RE: Call for Global Day of Action

salam,

i think it would be very cool if iraqis will protest too. that way, no one can accuse them of being protesting because being afraid of saddam :)

afdhere

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>From: "Na'eem Jeenah" >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected], [email protected] >Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] Call for Global Day of Action >Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 13:28:30 +0200 > > 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 > > >* > (please spread far and wide) > ======================================================= > ========== > 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 2
0 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 an
ti-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 t
he 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 > occu
pation of Iraq and Palestine and the "war against > terror" is ended. > > For more information, please contact: > [email protected] > ======================================================= > ============== > * All organizations and movements around the globe are > requested to send in > their plans for March 20 to [email protected] * > ======================================================= > ============== > 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 &
gt; 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 Pa
gpapalaya 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 Movem
ents 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 &gt
; Xarxa de Mobilitzacio Global (Barcelona) > Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) (India) > ZENKO (National Assembly for Peace and Democracy) > > -- > Focus on the Global South (FOCUS) > c/o CUSRI, Chulalongkorn University > Bangkok 10330 THAILAND > Tel: 662 218 7363/7364/7365/7383 > Fax: 662 255 9976 > Mobile: +6695215702 (in bangkok) > +639167860215 (in manila) > Email: [email protected] > Website: www.focusweb.org > > >_______________________________________________ >ProgressiveMuslims mailing list >[email protected] >http://willo.nitric.co.za/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/progressivemuslims

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