[O29] FW: 10/17 Mobilize October 29th - Action Planning Meeting

[John Harris]

An announcement of our next planning meeting will be
on the ACT-MA list as described below.
In solidarity,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: John Harris [mailto:john.r.harris at verizon.net]
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:52 PM
To: act-ma at igc.topica.com
Subject: 10/17 Mobilize October 29th - Action Planning Meeting


Monday, October 17th, 6:00 PM
33 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston
Mass Global Action office
Two blocks from the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line

End the Occupation of Iraq! Bring the Troops Home Now!
Military Recruiters Out of Our Schools!
Stop the Racist Attacks on the Black, Latino, Arab & Muslim
Communities!
From the Gulf Coast to New England and Beyond,
Fund Human Needs- Not War and Occupation!

Two and a half years after the invasion of Iraq the brutal nightmare
continues with no end in sight. The majority in this country believe
that this war should never have happened. Over 200,000 marched in
Washington, DC on September 24 demanding an end to this criminal war
of conquest. Millions more now reject the lies coming out of Washington.
We are making a difference! Now WE have the initiative.

A catastrophe of massive proportions has been unfolding on the Gulf
Coast. At least a thousand are believed to have died and many
thousands are now homeless. Natural disasters can’t be stopped. But
what happens before, during, and after them is not inevitable. The
deaths in Katrina's path were no more necessary than the deaths of
thousands in Iraq.

We must unite! The policy of waging war for control of oil resources
and the policy decisions leading to the social catastrophe unfolding
on the Gulf Coast point to a consistent assault on and disregard for
the lives, safety, and needs of working families.

Plans are being made to organize a massive March and Rally on Boston
Common on October 29th, 2005 to End the Occupation of Iraq! We
encourage all antiwar organizations, students, youth, groups in the
community, unionists, and anyone in the New England region who wants
to organize to Sop the War to join with us at our next planning meeting.

Join us in planning this action and in organizing a broad outreach
campaign. The challenge before us is to unite, plan, and then mobilize
our opposition into a strong mass movement that can turn millions more
against the war and fight for a social policy that serves human needs-
not conquest, occupation, and domination.

According to Donald Rumsfeld the war could last as long as 12 more
years.

How many more will die in a war that was a lie from start to finish?

How many more billions of our tax dollars will be drained into a war
for oil?

How many more billions will be looted from vital social needs such as
hurricane relief, reconstruction, jobs, education, and healthcare or
libraries, firehouses, childcare, eldercare, or Social Security?

Please visit our web site: www.oct29.org or call (617)338-9966 Option 5
Email: info at oct29.org

Our Next Planning Meeting:
Monday, October 17th, 6:00 PM
33 Harrison Avenue, 3th Floor, Boston
Mass Global Action office
Two blocks from the Chinatown T stop on the Orange Line