[WCUSP] January 27 Action in Washington

[Odile Hugonot Haber]

> An urgent message from United for Peace and Justice
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> The election sent a clear pro-peace, pro-withdrawal message to
> Congress—but, the war, the funds for the war (which are likely to
> renewed by Congress), and the bloodshed, continue. The cost for the
> entire country now stands at $343 billion—and just for AA alone, about
> $109 million. (Click on http://costofwar.com/index.html for details.)
> Find below the United for Peace and Justice announcement for a major
> peace action on January 27-29 in Washington—a national demonstration
> on the 27th, a conference and lobbying training on the 28th, followed
> by Congressional lobbying on the 29th. For UFPJ, the campaign against
> war and for peace in the Middle East now enters a new phase, aimed at
> ensuring that the end of the occupation of Iraq begins in the next few
> months and at pushing the administration to bring both regional powers
> and representatives of the Iraqi factions into negotiations that
> address transition. (No one pretends that this will be easy but the
> UFPJ position is that continuation of the US occupation can only make
> things worse: a majority of Iraqis want the US to leave.)
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> Please commit just 1-3 days in January to support this major
> peaceeffort.
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> About UFPJ: UFPJ is a national coalition of some 90 national member
> organizations and about 1,300 local peace and justice organizations.
> It is organized democratically; its membership is really broad, and
> united by a commitment to achieve just alternatives to war and
> militarism: To give some idea of the range, national members include
> such organizations as the American Friends Service Committee, the
> American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; CODEPINK, the Green
> Party, Greenpeace, Historians Against the War, the Institute for
> Policy Studies, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Jewish Voice for Peace,
> Latinos for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, the National
> Organization for Women, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Youth
> and Student Peace Coalition, Pax Christi USA, Peace Action,
> Progressive Democrats of America, RainbowPUSH Coalition, Tikkun
> Community, US Labor Against the War/AFT, US Campaign to End the
> Israeli Occupation, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the
> War, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Z
> Magazine--and many more. UFPJ decisions are made by an elected
> steering committee and through regular interaction with local member
> groups through email and phone conferences. If your local groupis not
> aUFPJ member, I urge you to consider doing this. It's easy and
> requires only a commitment to UFPJ's goal and a modestorganizational
> contribution(that's how UFPJ's dedicated and underpaid staff keep
> going). Further info at http://unitedforpeace.org.
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> UFPJ's message follows. If you've read this far, you'll see it below!
> Questions? Feel free to contact me at the sender address. Thanks
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