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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">From:
S26 AIPAC PROTEST <aipacprotest@earthlink.net><br>
To: AipacProtest <aipacprotest@earthlink.net><br>
Subject: ENDORSE: September 26 AIPAC Protest, March on
Congress<br>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:36:12 -0400<br>
>MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 - 8:30-9:30 AM<br>
>* Endorse * Publicize * Participate *<br>
>PROTEST AIPAC & MARCH TO CONGRESS<br>
>U.S. OUT OF IRAQ - NO NEW WAR ON IRAN - END OCCUPATION OF
PALESTINE<br>
><br>
>The DC Anti-war Network (DAWNDC.NET) has initiated a call for
a<br>
>Monday, September 26 protest at American Israel Public Affairs<br>
>Committee (AIPAC) headquarters at 440 1st Street NW from 8:30
to<br>
>9:30 am. Tentatively, we will have a press conference at the
protest<br>
>at 9:00 am. At 9:30 am we will march to the United States
Congress<br>
>to visit congressional offices and attend public sessions
sponsored<br>
>by the congressional U.S. Out of Iraq Caucus and Council for
the<br>
>National Interest (cnionline.org).<br>
>This event is timed to complement later civil disobedience and<br>
>all-day lobby efforts by United for Peace and Justice and
other<br>
>groups. For more information visit http://unitedforpeace.org/
DC<br>
>Anti-War Network is a member of United for Peace and Justice.<br>
>Peace, anti-war and pro-Palestinian rights activists will
protest<br>
>pro-Israel lobby, neoconservative and Christian Zionist-promoted
US<br>
>wars against both Iraq and Iran. These wars are meant not only
to<br>
>control oil resources and ensure United States dominance of
the<br>
>region, but also to secure Israel's 57 year illegal occupation
of<br>
>Palestinian land and its state-sanctioned discrimination
against<br>
>Palestinians. Two high ranking AIPAC staffers recently were
indicted<br>
>for illegally receiving classified U.S. military information
which<br>
>enhanced AIPAC's ability to promote aggressive Middle East
wars.<br>
>In protesting at AIPAC and in approaching Congressional<br>
>representatives, we call for:<br>
>1) a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq;<br>
>2) an end to all U.S. plans for pre-emptive strikes on Iran;<br>
>3) Israeli honoring of international law which supports equal
rights<br>
>for all and the Palestinian right of return to homes,
properties,<br>
>villages and cities from which they have been driven since 1948;
and<br>
>4) an end to political and media labeling as "anti-Semitic"
anti-war<br>
>Americans who speak out for justice for the Palestinians
and/or<br>
>against wars promoted by neoconservatives, pro-Israel
lobbyists and<br>
>Christian Zionists. Three recent examples are accusations
against<br>
>Presbyterian groups urging divestment from companies doing
business<br>
>with Israel and against former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and
Gold<br>
>Star Families for Peace activist Cindy Sheehan, both of whom
spoke<br>
>at Representative John Conyers' June 16 Downing Street Memo
hearing.<br>
>The DC Anti-War Network also initiated the January 21st
fifty-strong</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">>"March on
the Neocons" and the May 23rd seventy-five-strong
protest</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">>against the
AIPAC annual conference at the DC Convention Center. The</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="+1" color="#000000">>latter was
endorsed by over twenty activist groups nationwide. In<br>
>2002 over 1500 activists protested outside the AIPAC annual<br>
>conference. See relevant calls and photographs of these protests
at<br>
>http://stopthewarnow.net/protests/<br>
>** ENDORSE THIS CALL BY SEPTEMBER 19TH AND BE LISTED ON THE
WEB PAGE<br>
>AND THE PRESS RELEASE<br>
>http://stopthewarnow.net/protests/aipacprotest-09-05.html<br>
>**GET INVOLVED IN ORGANIZING, SEND OUT YOUR OWN PRESS RELEASE<br>
>SUPPORTING THIS PROTEST, OR JUST TELL US YOU WILL BE THERE!<br>
><br>
>CONTACT: AIPACPROTEST@EARTHLINK.NET - CALL
202-635-3739</font></div>
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