March 19 Mass Anti-war Protest in Chicago 3 weeks away
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Your help is needed to make this important nationally-coordinated protest as big as possible. Click the links on this page to find out how you can help spread the word or go to http://www.chicagoanswer.net/March 19.htm. To make an urgently needed donation click here!

There will be hundreds of powerful anti-war actions all over the country on Wednesday, March 19, the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq war. Every day that the war continues $400 million will be spent on unnecessary mass destruction and death - money that is badly needed for schools, healthcare, housing, to create jobs and so much more. The war is a catastrophe that should end immediately, not in 2009, 2013 or 2020. March 19 is an opportunity to continue building resistance to the war criminals in the Bush Administration, the Pentagon and Congress. 

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Please read this important appeal for
urgently needed donations

On the night of March 19th there will be a very important protest against the Iraq war in Chicago. It is coordinated with worldwide protests on the 5^th Anniversary. Dozens of anti-war, social justice and community groups are actively building for the action.

We are urging all ANSWER supporters and friends to do whatever they can to help make March 19 as big and as successful as possible.

This year will mark the 5^th anniversary of a brutal war and occupation that should have never started. The Iraq war is the second longest war in U.S. history. The occupation of Iraq will end, but only as a result of the direct intervention of the people. The politicians in both parties have proved time and time again with their actions over the last seven years that they are fully committed to the phony “war on terror” that is destroying millions of lives in the name of domination and greed.

This year - while the war will kill tens of thousands of Iraqis and hundreds of U.S. troops - the politicians will be concerned solely with securing millions in campaign contributions to get elected and not on fulfilling the will of the people to end the war. A war that will cost over $200 billion this year alone!

The economy is in ruins and millions of working people, especially from poor and disenfranchised communities, are suffering as a direct result of the war spending and the criminal slashing of badly needed social services and safety nets. What people need now is help through tough economic times. They need jobs, food, healthcare, housing and so much more - not what the leading presidential candidates of both parties are promising: decades of military spending for an occupation that virtually all Iraqis oppose.

Staying in the streets and building an independent people’s movement is more important than ever. In order to keep building this movement ANSWER Chicago needs your help now.

If you are committed to ending the war, we are counting on you to make the largest donation you possibly can at this time. We need to cover substantial costs related to permits, insurance, sound, stage and many other necessary expenses for the day of the demonstration. Whether you can donate $5 or $50, $1 or $1,000 we need your donations now! Every single dollar will be a great aid in making March 19 a big success.

Click here to make a donation now! 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.

We also need your help to promote the March protest. ANSWER volunteers plan to distribute at least 50,000 leaflets.  If you cannot help us leaflet, then please consider making a donation to help with the production of leaflets, stickers and posters. To find out more about getting leaflets, volunteering and helping to build March 19 click here.

Click here to make a much needed donation now!

We’ll see you on the streets on March 19! Together, we will end the war!

John Beacham
Coordinator – ANSWER Chicago
http://www.chicagoanswer.net
773-463-0311

Let's march on the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War
Act Now! Vote with your feet on March 19!

March 19 is the 5th Anniversary of the criminal U.S. War on Iraq. In direct opposition to the will of the people, the White House and Congress continue to escalate the brutal occupation of Iraq. Just a week ago, Washington unleashed the largest bombing campaign of the war—terrorizing a Baghdad suburb.

Millions of Iraqis have been killed and made refugees by the war. 4,000 U.S. soldiers from mostly poor families have died. According to the Veterans Administration over 100,000 soldiers have been wounded or disabled as a result of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bush Administration and Congress have spent $500 billion on the war. Everyone in power - and every front running candidate for President - is talking about continuing the occupation and keeping U.S. troops in Iraq for years and decades to come.

There are more U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan now than at anytime since 2003. There are currently 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 28,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. There are over 25,000 private security mercenaries assisting the occupation of Iraq. The U.S. has built its largest embassy ever in Baghdad. Heavily fortified, it stretches for five square miles. 6,000 employees work in the U.S. embassy in Iraq. There are 14 permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

The Pentagon and the U.S. corporate establishment have no intention of leaving Iraq or the region. They must be driven out. For over eighty years now, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party have been completely united on dominating the Middle East. The twin parties of war are also completely united on attacking Iran and backing Israel's criminal blockade of Gaza.

The Iraq War is the second longest in U.S. history.

Considering these grim facts about the callous U.S. aggression against the people of Iraq and the Middle East, what will it take to win the struggle to end the war? What will stop the growing racism, oppression, poverty and injustice at home which is directly related to the war? These are very important questions five years into our worldwide campaign to bring the troops home and to build solidarity with the people of Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan, Iran, Korea, the Philippines, Cuba, Venezuela and all who are under attack from the U.S. corporate war machine.

Global resistance to U.S. imperialism is growing. All over the world people are fighting back. For the people of the U.S. to play their part in a victorious struggle against the war, we must take it upon ourselves to build new centers of independent power based on energetic mass organizing and militant protest activity in the streets. We are confident that the people of the U.S., especially the most oppressed, will build this kind of movement. It is becoming more necessary with every passing day.