ANSWER Coaltion | 07.07.2007 03:29

September 15 — Turn Up the Heat in Washington DC!

September 15




September 15 —
Turn Up the Heat in Washington DC!
Calendar of upcoming anti-war events
We want to thank the thousands of people and many
organizations that have responded to ANSWER’s May 31 Proposal to the Anti-War
Movement. The essence of the proposal is for all the anti-war coalitions and
organizations to come together to mobilize the largest single mass march on
Washington DC under the demand End the War Now!
Most anti-war activists support this idea. At the
national level some organizations support the call for building a united mass
mobilization. Others are opposing it. The ANSWER Coalition will continue to
promote and organize for a united action where organizations and coalitions can
come together and organize a march of a million people to show the breadth and
support of the anti-war sentiment in this country. March 2008 will mark the
start of the sixth year of the Iraq war. If the anti-war organizations desire to
unite, it would be an important moment to organize a huge show of force
demanding an immediate end to the war. In unity there is great strength—it is
that simple.
 



We are convening a meeting on Saturday,
July 28 in Washington DC to discuss the proposal for a united anti-war
demonstration of one million people. All organizations who are committed
to this perspective or who are seriously considering this perspective
are invited to join together in a day-long strategy session. If you or
your organization is interested in attending the meeting, please
indicate so by clicking this
link.



The coming months are crucial. We have to
intensify our organizing efforts so that the voice of the people is heard loud
and clear. The so-called "Surge" has succeeded at nothing but the
killing of an ever-larger number of Iraqis in neighborhoods throughout Baghdad.
The occupation forces and the puppet government in Iraq cannot pacify the
country. Every month, more than 3,000 Iraqis are killed, and the U.S. death toll
has been higher in the last three months than in any other three-month period of
the war.
September 15 — Join Thousands to Turn
Up the Heat in Washington DC
The ANSWER Coalition; Code Pink; Muslim
American Society Freedom Foundation; Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair, National
Council of Arab Americans; Cindy Sheehan; Cynthia McKinney; Navy Petty Officer
Jonathan Hutto, co-founder Appeal for Redress; Liam Madden, Pres., Boston
Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and co-founder of Appeal for Redress;
Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective, New Orleans; Howard Zinn,
Author and Historian; Carlos & Melida Arredondo, Gold Star Families for
Peace; Rev. Graylan Hagler, Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice;
Ramsey Clark; Latino Movement USA; Hermandad Mexicana Nacional; Ron Kovic,
Vietnam Veteran, author, Born on the 4th of July; Michael Berg; National Lawyers
Guild; Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia de San Romero de las Americas - UCC; and
many others are joining together to sponsor a large protest in Washington DC
timed to coincide with the report by General Petraeus on the "Surge"
in Iraq. There will be actions in the halls and offices of Congress in the days
following the September 15 march.
We urge every organization to join in this
effort. To register your support for the September 15 march and the actions
scheduled in the days following September 15, click
on this link.
Bush and the Pentagon are required to report to
Congress on the progress of the "Surge" in Iraq on September 15.
Congress will hold hearings the following week. The eyes of the national and
international media will be focused on Washington DC and on the words and
positions of the politicians and generals. We are determined to make sure that
this so-called debate cannot take place inside Congress without them hearing the
voices of thousands of angry veterans, students and working people demanding
End the War Now!
Funding for the war, which totals $300 million
each day, will have to be formally renewed by Congress. It is obvious that the
politicians in Congress have become discredited (their approval rating is even
lower than Bush’s) because they haven’t voted to end the war. The ANSWER
Coalition believes that it is crucial that thousands of people come to
Washington DC on September 15 and Turn Up the Heat to
demand not one more penny be spent on this criminal war for empire. If the voice
of the people is to be heard during this "debate" we must arrive in
Washington DC on September 15—not after it is over. This is not the time for
symbolic protests—we need to make the politicians and generals feel the heat
of the people’s anger. In order to do that, we need as many people as possible
to stay in Washington DC. We need to occupy the halls and offices of Congress.
We need to raise our voices to demand that Congress stop funding the war
immediately.
To endorse the September 15 protest, click
on this link.
Schedule of September actions:

Saturday, September 15: March on the White
House and Congress
Sunday, September 16: National organizers’
meeting and training
September 17-20: Actions in the halls, hearing
rooms and offices of Congress

It is highly significant that ImpeachBush.org and
other impeachment organizations will be mobilizing thousands of people to come
to Washington DC starting on September 15. ImpeachBush.org will be publishing
newspaper ads urging those who support the impeachment of Bush and Cheney to
make their voices heard from September 15-20, 2007. The ANSWER Coalition
welcomes the impeachment movement. At the March 17, 2007, March on the Pentagon
Impeach Bush signs and banners were everywhere.
October 20-27: A Week of
Nationally-Coordinated Local and Regional Demonstrations
The anti-war movement and the impeachment movement
are joining forces to carry out mass local and regional actions in cities and
towns throughout the country from October 20-27. The ANSWER Coalition will
initiate many actions and support and promote the actions of all other anti-war
coalitions that will take place during this week. These actions will include
large-scale demonstrations, rallies, picket lines, mass leaflet distributions at
military bases, activities and walk-outs at college campuses and high schools,
and other actions. There can be actions in every state and every city and town
showing that the anti-war sentiment is the majority sentiment and that the
people are determined to end the war now. The Week of Nationally-Coordinated
Local and Regional Actions will begin on the weekend of October 20-21, the exact
40th anniversary weekend of the historic March on the Pentagon where tens of
thousands marched under the banner "From Protest to Resistance!"
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