| March 18: Unite to Demand Immediate, Complete, Unconditional Withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq! | ||
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Troops Out Now Coalition Statement on Withdrawal from Iraq On the 3rd Anniversary of the war, let's make our message clear: A Call to Unite Around the Demand for an: Immediate Complete Unconditional Withdrawal of All Occupying Forces from Iraq |
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| Troops Out Now Coalition Response to the State of the Union | ||
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Bush's State of the Union - Endless War and Domestic Repression Traditionally, the State of the Union address is an opportunity for Presidents to highlight their accomplishments and to lay out their vision for the coming years. Tonight, President George W. Bush, in his address, failed on both counts, because the past year has been one of horrific blunders on every front, and he has no new proposals to offer, merely a tired call to "stay the course." |
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| Activists Vow to Shut Down Army Recruiting Sites | ||
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Haider Rizvi NEW YORK, Jan 19 (IPS) - A leading coalition of peace groups in the United States is planning to stage nationwide protests against the U.S. war in Iraq on Mar. 19, the day when U.S.-led military forces invaded that country three years ago. The group, which has organised a series of massive anti-war rallies in the past, says its renewed campaign will be focused on blocking U.S. military recruiting centres in hundreds of cities and towns across the country. |
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| Rosa Parks Day Roundup Report | ||
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‘Live like Rosa Parks—Fight poverty, racism and war’ Activists in dozens of U.S. cities honored Rosa Parks on Dec. 1 by continuing her legacy of struggle. The Troops Out Now Coalition issued the call in June to mark the 50th anniversary of the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus as a National Day of Absence Against Poverty, Racism and War. The day took on greater urgency with the continued occupation of Iraq, the government’s blatantly racist response to Hurricane Katrina, and the death of Rosa Parks. Larry Holmes of the Troops Out Now Coalition said, “We felt that, now more than ever, it was important to honor her by attempting to relaunch that movement, and to push the antiwar movement forward by linking the struggle against the war with the struggle against racism and the struggles of working people.” |
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| Fighting Spirit of Rosa Parks Lives in Boston | ||
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The Fighting Spirit of Rosa Parks Lives in Boston Over 2000 Declare Rosa Parks Human Rights Day in the Streets - Students City-wide Defy School Superintendent’s Racist Ban For over 5 hours the streets of Boston were alive with chants, music and speeches honoring fallen African American Liberation leader Rosa Parks. Several hundred students from Boston’s elementary, middle and high schools were joined by teachers, school bus drivers and monitors. University students rallied beside union members, people form community organizations, and lesbian, gay, bi and trans activists. Anti-war, women’s rights and anti-police brutality activists, political and religious leaders together honored Rosa Parks with a call for No Work, No School, No Shopping on Dec. 1st, a National Day of Absence against Poverty, Racism and War. |
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| Detroit Rosa Parks Day Teach-In | ||
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Detroit 'Day of Absence' Honors Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement Teach-In held at Central United Methodist Church on Dec. 1 By Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor Pan-African News Wire .. In a national campaign initiated prior to the transition of Mrs. Parks, the Troops Out Now Coalition called for a 'Day of Absence' in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the civil rights movement. Events were held in dozens of cities throughout the United States. City Council resolutions were passed in support of this people's holiday in numerous urban areas including Oakland, CA, Baltimore, MD, Boston, MA and Detroit, MI. In Detroit the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice (MECAWI) hosted a seven hour teach-in at the Central United Methodist Church located on Woodward avenue at Adams in the downtown area. The event featured films, speakers and discussions on some of the significant issues facing the continuing movement for civil rights in the twenty-first century. |
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| REPORT ON DEC. 1 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Rosa Parks Day event | ||
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REPORT ON DEC. 1 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Rosa Parks Day event Teach-In Honors Local Civil Rights Leaders By L. Denis In the city described by civil rights leaders in the 1960s as "the Selma of the North," the mayor and city council of Springfield, Mass. issued two separate proclamations honoring Rosa Parks. These tributes and other were read during a teach-in at Springfield Technical Community College, located in the heart of the city's African American community. |
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| Rosa Parks Day in Durham, NC | ||
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Theresa El-Amin, Vice President of the North Carolina NAACP, chairs strong rally in Durham hears from Civil Rights veterans, the Acting Mayor of Durham, who read the city council resolution declaring Dec 1 Rosa Parks Day, the Millions More Movement, Yolanda Carrington of FIST, and more! Report by Raleigh N.C. F.I.S.T. |
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| Rosa Parks Day Anti-War Teach-In in Aukland, NZ | ||
| Workers Against the War of Terror (Wawot) held a successful 'Teach-In' in Auckland for anti-war activists on Sunday Dec 4, 2-5pm. | ||
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| San Diego speaks out against Poverty War and Racism on Rosa Parks Day | ||
| Activists speak out against poverty, racism and war, march, stage rally and view film on Rosa Parks' life. | ||
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| Rosa Parks Day in Columbus, Ohio | ||
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In Columbus, Ohio, thousands heard the Rosa Parks Day Message of Resistance. Three events took place..a two hour downtown march around lunchtime, a three hour rally at the statehouse from 3-7PM, and a 7-9 pm candlelight vigil on the west side. |
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| New York City Council Declares Dec 1 “Rosa Parks Day” | ||
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New York City Council Declares Dec 1 “Rosa Parks Day” Calls on businesses and schools to close Massive March and Rally on Wall Street Against Poverty, Racism, and War Wall St. & Broadway Dec 1, 3:00 – 6:00 pm Today the New York City Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring December 1 “Rosa Parks Day.” December 1 is the 50th anniversary of the day that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, an act that launched the modern Civil Rights Movement. |
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| Recent News Coverage of Rosa Parks Day | ||
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--Recent News Coverage of the Dec 1 Rosa Parks National Day of Absence -- Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) To Pay Tribute To Rosa Parks CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Charlotte Area Transit System will be observing Nation Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day on Thursday. -- COLOMBUS LEDGER IN GEORGIA NY City Council considers Rosa Parks holiday Associated Press NEW YORK - The day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of an Alabama bus could become a holiday in New York City. A group of City Council members is pushing for Dec. 1 to be a citywide holiday where public and private offices would be encouraged to close, and schoolchildren would attend events commemorating the civil rights leader who died last month at age 92. |
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| New York City to Honor Rosa Parks with Wall Street Rally and March on December 1 | ||
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New York City to Honor Rosa Parks with Wall Street Rally and March on December 1 Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Ramsey Clark, City Council Member Charles Barron, Ben Cheney to address Wall St. Rally Against War, Poverty & Racism On December 1, in dozens of cities and towns, tens of thousands of activists will honor Rosa Parks with a Nationwide Day of Absence Against Poverty, Racism & War. In New York, the day will be marked by a massive rally and march, beginning at Wall Street and Broadway at 3:00 pm. |
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| NYC City Hall Press Conference to call for businesses to close on Rosa Parks Day | ||
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City Council to declare Rosa Parks Day Urging businesses to let workers off early to attend Wall St. rally On Wednesday, November 30, members of the NY City Council will join Civil Rights leaders, community organizers, members of the clergy, and antiwar activists to declare December 1 “Rosa Parks Day.” Last week, the subcommittee on cultural affairs unanimously passed the resolution and it will go before the full Council on Wednesday. |
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| Press Coverage of Rosa Parks Day | ||
| Coverage from the Boston Globe, Scoop News, New York Post and others report Rosa Parks Day | ||
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| Activists plan massive march on Wall St. Dec 1 Across the U.S., cities declare Rosa Parks Day | ||
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Activists plan massive march on Wall St. Dec 1 Across the U.S., cities declare Rosa Parks Day NYC: Wall Street & Broadway 2-6pm Nov. 19, 2005--Yesterday (Friday), a New York City Council committee unanimously passed a resolution declaring December 1 as Rosa Parks Day and calling on local businesses and schools to close or allow people to leave early to participate in a massive rally on Wall Street. |
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| Rosa Parks Day resolutions passed by cities across the country | ||
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Across the U.S., cities say "Honor Rosa Parks by continuing the struggle." November 20, 2005--In city after city, activists have succeeded in passing Rosa Parks Day resolutions, calling for December 1 as a day to honor the Civil Rights giant with a day of absence, calling on local businesses and schools to close or allow people to leave to participate in the Day of Absence. Resolutions have been passed in Boston, New York City, Oakland CA, Baltimore, Detroit, and Cleveland. Ohio and Michigan have declared December 1 as Rosa Parks Day statewide. |
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| Dec. 1st Rosa Parks Anniversary National Day of Absence Against Racism, Poverty and War On Dec. 1st, 12 Noon at Downtown Federal Building in Los Angeles | ||
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Dec. 1st Rosa Parks Anniversary National Day of Absence Against Racism, Poverty and War On Dec. 1st, 12 Noon at Downtown Federal Building in Los Angeles Shut Down the War! No Work, School or Shopping - Protests Around the Country (323) 936-7266/ FEMA Eviction Threat Begs Question: How Do We Honor Rosa Parks? |
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| Rosa Parks Day Press Conference - Oct 27 1pm City Hall | ||
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“The only thing that bothered me was that we waited so long to make this protest ”- Rosa Parks October 25, 2005 Press Conference on the Steps of City Hall to Honor Rosa Parks Proposed Council Resolution will make Dec. 1 Anniversary of Arrest "Rosa Parks Day" Groups Plan December 1 Anniversary Day of Absence and Wall St. March against Poverty, Racism, and War On Thursday, October 27, at 1:00 p.m., NY City Council Member Charles Barron will be joined by many of his colleagues on the Council including Yvette Clarke, Tracey Boyland, Bill Perkins, Al Vann, and Annabel Palma, as well as members of the NY State legislature and scores of community, antiwar, student, clergy and labor activists for a press conference on the steps of city hall in support of a City Council resolution to declare December 1st Rosa Parks Day in NYC. |
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| Rosa Parks Day - Honor her memory by continuing the struggle | ||
Rosa Parks Day She sat down so we can stand up We mourn the passing of a civil rights giant Let's honor her memory by continuing the struggle DEC 1 - Rosa Parks Anniversary Nationwide Day of Absence Against Poverty, Racism, & War Actions in more than 100 cities nationwide. March on Wall Street in NYC /Dec. 1 National Day of Absence |
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| Press Conference on the steps of City Hall Thursday, October 27, 1:00 p.m. to announce Rosa Parks Anniversary National Day of Absence | ||
| On Thursday, October 27, at 1:00 p.m., NY City Council Member Charles Barron will join with other elected officials, students, educators, trade unionists, peace activists, clergy, and civil rights movement veterans in support of the Rosa Parks Anniversary Nationwide Day of Absence Against Poverty Racism and War. | ||
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| Outrage in the streets of Argentina direct result of U.S. policies, not the presence of Venezuelan President say organizers of Venezuela Solidarity Evening | ||
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On Tuesday, November 8 at 6:30 pm, the growing opposition to the Bush Adminstration’s policies in Latin America and worlwide will be heard in Manhattan’s Town Hall (123 W. 43rd St.). |
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| US FILIPINOS PROTEST NATIONWIDE FOR ARREST OF US MARINE GANG RAPISTS IN PHILIPPINES, TERMINATION OF US-RP MILITARY AGREEMENT | ||
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NY/SF/LA/Seattle-- The national alliance of Filipino organizations in the US known as Bayan USA launched nationally-coordinated protest actions in 4 major US cities yesterday as part of a quick reaction demanding justice for the unnamed 22 year old Filipina woman in Olangapo City, Philippines who suffered and survived a brutal gang rape by six US marines last Tuesday. |
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| Interview with Sara Flounders of the Troops Out Now Coalition | ||
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I N T E R V I E W Our correspondent, Mehdi Geramifard has talked to Sarah Flounders, Organizer of “Troops Out Now Coalition” in New York on continuation of chaos in Iraq. Question: More than two years after the invasion of Iraq and more than one year after transfer of power to the new Iraqi government, there have been nearly five hundred car bombings. Why does chaos continue in Iraq? Answer: The United States is facing in Iraq today a resistance that they never expected, predicted or planed for and that they cannot defeat. No matter how much money they throw at it, they have an alliance with a completely corrupt grouping in Iraq and the money goes like water into sand. They cannot throw enough soldiers at it because they no longer have enough soldiers. |
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| Random searches under fire from civil rights advocates | ||
| “What we’re talking about is much more than the violation of an abstract right,” Larry Holmes of the Troops Out Now Coalition said in a statement. “It is a dangerous policy of racial, ethnic and religious profiling.” | ||
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| Arrests in NY as thousands take to streets | ||
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Police made dozens of arrests as thousands of anti-war demonstrators, some carrying flag-draped coffins, marched in New York today to mark the second anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq. While a crowd of several thousand people gathered for a rally in Manhattan's Central Park, hundreds more took part in isolated acts of organised civil disobedience that targeted army recruiting stations around the city. |
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| Anger and Grief Mark Second Anniversary of Iraq War | ||
| NEW YORK, Mar 19 (IPS) - Joining others around the world, tens of thousands of people in cities across the United States took to the streets Saturday calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq and immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from that country. | ||
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| May Day’s meaning not forgotten at Village marches | ||
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In Union Sq., hundreds stood on the south plaza, listening to speeches from groups as diverse as No Draft No Way, the Troops Out Now Coalition, D.C. 1707, the I.W.W. and Billionaires for Bush. Billionaire Ms. Diva Denz — “as in, the dividends that I get from this administration” — gave her tongue-in-cheek take on May Day. “We’re here to lower the minimum wage, to continue our campaign of blood for oil, and ultimately to privatize this park in addition to Washington Sq. Park.” They sipped champagne from tapered fluted glasses, a purposeful counterpoint to the workers standing in union jackets nearby. |
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| “Today in Palestine,” Every Day | ||
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The headlines are often infuriating. Reports of Palestinians killed or injured, land theft, poverty, illegal detentions, expansion of the Apartheid wall's route. But Shadi does not forget to include the positive. Reports of resistance, action calls, solidarity events. Many readers find Shadi's "Today in Palestine" updates to be indispensable daily reading. |
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| Samia Halaby: Message to the Anti War Rally, July 31, 2005 at Marcus Garvey Park | ||
| Am I talking about Harlem? Palestine? Iraq? South Africa? Afghanistan? I could be talking about any number of other oppressed nations? It is one pattern created by one enemy. | ||
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| Army deserter brings message to Hub protest | ||
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Carl Webb, a Texas Army National Guard deserter, visited the Hub last week to protest the prospect of a future military draft alongside over a dozen anti-war demonstrators who marched and chanted outside the Armed Forces Career Center at 141 Tremont Street. Last July, Webb could hardly wait to finish his three-year stint in the Texas Army National Guard. After serving 14 years in the military, seven on active duty, Webb was beyond fed up with armed service; he had become a fervent anti-war activist. |
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| Hounded by recruiters: Uncle Sam really, really wants you... | ||
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A couple of months ago, Kim Rosario found an improbable e-mail message in her Monster.com inbox. The mother of a U.S. soldier, she travels the country publicly denouncing Washington's policies in Iraq, and is a featured speaker at an upcoming rally in New York's Central Park to mark the second anniversary of the Mar. 19, 2003 invasion. |
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| Troops Out Now Coalition wins recognition of right to march on May Day | ||
| With a strenuous email/letter/fax/call campaign encouraged by "Troops Out Now" Coalition and the Million Worker March Movement, thousands of people across the U.S. contacted both the Mayor's office and the NYPD, who were also facing an eminent legal challenge. Dozens also turned out for an emergency demonstration at City Hall last week and again this Wednesday, when they were joined by New York City Council members Charles Barron, Margarita Lopez, and Bill Perkins, who called on the Mayor to grant a permit. | ||
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| Black-led protest challenges capitalism, imperialism, and New York's very rich mayor | ||
| "We have made history," declared Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants Council, shouting through a bullhorn from a flatbed truck outside the 125th Street Recruiting Station, to a crowd that stretched for many blocks. "We are standing tall together-as black, Latino, white, working class, Asians-to say we will no longer be taken for granted." | ||
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| Arroyo Rebuilding Martial Law Piece By Piece; But the Blocks Will Come Crumbling Down, Say NY Filipinos | ||
| NEW YORK-- Filipino migrants in New York and New Jersey are in uproar over the crackdown on legitimate, peaceful dissent under the Arroyo administration with the forceful implementation of the No Permit, No Rally and Calibrated Preemptive Response policies. | ||
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| Unite the Anti-war Movement/ Oppose the Occupation of Iraq and Palestine! | ||
| Opposition to the war in Iraq must be seen as part of the anti-war struggle against the endless war of plunder and occupation in the Middle East and throughout the world being carried out in the name of the ""war on terror"." This means supporting an end to all occupations and the right of self-determination for all the nations in the region, especially Palestine, including their right of return. | ||
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| Troops Out Now Coalition On Palestine and the September 24 antiwar protest | ||
| We don’t think that you can make the movement “broader” by narrowing its appeal and relevance. We believe that the idea that the movement should strive to look more white, colorless, and vapid, and that it should be fearful of looking too Arab, Black, Latin, and Asian, is a false notion. There is no power or future in a movement based on this notion. Either the composition, politics and outlook of the antiwar movement in this country is going to reflect the world, or it’s going to be little more than a irrelevant reflection of a distant past. | ||
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| Bush says "Stay the course." The People say "Troops Out Now!" | ||
| It should be clear to everyone by now that corporate-owned politicians will not and cannot stop the war. Only a massive peoples' resistance can stop the war. | ||
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| Troops Out Now Strategy Meeting on Building A United Front to Stop the War | ||
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Activists from across the U.S. and from numerous antiwar, progressive, and labor organizations assembled on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at the Lang Center of New School University for a discussion of strategy and unity in the antiwar movement. This gathering is part of the growing momentum in the antiwar movement for a united front against the war. Polls indicate that the majority of people in the U.S. now oppose the occupation, recruiting numbers are at an all time low, and Bush's approval ratings are falling. This growing opposition can have tremendous impact when it is manifested in the streets. |
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| UNITY CALL TO THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT FROM TROOPS OUT NOW COALITION | ||
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The Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) wholeheartedly and unreservedly joins the activists and groups who are calling for a united mobilization against the war in the fall. The absence of such unity amongst the anti-war coalitions only serves to demoralize rank and file anti-war activists and local forces across the country. The grassroots of the movement are looking to those of us who make decisions to put our differences aside in the interests of the struggle to get the U.S. the hell out of Iraq. |
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| Palestine: Historic Achievement, New Dangers | ||
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Israel's decision to pull 8,000 settlers out of the Gaza Strip has historic implications for the future, not only of Zionism, but also for U.S. domination of the Middle East. For decades Israel, armed to the teeth by Washington, could be counted on to serve U.S. corporate interests and protect the vast profits extracted from this region. It has been a key part of the Pentagon's strategic architecture that has allowed U.S. imperialism to politically and economically dominate the entire region. |
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| Call for the Troops Out Now Coalition | ||
| We propose to set up an OUT NOW coalition, open to all individuals and organizations willing to work together to stop the war. The reason why we are proposing that we call this movement OUT NOW is because these two simple words convey the absolute zero tolerance for the occupation of Iraq that must drive our organizing hence forth. We need everyone to know that the mass movement is re-opening a full-scale campaign to stop the war and end the occupation and that the movement means business. | ||
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| New Year's Eve Message from Ramsey Clark: "We must overcome" | ||
| Citizens of the United States must unite to stop the Bush Administration in its tracks. We are responsible for its acts. The whole world watches and wonders where and what we are while a ruthless, runaway U.S. government wages wars of aggression, “the supreme international crime”, in Iraq, Afghanistan and threaten others: | ||
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