[CitizensTruth] Anti-war Protest Tomorrow at Thompson Ctr, 4 - 6 pm

[Jay Becker]

                                News from the Chicago Chapter
                            
                            
                                 
                            
                        
                    
                    
                
                
                    
                     
    
        
            
            
                
                    
                        
                        
                            
                                
                                    
                                    The shoestring is wearing thin!

                                    
                                    World Can't Wait has done amazing things on almost no budget: organized War Criminals Watch; launched a national movement
to counter recruiters' lies, We Are Not Your Soldier; continued to
fight to end torture and hold the torturers accountable; and remained
true to our principles. Now we're leading visible resistance this
coming week. We operate on a shoestring, but even a shoestring wears
thin!
                                    

                                    Donate this coming Monday and Tuesday towards our goal of $5,000 in 48 hours, an amount that will  sustain this national movement, its website and office, through the fall and enable World Can't Wait to continue and grow this much-needed resistance movement. Sign up online and thank you!

                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                
                            
                        
                        
                    
                
            
            
        
    


New Strategy in Afghanistan? End it - Now!

    We need a surge of resistance here, not more troops in Afghanistan.

    Donate Mon & Tues to grow this resistance.

    New Meeting Time & Place in Chicago

    
Protest Tuesday, Thompson Ctr, 4 pm to 6 pm!


Within the next weeks, President Obama will announce up to 20,000
more troops will deploy to Afghanistan in addition to replacing up to
14,000 support troops with "trigger-pullers." This will only mean
increasing the death and destruction brought to the Afghan people. And
U.S. involvement in Iraq
is not only not over; it is becoming a permanent occupation. Now is the
time to show what strategy we demand: End the wars now! Read up: "The United States Must Withdraw from Afghanistan," by Kenneth Theisen.

Our resistance to another surge is needed NOW. Join us on Tuesday,
Oct. 6, at Thompson Center, Randolph & Clark in the Loop, 4 pm - 6
pm. Hear from members of Vets for Peace, from veterans of Iraq and
Afghanistan speaking the truth about US involvement there, from World
Can't Wait activists who've been speaking in schools, and from poets
and youth. Listen here to Mathis Cireoux, Army veteran who refused
redeployment, about why we must act now:
What can YOU do on October 6? Wear orange. Distribute our flyer
to students, on campuses and at work, on the street. Invite a speaker
to your class. Join us at the Thompson Center and bring your friends! 
Stand with us and resist because it won't end until we do!





Oct 11: Join the Equality March in Washington, DC!
"No Common Ground with Christian Fascists - LGBT Rights Now!"
World Can't Wait proudly endorses the LGBT Equality March
on Washington D.C. on October 10/11. We support the just demand for
marriage equality for gay and lesbian partners and repeal of the "Defense of Marriage Act."  We further support the right to adopt children and an end to work place discrimination; strengthening hate crime legislation;
and demand an end to ripping families apart due to ICE's (Immigration
Control & Enforcement) refusal to recognize gay couples. Buses are
being organized from Chicago leaving Saturday Oct 10 and returning
early morning October 12, and tickets are available here. Come to DC but if you can't, support others who need your help to join this vital national mobilization!





New Meeting Time & Place
The Chicago Chapter of World Can't Wait will meet at Metropolis Cafe, 1039 W. Granville, Chicago, just 2 blocks east of the Granville stop on the Red line, at 6pm on Mondays, starting Oct 5. Our old 'home,' Mercury Cafe, is closing, another victim of the financial meltdown.  Stay in touch! Write us at  chicago at worldcantwait.org or call 773-227-2453.





      
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