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DESCRIPTION:International Day of Action\nSaturday, March 21, 2009\nOn the 6th 
 Anniversary of the Iraq War\n\nFrom Iraq to Afghanistan to Palestine, 
 Occupation is a Crime\nWe Need Jobs & Education - Not Wars & 
 Occupation\n\nThe ANSWER Coalition is joining with other coalitions, 
 organizations, and networks in a March 21 National Coalition to bring 
 people from all walks of life and from cities all across the country to 
 take part in a Mass March on the Pentagon and for joint actions in San 
 Francisco and Los Angeles on the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war: 
 Saturday, March 21.\n\nMore than 1,000 organizations and individuals have 
 now endorsed the March 21, 2009, Mass Marches to say “Bring the Troops 
 Home NOW!” on the sixth anniversary of the criminal invasion of 
 Iraq.\n\nThe thousands who march will demand “From Iraq to Afghanistan to 
 Palestine, Occupation is a Crime” and “We Need Jobs and Education, Not 
 Wars and Occupation.” They will insist on an end to the war threats and 
 economic sanctions against Iran. They will say no to the illegal U.S. 
 program of detention and torture.\n\nMembers of the March 21 National 
 Coalition and supporters include:\n- ANSWER Coalition\n- Muslim American 
 Society Freedom\n- National Council of Arab Americans\n- National Assembly 
 to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations\n- Veterans for 
 Peace\n- Ramsey Clark\n- Cindy Sheehan\n- The World Can't Wait\n- Paul 
 Haggis, Academy-Award winning director and screenwriter\n- Edward Asner, 
 Actor\n- Mimi Kennedy, Actor and Activist\n- Elaine Johnson, Gold Star 
 Mother\n- Tina Richards, Executive Director, Grassroots America\n- Angola 3 
 Defense Committee\n- Herman Wallace, Political Prisoner, Angola Prison, 
 Louisiana\n- Albert Woodfox, Political Prisoner, Angola Prison, 
 Louisiana\n- Raul Pacheco, guitarist, Ozomatli\n- David Swanson, After 
 Downing Street\n- Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers 
 Guild*\n- Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights*\n- 
 Michael Smith, Member of the Board, Center for Constitutional Rights*\n- 
 Blase and Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas\n- Middle East Children's 
 Alliance\n& hundreds of others!\n*for identification purposes only\n\nWhile 
 millions of families are losing their homes, jobs and healthcare, the real 
 military budget next year will top one trillion dollars--that's 
 $1,000,000,000,000. If used to meet people’s needs, that amount could 
 create 10 million new jobs at $60,000 per year, provide healthcare for 
 everyone who does not have it now, rebuild New Orleans, and repair much of 
 the damage done in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. The cost for the 
 occupation of Iraq alone is $400 million each day, or about $12 billion 
 each month.\n\nThe war in Iraq has killed, wounded or displaced nearly one 
 third of Iraq’s 26 million people. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been 
 killed, and hundreds of thousands more have suffered severe physical and 
 psychological wounds. The U.S. leaders who have initiated and conducted 
 this criminal war should be tried and jailed for war crimes.\n\nThe war in 
 Afghanistan is expanding. Robert Gates, Bush's defense secretary, who was 
 kept at his post by President Obama, has announced that the troop levels in 
 Afghanistan may double in the coming months. Both he and Vice President 
 Biden predicted higher casualties--or what they cavalierly call "an uptick" 
 in casualties--in the coming period.\n\nWe must also act to end U.S. 
 support for Israel’s on-going war against the Palestinian people. The 
 Bush Administration also gave the green light and provided the weapons and 
 the money for Israel’s recent war against the Palestinian people in Gaza. 
 More than 5,000 Palestinians were killed or wounded; the majority of 
 casualties were civilians, including hundreds of children, in this high 
 tech massacre. And “We the People” paid the bill, as the U.S. provides 
 $2.5 billion a year for Israel’s massive military machine.\n\nThe March 
 21, 2009, March on the Pentagon will be a critical opportunity to let the 
 new administration in Washington hear the voice of the people demanding an 
 immediate end to wars and occupation, and demanding economic justice. Joint 
 actions will take place in San Francisco, 11am at Justin Herman Plaza 
 (Embarcadero) and in Los Angeles.\n\n\n\n\nA.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition\nAct Now 
 to Stop War & End Racism\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/05/18568510.php
SUMMARY:ANTI-WAR PROTEST
LOCATION:meet at Justin Herman Plaza (Embarcadero)\nmarch to Civic Center
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/05/18568510.php
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