonstration will be a
powerful repudiation by the people of the United States of
Bush's criminal war and occupation of Iraq and will be a signal
of the new anti-war movement's potent political force
countering the Bush administration.
UFPJ and ANSWER have both organized anti-war demonstrations
numbering in the hundreds of thousands in the last year and
have now agreed to join forces for the purpose of organizing
the Oct. 25 National March on Washington, D.C., under the
banner: End the occupation of Iraq, bring the troops home
now!
The protest will also condemn the vast cuts in vital
domestic social and economic programs and demand: Money for
jobs, education and health care, not war and occupation.
As the Oct. 25-26 weekend is also the second anniversary of
the passage of the so-called Patriot Act authorizing political
arrests, indefinite detentions, domestic spying, and religious
and racial profiling, the demonstration will also be a call to
fight back against the Patriot Act.
By working together we are optimistic that this mobilization
will be an expression of the widespread opposition to the
ongoing occupation of Iraq. We urge you to do everything
possible to help bring massive numbers of people to Washington,
D.C., on Oct. 25!
Statement issued by ANSWER and UFPJ, Sept. 5.
For more information:
www.internationalanswer.org
www.unitedforpeace.org
Reprinted from the Sept. 25, 2003, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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