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In Support of the NOAC's Call for a Unified Anti-War Action in the Fall

I sent the following joint statement to the United for Peace and
Justice Steering Committee & Staff (<http://www.unitedforpeace.org/>)
& International ANSWER organizers
(<http://www.internationalanswer.org/>), in support of the Northeast
Ohio Anti-War Coalition's call for a Unified Anti-War Action in the
Fall.  Please encourage organizations in which you are involved to
issue a public statement in support of the NOAC's call and send it to
the UFPJ SC & Staff and ANSWER organizers.

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Dear Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition organizers, the UFPJ Steering
Committee and Staff, & International ANSWER organizers:

At 7:56 AM -0400 7/19/03, Diane S Schurr wrote: 
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 07:56:02 -0400
From: Diane S Schurr <carolandiane@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ufpj-disc] Follow up on the call for a Unified Anti-War
action in the Fall
X-Sender: carolandiane@xxxxxxxx
To: ufpj-disc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Greetings:

We in NOAC appreciate your posting on the UFPJ list serve NOAC's
"Call for Unity of the U.S. Anti-War Movement." We also appreciate
the action taken earlier by UFPJ at your June conference
establishing a liaison committee to work with other peace groups to
promote unity and cooperation in the movement.

We are writing you now to urge that you accept ANSWER's invitation
to cosponsor the October 25 demonstration as stated in their
communication to you: "We would propose that there be an equal
sharing of responsibility for logistics and mobilization and for the
creation of the program on the day of the demonstration."

It seems to us that in the face of the brutal and repressive U.S.
occupation of Iraq, we all have a responsibility to the people
there, to the GIs who want to come home, and to the international
anti-war movement to unite all forces for the largest possible
turnout on October 25 to demand an end to the occupation and for
U.S. troops to be brought home now. All other factors are,
relatively speaking, subordinate to this overriding responsibility.

NOAC has endorsed the October 25 action and is working hard to build
it. As you know, a delegate from our coalition attended the UFPJ
conference in June to urge unity for a fall demonstration. We renew
that appeal now in relation to the planned October 25 demonstration.

The movement throughout the world, which seeks to curb U.S. colonial
and expansionist plans, will warmly welcome the united sponsorship
of both major coalitions for October 25. If unity fails, people who
are the victims of those colonial and expansionist plans, especially
the Iraqis, will not understand why.

We hope that you will poll the UFPJ steering committee expeditiously
for approval of the unity proposal. The sooner the two coalitions
come together on a coequal basis to plan and organize October 25,
the better for both and for the cause of peace on a worldwide basis.

In solidarity,

Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition (NOAC)

cc: ANSWER
    USLAW


For Mother Earth (North-American Coordination Team) and the Student
International Forum at the Ohio State University support the
Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition's call for a unified action on
October 25, 2003 and seek United for Peace and Justice's prompt
endorsement of it.

The Student International Forum will hold an educational event
highlighting Palestinian refugees' plight and the refugees' Right of
Return on Thursday, September 25, 2003, in solidarity with the
Al-Awda/ANSWER/UK Stop the War Coalition's International Days of
Action against the Occupation and Empire, and join the October 25,
2003 action to Bring the Troops Home Now & End the Occupation of
Iraq.  The Ohio State University's Committee for Justice in Palestine
will hold an action against the Israeli occupation on Friday,
September 26, 2003, to be part of the Al-Awda/ANSWER/UK Stop the War
Coalition's International Days of Action, and join the October 25,
2003 action.

On July 19, 20, & 21, Solidarity (Columbus), the Central Ohio Peace
Network (of which Columbus Campaign for Arms Control is a part), and
the Central Ohioans for Peace will have their respective meetings,
and we will work to encourage them to officially support the
Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition's call for a unified action and
endorse the October 25, 2003 action.

We ask all organizers and activists to do the same.  Let's work to
overcome our respective weaknesses, gather all our strengths, unite
all who can be united, and remobilize our communities for joint
actions.

Yoshie Furuhashi, Columbus Campaign for Arms Control/Committee for
Justice in Palestine/Solidarity/Student International Forum
Mark D. Stansbery, For Mother Earth/Columbus Campaign for Arms
Control/The Community Organizing Center
<furuhashi.1@xxxxxxx>, <walk@xxxxxxx>, 614-252-9255

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Yoshie

* Calendars of Events in Columbus:
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>,
<http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/>
* Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio>
* Solidarity: <http://solidarity.igc.org/>

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