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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>The shoestring is wearing thin!<br>
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">World <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_0">Can't Wait</span> has done amazing things on almost no budget: organized War Criminals Watch; launched a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_1">national movement</span>
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!</span></p>
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<font><font size="2"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Donate this coming Monday and Tuesday towards our goal of $5,000 in 48 hours,</b> an amount that will sustain this <span id="lw_1254536297_13" class="yshortcuts" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;">national movement</span>, its website and office, through the fall and enable World Can't Wait to continue and grow this much-needed <span id="lw_1254536297_14" class="yshortcuts" style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; cursor: pointer;"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_2">resistance movement</span></span>. <a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kA5JXk64nmihMdyQ987JFlFLMNhlUZ%2FM"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_3">Sign up online</span></a> and thank you!<br>
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<ul><li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;">New Strategy in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_4">Afghanistan</span>? End it - Now!<br>
</span></span></b></li><li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;">We need a surge of resistance here, not more <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_5">troops in Afghanistan</span>.</span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span></li><li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;">Donate Mon & Tues to grow this resistance.</span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
</span></span></li><li><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;">New Meeting Time & Place in <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_6">Chicago</span></span></span></b><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><b>Protest Tuesday, Thompson Ctr, 4 pm to 6 pm!<br>
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<p>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 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_7">Iraq</span>
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: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5AdM%2Fn6g9QD5aR8uRwMHv1FLMNhlUZ%2FM"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_8">"The United States Must Withdraw from Afghanistan,"</span></a> by Kenneth Theisen.</p>
<p>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:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KTXik2FjXRCDM0SEE0YJkVFLMNhlUZ%2FM"><img alt="" src="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/images/Chicago/ResistOct6.jpg" align="left" border="1" vspace="2" width="150" height="113" hspace="2"></a>What can YOU do on October 6? Wear orange. Distribute our<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qMyZE9FRSVWyin1w%2FDjMjVFLMNhlUZ%2FM"> <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_9">flyer</span></a>
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!<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=2D7u1%2F5zsnDJ1OjQahMIX1FLMNhlUZ%2FM"><font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Oct 11: Join the Equality March in <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_10">Washington, DC</span>!</b></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>"No Common Ground with Christian Fascists - LGBT Rights Now!</b></span></span>"</p>
<p>World Can't Wait proudly endorses the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IK1TU9VjgtjoTHfxpN7voVFLMNhlUZ%2FM"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_11">LGBT Equality March</span></a>
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 "<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_12">Defense of Marriage Act</span>." We further support the right to adopt children and an end to work place discrimination; strengthening <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_13">hate crime legislation</span>;
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 <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_14">October 12</span>, and tickets are available <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OvF%2B8l9sSSpyX881IF7eGlFLMNhlUZ%2FM"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_15">here</span></a>. Come to DC but if you can't, support others who need your help to join this vital national mobilization!</p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><img src="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/images/Chicago/mar14-notyoursoldiers.jpg" alt="" align="right" width="480" height="326"></b></span></span></p>
<h3 style="color: Red;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b>New Meeting Time & Place</b></span></h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Chicago Chapter of World Can't Wait will meet at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EfKQ3GuNWYYa%2F%2B8ebvrRulFLMNhlUZ%2FM"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_16">Metropolis Cafe</span></a>, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_17">1039 W. Granville, Chicago</span>, just 2 blocks east of the Granville stop on the Red line, at <b>6pm on Mondays, starting Oct 5</b>. Our old 'home,' Mercury Cafe, is closing, another victim of the financial meltdown. Stay in touch! Write us at <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:chicago@worldcantwait.org" target="_blank" href="http://us.mc335.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=chicago@worldcantwait.org"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_18">chicago@worldcantwait.org</span></a> or call <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102,
204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1254765025_19">773-227-2453</span>.</p>
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