From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:38 PM
Subject: Fw: Support April 9 Antiwar Rallies
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SUPPORT APRIL 9 ANTIWAR RALLIES
ENDORSE the April 9 Antiwar Rallies at www.unacpeace.org
Dear Friends of the International Action Center,
I have just returned from a delegation led by Ramsey Clark to blockaded and besieged Gaza. During our short visit Israel again bombed Gaza. This is now almost a daily crime.
The steadfast determination that we saw in Gaza reinforces the importance of the major national antiwar coalition that is taking shape for April 9, organized by the United National Antiwar Committee - UNAC.
What makes the April 9th bi-coastal rallies, in New York City and San Francisco truly historic is this coalitions very strong solidarity with the Palestinian people as well as the strong opposition to racism and the wave of anti-Islamic hysteria that has been sweeping the country. The International Action Center has made these issues a cornerstone of our work for many years.
This is an especially important time to respond with the greatest possible unity around the most difficult struggles. The Grand Jury subpoenas in Chicago and Minneapolis have especially targeted Palestinian solidarity activists, along with other international solidarity activists. The wave of anti-Muslim attacks, FBI sting operations and preventive prosecutions and racist frame-up must be challenged, along with the growing attacks and raids on all immigrant workers.
We must recognize that the targeted assassinations in Palestine, financed by U.S. military and political aid to Israel and the continuing drone assassination attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan have come home to the U.S. in terrible ways - in the shooting of Arizona Congressperson Gabrielle Giffords last Saturday, January 8th. Six people died, including an 9-year-old child.
In order to divert people's attention from the economic crisis and endless war the ruling elite is increasingly fanning the flames of division, racism, and reactionary thinking.
But something of great hope also took place on Saturday, January 8. The Muslim Peace Coalition, USA organized a powerful meeting of Muslim leaders and youth at the Long Island Islamic Center. It involved training sessions on how to organize and build for a massive, unitedApril 9th demonstration.
The Muslim Peace Summit was especially timely because The Long Island Islamic Center is located within the congressional district of Peter King, the Republican congressman who heads the Homeland Security Committee. King has announced a planned witch-hunt of congressional hearings targeting Muslim communities as terrorists.
The Muslim Peace Summit's program included a special panel, with representatives from religious, antiwar, and solidarity organizations including representatives from UNAC, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the International Action Center, Al-Awda NY, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, immigrant rights organizations and activists, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Pax Christi, along with Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish religious leaders. The meeting concluded with a talk by George Gresham, president of SEIU 1199, the powerful healthcare workers union. This meeting was a tremendous step forward for building a far more inclusive antiwar mobilization on April 9th that can help change the prevailing climate of racism and war.
On Thursday, January 13th at the Manhattan Theatre Club at 311 West 43 St at 7:30 PM, the United National Antiwar Committee will launch the mobilizing for the April 9th antiwar rally in the New York City area. If you live in the New York City area please be sure to attend.
Your participation all across the country and your input are essential. Our unity and solidarity can send a powerful message.
Please take a look at the massive list of endorsers for UNAC.
Sign on as an endorser and see how you can build for these united antiwar rallies in your area.
Solidarity,
Sara Flounders for the International Action Center
For more information on the exciting plans for April 9 and to endorse April 9 see:www.UNACpeace.org
Or send a message to: UNACpeace@gmail.com
ENDORSE the April 9 Antiwar Rallies at www.unacpeace.org
April 9th Endorser list
(List in formation)
* = For Identification only
UNAC –United National Antiwar Committee
Center for Constitutional Rights
Muslim Peace Coalition, USA
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Veterans for Peace
International Action Center
Pax Christi USA
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Black Agenda Report
Code Pink
National Assembly to End U.S. Wars and Occupations
World Can't Wait
Campaign for Peace and Democracy
Islamic Leadership Council of Metro NY
Project Salam
Canadian Peace Alliance
BAYAN USA
Lynne Stewart Defense Committee
Office of the Americas
Committee to Stop FBI Repression
Tariq Ali
Joel Kovel
Dr. Margaret Flowers PNHP *
Michael Parenti
Ramsey Clark
Adirondack Democracy
Ambassador Syed Ahsani, Former Ambassador from Pakistan
| Ahmed Shawki, editor, International Socialist Review Ali Abunimah, Palestinian American Journalist Alice Sturn Sutter, Washington Heights Women in Black * Al-Awda NY: the Palestine Right to Return Coalition |
| American Iranian Friendship Committee American Muslim Task Force, Dallas/Ft. Worth |
| Ana Edwards, Chair, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project - Richmond, Va. Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War Anthony Arnove, Author, "Iraq: The logic of Withdrawal" |
| Andy Griggs, Co-chair, California Teachers Association, Peace and Justice Caucus/UTLA-retired* Arthur Daniels, United Federation of Teachers * Artists for Peace |
| B. Ross Ashley, NDP Socialist Caucus, Canada * Bail Out the People Movement Bay Area United Against War Newsletter Bay Area Women in Black |
| Barrio Unido, San Francisco |
| Bashir Abu-Manneh Baltimore Job Is a Right Campaign Baltimore-Washington Area Peace Council, US Peace Council Chapter |
| Battered Mother's Custody Conference |
| Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace Black Voices for Peace, Pittsburgh Blanca Misse, Student Worker Action Team/UC Berkeley, Academic Workers for Democratic Union – UAW 2865 * Blauvelt Dominican sisters Social Justice Ministry |
| Bob Hernandez, Chapter President, SEIU Local 1021* |
| Bonnie Weinstein – Bay Area United Against Wars Newsletter BookZen Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner |
| Boston UNAC Boston University Anti-War Coalition Broome County Peace Action Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action |
| Café Intifada – Los Angeles Californian Green Party |
| Camilo E. Mejia, Iraq war veteran and resister |
| Campaign for a Mass Party of Labor |
| Carole Seligman – Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal * |
| Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War Chelsea Uniendose en Contra de las Guerra Chesapeake Citizens Chuck Anderson, ACLU, Orange County Chapter * Howard Terry Adcock, Colombia Support Network, Austin (TX) , Center for Peace and Justice * |
| Coalition for Justice – Blacksburg, Va. Codepink Golden Gate Chapter Colombia Action/CT. |
| Colombian Front for Socialism (FECOPES) |
| Columbus Campaign for Arms Control |
| Committee for Justice to Defend the Los Angeles 8 Consultor Independiente Cynthia Papermaster, National Accountability Action Network * |
| Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org |
| David Keil – Metro West Peace Action (MWPA) * David Macko, Libertarian Party of Cuyahoga County, Ohio |
| Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality - Virginia |
| Derrick O'Keefe, Co-chair StopWar.ca (Vancouver) |
| Detroit Committee to Stop FBI/Grand Jury Repression. Diane V. McLoughlin, The McLoughlin Post |
| Doug Bullock, Albany County Legislator |
| Dr. Andy Coates PNHP * |
| DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) – New York |
| Elaine Brower - national steering committee of World Can't Wait and anti-war military mom Fifth WorldClass Freedom |
| Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) Fr. Bernard Survil, Pax Christi Greensburg * Free Palestine Movement |
| Freedom Road Socialist Organization |
| Freedom Socialist Party Garden Gate Blacksmith Shop |
| Gilbert Achcar – Lebanese academic and writer Global Peace, Editor: Tim Nolan Grandmothers Against the War Grandmothers Keen |
| Guilderland Neighbors for Peace Guyanese American Workers United |
| Haiti Action Committee Haiti Liberte |
| Hands off Venezuela Hilda Meers, Grampian Senior Citizens * Howie Hawkins, Co-Chair, Green Party of New York State * Humanist Party NYC Chapter IBEW 424 IIan Pappe, Director Exeter University, European Centre for Palestine Studies Impromptu Action International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal |
| International Socialist Organization International Solidarity Movement – Northern California International support Haiti Network (ISHN) |
| Iraq Peace Action Coalition – Minneapolis Italo-American Progressive Fraternal Society Jack Hereford, Catholic Worker * Janata Dal (United), India Jane Anne Jeffries, Conversation With Connection * |
| Jersey City Peace Movement Jim Prentice, Science for Peace * Jimmy Massey, Founding member of IVAW John Pilger, Journalist and Documentary film maker Josh Karpoff, Campus Antiwar Network * |
| Journal Square Homeless Coalition Juliet Buck, F35insouthburlington.blogspot.com * Justice for Fallujah Project Justice for Palestinians Kclabor.org Karen Schieve, United Educators of San Francisco * Keith Mchenry, co-founder Food not Bombs * Kevin Zeese |
| Kim Nguyen, Metrowest Peace Action (MWPA)* Kwame Binta, The November Coalition Larry Pinkvey, Black Activist Writers Guild LBC/NVK LEARN Leonard & Ellen Zablow, Union of Concerned Scientists * Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee, NYC Chapter |
| Lillie "Ms. K" Branch-Kennedy – Director, Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged (R.I.H.D.), Virginia |
| Lisa Savage, CODEPINK Maine, Bring Our War $$ Home Coalition * Logan Square Neighbors for Justice and Peace Lok Morcha Punjab |
| Los Angeles – Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee Luis Vega, Real-Politik |
| Maggie Zhou – ClimateSOS * |
| Maine Veterans for Peace Malu Aina, Hawaii |
| Maria Cristina Gutierrez, Exec. Director, Companeros del Barrio March For Justice |
| Mark Roman, Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice |
| Marlena Santoyo, Germantown Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, PA Mary Flanagan, United Teachers of Richmond * Marxist Update |
| Masjid As-Salam Mosque, Albany, NY Mazen Almoukdad, Free Iraq Now * Mazin Qumsiyeh |
| Michigan Emergency Committee Against Wars and Injustice |
| Middle East Children's Alliance |
| Mike Alewitz, Central Ct. State University * Mike Malloy Radio Show: Progressive Radio Middle East Crisis Committee Misterboy.com |
| Mobilization Against War and Occupation - Vancouver, Canada |
| Mobilization to Free Mumia |
| Moratorium NOW Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shut-offs MotherSpeeak |
| Muslim Solidarity Committee Muslimah Writers Alliance |
| Nancy Murray, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights* Nancy Parten, Witness For Peace * Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council * |
| New Abolitionist Movement New Black Panther Party |
| New England United New Jersey Labor Against War New Jersey Youth United Against War and Imperialism New Socialist Project New York City Labor Against the War Neil Parthun, Host, Not Another Sports Show Nicholas J. Bisaccia, M.S.Ed., PAX CHRISTI * |
| No More Victims |
| Nodutdol for Korean Community Development North Pilly for Peace and Justice Northampton committee to stop Wars |
| Northeast Peace and Justice Action Coalition Northern California Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism Northfield People for Peace and Goodwill |
| Northwest Greens |
| NotMyPriorities.org |
| Nuestro Norte Es El Sur ((NUNO-SUR) Our North is the South Omar Barghouti, Human rights activist (Palestine) Ometeotl Ministries Pakistan USA Freedom Forum |
| Pakistani Trade Union Defense Campaign Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People Pax Christi Metro New York Peace Action Maine |
| Peace Action Montgomery Peace Action of San Mateo County Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine Peace and Justice Center of Sonoma County Peace and Justice Online |
| Peacemakers of Schoharie County, New York Steve Gillis, VP, USW Local 8751, Boston School Bus Union Women's Fightback Network, Boston
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