[Marxism] EXPLORATORY LETTER: UNIFIED NATIONAL ACTION DURING MARCH 2008

[Andrew Pollack <acpollack2@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx .
 
Thank you.
Spring Mobilization working group
New England United
http://www.newenglandunited.org/
  
       
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