VS: Emergency Mobilization-Stop the War!
Magne Haagen Flatval (magne@kvalito.no)
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:09:27 +0200
> Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War
> 39 West 14th St., #206 New York, NY 10011
> (212) 633-6646 fax: (212) 633-2889
> http://www.iacenter.org email: iacenter@iacenter.org
>
> May 1, 1999
>
> It is time to act! As the U.S./NATO bombs are raining down on
> Belgrade, Pristina, Aleksinac, and other cities in Yugoslavia, as
> hundreds of thousands of people have been made into refugees since the
> beginning of this bombing, we are urging you to join us in the
> newly-formed Emergency Mobilization to Stop the War.
>
> On June 5, there will be a national mass march from the Vietnam
> Veterans' Memorial to the steps of the Pentagon. Unless we stop this
> madness, we will be witness to the Pentagon unveiling a Yugoslav
> Veterans'' Memorial. On June 5, our demand will be "money for jobs and
> education, not for war in Yugoslavia."
>
> Buses and car caravans will be coming to Washington D.C. for the June
> 5 demonstration from hundreds of cities and towns throughout the
> United States.
>
> This is the most important anti-war demonstration since the Vietnam
> war. We hope you will do everything in your power to participate in
> this effort. We need to organize buses, print and circulate posters
> and leaflets, send out email notices and press releases, organize
> fundraising events, send mass mailings and information packets, hold
> house meetings, send our spokespersons on speaking tours and recruit
> thousands of volunteers.
>
> We are counting on you to help us in this massive grassroots campaign
> to build a new anti-war movement. The timing of the June 5 National
> Mass March could not be more urgent. Why? Because we are on the brink
> of the abyss. Hundreds of thousands of troops may be dispatched in a
> bloody rerun of Vietnam. Ten years after the end of the Cold War, the
> Pentagon is embarked again on another destructive adventure. Instead
> of a so-called peace dividend, we are being treated to the anti-people
> ramifications of the New World Order.
>
> We urgently need to collect the funds necessary for a huge
> demonstration. It is through the self-sacrifice and cooperation of
> thousands of people of conscience that we will succeed in building
> this new movement. Donations to the "People's Rights Fund/To Stop the
> War" are tax deductible.
>
> Please see our web site for an endorsement/volunteer form, fact
> sheets, flyers, and more. Feel free to call our office or come by to
> volunteer your efforts.
>
> End the war now before its too late!
>
> Ramsey Clark, Former U.S. Attorney General
> Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
> Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr., Exe. Dir., IFCO/Pastors for Peace
> Howard Zinn, Historian
> Edith Villastrigo, Leg. Dir., Women Strike for Peace
> Nick Pavlica, Publisher, Marketing Consultant, Peace Activist
> Rev. Djokan Majstorovic, Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava, NYC
> Rev. John Dear, J.S., Executive Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation
> Leslie Feinberg, Author
> Michael Parenti, Author
> United Serbs of America
> Frank Velgara, Working Group on Puerto Rico/FS
> Brian Becker & Sara Flounders, International Action Center
> Cathleen Todd, Co-Chair, Global Peace & Disarmament Ministry,
> Riverside Church
> Leonore Foerstel, Women for Mutual Security
> Johann Christoph Arnold, Bruderhof Community
> Greek Americans for Action