Editors, Asheville Global Report,
Armed men invade a home and kill some of its occupants.
For this deed, these men are lauded. Two young men quietly marry local
women. For this deed, these men are punished. What is wrong with these
pictures? They are part and parcel of the USA’s military occupation
of Iraq. People of the world stood up to say “NO” to the war.
Now we need to stand up and say “NO” to the occupation.
On Saturday, Oct. 25, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) (www.unitedforpeace.org)
and Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (ANSWER) (www.internationalanswer.org)
are joining forces to call on all those who oppose the war, invasion
and occupation of Iraq, to unite in Washington, DC at 11am at the Washington
Monument.
UFPJ and ANSWER have both organized antiwar demonstrations numbering
in the hundreds of thousands in the last year and have now agreed to
join forces for the purpose of organizing the Oct. 25 national march
on Washington, DC under the banner: End the Occupation of Iraq, Bring
the Troops Home Now!
The protest will also condemn the vast cuts in vital domestic social
and economic programs and demand: Money for jobs, education & healthcare,
not war and occupation. As the Oct. 25-26 weekend is also the second
anniversary of the passage of the so-called PATRIOT Act, authorizing
political arrests, indefinite detentions, domestic spying, and religious
and racial profiling, the demonstration will also be a call to Fight
Back Against the PATRIOT Act.
The Western North Carolina Peace Coalition, Veterans for Peace and Asheville
War Resisters League will be sponsoring a bus to give Western North
Carolinians the opportunity to let America know where we stand. It will
leave Friday evening, Oct. 24, and will return either the evening of
the 25th or the next morning. We’re asking those who can to pay
the full fare of $65 for a seat. For those unable to afford that, a
sliding scale is available which could take the price as low as $50.
As in the past, scholarships may be available depending on donations
made for that purpose. Please reserve your seat as soon as possible
to help us get a rough idea of how many are going. Call Ken at 680-9387
or Lena at 350-7934 to sign up!
Cicada Brokaw
Asheville, North Carolina
