Fw: [ANSWER]: Action Plan Update / Feb. 5 Emergency Demo in NYC

["Nello Margiotta" <animarg at tin.it>]

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Subject: [ANSWER]: Action Plan Update / Feb. 5 Emergency Demo in NYC


> A.N.S.W.E.R. ACTION PLAN UPDATE:
> 
> 1) JANUARY 29: Thousands take to the streets in protests 
> in 100+ cities
> 2) WED., FEBRUARY 5: Emergency Demonstration in New York 
> City, Gather at 5 pm in Times Square
> 3) FEBRUARY 15: Mass mobilization in New York City and 
> thousands of other cities around the world as part of the 
> February 13-21 Week of Resistance
> 4) Emergency Response Mobilization
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN PROTESTS IN 100+ CITIES 
> ON JANUARY 29
> 
> Little more than a week and a half after the historic 
> January 18 demonstrations called by the A.N.S.W.E.R. 
> Coalition -- which last weekend brought out hundreds of 
> thousands of people to Washington, San Francisco and 
> cities all over the world -- demonstrations against George 
> Bush&#8217;s State of the Union war speech took place in 
> over 100 U.S. cities.
> 
> Thousands marched from New York&#8217;s Times Square to 
> the UN, braving snow, sleet and harassment by the New York 
> City police, who attempted to prevent protest by breaking 
> the march into sections and arresting three people. In Los 
> Angeles, over a thousand people demonstrated at the 
> Federal Building. People also protested in scores of other 
> cities including Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, 
> Providence, Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and 
> Manila.  (A list of demonstrations can be found at 
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j29/j29events.html)
> 
> Photos of the New York City demonstration can be found at:
> - 
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030129/170/35eu0.html
> - 
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030129/170/35en4.html
> 
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> 
> WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
> EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION IN NEW YORK CITY
> 5 pm in Times Square
> 
> It is clear from George Bush's "war speech" (a.k.a. the 
> State of the Union address) that February 5 has been 
> selected as the "go date" for a declaration of war against 
> Iraq. That declaration will be met with widespread 
> opposition around the country and the world. An emergency 
> demonstration will take place in New York City, beginning 
> at 5 pm in Times Square.
> 
> ------------------------
> 
> FEBRUARY 13 - 21
> Week of Anti-War Resistance
> FEBRUARY 15
> Mass action in New York, Chicago & around the world
> FEBRUARY 16
> Mass action in San Francisco
> 
> On February 15, millions of people in Europe will take to 
> the streets and they have asked the people of the U.S. to 
> join in a display of international solidarity. There will 
> be mass actions in New York City and Chicago on February 
> 15, in San Francisco on February 16, and in hundreds of 
> other cities that weekend.
> 
> For details on the Week of Resistance, go to
> http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/f15/index.html
> 
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> 
> EMERGENCY RESPONSE MOBILIZATION
> 
> Thousands of people have expressed their intentions to 
> descend on the White House in Washington DC the Saturday 
> after the U.S. government begins laying siege to Iraq. The 
> A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is preparing for an emergency 
> response mobilization.
> 
> The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition calls on all of its affiliate 
> organizations and supporters to prepare for 1) mass 
> demonstrations the day of and/or the day after the 
> initiation of a U.S. war and 2) local or regional actions 
> the following Saturday.
> 
> Many cities and communities have a tradition of holding 
> these emergency actions in response to U.S. military 
> aggression. If your community does not have a traditional 
> plan, pick a busy location/intersection, a Federal 
> Building, Town Hall, etc. More details will be sent in 
> future updates and will be available on the A.N.S.W.E.R. 
> web page.
> 
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