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color=#000000><BR>What's Next After September 24?<BR><BIG><BR><FONT
color=#660000>Dec. 1 - Rosa Parks Anniversary<BR>National Strike Against
Poverty, Racism, and
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title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml>ENDORSE</B></A> the
December 1 Rosa Parks Anniversary National Strike Against Poverty, Racsim, and
War </BIG></FONT>
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<LI><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><BIG><A
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml
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title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml>VOLUNTEER</B></A> to help
build the Strike </BIG></FONT>
<LI><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><BIG><A
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
href="http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml" target=_blank><B
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml>DONATE</B></A> to help build a
movement against war & racism</BIG></FONT> </LI></UL><BR><BR>On September
24, Washington, DC saw the largest antiwar demonstration since the war beginning
of the war against the people of Iraq, with more than 300,000 people flooding
the streets of the capital demanding "Troops Out Now!" The massive march
on Saturday was followed by civil disobedience in front of the White House on
Monday in which 370 people, including Cindy Sheehan, were arrested.
<BR><BR>Beyond the size of the demonstrations, there was a tangible new level of
energy and enthusiasm among those who came to protest. Many of those who
came had never marched in a protest before, and many veteran protesters felt
that the tide is turning in the struggle against the war.<BR><BR>Part of this
new energy is the result of the more than 12,000 people who joined Cindy
Sheehan, mother of a soldier killed in Iraq, in Camp Casey, Texas. The
month-long roadside encampment near George W. Bush's country estate inspired
activists across the country. The Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC)
organized "Camp Caseys" and solidarity rallies in dozens of cities across the
country.<BR><BR>The demonstration also took on a new sense of urgency
following the massive destruction and loss of life resulting from the
government's criminal neglect in the region impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
The winds of Katrina exposed the brutal racism and greed at the core of an
unjust system as thousands were left to die simply because they were poor and
Black.<BR><BR>The Troops Out Now Coalition organized a large "Katrina Solidarity
Contingent" for the September 24 march, which received an enthusiastic
repsonse. TONC is also working to support local organizers in the impacted
area.<BR><BR><B>The massive turnout for the September 24 demonstration was a
clear indication that the tide is turning.</B> More and more people are
opposed to the war and they are inspired to take action to bring the troops
home. The challenge for the antiwar movement is to bring this new energy
back to every neighborhood, workplace, and school to build a grassroots movement
to end the<IMG height=245 alt="Troops Out Now Coalition"
src="http://nodraftnoway.org/public_html/0233-GOOD-LizG.jpg" width=350
align=right moz-do-not-send="true"> occupation.<BR><BR><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color=#660000><BIG>Next Step: December
1</BIG></FONT><BR><BR>The movement to build a truly massive Rosa Parks
Anniversary Nationwide Strike Against Poverty, Racism and War is gaining
momentum. Following the phenomenal success of the September 24 antiwar
marches, the December 1 strike is a necessary next step to keep the pressure on
and broaden the movement that has been reborn. <BR><BR>The time has arrived to
take our struggle to a higher level. Let us work together and organize a
<B>Nationwide Strike against Poverty, Racism and War on Dec. 1, 2005, the 50th
anniversary of the day that Rosa Parks helped launch the modern civil rights
movement</B> – no work, school, or shopping – continued protest through Dec.2
and 3 – and a Mass March on Wall Street in New York City. It is time for
the people to demonstrate that they can stop business as usual coast-to-coast
when justice requires the people to do so.<BR><BR>We owe it to the victims of
Katrina, to poor and working people, to the world and to ourselves to find the
way to help turn the outrage over Katrina into a mass grassroots movement for
social justice, the likes of which this country has not seen for some time.
Moreover, it is vitally necessary, and much more possible now, to forge real
unity on a phenomenal scale between the movement against the war and the
movements of African Americans, people of color, and poor and working people in
a struggle for economic, social and political rights.<BR><BR><B>The war and
occupation of Iraq and the Katrina outrage have demonstrated to the world the
urgent necessity for fundamental change and a movement that is big enough and
determined enough to achieve the goal.</B> Katrina has exposed the ugly truths
about class and race, poverty, war and militarism. Our solidarity with demands
of the survivors of Katrina must evolve from empathy, charity and symbolism to a
mighty social force to be reckoned with. Key to this mighty potential will be
the forging of a strong alliance with activists and leaders within the African
American community in the Gulf States, taking direction from them regarding the
kind of solidarity that they need and the demands they are making. Our demand to
end the war in Iraq and to bring the troops home now must be backed up by the
kind of mass tactics that signal that we mean business.<BR><BR>Fifty years ago,
Black people in Montgomery, Alabama were forced by law to sit in the back of
public buses, and give their seats to any white person who demanded it. When
Rosa Parks, a garment worker and civil rights activist, refused to give up her
seat to a white man, she sparked the Montgomery bus boycott against segregation
on public buses, one of the most successful and truly mass boycotts in history.
The Montgomery bus boycott also introduced to the world a young reverend named
Martin Luther King Jr., who became the boycott’s principal public
leader.<BR><BR>A Dec. 1 Strike Working Committee was set up at a Sept. 10 Natl.
Strategy Meeting of the Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) attended by more than
100 activists. The working committee will develop outreach and building plans
for the Dec. 1 strike.<BR><I> <BR>Dec. 1 Nationwide strike against poverty,
racism and war -- Initiating Organizations: Troops Out Now Coalition, Million
Worker March Movement, Teamsters National Black Caucus, Michigan Emergency
Committee Against War & Injustice.<BR><BR></I><BIG><BR></BIG><FONT
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color=#660000><B><BIG>How Can You Help Build
The December 1 Rosa Parks anniversary Nationwide strike Against Poverty Racism
and War? </BIG></B></FONT><BR><BR>- <B>Set up a strike organizing committee or
have your group serve as a strike organizing committee</B> on your college or
High School campus – or within the community that you live and work in – or at
your place of work; for the purposes of planning your December 1st event/s.
<BR><BR>- <B>Draft your own local December 1 strike leaflets</B>, reflecting
local issues and struggles or download flyers from <A
title=http://troopsoutnow.org/flyers/dec1call.pdf
href="http://troopsoutnow.org/flyers/dec1call.pdf"
target=_blank>http://troopsoutnow.org/flyers/dec1call.pdf</A><BR><BR>-
<B>Circulate a petition/ or introduce a resolution </B>to your student senate,
union executive or delegates council, church or mosque, or your city council
concerning December <BR>1st. <BR><BR>- <B>Help Build the Rosa Parks Anniversary
Nationwide Strike at the Millions More Movement March, Sat. Oct. 15 in Wash.
DC.</B> If you are planning to attend the Millions More March in D.C. on
October 15, let us know right away so that you can be a voluteer on one of the
many December 1st outreach and information tables that are being planned
for the event. <BR><A title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml
href="http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml" target=_blank><BR
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml><B
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml><B
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml>SIGN UP ONLINE TO
VOLUNTEER</B></B></A><BR><BIG><BR><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"
color=#660000><B>Some of the kinds of activities that are being planned for
December 1 in cities and towns across the
country:</B></FONT></BIG><BR><BR>- Signing pledge cards to take off work,
or participate in extended lunch breaks, or sick outs, are amongst the many
creative methods that are being planned to get working people involved in the
strike. <BR><BR>- Student walkouts are being planned for Dec. 1st. Some
students will be marching to, or assembling at military recruiting stations for
rallies and demonstrations. <BR><BR>- Some local organizers or planning rallies
in downtown shopping areas, or in front of Walmart stores, to encourage shoppers
to boycott several or one major store on Dec. 1 <BR><BR>- Some or planning a
boycott of all public transportation on December 1, in honor of the Montgomery
bus boycott <BR><BR><A title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml
href="http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml" target=_blank><B
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/dec1endorse.shtml>LIST YOUR LOCAL
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Against Poverty, Racsim, and War </P>
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href="http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml" target=_blank><B
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml>DONATE</B></A> to help build a
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" color=#000000>Rosa Parks Background
Resources: <BR><BR>- For a short essay by historian and author Horace Randall
Williams on <B>the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott: </B><A
title=http://www.troopsoutnow.org/statements/mntgbus.shtml
href="http://www.troopsoutnow.org/statements/mntgbus.shtml">http://www.troopsoutnow.org/statements/mntgbus.shtml</A><BR></FONT><BR>-
For quick and easy reference to Rosa Parks try this website: <A
title=http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm"
target=_blank>http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm </A><BR><BR>- There
are a number of excellent and available film documentaries and dramatizations of
the Montgomery bus boycott including <I>The Story of Rosa Parks</I>, starring
Angela Bassett, and <I>The Long Walk Home</I>, starring Whoopi
Goldberg.<BR><BR><SMALL><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"
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