From: "iacenter" <iacenter@iacenter.org>
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To: "iacenter@iacenter.org" <i3@chelsea.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 14:18:49 -0500
Subject: March on the Pentagon--June 5
ENDORSE THE CALL TO ACTION!
EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION TO STOP THE WAR
NATIONAL MARCH ON THE PENTAGON
JUNE 5, 1999
Add your name or your organization to the growing list of endorsers for the Emergency Mobilization to End the War National March on the Pentagon June 5, 1999 by clicking on the link below and filling in the on line form (or fill out the coupon below)!
http://home.earthlink.net/~npcboston/jun5end.htm
CALL TO ACTION EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION TO STOP THE WAR NATIONAL MARCH ON THE PENTAGON, JUNE 5, 1999
U.S./NATO bombs and cruise missiles are raining down on Belgrade, Pristina, Novi Sad and other cities, towns and villages in Yugoslavia, falling on Serbs, Albanians, Hungarians, Romanis and Montenegrins alike. In the name of "peace," NATO has killed thousands and destroyed hospitals, homes, schools, universities, bridges, power and water treatment plants, factories, and more. In the name of "protecting human rights," the launching of the air war has triggered a refugee crisis displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
Now, as the bombing and its terrible toll escalate, the threat of a U.S. invasion of Yugoslavia looms. A ground war will mean the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Now is the time to act! We are urging you to join us in the newly formed Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War. Hundreds of thousands of us marched against the U.S. war on Iraq in 1990-91. We have continued to work against the sanctions that have killed more than 1.5 million civilians in that country. Now, the Pentagon is embarked upon another bloody intervention, in violation of all international law, and against the interests of the people of the Balkans and the people of this country as well.
The Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War is planning major activities to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people who will say in a loud and clear voice: "Stop the bombing! Stop the war! Bring the troops, ships and planes home now! Money for jobs, healthcare and education, not for war!"
On Saturday, June 5, there will be a mass march from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the steps of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. April 17 will be an International Day of Protest, with demonstrations taking place in at least 100 cities across the country and around the world.
Yugoslavia is the fourth country -- along with Iraq, Afghanistan and the Sudan -- bombed by U.S. military forces in the past eight months. Now we are at the edge of an even wider and more destructive war. We must act urgently to build a broad and deep movement that says "NO" to this madness. Join and endorse the Emergency Mobilization today. Circulate this appeal to your co-workers, neighbors, campus, church, mosque, synagogue, union and community.
Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War Initial Endorsers (list in formation):
Ramsey Clark
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., Exe. Dir., IFCO/Pastors for Peace
Edith Villastrigo, Leg. Dir., Women Strike for Peace
Rev. Djokan Majstorovic, Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, NYC
Michael Parenti, Author
Geronimo ji Jaga Pratt
Brian Becker, Sara Flounders International Action Center
Manning Marable
Catholic Worker
Nadja Tesich, Author
Barry Lituchy
Covert Action Quarterly
Leonore Foerstel, Women for Mutual Security
Center for Peace in the Balkans, Toronto, Canada
Haiti Support Network/Haiti Progres
Frank Velgara, Working Group on Puerto Rico/FS
Hellenic American Peace Committee
Larry Holmes, Workfairness
Jeremy Scahill, Pacifica Radio
Iman El-Sayed, College Voice, College of Staten Island
John Ranz, Pres., Survivors of Buchenwald, USA
Heather Cottin, Jewish-Serbian Friendship Committee
William Blum, Author, Killing Hope
Karen Talbot, International Center for Peace and Justice
David Sole, Pres. UAW Local 2334
Greek Americans for Action
Gloria La Riva, Int'l Peace for Cuba
Assn. Of Greek Resistance Fighters, 1941-1945
Alan Dale, Emergency Comm. Against US Intervention in Yugoslavia*, MN
Women in Black
Hector Rivera, Welfare Poets
Kadouri Al-Kaysi, Comm. in Support of the Iraqi People
Leslie Feinberg, Author
Carlos Rovira, Latinos for Mumia
Ohio Citizen's Action
Prof. Dan Georgakas, Queens College
Trudy Rudnick, AFT, Local 3882
Westsiders Against War, NYC
Rev David Olson, Community Church of Boston*
Stevan Kirschbaum, VP, USWA Local 8751 Boston School
Bus Drivers
Prof. Rashid Khalid, Boston
Vigils for the Iraqi People
Ed Childs, Chief Shop Steward, Hotel Employees and Restaurant
Employees Local 26, Harvard U.* Committee for Peace and Human Rights,
Boston
Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War
39 W. 14th St., #206
New York, NY 10011
(212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889
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