Palo Alto event/March demanding a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11

Demonstration and March
Demanding a Congressional Inquiry of 9-11


Wednesday, January 16, 2002, from 11:00 until 1:00 in Lytton Plaza, peace activists, including members of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Veteran's for Peace will gather to dialogue with the public and the media about the Bush Administrations response to 9/11. At 1:00 peace activists will march down Emerson St. to the office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to formally deliver their concerns and demand a Congressional Inquiry of 9/11.


The 9-11 disaster has been used to justify a "War on Terrorism" which endangers the lives and liberties of millions of people everywhere. The U.S. bombing of Afghanistan has killed thousands of civilians; millions of Afghans have been displaced and face starvation this winter. The administration has condoned massive Israeli assaults on Palestine, and threatens to attack Iraq, Lebanon, Somalia, and other countries. Recent legislation is an attack on constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties, especially those of immigrants and people of color. The laws are mirrored in other countries which are outlawing dissent and increasing political repression. The administration has institutionalized racial profiling and is secretly rounding up thousands of Arab Americans and other people of Middle Eastern background. At the same time, it is giving billions to the military, offering huge bailouts and tax incentives to corporations and the wealthy, while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of laid off workers, and cutting social services. This appears to be part of a long-range strategy to turn the clock back on the hard earned gains of the civil rights', womens', and environmental movements, to consolidate U.S. global domination, and to serve the interests of transnational corporations.


Tuesday, January 8, 2002 there was a march to Senator Feinstein's San Francisco office, where eight delegates from Global Exchange, National Lawyer's Guild, East Bay Peace Action, Women's International Peace Imperative, Veteran's for Peace, Organizing Mills, East Bay Coaltion Against the War, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom met with Senator Feinstein and Senator Boxer' s staff to demand an Senate Inquiry of 9/11.


"The media and Congress have failed to question the most basic White House' statements concerning the events of September 11th and the Bush administration's response. While the attacks are used to justify the bombing of Afghanistan, the administration is clearly more interested in controlling the oil resources of Central Asia than in "ridding the world of terrorism or terrorists" which it has funded, trained, and used for decades through the C.I.A.. We have to hold the U.S. government accountable for its role in creating terrorists and using terrorism against other countries."said organizer, Carol Brouillet of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.