[NYTr] New England United - Spring Mobilizations

[All the News That Doesn't Fit]

sent by Andy Pollack - Nov 26, 2007


New England United
http://www.newenglandunited.org/


EXPLORATORY LETTER:  UNIFIED NATIONAL ACTION DURING MARCH 2008:
 
The regional antiwar demonstrations on October 27th were a great
success. The Boston mobilization organized by New England United (NEU)
drew about 10,000 people, including many new activists and young
people.  Nationally, tens of thousands demanded an end to war and
occupation now.

The NEU-sponsored action on October 27 was endorsed by a broad range of
over 200 organizations.  At a follow-up meeting, many members of NEU
believed that we should build on this momentum by bringing together the
antiwar movement in unified national protest in the spring for the
fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. 

Reasons given included: 1) March will be the fifth anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq, and the antiwar movement must come together to demand
an end to this war now; 2) The war plans against Iran are intensifying,
and we have to fight now to stop a war on Iran before it's too late. At
the same time, it was recognized that successful national action in the
spring would require a broad base of support from antiwar organizations
around the country.  Therefore, NEU decided to create a working group
to assess the level of support for such an action, and report back to
our next general meeting in December with both an assessment of
support, and a detailed proposal for a unified national mobilization in
the spring. As an indication of growing interest in national action,
Cindy Sheehan is convening a peace summit in San Francisco in January
to help develop a unified strategy for the peace movement and to
develop a plan for a unified national mobilization in DC during the
March anniversary of the Iraq war.

A strong base of support from the grass-roots organizations around the
country will be necessary to make unified national action a reality. If
your organization is interested in planning for unified national action
in March, please contact us as soon as possible at the following email
address:  spring2008 at lists.riseup.net . Thank you.

Spring Mobilization working group
New England United
http://www.newenglandunited.org/

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