[Nasional-e] ANTIWAR PROTESTS SWEEP COUNTRY--NEXT STEP IS OCT.26!

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Via Workers World News Service
Reprinted from the Oct. 17, 2002
issue of Workers World newspaper
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ANTIWAR PROTESTS SWEEP COUNTRY--NEXT STEP IS OCT.=20
26!

By Leslie Feinberg

Sloughing off the weight of media and government assurances=20
that the population of the United States is solidly behind=20
Bush and his generals in their war frenzy to invade Iraq,=20
people resisting the Pentagon plans are rising up, tall and=20
strong.

And if bus tickets, email and word of mouth are any=20
indication, the national march against the war slated for=20
Washington, D.C., on Oct. 26, along with the West Coast=20
regional march in San Francisco, will be a high-water mark=20
in the movement to put an end to Bush's self-declared=20
endless war.

A successful call for National Days of Resistance to War and=20
Repression brought out tens of thousands across the country=20
Oct. 6-7, "to pledge their resistance to endless war,=20
detentions and roundups of Arab, Muslim and South Asian=20
immigrant, attacks on civil liberties and war on Iraq,"=20
reports the Not In Our Name coalition Web site.

Over 25,000 came out in New York City; 12,000 in San=20
Francisco; 10,000 in Los Angeles; 10,000 in Seattle; and=20
thousands in Chicago.

Demonstrations were also held over that two-day period in=20
Denver; Houston; Minneapolis; Salt Lake City; Anchor age,=20
Alaska; Fresno, Calif.; New Haven, Conn.; Fort Wayne, Ind.;=20
Kansas City, Mo.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Santa Fe, N.M.;=20
Buffalo, N.Y.; Yellow Springs, Ohio; Corvallis, Eugene and=20
Portland, Ore.; Westerly, R.I.; Nash ville, Tenn.;=20
Charlottesville, Va.; Bellingham, Wash.; Kickapoo and=20
LaCrosse, Wis.; and other cities.

In Italy on Oct. 5, an estimated 1.5 million people in 120=20
cities demonstrated against the growing threat of a U.S.=20
invasion of Iraq. In some cities there were two=20
demonstrations, one in the morning and one in the evening.=20
The largest were a morning demonstration in the northern=20
industrial and financial center, Milan, and an evening march=20
of 200,000 in Rome.

NOT IN OUR NAME EVENTS

The Oct. 6 gathering in New York's Central Park was the=20
largest antiwar demonstration held in the U.S. so far. New=20
Yorkers were joined by people from all over the Northeast,=20
including many students, who came from as far away as Ohio.=20
Speakers included Masuda Sultan, who lost 19 family members=20
to the U.S. bombing of Afghan istan, and people who lost=20
family members at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.=20
Celebrities Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Martin Sheen and=20
David Byrne spoke.

Feeder marches from many Bay Area communities swelled the=20
San Francisco demonstration that packed Union Square. A=20
group from Marin marched all the way across the Golden Gate=20
Bridge. Speakers included musician Bonnie Raitt, American=20
Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee San Francisco Chapter=20
President Osama Qasem and Richard Becker of the=20
International ANSWER coalition.

Youths in Los Angeles kept marchers' spirits high with=20
powerful chants as they passed the U.S. Army Training=20
Center, led by members of the Filipino organization Bayan.=20
Seattle's 10,000-strong march was believed to be the largest=20
there since the 1999 protests against the World Trade=20
Organization.

Almost a thousand people gathered in front of the Horton=20
Plaza shopping complex in downtown San Diego with antiwar=20
signs and banners. There was almost constant beeping of car=20
horns as many motorists, bus and truck drivers, sounded=20
their agreement with the antiwar, anti-Bush protestors.=20
After a rally, protestors marched to the harbor where the=20
local military establishment was holding Fleet Week=20
activities.

Even as local activists geared up for the Oct. 6-7 events,=20
other picket lines, rallies, marches and vigils against the=20
war are taking place--largely without coverage in the=20
monopoly media--in towns and on campuses across the country.

'FREE PALESTINE, NO WAR ON IRAQ!'

Atlanta is humming with antiwar activity. Some 400 people=20
packed the sidewalk and spilled into the street in front of=20
the America Israel Public Affairs Committee national summit=20
meeting in one of the city's largest shopping areas Oct. 6.=20
The diverse crowd included many youths, members of the=20
Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities, African Americans=20
and faith-based antiwar activists.

Whole families of Palestinians chanted together and held=20
protest signs demanding "Free Palestine, no war on Iraq" and=20
"Stop U.S. funding for Israeli occupation!" The protest,=20
organized by Atlanta Palestine Solidarity, International=20
Action Center, Al-Awda and Students Organizing for Justice,=20
was endorsed by many groups.

Shortly afterward, more than 100 people took part in a=20
colorful and spirited rally at a nearby park as part of the=20
Not In Our Name regional protests. Many women of all ages--
the majority young--took part. The crowd cheered as passing=20
cars "honked for peace."

On Oct. 5, Atlanta activists protested at the governor's=20
mansion where Gov. Roy Barnes hosted a dinner for AIPAC. The=20
demonstration was called by Concerned Black Clergy to=20
address the role of this ruling-class-dominated group in the=20
defeat of progressive political candidates Cynthia McKinney=20
and Earl Hilliard in recent primary elections.

Union workers swelled the ranks of protest against Vice=20
President Dick Cheney's Oct. 4 appearance at a breakfast=20
fundraiser for Republican candidates at the Galleria Mall in=20
Cobb County, Ga. The main demand focused on corporate crime=20
and the loss of workers' retirement funds. Later that day,=20
when Cheney traveled to Augusta, activists gathered outside=20
a downtown hotel to demand no military aggression against=20
Iraq.

Weekly protests in front of Sen. Zell Miller's office are=20
growing and the street response is overwhelmingly=20
supportive. Atlanta antiwar activists are organizing to=20
confront Bush during his planned visit to the city on Oct.=20
17.

'WE WON'T DIE FOR BIG OIL!'

Hundreds gathered near the downtown Hyatt Hotel in Baltimore=20
on Oct. 2 to protest President George W. Bush's visit for a=20
fundraising dinner for Republican gubernatorial candidate=20
Bob Erlich. Activists held signs aloft and chanted "We won't=20
die for Big Oil" and "Stop the war against Iraq!" The=20
protest, initiated by the All Peoples Congress, continued=20
until Bush's motorcade had pulled away from the hotel.

Fourteen antiwar protesters were arrested during a vigil at=20
Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton's office in New York on Oct. 7.=20
More than 40 people demonstrated in Utica, N.Y., on Oct. 8.=20
Activists in Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Cananda=20
igua, Kingston and other cities around the state are already=20
planning buses to take people to the Oct. 26 march and=20
rally.

More than 350 people--from elders to infants, professors to=20
elementary students, anti-racist activists to=20
lesbian/gay/bi/trans activists--came out to a demonstration=20
in Brattleboro, Vt., on Oct. 5, to demand "No war on Iraq!"

The Brattleboro Area Peace and Justice Group, made up of=20
individuals in southeastern Vermont and southwestern New=20
Hampshire, sponsored the protest. They marched from Living=20
Memorial Park through downtown, chanting "War is not the=20
answer." They hoisted placards such as "Got milk? With=20
sanctions Iraqi children don't" and "It's about oil."

GRANDMOTHERS CALL TO END WAR

An Iowa newspaper--the Des Moines Register--noted in its=20
Sept. 30 edition that several hundred grandmothers had=20
traveled to the State Capitol to register their demand for=20
no war with Iraq.

Carmen Zeitler is not a grandmother. But she was drawn to=20
the event called by Grandmothers Call to End War. She told=20
the media, "War is not the answer. Those who have called us=20
here are powerful witnesses to that truth. Their fathers=20
went to World War I, the first war to end all wars; their=20
husbands went to World War II, the second war to end all=20
wars; their brothers, their friends went to Korea; their=20
sons to Vietnam. It is absurd to do the same thing over and=20
over again, expecting different results."

[Includes reports from Sharon Ceci, Bev Hiestand, Marge=20
Maloney, Dianne Mathiowetz, Bob McCubbin, Bryan G. Pfeiffer=20
and Minnie Bruce Pratt.]

- END -

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size=3D3>------------------------- Via Workers World News =
Service Reprinted=20
from the Oct. 17, 2002 issue of Workers World=20
newspaper ------------------------- ANTIWAR PROTESTS SWEEP=20
COUNTRY--NEXT STEP IS OCT. 26! By Leslie =
Feinberg Sloughing=20
off the weight of media and government assurances that the =
population of the=20
United States is solidly behind Bush and his generals in their war =
frenzy to=20
invade Iraq, people resisting the Pentagon plans are rising up, tall =
and=20
 strong. And if bus tickets, email and word of mouth are any=20
 indication, the national march against the war slated for =
 Washington,=20
D.C., on Oct. 26, along with the West Coast regional march in San =
Francisco,=20
will be a high-water mark in the movement to put an end to Bush's=20
self-declared endless war. A successful call for National =
Days of=20
Resistance to War and Repression brought out tens of thousands =
across the=20
country Oct. 6-7, "to pledge their resistance to endless war, =
 detentions=20
and roundups of Arab, Muslim and South Asian immigrant, attacks on =
civil=20
liberties and war on Iraq," reports the Not In Our Name coalition =
Web=20
site. Over 25,000 came out in New York City; 12,000 in San =
 Francisco;=20
10,000 in Los Angeles; 10,000 in Seattle; and thousands in=20
Chicago. Demonstrations were also held over that two-day period =
in=20
 Denver; Houston; Minneapolis; Salt Lake City; Anchor age, =
 Alaska;=20
Fresno, Calif.; New Haven, Conn.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Kansas City, =
Mo.; Chapel=20
Hill, N.C.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Buffalo, N.Y.; Yellow Springs, Ohio; =
Corvallis,=20
Eugene and Portland, Ore.; Westerly, R.I.; Nash ville, Tenn.;=20
 Charlottesville, Va.; Bellingham, Wash.; Kickapoo and LaCrosse, =
Wis.;=20
and other cities. In Italy on Oct. 5, an estimated 1.5 million =
people in=20
120 cities demonstrated against the growing threat of a U.S. =
 invasion of=20
Iraq. In some cities there were two demonstrations, one in the =
morning and=20
one in the evening. The largest were a morning demonstration in the =
northern=20
 industrial and financial center, Milan, and an evening march of =
200,000=20
in Rome. NOT IN OUR NAME EVENTS The Oct. 6 gathering in =
New York's=20
Central Park was the largest antiwar demonstration held in the U.S. =
so far.=20
New Yorkers were joined by people from all over the Northeast, =
 including=20
many students, who came from as far away as Ohio. Speakers included =
Masuda=20
Sultan, who lost 19 family members to the U.S. bombing of Afghan =
istan, and=20
people who lost family members at the World Trade Center on Sept. =
11, 2001.=20
 Celebrities Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, Martin Sheen and David =
Byrne=20
spoke. Feeder marches from many Bay Area communities swelled the =
 San=20
Francisco demonstration that packed Union Square. A group from Marin =
marched=20
all the way across the Golden Gate Bridge. Speakers included =
musician Bonnie=20
Raitt, American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee San Francisco =
Chapter=20
 President Osama Qasem and Richard Becker of the International =
ANSWER=20
coalition. Youths in Los Angeles kept marchers' spirits high with =

powerful chants as they passed the U.S. Army Training Center, =
led by=20
members of the Filipino organization Bayan. Seattle's 10,000-strong =
march=20
was believed to be the largest there since the 1999 protests against =
the=20
World Trade Organization. Almost a thousand people gathered =
in front=20
of the Horton Plaza shopping complex in downtown San Diego with =
antiwar=20
 signs and banners. There was almost constant beeping of car =
 horns as=20
many motorists, bus and truck drivers, sounded their agreement with =
the=20
antiwar, anti-Bush protestors. After a rally, protestors marched to =
the=20
harbor where the local military establishment was holding Fleet Week =

activities. Even as local activists geared up for the Oct. =
6-7=20
events, other picket lines, rallies, marches and vigils against the =
 war=20
are taking place--largely without coverage in the monopoly media--in =
towns=20
and on campuses across the country. 'FREE PALESTINE, NO WAR ON=20
IRAQ!' Atlanta is humming with antiwar activity. Some 400 people=20
 packed the sidewalk and spilled into the street in front of the =
America=20
Israel Public Affairs Committee national summit meeting in one of =
the city's=20
largest shopping areas Oct. 6. The diverse crowd included many =
youths,=20
members of the Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities, African =
Americans=20
 and faith-based antiwar activists. Whole families of =
Palestinians=20
chanted together and held protest signs demanding "Free Palestine, =
no war on=20
Iraq" and "Stop U.S. funding for Israeli occupation!" The protest,=20
 organized by Atlanta Palestine Solidarity, International Action =
Center,=20
Al-Awda and Students Organizing for Justice, was endorsed by many=20
groups. Shortly afterward, more than 100 people took part in a=20
 colorful and spirited rally at a nearby park as part of the Not =
In Our=20
Name regional protests. Many women of all ages-- the majority =
young--took=20
part. The crowd cheered as passing cars "honked for =
peace." On Oct.=20
5, Atlanta activists protested at the governor's mansion where Gov. =
Roy=20
Barnes hosted a dinner for AIPAC. The demonstration was called by =
Concerned=20
Black Clergy to address the role of this ruling-class-dominated =
group in the=20
 defeat of progressive political candidates Cynthia McKinney and =
Earl=20
Hilliard in recent primary elections. Union workers swelled the =
ranks of=20
protest against Vice President Dick Cheney's Oct. 4 appearance at a=20
breakfast fundraiser for Republican candidates at the Galleria Mall =
in=20
 Cobb County, Ga. The main demand focused on corporate crime and =
the loss=20
of workers' retirement funds. Later that day, when Cheney traveled =
to=20
Augusta, activists gathered outside a downtown hotel to demand no =
military=20
aggression against Iraq. Weekly protests in front of Sen. =
Zell=20
Miller's office are growing and the street response is =
overwhelmingly=20
 supportive. Atlanta antiwar activists are organizing to confront =
Bush=20
during his planned visit to the city on Oct. 17. 'WE WON'T =
DIE FOR=20
BIG OIL!' Hundreds gathered near the downtown Hyatt Hotel in =
Baltimore=20
 on Oct. 2 to protest President George W. Bush's visit for a =
 fundraising=20
dinner for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Erlich. Activists =
held=20
signs aloft and chanted "We won't die for Big Oil" and "Stop the war =
against=20
Iraq!" The protest, initiated by the All Peoples Congress, continued =

until Bush's motorcade had pulled away from the =
hotel. Fourteen=20
antiwar protesters were arrested during a vigil at Sen. Hillary=20
Rodham-Clinton's office in New York on Oct. 7. More than 40 people=20
demonstrated in Utica, N.Y., on Oct. 8. Activists in Utica, =
Syracuse,=20
Rochester, Buffalo, Cananda igua, Kingston and other cities around =
the state=20
are already planning buses to take people to the Oct. 26 march and=20
 rally. More than 350 people--from elders to infants, =
professors to=20
 elementary students, anti-racist activists to =
 lesbian/gay/bi/trans=20
activists--came out to a demonstration in Brattleboro, Vt., on Oct. =
5, to=20
demand "No war on Iraq!" The Brattleboro Area Peace and Justice =
Group,=20
made up of individuals in southeastern Vermont and southwestern New=20
 Hampshire, sponsored the protest. They marched from Living =
 Memorial Park=20
through downtown, chanting "War is not the answer." They hoisted =
placards=20
such as "Got milk? With sanctions Iraqi children don't" and "It's =
about=20
oil." GRANDMOTHERS CALL TO END WAR An Iowa newspaper--the =
Des=20
Moines Register--noted in its Sept. 30 edition that several hundred=20
grandmothers had traveled to the State Capitol to register their =
demand for=20
 no war with Iraq. Carmen Zeitler is not a grandmother. But =
she was=20
drawn to the event called by Grandmothers Call to End War. She told =
 the=20
media, "War is not the answer. Those who have called us here are =
powerful=20
witnesses to that truth. Their fathers went to World War I, the =
first war to=20
end all wars; their husbands went to World War II, the second war to =
end all=20
 wars; their brothers, their friends went to Korea; their sons to =

Vietnam. It is absurd to do the same thing over and over again, =
expecting=20
different results." [Includes reports from Sharon Ceci, Bev =
Hiestand,=20
Marge Maloney, Dianne Mathiowetz, Bob McCubbin, Bryan G. Pfeiffer =
 and=20
Minnie Bruce Pratt.] - END - (Copyright Workers World =
Service:=20
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this =

document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information =
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