END THE WAR NOW!
5th Anniversary of the Iraq War
Mass March & Rally in Chicago
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 6 pm

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March 19/20 Coalition
ANSWER Chicago

We need your help now! The March 19 mobilization depends on your immediate support. Donations are needed to print tens of thousands of leaflets & stickers, to buy advertising and so much more. Permits, stage & sound for the rally are large expenses that must be met in order to ensure the success of the action. Please consider making a generous donation today.

To donate click the donate button above, call ANSWER Chicago at 773-463-0311 to donate over the phone or mail a check to Chicago ANSWER at 3334 W. Lawrence #202, Chicago, IL 60625.

Donations are not tax-deductible for federal income tax purposes

Schedule & Logistics

Gather 6 pm at Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn)
Rally, then March to Washington Square Park
Click here for directions to Federal Plaza
Call 773-463-0311 for more information

We need everyone who can to volunteer and donate in order to make this demonstration of thousands of people as successful as possible.
For public transit information in the city go to: http://www.transitchicago.com/; For regional transit info go to: http://www.metrarail.com/. For driving or walking directions to Federal Plaza click here.

Schedule
4:30 pm - Set up
Federal Plaza (Adams & Dearborn)

5 pm - ANSWER Volunteer Check-in
To volunteer on March 19 click here
Look for the ANSWER table at Federal Plaza

6 pm - Rally
Speakers, Chairs & Performers Include
Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Iraqi Refugee Family
Jenine Wehbeh speaking on Palestine
Matt Heffernan, Morton West Anti-war Students
John Beacham, ANSWER Chicago
Richard Berg, Teamsters Local 743
Bagwis, Filipino Rock Band
Angela Haban, Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism
Pat Hunt, Chicago CODEPink
Emma Lozano, Pueblo Sin Fronteras
Jorge Mujica, Midwest Committee in Defense of Immigrant Rights
Jeff Leys, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Kicking at the Darkness, Leyden Township High School Poets
Kuumba Lynx

7 pm - March
March in the ANSWER Contingent. We'll have powerful amplified sound, chants led by young people from all communities, banners, placards and flags from countries under attack by U.S. imperialism. To march in the contingent click here, call 773-463-0311, come to the ANSWER table or meet us in the march!

March Route
North on Clark
East on Whacker
North on Michigan
West on Delaware to Washington Square Park