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ENDORSE! |
All
organizations that agree with the 2
calls of the action are encouraged to
endorse:
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Troops Home Now!
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Stop
the War!
Please read our
call and suggestions for how you can
support the action.
Thereafter you will have the opportunity
to fill out an online endorsement form.
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LATEST
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3.22.07 -
Bandstand Schedule Online;
Cindy Sheehan will appear at 3/23
fundraiser, but will be represented by
Melida Arredondo at the 2:00 p.m. press
conference.
3.21.07 -
Close to 40 organizations have signed up
for tabling at the Peace & Justice
Festival
3.19.07 -
National Lawyers Guild endorses M24.
SEIU 1199's
Anestine Bentick and Jerry Fishbein
confirm their participation.
3.16.07 -
Boston.com runs
photo series on the antiwar movement.
Gets story half-right!
JP Gazette
previews Sheehan/Arroyo/Ross fundraiser.
3.16.07
- Marching bands confirm!
South Asian alliance endorses M24
3.15.07 -
Press conference scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Friday, March 23, with Cindy Sheehan and
other activists.
Click here to request more information.
3.14.07 -
Permits for March & Rally granted! It's
a go!
3.13.07 -
Successful phone bank with 7 phoners
reaching hundreds through the region
(from 4 organizations' mailing lists)
3.13.07 -
UAW local at UMB comes on board!
3.11.07 -
M24's confirmed speakers include: Cindy
Sheehan, Eljeer Hawkins, Howard Zinn,
Klare Allen, & Rostam Pourzal
3.10.07
Close to 200 folks turned up a "human
peace sign: in Copley Sqare. See center
column for more information
3.9.07 -
"Escalating Peace" Fundraiser in
Jamaica Plain draws hundreds
3.8.07 -
Asian American Resource Workshop
endorses M24
3.8.07 -
The Peace Abbey endorses M24
3. 5.07 -
SEUI Local 1199 endorses M24; plans to
support busloads of their union members
to attend the action
3.5.07 -
Jobs with Justice endorses M24
3.4.07 -
The Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee endorses M24
3.4.07 -
Councillor Felix Arroyo notes that he
is, "happy to endorse" M24
3.3.07 -
Hundreds of flyers distributed by
PeaceWorks at Coolidge Corner vigil
3.2.07 -
Peace Symbol @
Copley
permit approved!
3.2.07 -
Milton for Peace
to hold Monday stand outs until M24
3.1.07 -
Iraq Veterans against the War endorses
M24
2.27.07 -
New England regional antiwar networking
site launched:
www.StopTheWars.org/regional.
2.26.07 -
The American Friends Service Committee
endorses M24
2.19.07 -
Howard Zinn Confirms!
read more
 ESCALATE
PEACE
3-9-07
FUNDRAISER
A youthful
crowd of over a hundred activists attended
Escalate Peace. Next fundraiser takes
place on Friday, 3/23 (see center column)
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Update: Thousands turned out on March 24 to call for
an immediate end to the war and to bring the troops
home now. In a boisterous and lively march and
demonstration, nearly 5,000 people took to Boston's
streets uniting labor, peace, antiwar, community and
many left-wing traditions. Inspired by committed and
talented antiwar musicians and spoken work
performers, sharing values with 7 Bandstand speakers
and a host of open mike presenters, the rally became
a march that wound its way out of Boston Common,
over Beacon Hill, through Government Center, to
Faneuil Hall, across Washington Street, through
Downtown Crossing and finally back to the Common
where they were met with stirring lyrics of Presente!
The latter reminding folks that just as we have to
end the war in Iraq, so to do we have face up to the
challenges at home.
Forecast: Perfect Weather
Mostly sunny. High 47F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10
mph.
Need a ride from the Fall River/New Bedford Area?
3/24 Bandstand Schedule
3/24 Update: Hundreds show up to hear the Arroyo,
Ross, Sheehan trio.
Friday, March
23 @ 8:00
SPEAKING OUT WITH...
Cindy Sheehan
Goldstar Families for Peace
Felix Arroyo
Boston City Councilor-at-Large
Grace Ross
Green-Rainbow Party Candidate for Governor 06
Central Congregational Church
85 Seaverns Avenue,
Jamaica Plain, MA
www.centralcongregational.org
617-524-3343
$10
donation to raise funds for the Protest and march
against the war on Boston Common the following day
Related
Peace Events
GREATER BOSTON STUDENTS FOR PEACE
St. Paul's
Cathedral,* March 24:
10am
Workshops for Peace
11am
Vigil for Peace
12pm
Rally for Peace on Boston Common
Greater Boston Students for Peace is an alliance of
young people and supporters working for peace abroad
and at home. We stand in opposition to the Iraq War
and to military recruitment in schools.
*St. Paul's Cathedral is located at
138 Tremont St., across from the Boston Common, near
the Park Street and Downtown Crossing T stops.
STUDENT ORGANIZING DRIVE UNDERWAY
The
Boston Student Antiwar Network is reaching out to
students with on-campus events scheduled for 3/20
and an action for the morning of 3/24. Their
outreach drive includes a promotional effort on
FaceBook, tabling on various campuses including BU,
BC, Emerson, UMB, Tufts, Simmons and Northeastern. A
central focus is on building the counterrecruitment
movement. To fill in the gaps or add your voice to
the effort,
contact Kaveri.
HELP
END THE OCCUPATION
Finally, US public opinion
has caught up with the global rejection of the US invasion
and occupation of Iraq. With the March 24 Peace & Justice
Festival, folks from all over New England will converge on
Boston Common to both mark the invasion's 4th anniversary
and to lay the foundations for a greater regional antiwar
movement that shares its strengths. This website provides
updates on the planned activities, organizing materials,
suggests contact points, and links to all endorsing
organizations.
MAKING A PEACEFUL WORLD POSSIBLE: 3/24's PEACE & JUSTICE
FESTIVAL
The Coalition developed an
event format that tries to capture both the unity and the
broad diversity of the antiwar movement...
read on
3/10:
PEACE SYMBOL RESTORES LIFE TO COPLEY SQUARE!
On
March 10th, antiwar activists organized a 100’ diameter
peace symbol in Copley Square to call for an end to the war
and to promote the upcoming demonstrations around the
anniversary of the invasion of Iraq including March 24th on
Boston Common.
Visit the
event website/signup form
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Leftist Marching Band comes on board!
ENDORSER LIST
(in alphabetical order)
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Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia
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American Friends Service Committee
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Antiwar League
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Asian American Resource Workshop
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Axis of Logic
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Bikes Not Bombs
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Boston 9/11 Truth
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Boston -
Act Now to Stop War and End Racism
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Boston Anarchists Against Militarism - BAAM
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Boston Bolivarianos
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Boston Committee In Solidarity with the People of El
Salvador (CISPES)
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Boston May Day Coalition
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Buddhist Peace Followship – Boston
Chapter
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Brookline PeaceWorks
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Camp Casey Peace Institute
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Cape Cod & Island Peace Community
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Cape Codders for Peace and Justice
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Chelsea Uniting Against the War
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Citizens for Informed Community
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City
Life/Vida Urbana
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Code Pink
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Committee for Peace and Human Rights - Boston
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CRLS Environmental Action Club
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Democratic Socialists of America
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Gold Star Families for Peace
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Greater Boston Committees of Correspondence
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Greater Boston Students for Peace
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Greater Fall River Committee for Peace and Justice
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Human Rights Action Committee (Framingham State College)
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Industrial Workers of the World -
Boston
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International Action Center
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Iraq
Veterans against the War
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Jobs with Justice
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Lexington Peace and Justice Committee
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Mass Global Action
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Mass Peace Action
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Massachusetts Animal Rights
Coalition
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Merrimack Valley People for Peace
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Military Families Speak Out - Massachusetts
Chapter
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Milton for Peace
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Natick Peace Council
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National Lawyers Guild - Massachusetts Chapter
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Newton Dialogues
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Northern New England 9/11 Truth
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Pax Christi
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Pax Christi Metro West
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P-Block Collective
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Peace Abbey
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PeaceIsPatriotic.org
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People United for Peace
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Samantha Smith Chapter, Veterans for Peace
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Scituate Citizens for Peace
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Service Employees International Union, Local 1199
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Smedley D. Butler Brigade Chapter 9 Veterans for Peace
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Socialist Alternative
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Socialist Party of Boston
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Socialist Party of Connecticut
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Stop the Wars Coalition
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The Enviro Show
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Troops Out Now Coalition
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Tufts Coalition in Opposition to the War in Iraq
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Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
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Graduate Employee Organization/UAW Local 1596--UMass
Boston Chapter
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United for Justice with Peace
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Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND)
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Women's International League for
Peace & Freedom
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World Can't Wait -
Drive Out the Bush Regime
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1% A Peace Army
(last updated 3/22)
Links Policy - All groups that endorse the event will have
links attached to their names. This is a work in progress.
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