Re: Call for Global Day of Action

iraqis protest everyday.  generally their peaceful demonstrations on the
streets of iraqi cities and towns are met with u.s. gunfire.

apparantly that is what democracy is meant to look like.

itrath



on 2/2/04 9:17 AM, Afdhere Jama at [email protected] wrote:

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> salam, 
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> 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 :)
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> 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 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] >
>> ======================================================= > ============== > *
>> 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 > 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) > > -- > 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) >
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