Mn-prog-events Mailing List: Progressive Calendar 09.23.05x Anti-war rally

[David Shove (shove001]

            P R O G R E S S I V E    C A L E N D A R   09.23.05x
                           ANTI-WAR RALLY
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From: wamm <wamm [at] mtn.org>
Subject: MINNESOTANS TO SEND MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON 9/24

MINNESOTANS SEND MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON
Bring Them Back from Iraq!
Saturday, September 24
Intersection of Summit and Snelling Avenues, StPaul
2pm:  Gather for Rally, Sign Postcards, March to a Mail Box

Peace activists from across the country are traveling to Washington DC on
September 24 to protest the continuing war and occupation in Iraq. In
solidarity, hundreds of rallies will take place in cities nationwide.

The Twin Cities peace community will gather at the intersection of Summit
and Snelling Avenues in St. Paul, MN, on Saturday, September 24, 2005, at
2pm.

Featured speakers at the rally will be August Nimtz, a University of
Minnesota political science professor, renowned justice and peace
activist, and inspiring leader for social change. Also, a Gold Star Family
member will speak about her tragic loss.

As participants gather, they will sign postcards addressed to President
Bush, telling him:

It's time end the war and occupation in Iraq. Too many people have died.
There was no reason for this war. There were no weapons of mass
destruction. There was no connection between Iraq and 9-11. Iraq was no
threat to our national security. The war has made us less safe and more
vulnerable to terrorist attacks.

We would like our tax dollars to be spent on what's been neglected at
home: education, jobs, health care and domestic infrastructure. We want
our soldiers to come home and the people of Iraq to be in charge of their
own country.

After a short rally, participants will walk together to a local post box
to mail their postcards to the White House.

WAMM member Roxanne Abbas, one of the event's planners, says, "This month
the Bush administration's mismanagement lost precious lives on the Gulf
Coast and in Iraq. Their policies are dismantling our safety net at home
and fanning the flames of terrorism abroad. Who can change this dangerous
course if not us?"

"Many people in the country accepted this war at first, but they are
changing their minds", says Anne Benson, co-founder member of Merriam Park
Neighbors for Peace and another of the event's organizers. "People are fed
up, and ready to stand up for common sense and for peace. We invite
everyone - especially those who haven't protested publicly before - to
join us on September 24."

Sponsored by Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), Merriam Park Neighbors
for Peace and Veterans for Peace: Chapter 27. Co-sponsored by Crocus
Hill/West 7th Neighbors for Peace, Friends for a Non-Violent World, Twin
Cities Peace Campaign, Fellowship of Reconciliation, St. Thomas University
Justice and Peace Department, Iraq Peace Action Coalition, Sisters of St.
Joseph Carondolet and Youth Against War and Racism.

Contact:  Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), 612-827-5364


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