Saturday, March 19th, 2011: Liberation Not Occupation!
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Shaun Harkin
Feb 22, 2011, 7:59:23 PM2/22/11
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March & Rally on 8th Anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq
12 Noon, Saturday, March 19, Michigan Avenue &
Congress Parkway -- our own 'Freedom' Square! Short rally followed by a
march on Michigan Avenue
Funding for Jobs,
Healthcare & Education, not for War and Occupation
Iraq, Palestine,
Egypt: US Out of the Middle East
End FBI raids,
political repression and corporate welfare at home
**** PLEASE FORWARD
WIDELY ****
Why we march:
March 19th marks 8 years of US war
and occupation in Iraq, where despite President Obama's claim that combat
operations have 'ended', more than 50,000 troops remain, backed by tens of
thousands of mercenary private contractors. 4,436 American soldiers and over 1 million
Iraqis have died, with millions more maimed and displaced. This war has lasted longer than WW II and
cost more than $1 Trillion -- more than $200 Billion this year alone.
The US occupation of Afghanistan has
extended into Pakistan, where last year alone the US military dropped more
drone bombs than in the last decade combined. The US government continues to
back and bankroll Israel's war against Palestinians and the siege of Gaza.
While the US government claims to support 'democracy and freedom', it continues
to back repressive regimes and right-wing movements across the Middle East,
Latin American and beyond. The toppling of US backed Egyptian dictator Hosni
Mubarak has inspired millions the world over, exposing the great gulf between
US rhetoric and reality.
Here at home, antiwar activists and
whistleblower projects like Wikileaks are targeted for jail or worse. Muslims and immigrants are scapegoated. Undocumented immigrants face deportation and
discrimination. Millions are unemployed and uninsured while the government is
slashing funds for basic needs like heat and food for poor children. Funding
for public education, environmental protection and job safety is being gutted.
Workers rights are under attack, while the government continues to pour
billions into the coffers of the banksters and corporate predators that created
the current economic catastrophe. Our tax dollars are bankrolling a corporate
welfare system that funds CEO salaries and war and occupation abroad at the
expense of basic human needs right here at home.
We reject war and bloodshed. We demand jobs,
healthcare, education, justice and equality -- and the real democracy that puts
people before profits and human needs before corporate greed.
Join us on March 19 to demand an end to the US
occupation of Iraq. March in solidarity with the great struggles raging from
the Mideast to the Midwest and across the world for liberation and
self-determination.
12 Noon, Saturday,
March 19
Michigan Avenue & Congress
Parkway
Short rally followed by a march on
Michigan Avenue
Visit the Facebook event page and
help spread the word!
Current endorsers are:
8th Day Center for Justice
Albany Park, North Park,
Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice
ANSWER Chicago
Chicago Area CodePINK
Chicago Coalition
Against War and Racism
Chicago Committee to
Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR)
Chicago Vietnam Veterans
Against the War
Chicago World Can't Wait
Committee Against
Political Repression
El Techno Colibri, NFP
Families United For Justice In
America (FUJA)
Fellowship of Reconciliation Chicago
Chapter
Freedom Road Socialist
Organization
Gay Liberation Network
Industrial Workers of
the World – Chicago Branch
International Socialist
Organization
International Solidarity
Movement – Chicago
Justice for Shifa Supporting
Committee
La Voz de los de Abajo
Near West Citizens for
Peace and Justice
North Shore Coalition
for Peace, Justice and the Environment
Oak Park Coalition for
Truth & Justice
Palestine Solidarity
Group – Chicago
Party for Socialism and
Liberation
Southsiders For Peace
Third Unitarian Church
U.S. Boat to
Gaza-Chicago Network
Unity Temple Social
Mission Committee
Unity Temple Social Mission Committee
Veterans for Peace –
Chicago Chapter
For information or to endorse, email
CC...@aol.com
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Shaun
773.828.4336
917.755.7409
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