Massive Antiwar March on Washington Planned for September 15, 2007

[GI Joe]

Hundreds of antiwar organizations are planning to bring people from all over the United States to Washington DC for a massive antiwar protest on Saturday, September 15, timed to coincide with the report by Gen. David Patreas about progress of the Iraq war. The September 15 demonstration was initiated by the ANSWER Coalition, which has organized most of the large-scale demonstrations in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities since 2002.

(PRWEB) August 5, 2007 -- Hundreds of antiwar organizations are planning to bring people from all over the United States to Washington DC for a massive antiwar protest on Saturday, September 15, timed to coincide with the report by Gen. David Patreas about progress of the Iraq war. The September 15 demonstration was initiated by the ANSWER Coalition, which has organized most of the large-scale demonstrations in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities since 2002.

"All the recent polls indicate that the people of this country have turned decisively against the war. We are demanding an immediate withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq. We are borrowing a page from the Vietnam era in building an intense nationwide grassroots campaign that will compel an end to the criminal invasion and occupation of Iraq. All over the country there are sustained antiwar activities in July and August that will culminate in the September 15 March on Washington," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

On July 10, Cindy Sheehan and others began the Walk for Humanity in Crawford, Texas. They will arrive in Washington DC on July 23 before proceeding to New York City. Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War are organizing activities throughout the country to highlight the growing involvement of Iraq war veterans and family members of soldiers and marines in a growing crescendo of antiwar protest.

The September 15 March on Washington is being organized by the ANSWER Coalition; Ramsey Clark; Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation; Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair, National Council of Arab Americans; Cindy Sheehan; Cynthia McKinney; Tina Richards, CEO of Grassroots America; Rev. Lenox Yearwood, CEO of Hip Hop Caucus; Father Roy Bourgeois and Eric LeCompte, School of Americas Watch; Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto, co-founder Appeal for Redress; Liam Madden, Pres., Boston Chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and co-founder of Appeal for Redress; Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground Collective, New Orleans; Howard Zinn, Author and Historian; Carlos & Melida Arredondo, Gold Star Families for Peace; Rev. Graylan Hagler, Ministers for Racial, Social and Economic Justice; Code Pink; Latino Movement USA; Hermandad Mexicana Nacional; Michael Berg; National Lawyers Guild; Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran, author, Born on the 4th of July; Frank Velgara, ProLibertad Freedom Campaign; Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal; Leonard Weinglass, Cuban 5 attorney; Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia de San Romero de las Americas-UCC; and others.

ImpeachBush.org and other impeachment organizations will be joining with the antiwar movement and mobilizing thousands of people to come to Washington DC for the September 15th March on Washington.

To Interview antiwar leaders, organizers, activists and military families, call Sarah Sloan at 202-904-7949 to make arrangements. For more information about the September 15 March on Washington, visit www.answercoalition.org .

Source:
A.N.S.W..E.R. Coalition

Media contact:
Sarah Sloan
202-904-7949

A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
www.answercoalition.org
National Office in Washington DC: 202-544-3389
New York City: 212-694-8720
Los Angeles: 213-251-1025
San Francisco: 415-821-6545
Chicago: 773-463-0311

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another far left communist sponsored propaganda effort. Why cant those against the war organize without these people. They would be taken far more seriously and would not be subject to the ridicule that people like these deserve

[AgentM]

another far left communist sponsored propaganda effort.

erm...what does this have to do with communism??

[GI Joe]

erm...what does this have to do with communism??

ANSWER is a communist front group for the Workers World Party a group that likes NK and such. A good way to describe them

Authoritarian Opportunists Who Cozy Up To Genocidal Dictators - for Peace


""War is not the Answer, but neither is A.N.S.W.E.R" "
-- popular chant during October 26 anti-war march in Washington, DC.



International A.N.S.W.E.R. is not the answer. That is the conclusion which has been reached by the majority of the American anti-war movement after two years of ANSWER's efforts to "lead" the American anti-war and peace movements. ANSWER bills itself as a coalition, but it is nothing of the sort. ANSWER is a front group organized by Stalinists associated with the Workers World Party. ANSWER has led the anti-war movement around in circles for two years, continuing its practice of organizing safe protests which promote the organization, but do nothing to slow down the war or even bring us one day closer to abolishing the U.S. war machine. What's more, scarce movement resources have been diverted into ANSWER's organization, which has only helped promote the authoritarian politics of the WWP. ANSWER has squandered movement resources on symbolic protests in Washington and San Francisco which every seasoned activist can tell you are a waste of time. ANSWER isn't interested in ending any war--they want to be in control of any new social change movements that grow in the United States.

The International Action Center is a prominent Left organization located in New York City which is known for organizing large Left protests. What most people don't know is that an authoritarian Left organization stands behind the IAC, an organization known as the Workers World Party. Both organizations have been criticized by Left activists for supporting unsavory leaders such as Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic. They support these unsavory rulers because they subscribe to a shallow version of anti-imperialism. Quite simply, they will support any regime, no matter how vile they really are, if that regime is opposed to U.S. imperialism and aggression.

The IAC and WWP have also been criticized for their authoritarian activist methods and for their cooperation with the police.

The IAC are like the "Borg" of the Left. They always want to be friends with you and they want you to sign onto their projects. They get the momentum going for their projects by creating deceptive lists of endorsers and then they use this to manipulate other groups to sign on. A critical mass develops behind their event, which ends up being big enough to give the IAC the credibility that it is really interested in. As one activist recently explained:

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http://www.infoshop.org/texts/wwp.html


The decent left loses much credibility because they work with these degenerates.