Danny Glover, actor:
"We must keep marching ... before the elections and after the elections ... until we win
justice for the homeless, the unemployed and we bring the troops home now ... Come out on
Oct. 17th."
Dear Activists and Organizers,
OVER 1,000 SOLDIERS DEAD & COUNTING - TENS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQI'S DEAD - MANY MORE WOUNDED -
THIS MUST END NOW!
On Oct. 17 in Washington, D.C., you will have a timely and historic opportunity to unite the
anti-war movement with an unprecedented and vitally necessary mass march of working people
speaking for themselves. This is a rare opportunity and the latest casualty numbers from
Iraq show that it could not come at a more critical time. We cannot and must not rely on the
elections in November to stop the war. We must raise our voices loud--not after the elections--
right now.
Some of the strongest voices and most active groups in the labor movement, together with the
active support and participation of organizations representing every progressive movement and
cause, will be "getting on the bus" to D.C. on Sunday, Oct. 17, for the MILLION WORKER MARCH.
What makes the Million Worker March unique is that the event's principal organizers want to
make the anti-war movement's demand to "End the occupation of Iraq, and bring the troops home
now" central to the march's message and its goals.
Working people are coming to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 17 because whether their concern is about
jobs, decent wages, layoffs, union busting, the battle to protect our pensions and Social
Security, or to make health care a universal right instead of a privilege for the wealthy--with
all we face, we had better raise our own voices and act in our own interests instead of relying
on the next president, whoever that will be. And the MWM will also be calling for the troops to
be brought home--not two, three or four years from today, but NOW!
Why? Because it is working families who bear the burden.
It is their loved ones who are sent off to fight and die-- and it is workers' money that is
stolen to pay for war and occupation.
The call for a Million Worker March came from one of the most well known labor organizations
in the country, famous for its long history of militancy, boldness and courage in defense of
working people-Local 10 of the International Longshore Workers Union in San Francisco.
Over the past few months this call has rolled across the country, picking up the support of
scores of labor unions, labor activists and leaders including:
The Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists; Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer, AFSCME; National
Education Association; American Postal Workers Union; Transportation Workers Union Local 100
(NY); AFSCME District Council 1707 (NY); AFSCME District Council 37 (NY); 1199/SEIU Delegates
Assembly; South Carolina AFL-CIO; Farm Labor Organizing Committee; AFSCME District Council 92
(MD); D.C. Labor Against The War; Rev. Jesse Jackson; International ANSWER; actor Danny Glover;
American Indian Movement; ILWU Local 34; Troy and Albany Labor Council (NY); United For Peace &
Justice; National Immigration Solidarity Network; New York City Labor Against the War; Global
Women's Strike; Teamsters Black Caucus; comedian Dick Gregory; Myra Shone and Ralph Schoenman,
Taking Aim, Pacifica; National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 3825; Howard Wallace,
co-founder, Pride at Work; Jim Houghton, Director, Harlem Fight Back; Justice 4 Homeless,
SF; United Steel Workers of America Local 8751; International Action Center; former U.S.
Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council; Howard Zinn, historian;
Noam Chomsky, linguist; AFSCME Local 95, Local 205, Local 215,Local 389,Loca167,Local 1881,
Local 1930; ILWU Entire West Coast division; CUE Local 3; Chuck Turner, Boston City Council;
Felix Arroyo, Boston City Council; Greater Roxbury Workers Association; and many more.
We urge you to work to make the Oct. 17 Million Worker March in D.C. the next major event for
the entire anti-war movement. If we all rise to this challenge, we will put the next president
and Congress on notice that we will accept no excuses for prolonging the occupation of Iraq and
wasting lives and precious resources that should go toward satisfying people's needs like housing
and schools.
Moreover, we will have helped to forge a critical alliance between the grassroots of the labor
movement and the anti- war movement that would represent a whole new level of unity, potential
and power.
Does this sound like something worth working for? Does this sound like something you've been
waiting for? You can help make it happen.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
DOWNLOAD ANTIWAR 4 Million Worker March Flyers From http://www.answerboston.org or
http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org
ATTEND THE SEPT. 25 ORGANIZERS MEETING: 10:00am at USWA L.
8751 Boston School Bus Drivers & Monitors, 25 Colgate Rd.
Roslindale, MA. This meeting is open to all who want to get involved in building this
important demonstration.
BECOME AN ORGANIZING CENTER FOR OCT. 17: We are asking anti-war activists and groups to set
up local organizing centers for the Million Worker March. Start meeting, planning, and
reserving buses to go to Washington. Anti-war coalitions and groups need to let us know
ASAP if their group can be listed as an Oct.17. Organizing center, in their locality or region.
GET BUSES: make a goal of organizing a bus/or buses from your union, school, work place,
churches, neighborhood, organization or club.
RESERVE A SEAT ON THE BOSTON BUSES: Tickets are $50 + $5 suggested donation to help those who
can't afford it. Seats can be reserved/purchased at http://www.answerboston.org.
Boston buses will depart from Roxbury Community College at 10:30pm, Saturday, Oct. 16 and
return early Monday, Oct 18.
SEND A $$$ DONATION TO HELP PAY FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION: We want to make sure that everyone
who wants to come to Washington on Oct. 17 can, regardless of whether they have only a few
dollars to give for a bus seat, or even nothing. We want to, wherever possible, make
transportation free to young people, unemployed people, and others who are barely getting by.
Your generous contribution will go along way towards helping this happen.
MAKE CHECKS/MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO: ANSWER Boston/Oct.17 Buses or make a donation on-line at
http://www.answerboston.org/donate/donate.html.
Tax Deductible donations over $50 can be made payable to Peoples Rights Fund.
· ORGANIZATIONS, JOIN THE LIST OF ENDORSERS
· FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO FRIENDS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ANYONE
ELSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME
· AND ORGANIZE OTHERS TO COME
GET ON THE BUS:
* TO BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!* FOR MONEY & FOR JOBS NOT
WAR!* FOR A LIVING WAGE!* AGAINST LAYOFFS, UNION BUSTING, & FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS!* FOR THE
RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS!* BECAUSE YOUNG PEOPLE NEED JOBS NOT JAILS!* TO END THE OCCUPATION
OF IRAQ!* TO DEFEND CIVIL RIGHTS! * BECAUSE WORKING PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK IN THEIR OWN VOICE!
In solidarity,
Steve Gillis, President, USWA L. 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers & Monitors*
Ed Childs, Chief Shop Steward, Local 26 HERE-UNITE*
Rachel Nasca, AFSCME L. 3650, Harvard Univ.*
Chuck Turner, Boston City Council, District 7*
Felix Arroyo, Boston City Council, At-Large*
Dorothea Peacock, Women's Fightback Network
Josue Renaud, New England Human Rights Organization for Haiti
Jorge Marin, Bolivarian Circle of Boston - Martin Luther King Jr.*
Lyn Meza, Retired VP Local 201 IUE-CWA, Chelsea Uniting Against the War*
Stephanie Nichols, Youth and Students for Million Worker March
Angela and Francisco Rodriguez, Community Activists Against Racial Profiling
Liza Green, Stonewall Warriors
* for ID purposes only
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LOCAL CONTACT:
A.N.S.W.E.R. Boston
(Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
284 Amory St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-6626
info@answerboston.org
http://www.answerboston.org
NATIONAL CONTACT:
AntiWar4theMillionWorkerMarch@action-mail.org
39 W. 14th Street, #206
NYC, NY 10011
212-633-6646
http://antiwar4themillionworkermarch.org
