Sept. 24-26: DC Mobilization to End the War on Iraq!

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Hold Bush & Congress Accountable for the Deaths, the Destruction,
the Lies, and the Toll on Our Communities
SEPTEMBER 24-26, 2005

END THE WAR ON IRAQ - BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Leave no bases behind - End the corporate occupation of Iraq
Stop bankrupting our communities - No military recruitment in our schools

Sat., 9/24 - Massive March, Rally & Festival
Sun., 9/25 - Interfaith Service, Grassroots Training
Mon., 9/26 - Lobby Day, Mass Nonviolent Direct Action and Civil Disobedience

More than two years after the illegal and immoral U.S. invasion of Iraq, the
nightmare continues. More than 1600 U.S. soldiers have died, at least another 15,000
have been wounded; even the most conservative estimates of Iraqi deaths number in
the tens of thousands. Iraq, a once sovereign nation, now lies in ruins under the
military and corporate occupation of the United States; U.S. promises to rebuild
have not been kept and Iraqis still lack food, water, electricity, and other basic
needs.

A majority of Americans believe that this war never should have happened, but our
elected representatives in Washington continue to rubber-stamp the Bush
Administration's disastrous Iraq policies. They have given military recruiters
nearly unrestricted access to our schools -- and the Pentagon nearly unrestricted
access to our tax dollars. At a time when our vital social programs are eroding or
completely decimated, an overwhelming majority in Congress recently approved Bush's
request for an additional $82 billion in war funding, and there's already talk of
another $50 billion appropriation this fall.

It's time to hold all pro-war politicians accountable for the deaths, the
destruction, the lies, and the toll on our communities! Join United for Peace and
Justice in Washington, D.C. for three massive days of action against the war: a
major march, rally, and festival on Saturday, September 24; an interfaith religious
service and day of grassroots trainings on Sunday, September 25; and a large-scale
grassroots lobbying day and mass nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience on
Monday, September 26.

From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to bring our
demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust war. These three
days of actions will send a clear message to the White House and Congress: The Iraq
war must end. It's time to bring all the troops home, leaving no U.S. military bases
behind, and to stop the corporate theft of Iraq's resources. Instead of draining our
national treasury for endless war, we demand that our tax dollars be used to repair
the damage done to Iraq and to fund services in our communities. We call for an
immediate end to our government's assault on immigrants, the unethical pressures on
our young people to join the military, and the undermining of democracy through
relentless attacks on everyone's basic rights.

Our mobilization will coincide with the meetings of the International Monetary Fund
and World Bank, whose economic policies place corporate profits ahead of basic
human needs worldwide. We will speak out against the corporate theft of Iraq's
resources and the decimation of the Iraqi economy through privatization and "free
trade."

Join our weekend of action to stop this war, and help prevent any new wars!

Leaflets and more information will be available soon at
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2854

In the meantime, circulate this announcement far and wide and mark your calendar for
the weekend of September 24-26.

We need your financial support to make this mobilization possible! Please make the
most generous contribution you can today at http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate

Thanks, and we'll see you in Washington!