Peace March Expected to be Among Largest Since War Began

Massive Anti-war March Planned for January 27 in D.C.

By United for Peace and Justice


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1-18-07, 9:11 am


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2007
CONTACT: Hany Khalil, 212-868-5545, 718-637-7351 mobile

MASSIVE ANTI-WAR MARCH PLANNED FOR JAN. 27 IN D.C.;
PROTESTERS WILL URGE CONGRESS TO STAND UP TO BUSH

Peace March Expected to be Among Largest Since War Began

MoveOn.org, National Organization for Women, Labor Unions Mobilize Members
Buses and vans coming from 30 states and 111 Cities

Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr., Members of Congress, Military Families, and Soldiers to Speak

NEW YORK, NY -- Americans angered by Bush's plans to escalate the Iraq war will flood the streets of Washington on Saturday, January 27, in a massive national peace march organized by United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ). Marchers will call on Congress to listen to the voters, not Bush, by using its power to end Bush's war and bring the troops home. The last three national marches organized by UFPJ each attracted between 300,000 and 500,000 people.

MoveOn.org has called upon its 3.2 million members to join UFPJ, describing the march as potentially a "turning point for the war" comparable to how "Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 was a turning point in the fight for equality and civil rights." The National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) is mobilizing its chapters to participate. Local antiwar groups in cities and towns across the nation are mobilizing.

On Monday, United for Peace and Justice's website received more than 700,000 hits. District Council 37 in NYC, A.F.S.C.M.E.'s largest district council, and New York's United Federation of Teachers, the largest teachers union local in the country, are sending busloads of their members to Washington. Car caravans and peace trains are heading to Washington, DC, from all over the East Coast, Midwest and Southeast. Buses and vans are coming from more than 30 states and 111 cities, including from as far away as Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Judith LeBlanc, UFPJ Co-Chairperson, said, "Bush's announcement of plans to escalate the war has backfired. Every day people call or send email to say they will be marching in Washington with United for Peace and Justice on January 27th to call for an end to this war. They are demanding that Congress stand up to Bush. There is no doubt: This is the right action at the right time."

Among those slated to speak at the pre-march rally are Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, who last year led an antiwar march of thousands, the largest protest in Salt Lake City history; Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr.; Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH); Rep.Maxine Waters (D-CA); Bob Watada, father of Lt. Watada, the first military officer to refuse deployment to Iraq and currently facing court-martial; and active-duty service people.

On Monday, January 29th, UFPJ is sponsoring a Grassroots Lobby Day, in which hundreds will press the case for withdrawal from Iraq directly with their Congressional Representatives and Senators. The weekend's activities will include a Saturday morning interfaith peace service and organizing workshops on Sunday.

On Thursday, January 11, United for Peace and Justice member groups and allies staged more than 1,000 local protests of Bush's escalation of the Iraq war. UFPJ's March on Washington is the next step in the antiwar movement's national surge of opposition to Bush's escalation of the war.

For more information on the January 27th march on Washington and the January 29th Congressional Lobby Day, visit www.unitedforpeace.org. For interviews with United for Peace and Justice spokespeople or local or national organizations mobilizing for the march, contact Hany Khalil at 212-868-5545 or 718-637-7351, press@unitedforpeace.org

WHAT: Massive peace march in Washington, D.C.

WHEN: Saturday, January 27, 2007. Rally begins at 11:00 am. March to kick off 1:00 pm.

WHERE: Rally on National Mall at 3rd Street. UFPJ has applied for a permit for a march route that goes east on Constitution, south on 1st, west on Independence and returning to the Mall to end.

Media professionals planning to cover the march should register for press credentials at www.unitedforpeace.org.

With more than 1,400 member groups under its umbrella, United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is the nation's largest grassroots peace and justice coalition. Since its founding in October 2002, UFPJ has spurred hundreds of protests and rallies around the country, including the two largest marches against the Iraq war. http://www.unitedforpeace.org

i hope a few Senators join them ...

I just KNEW it was time to come back down.

cool is that? I can't wait to meet you!:bounce: :woohoo:

I smell a Photo Group Sub-Challenge!! Blue and I will be bunking together a couple days. You going to the Hawk and Dove on Friday night? I'd like to meet you, too. :hi:

I wish I could join you (doc won't let me fly) but I WILL be there in spirit! Show them how to do it the Alaska way!! :hug::yourock::loveya::yourock::hug:

there...but will be in spirit....cheers to all attending!! let's make our voices heard!!

a late action attempt?

ongoing DU COMMUNITY PROJECT IN SUPPORT OF CODEPINK AND THE "MASSIVE MARCH"/RALLY IN D.C.
tomorrow night's OP will also offer the additional links furnished by babylonsister.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=3160878&mesg_id=3160878

This needs exposure. March for peace! K&R

:thumbsup:

For peace activists everywhere.

:thumbsup:

Thanks for posting.
It is necessary.
And if we can go, we will be there!

:hug:

along with CODEPINK of course... http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ & http://www.codepinkalert.org/modinput4.php?modin=68
and check you PM

Hope I get to meet other DUer's this time. In 2005 my brakes went out on the way and while we got to the march, ended up leaving early due to the car and never met a single person from DU. :(

leaves western PA at 5 a.m. on 27th and am not sure when arriving or when leaving later in the afternoon. I'll print out the DU itinery and a map and hopefully can find you all.

I am so excited! :woohoo:

I'll be the one with a bright blue painted cane, with peace signs on it in red and white, and a walking cast. It will be the second time I've marched on DC with a broken ankle, just didn't know it in 2005. :crazy:

:hi:

a very high tolerance for pain. lol I'm a tough old broad!

:hi:

bus. I hope we have more coverage than just CSpan this time. Can't wait to be there.

with the changes in Congress we will get it this time.

Are you on a day trip or staying? I wish we could have stayed, but alas too broke and sister's kids have school on Mon.

:hi:

WHERE: Rally on National Mall at 3rd Street. UFPJ has applied for a permit for a march route that goes east on Constitution, south on 1st, west on Independence and returning to the Mall to end.

The permit gets approved by who? National Park Service? Just wondering.

Well, one thing is for sure..,..there will lots of black surburbans and sharp shooters all over along with the marchers. Hope it gets plenty of coverage across the world so they all see we all aren't like the crappers in the wh now.

:kick:

Not Cleveland 40s, which feels like low 20s when you factor in wind chill. I was comfortable during the Coronation of 2005 despite it being 36 degrees.

Think I'll march in my swim suit. :)

See you there!

:kick:

gonna be there!

K&R

Get your sorry ass down, up, or over to DC. Just do it. Its time.

kick for all who can do this and for those of us unable to join in. My excuse is I am beyond broke, but am protesting locally.

:yourock:

:cry: :cry: :cry:

We've had 3 KOEB meetups & none of you guys has EVER made it! :cry:

dg

This war needs to end and more importantly, THE MAJOR MEDIA NEEDS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. You can't just pretend we don't exist all because we're not mirroring your unwavering support of this failure or his oil/cash/markets war.

but will Bush? :shrug: He's already made his decision and Congress, at best, will vote on a non-binding resolution.

Hey, I love a peace march as much as anyone but it's an exercise in futility. We've done this before and Bush dismissed us a "focus group".

Don't get me wrong, I'm with you folks 100% and would be there myself if not for physical limitations, but don't expect any miracles, any epiphany from Bush for your efforts. Just have fun and vent your collective spleens. ;)

Gotta figure out about meeting up with some DU'ers!! :bounce:

:) Lots of posts there!

dg

. . . does it make a sound?

After watching CSpan do close-ups for hours on tangential podium speeches while hundreds of thousands march behind them, unseen by America...

After searching the internet for traffic cam views of thousands of marchers while the corpomedia maintains stony silence....

Who will tell the people?

Write to your local newspaper and TV stations and let them know that you and several hundred (or more) folks from the area will be in D.C. and all your friends and relatives who can't come along will be looking to the news sources for the story. If they believe they will sell several hundred extra copies of the Sunday newspaper if they put photos on the front page, they will do it. If the 11 o'clock TV news folks think they will get more people tuning in for the story, they will put it on. If they don't, be sure to let them hear about it!

Coming in from the Bay Area. SF is having its own march, but I want to be right in Chimpy's front yard.

saying HI in your individual state threads too. Might be neat to know who-s from DU. Most people I meet have never heard of Dem. Underground. I'm going BTW from NC. Hopefully will add pics on flickR.com

Rutgers Against the War is having a bus going down to D.C. for only $15! If I do go, which I think I will, I'd love to meet up with all the DUers I can. PM me with some extra info about what is going on down there and such!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=148&topic_id=2338&mesg_id=2338

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=148x2525

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=148&topic_id=2369&mesg_id=2369

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=148x2516

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=148x2518

I'm getting excited!!!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

dg

in person. I'll be in Seattle. Join a group close to u.

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This is a Peace March!!

my bad.

violence to clamp down more on our freedoms. Remember MLK.

nt

Can anyone guide me to some protests in Colorado?

by insurance costs here in FLORIDA! Knocked over is a better word for it! I simply CAN NOT believe how much it's going to cost us for insurance this year!

I will protest here locally in Sarasota, but OH, how I wish I could be THERE!!!

Had to miss the protests in 2002-03 because of physical problems, but I'm mended now and even more pissed. I don't have enough hair anymore to wear flowers in it, but being an angry curmudgeon has its advantages, too.

I'm a broke-ass college student, but my 20th birthday was yesterday (the 20th) and Hillary announced her candidacy for President. So, I guess I'm spending all of my birthday money (and a bit extra) to go there. I think I'll be going on Amtrack Detroit to Toledo and then straight to DC. After that, my biggest worry is about finding some way to afford hotels... It'll only cost about $150 to get there and back, but my worry is about housing from the 26th to the 28th...

Vive' la revolution!

I can't wait to be a part of history :-)

I'm thinking a cartoon of Bush dressed as Napoleon saying "If at first you don't succeed try, try Iran".

Or

IMPEACH THE SON OF A BUSH

As Prince says:

Now's the time 2 find a rhyme (Yeah)
That's got a reason and frees the mind (Yeah)
From angry thoughts, the racist kind (Yeah)
If we all wanna a change then come on get in line
Next time we march (Whoa)
We're kickin' down the door
Next time we march (Whoa)
All is what we're marchin' 4

One of the last rallys against the war I went to I got teargassed (Colorado Springs) so it would be nice to go to one without looking over your shoulder watching for the brownshirts coming for us again.

A rally like this is important not only to show the Congress that we, as a people, are united as a nation opposed to the war, but to meet others of the same ideals and get to communicating.

Unfortunately, the march will have no effect on the criminal sitting in the Oval Office. Anyone that far gone would not understand that the majority of the nation is against him, much less care.

She brushed it off.