Posted on 03/14/2007 6:36:50 PM PDT by mdittmar
On the weekend of March 17–18, the four-year anniversary of the U.S. war in Iraq, thousands of people will join antiwar actions in cities across the U.S. and around the world to call for an end to the war.
In Minneapolis a demonstration will be held on Sunday, March 18. The protest will gather at 1 p.m. at Lagoon and Hennepin avenues in the Uptown neighborhood. At 1:30 p.m. there will be a march that will conclude near Loring Park. The event is being organized under the call of:
Out of Iraq Now! Stop the War! Bring the Troops Home Now! No Escalation! Stop U.S. Threats Against Iran! Funds for Housing, Schools, Healthcare, Veterans Benefits and other Human Needs, Not War!
Speakers will include U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, who represents the 5th District. Ellison said, "I am speaking at the rally and march on March 18 because peace is important. We need a world in which we relate based on cooperation, not domination."
The fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq occurs as the U.S. military death toll is over 3,000, with tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers wounded, reports of up to 600,000 Iraqi dead and millions of Iraqi people displaced--either inside Iraq or having fled their country.
The escalation that the Bush administration announced in January, the so-called "surge" of troops keeps getting bigger. It was announced the weekend of March 10 that an additional 4,400 troops will be going to Iraq, on top of the 21,000 announced earlier.
The three major U.S. antiwar coalitions, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ), the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition and Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) have initiated calls for actions nationwide on March 17–19.
The ANSWER Coalition has also called for a mass antiwar protest in Washington, D.C., on March 17 that will include a march on the Pentagon. In the Twin Cities, the Anti-War Committee has organized a bus to go to the national protest in Washington.
Planning for the Minneapolis March 18 protest was initiated by Iraq Peace Action Coalition and endorsed by a wide range of organizations, including the Anti-War Committee, Women Against Military Madness, Twin Cities Peace Campaign--Focus on Iraq, Military Families Speak Out, AFSCME Local 3800, Basilica of St. Mary Peace and Justice Council, St. Joan of Arc Community, Veterans for Peace, Youth Against War and Racism and many others. For information, call 612-827-5364 or 612-522-1861.
Say Keith? What is your position on the lawsuit filed by your favorite organization CAIR, in support of terrorist probing operations at MSP?
"Ellison said, "I am speaking at the rally and march on March 18 because peace is important. We need a world in which we relate based on cooperation, not domination.""
Write to Mahmoud, Keith, baby.
Moonbats going for broke.............
I'm worried that they will come home to find us flying the flag of Islam over the WH.
Peace????
Hey Keith, do you have the background on who these Groups REALLY are?
Are there any plans to counterattack? Because this is surely what it has come down to, we need to show the faces of the silent majority.
GET DOWN THERE AND FIGHT BACK!
The Moonbat Leftards have been in Times Square all week (in front of the Recruiting Station). 7 AM to 7 PM right through Friday. (I have 2 pictures! HELP! How do I post pictures?)
Then they're off to DC and back here to continue their offensive protest march on Sunday, the 18th . St. Paddie's Day pushed them to Sunday. Come out and counter-them on Sunday if you're in Manhattan!
Here's their plans from their site:
**3/18 SUN, 1 pm - March: NYC March to End the War. Meet at 35th through 39th Sts, east of 6th Ave (enter from 5th Ave); 2 pm: march up 6th Ave, east across 42nd St, up 3rd Ave past Clinton & Schumer offices, east across 57th St & down 2nd Ave to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza for Peace & Justice Fair. Sponsor: United for Peace & Justice.
Info: http://unitedforpeaceandjustice.org/nyc
Fliers:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=61
Leafleting & mobilizing:
Leafleting teams meet SATs, 11 am. Next general mobilizing
meeting 3/6 TUE, 6:30 pm. At UFPJ office, 261 W 36th St (btw 7th
& 8th Aves A/C/E, 1/2/3 to 34th-Penn Sta).
Tabling:
--11:30 am-6:30 pm: UFPJ provides up to 45 tables (including 2
folding chairs per table) for organizations on 1st-come, 1st-
served basis. At Dag Hammarskjold Plaza; tables are placed in
pre-assigned spots in long line stretching along 47th St. $25 no
selling of merchandise/$50 selling of merchandise. Reserve:
Frances Anderson, ny_pda @ yahoo.com & write check to "United for
Peace & Justice" ("3-18 table" & group name in memo), mail to
UFPJ, Attn: Leslie Kielson, PO Box 607, Times Sq Sta, NY, NY
10108.
Contingents:
--Bkn Parents for Peace: Meet at 36th St, east side of 6th Ave.
Info: 718-624-5921, http://www.brooklynpeace.org
--CodePink: Meet at NE corner, 38th St & 6th Ave. Info:
codepinknyc @ hotmail.com
--Drumming contingent. Info: wditman52 @ verizon.net
--Physicians for a National Health Program. At time & meeting
place TBA. Info: pnhpnyc @ igc.org & http://www.pnhpnyc.org
Volunteer to provide medical assistance at demo: contact Dick
Brown, MD, 212-678-6878, RJB151 @ columbia.edu Planning meeting for
medical assistance: 6:30-7:30 pm at Qns College Extension Center,
19th fl conference rm, 25 W 43rd St.
--Ride to End All Wars: feeder bike rides from Bx, Bkn & Qns
converging on march meeting place. Meet: uptown Man, 12:30 pm at
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 2nd Ave & E 47th St; downtown Man, 11:15
am NY Vietnam War Veterans Monument & Plaza, 55 Water St; Bkn, 11
am at Grand Army Plaza; Bx, 10:30 am west side of Crotona Park at
Claremont Pkwy; Qns, 10:30 am at Qns Blvd (north side) & Union
Tpk, meet at Statue of Civic Virtue on corner; SI, 10 am at SI
9/11 Memorial, North Shore Waterfront Esplanade (adjacent to SI
Ferry Terminal). Sponsors: Times Up! & 3/19 Peace Actions
Coalition. Info: bike4peace @ aol.com & http://www.times-up.org
--Ya-Ya Youth Contingent: Meet at 37th St near 6th Ave. 3/12
MON-3/16 FRI, 4:30-7:30 pm: make banners, signs, puppets &
whatever else you feel inspired to make for the big day; at
Project Reach, 1 Orchard St, 2nd fl (btw Canal & Division Sts, F
to E B'way). Info: 212-239-0022, info @ yayanetwork.org
Ellison is a rat and a traitor.
It sounds like the House of Representatives' token Muzzie doesn't approve of us killing his Al-Qaeda buddies.
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NEVER FORGET
T'was Anti-War, Anti-U.S. actions during the Vietnam War that helped give us all to sadly see in the End:
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
What price to pay now, I wonder..?
12 Million suddenly missing Iraqi Purple voting fingers..?
Bet on it..!!!!
NEVER FORGET
He deserves a free room at Club Gitmo..
Elect a terrorist to congress and see what you get. Why is anybody suprised?
Talk aboot friendly turf,and ending up in John Edwards Park..Try and pull this off in,say,downtown Anoka. Good chance of a nice cold,wet March weather on Sun.,hope every last one gets the flue
And not necessarily in that order.
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