[CitizensTruth] United Call to Protest on 6th Anniversary of Wars

[Jay Becker]

PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY – THANK YOU! 
   
We invite you and your group to join 
over 60 other organizations in co-sponsoring the following
 Chicago area action on the 6th anniversary of 
the illegal U.S. invasion of 

 Iraq .  This year's march will be in
 Chicago 's Pilsen 
neighborhood, partnering with local community groups to oppose the wars abroad 
while opposing the attacks on immigrants here at 
home. 
   
Here is the call: 
 
   
End 
the occupations NOW!  
– 
 Iraq ,
 Afghanistan ,
 Palestine ! 
   
STOP 
the government's on Immigrants! 
   
While we face the worst economic crisis 
since the Great Depression, our government is handing cash to bankers at home 
and pouring our tax dollars -- a trillion-plus and counting -- into foreign wars 

that murder, maim and violate people's right to decide their own 
future. 
   
The reality is that there is no "good" 
war – in Iraq , 
 Afghanistan , 
 Pakistan or
 Iran . 
Our arms to
 Israel make their war OUR war, as 
well.  
   
Decades of
 U.S. policies 
have imposed unequal trade agreements on immigrants' home countries that destroy 
local economies -- forcing people to move here to seek the living wages they can 
no longer earn at home. The new administration has continued Bush regime policy 
toward immigrant workers, and is using the economic meltdown as a tool to 
recruit more immigrant, minority, and poor youth to fight rich men's wars for 
oil and power.  
   
On March 14, join us for a united 
Chicagoland protest to oppose continuing
 U.S. wars abroad 
and war on immigrants at home:  
   
Saturday, March 14, 
2009 
12 noon SHARP: assemble for a short 
rally 

Marshall 
Boulevard &
 Cermak 
Road 
(2 blocks from the "
 California " stop on the 
Pink Line "el") 
   
And join us again the following 
weekend, March 21, in
 Washington , DC 
to march on the Pentagon! 
   
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Here is what we ask of co-sponsoring 
organizations: 
   
1) Publicity.  Publicize the action via your website, 
email lists, and Facebook and Myspace accounts.  Take responsibility for circulating 
posters and handbills in a specific area of the city or suburbs.   
   
Union printed posters and handbills in 
English and Spanish are available for pick up at locations around the area, and 
the coalition website, www.chicagomassaction.org, has 
downloadable pdfs.  Materials in 
additional languages will be available shortly.  
   
2)  Financial support.  
The suggested donation for groups co-sponsoring this year's event is $35 
(more if you can).  If your group 
would like a table at the opening and/or closing rally, we ask for an additional 
$15 donation. 
   
Checks can be made payable to "GLN" and 
mailed to:  GLN,
 4404 N Magnolia Avenue, Suite 420 , 
 Chicago , IL 
 60640 .  In the memo section of your check, 
please write the name of your group precisely how you like it to appear in our 
publicity materials (in other words, please avoid acronyms unless that is how 
you would like your group's name to appear). 
   
3)  Help organizing the 
event.  For the day of the event, we ask that 
each endorsing group designate one or two of their members to work for the 
coalition on that day.  
 
   
For those working for the coalition, 
there will be a mandatory 1 hour orientation session to get our volunteers 
familiar with the itinerary of the day and to distribute specific 
responsibilities.  This mandatory 
meeting will take place at 5 PM, Sunday, March 1st (immediately 
following our general coalition meeting on that day) in the basement of St. Pius 
Church, 1919 S. Ashland 
Avenue (wheelchair accessible) 
   
If your group would like to co-sponsor 
 Chicago 's peace / immigrant rights march on the 
6th anniversary of the
 U.S. invasion of
 Iraq , please 
email CCAWR at aol.com with your name, telephone number, 
and the name of the group you are representing. 
   
For 
your information, here is our current list of 
endorsers: 
   
8th
 Day
 Center for 
Justice 
Albany Park , North 
Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace & 
Justice 
American Friends Service 
Committee 
American Muslims for
 Palestine 
ANSWER
 Chicago 

Chicago Area CodePINK 

Chicago Coalition Against War & 
Racism 

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of 
Rights 

Chicago Committee to Free the Cuban 
5 
Chicago Democratic Socialists of

 America 

Chicago Dyke March Collective  

Chicago Free The Cuban Five 
Committee 

Chicago Industrial Workers of the 
World 

Chicago Progressive Examiner 
Christian Peacemakers Team 
Code Pink NW
 Indiana Chapter 
Comité Anti-Militarización 
(CAMI) 
Cook
 County
 Green Party 

Committee of Rank and File 
Educators (CORE) 

De 
Kalb 
Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice 
D'Last Studio 
Families 4 Peace 
Freedom Road Socialist 
Organization 
Friends of Leon Berger 
Gay Liberation Network 
Hammerhard Media Works 
International Socialist 
Organization 
International Solidarity 
Movement 
Kalpulli Nahuali 
La Otra 
La Voz de los de Abajo 
Labor Beat/Labor Express 
Lone Lantern 
March 10th Committee 
Meztizarte 
Military Families Speak Out 
Jorge Mujica 
Nahui Ollin Danza Azteca 
Near West Citizens for Peace & 
Justice 
Neighbors for Peace - Arlington 
Heights 
Neighbors for Peace -
 Evanston 
News and Letters 

Nicaragua Solidarity Network 

North
 Shore Coalition for Peace and 
Justice 
Northwest Suburban Peace & Education 
Project 
Northwestern Students for Justice in

 Palestine 
NULeft 
P&SC @
 57th St Mof 

Palestine Activist Network 
Palestine Solidarity Group 
Party for Socialism and 
Liberation 
Peace Pledge 
Pilsen Environmental Rights & Reform Organization 
(PERRO) 
Roosevelt University 
Activist
 Alliance 
Sex Workers Outreach Project

 Chicago 
Southwest Youth 
Collaborative 
Steve Alesch for 2009
 Green
 Party DuPage 
 County
 Winfield
 Township Trustee 
Students for Justice in
 Palestine - 
Northwestern 
Students for Justice in
 Palestine - 
UIC 
Veterans For Peace 
Voices for Creative 
Non-Violence 

Wellington 
Avenue 
United Church of 

 Christ 
Workers World Party 
World Can't Wait
 Chicago Chapter 


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