NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION (International A.N.S.W.E.R. alert)

Iraq, a country that has not attacked or threatened the United States, is now the subject of a state-sponsored terrorist assault from the skies as the Bush administration orders cruise missile attacks in Baghdad that began in the early morning hours in Iraq today. President Bush went on national television at 10:15 pm EST to alert the country and the world that the U.S. war on Iraq had begun. The Bush administration camouflaged its unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq as a war for "disarmament" and "liberation." All aggressors throughout history have disguised their ambitions and goals by presenting their actions as a means in pursuit of noble ends. The war against Iraq is not about disarmament or about the protection of the United States or about the creation of a democratic Iraq. The Bush administration and other previous U.S. governments have in fact aided, financed and armed some of the most brutal dictatorships on the globe. The real objectives of this first strike war are to achieve U.S. domination over the strategic and oil-rich region of the Middle East.

The people of the world in the last month have carried out an unprecedented campaign of global opposition to the planned U.S. war against Iraq. The worldwide anti-war movement has stripped the Bush administration of the veneer and fig leaf of legality and legitimacy that it sought by coercing and bribing the United Nations to back its unilateral actions against Iraq. The UN's refusal to support the U.S. war against Iraq has resulted in the political isolation of the Bush administration. The administration seeks now to overcome its failed diplomacy and political isolation by resorting to massive military power and the exercise of limitless violence. In the coming days and weeks, anti-war forces in the United States and around the world will intensify their protest, opposition and resistance to this illegal and immoral war.

Thursday, March 20
WALKOUT / STAY AWAY!
CONVERGE TO PROTEST AT 12 NOON
In the morning, either go to work or school and encourage others to leave to join the protest, or spend the morning leafleting for other people to join. Converge at 12 noon in city centers -- in Washington D.C. at the White House, in New York City at Union Square, in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza -- to engage in protest actions against the war. Flyers can be downloaded (see links below) and will be available at A.N.S.W.E.R. offices and organizing centers around the country.

Thursday, March 20
EMERGENCY PROTEST AT 5 PM
Gather at a central location at 5 pm -- in Washington DC at the White House, in New York at Times Square, in San Francisco at Powell and Market, in Boston at JFK Federal Building -- to protest the war.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22
*EMERGENCY CONVERGENCE on the WHITE HOUSE in WASHINGTON DC
at 12 noon
*Emergency regional protests in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and around the country
*In New York City protest at 11:30 a.m., assemble on Broadway between 41st and 36th St.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Spend the morning leafleting about the walkout and the emergency protest, and then leaflet about the Saturday protest. Below are some downloadable flyers (Acrobat Reader required):

As the Bush Administration threatens to wage a unilateral war of aggression we must do all we can to make this movement the single biggest obstacle to war. We do not believe that war in inevitable. However, if the war starts we must be organized to resist and disable the war machine.

The DAY a new U.S. war on Iraq starts - EMERGENCY PROTEST at a central location - in Washington DC at the White House, in New York at Times Square, in San Francisco at Powell and Market - to protest the war followed by a march through city neighborhoods beginning at 5 p.m. (the next day at 5 p.m. of the bombing begins at night). 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.

THE MORNING AFTER THE WAR STARTS -- WALK OUT/STAYAWAY! ORGANIZE WALK OUTS from school, work, leave your home. Spend the morning leafleting for people to join the anti-war movement. A.N.S.W.E.R. offices and organizing centers around the country will be open in the morning to pick up leaflets and head out with others into your community. Converge mid-day at noon at city centers - in Washington, D.C., in New York City at Union Square, in San Francisco at Civic Center Plaza to engage in protest actions against the war. Download flyers at www.internationalanswer.org and at www.votenowar.org and locate organizing centers in your area.

THE SATURDAY AFTER THE WAR STARTS, CONVERGE ON THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC at 12 Noon., There will also be Saturday after demos in San Francisco, Los Angeles and in other cities around the country.

***In your city or town! Use the form below to list your city's Emergency Response Mobilization plan.

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