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--- AntiWar 4 the Million Worker March
<antiwar4themillionworkermarch at action-mail.org<mailto:antiwar4themillionworkermarch at action-mail.org>> wrote:


> 
> For the Anti-War Movement: The Elections are Really
> on 
> October 17 in Washington, DC
> 
> If You Want to Vote to "Bring the Troops Home Now!"
> You Have to Get on the Bus to the Million Worker
> March!
> 
>    
> Dear Sisters and Brothers in the Antiwar and Peace 
> movement:
> 
> We know that many of us can't wait to vote for
> "Anybody 
> but Bush". However, if there was ever a time when
> knowing 
> that marching is often far more important than
> voting, and 
> "movement" is more important than "establishment",
> now is 
> such a time. The 2004 presidential election campaign
> has 
> made our journey to the capital far more urgent and 
> essential than if our march were scheduled for the
> day 
> after the Nov. 2 elections.
> 
> One of the reasons why the march was scheduled
> before the 
> elections is because presidential campaigns,
> regardless of 
> one's own views of the major party candidates,
> almost 
> always usurp, co-opt, derail and neutralize the
> grassroots 
> movement. March leaders decided to use the slogan
> "Working 
> people speaking for themselves" for the Million
> Worker 
> March to make it clear that we refuse to be
> voiceless 
> appendages to a media-driven and money-driven
> election 
> campaign.
> 
> The November election campaign has not been a
> genuine 
> referendum on the critical question of pulling U.S.
> troops 
> out of Iraq now. President Bush is being criticized
> for 
> lying and pulling the country into this war. But
> both of 
> the major party candidates have made in clear that
> they 
> are committed to "staying" and "winning" in Iraq. It
> was 
> decided early on to make the demand to "Bring the
> troops 
> home now!" central to the message. With that
> understanding 
> in mind, the anti-war movement was invited to become
> a 
> full partner in this march.
> 
> The fact that the anti-war movement responded so 
> positively is one of the things that have given this
> march 
> almost limitless potential and power. Because of
> this, the 
> march has become a popular referendum on bringing
> the 
> troops home. It's the movement's opportunity to
> "speak for 
> itself." With almost 1,100 U.S soldiers and tens of 
> thousands of Iraqi's dead--and nothing but more war
> and 
> death in sight--WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO BE SILENT &
> IMMOBILE 
> OUT OF DEFERENCE TO THE ELECTIONS.
> 
> The Million Worker March is a grassroots anti-war
> "vote" 
> against the war, the occupation, the troops coming
> home 
> and on whether our money should be spend on killing
> in the 
> Middle East, are jobs healthcare, housing and
> education. 
> The buses are filling, unions are organizing and we
> know 
> that you are working hard for this important event.
> 
> We can confidently say to you that on Oct. 17 at the
> 
> Lincoln memorial in D.C., together we are going to
> produce 
> a powerful, massive, and we believe unprecedented
> alliance 
> between the workers' movement and the movement
> against the 
> war. Let's keep the hard work up over the coming
> week 
> (most people don't decide to go until a few days
> before) 
> to realize the full potential. Tell everyone that
> the real 
> vote is in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17, and that in
> order 
> to cast their ballot they have "to get on the bus".
> 
> We'll see you in Washington,
> 
> Antiwar 4 The Million Worker March Organizers
> 
> 
> Momentum is building for the Million Worker
> March---new 
> organizing centers are springing up all over the
> country 
> (see 
>
http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/organizingcenters.htm<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/organizingcenters.htm>)
> 
> and new endorsers are being added to the list daily 
>
(http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/endorsers.htm<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/endorsers.htm>).
> 
> It is more important than ever that we turn out by
> the 
> thousands to say, "Jobs, Healthcare, and a Living
> Wage, 
> Not War!" on October 17.  We need your help in this
> last 
> week to make this happen.
> 
> 
> HOW YOU CAN HELP
> 
> **Donate!
> We need help with the enormous expenses involved
> with this 
> massive mobilization of working people.  You can
> donate 
> online at: http://www.peoplesrightsfund.org/<http://www.peoplesrightsfund.org/>
> 
> 
> **Get the Word out!
> 1) Download leaflets from 
>
http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/pdfdownload.htm<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/pdfdownload.htm>
> 
> and take them to your school, workplace, house of
> worship, 
> union, and community organization.
> 
> 2) Link to the Anti-war for the Million Worker March
> 
> Website: 
> http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/index.htm<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/index.htm>
> 
> 3) Forward this email to your email lists.
> 
> 
> **Organize transportation from your area!
> We need hundreds of local organizers.  Contact us
> about 
> becoming a local organizer: 
>
http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/signupantiwarorganizer.htm<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/signupantiwarorganizer.htm>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org<http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org/>
> 
> October 17 Washington DC
> 

 



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