Call for Global Day of Action

    salaam all

    The Anti-War Assembly that met at the World Social 
    Forum in Mumbai made a call for a global day of action 
    against occupation, scheduled for 20 March. Please read 
    this, distribute it and organise to resist!

    na'eem


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    (please spread far and wide)
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    GLOBAL ANTI-WAR ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR GLOBAL RESISTANCE ON 
    MARCH 20
    
    The General Assembly of the Global Anti-War Movement 
    called on the world to
    fill the streets on March 20 to demand an end to the 
    occupation of Iraq.
    
    The General Assembly of the Anti-War Movement convened 
    on January 19 at the
    World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai, India.
    
    Meeting for the whole day, the Assembly began with an 
    assessment of the
    current political situation, followed by reports from 
    various activists
    involved in various anti-war movements around the 
    world. Reports were also
    made by many anti-war campaigns such as the World 
    Tribunal on Iraq, the
    "Close the US bases" campaign, the Campaign for 
    Disarmament, the Occupation
    Watch Center, the Caravans to Iraq and the Civil 
    Missions to Palestine. It
    ended with a session dedicated to strategizing on ways 
    forward and common
    campaigns to be supported.
    
    Envisioned to be the biggest and most representative 
    meeting of the anti-war
    movement since the invasion, the Assembly was a 
    collective effort by
    anti-war coalitions spanning all continents of the 
    globe.
    
    The Assembly had participants and endorsers from the 
    largest anti-war
    coalitions around the world including the European 
    Coalitions which
    organised the massive marches on February 15th last 
    year, Stop the War
    Coalition in the UK, United For Peace and Justice and 
    ANSWER in the US, the
    Anti-War Coalition in South Africa and the Asian Peace 
    Alliance, as well as
    various social movements, trade unions and farmer and 
    peasant groups such as
    the CUT in Brasil, the Social Movements Network and Via 
    Campesina.
    
    Competing with the lively drumming of nearby cultural 
    performers, the dust
    and noise from the constant flow of passing 
    demonstrations and the general
    chaos of the WSF, the Assembly discussed, debated and 
    strategized on the
    ways forward to globalising the resistance and ending 
    the occupation of
    Iraq.
    
    The Assembly ended with the call for an International 
    Day of Action on March
    20, the anniversary of the attack on Iraq. It calls for 
    all movements in all
    continents to organize mass protests on that day to 
    demand the end of the
    occupation of Iraq. Different countries will organise 
    protests of different
    scales and forms; the important point is to mark the 
    anniversary across the
    world.
    
    Resistance in Iraq and around the world is growing 
    daily and March 20 will
    be the day when the global resistance tells not only 
    Bush but all the
    occupation troops and warmongers that the movement will 
    not rest until the
    occupation of Iraq and Palestine and the "war against 
    terror" is ended.
    
    For more information, please contact: 
    [email protected]
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    * All organizations and movements around the globe are 
    requested to send in
    their plans for March 20 to [email protected] *
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    The General Assembly of the Global Anti-War Movement 
    was endorsed by:
    
    All Together - Korea
    Anti-War Coalition - South Africa
    Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
    Asia Pacific Movement on Debt Development
    Asian Peace Alliance
    Asian Peace Alliance - Japan
    Asian Women's Human Rights
    ATTAC - Ag Globalisierung und Krieg, Germany
    ATTAC - Japan
    Bangladesh Krishok Federation
    Bastaguerra, Italy
    Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK)
    Campaña por la Desmilitarización de las Américas (CADA)
    Campus Antiwar Network, US
    Center for Economic Research and Social Change
    Central Unica de los Trabajadores (CUT) (Brazil)
    Centre for Development Studies, CIEDS Collective, India
    Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Managua, Nicaragua
    Chagos Refugees Group
    Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India)
    Code PINK: Women for Peace
    Common Action for Peace and against the War
    Condi - Iraqi National Democratic Coalition
    Continental Campaign Against FTAA
    Corp Watch (USA)
    Documentation for Action Groups in Asia
    Echec a la guerre-Montreal
    El Foro Social de Madrid
    El Taller International
    Focus on the Global South
    Forum Against the War (Italy)
    Freedom from Debt Coalition
    Gathering for Peace - Philippines
    GENSUIKIN (Japan Congress Against A & H Bombs)
    GENSUIKYO (Japan Council Against A & H Bombs)
    German Peace Council
    Global Exchange
    Global Peace and Justice Coalition of Turkey
    Globalize from Below - Korea
    Grassroots Peace Network (National Network to End the 
    War Against Iraq)
    Greek Social Forum
    Hemispheric Social Alliance
    Iniciativa Mexicana Contra la Guerra. No en Nuestro 
    Nombre
    Institute for Popular Democracy
    International Association of Peace Messenger Cities
    International Civilian Campaign for the Protection of 
    the Palestinian People
    (CCIPPP)
    International South Asia Forum (INSAF)
    Iraq International Occupation Watch Center
    Italian Movements of the European Social Forum
    JANANEETHI
    Jubilee South
    KALAYAAN! (Katipunan para sa Pagpapalaya ng
    Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)
    Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights
    Korean People¹s Action Against FTA & WTO (KoPA)
    LALIT, Mauritius
    Le Mouvement de la Paix
    Ledikasyon pu Travayer (LPT), Mauritius
    Movement for Democratic Socialism (Japan)
    Movimiento por la Paz, Spain (MPDL)
    Movimento (dos trabalhadores rurias) Sem Terra (MST) 
    (Brazil)
    National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (USA)
    NGO Federation of Nepal
    Not in Our Name Project, USA
    Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition
    Peace Boat (Japan)
    Peace Constitution League
    Peace Initiative of Turkey
    People's Plan Study Group (Japan)
    People's Task Force for Bases Clean Up - Philippines
    Polaris Institute
    Promoting Enduring Peace
    Red Mexicana de Accion frente al Libre Comercio
    Social Movements Network
    Solidarity (USA)
    South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy 
    (SANSAD)
    Stop the War Coalition - Greece
    Stop the War Coalition - UK
    Stop the War Initiative, Poland
    Sumpay Mindanao
    Tavolla della Pace
    The All India Peace & Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO)
    The ASR Resource Centre
    The Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases 
    (CAAB) UK
    The Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
    The No War on Iraq Coordination - Turkey
    The People's Peace Alliance (Pakistan)
    The South Asian Women for Peace
    The Swedish Peace Council
    UN PONTE PER (Bridge to Baghdad) NGO - Italy
    United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) - US
    US Peace Council Vimochana, Forum For Women Rights, 
    India
    Via Campesina
    Workers Democracy, Thailand
    World Peace Council
    World Peace Now, Japan
    Xarxa de Mobilitzacio Global (Barcelona)
    Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) (India)
    ZENKO (National Assembly for Peace and Democracy)
    
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