<div class="gmail_quote">We will have Tito speaking about Honduras as well at this rally - do come! </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">paz</div><div class="gmail_quote">Kaveri</div><div class="gmail_quote">
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Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and Occupation JOIN THE STUDENT CONTINGENT!!!!!</h1><div>(look for the banner of the student contingent and let us march together and make this movement happen!)</div>
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<p><strong><em>All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of Palestine!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear Weapons!</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><font color="red">TOMORROW, Saturday, October 17, noon, at Copley Square, Boston</font></strong> we will march and rally to protest the Afghanistan/Pakistan war, the continued occupation of Iraq, the militarist U.S. policies with respect to Palestine, Iran, and nuclear weapons, and the impact of the military budget on human needs at home. </p>
<p>As the Obama administration weighs whether to further escalate troop levels in Afghanistan, the moment could not be more timely to raise our voices in protest!</p>
<p>Music starts at noon featuring hip-hop/jazz ensemble <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/mista-mayday-with-abovebelow" target="_blank">Mista Mayday with Above/Below</a>, soul/funk/rockers <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/bojah-and-the-insurrection" target="_blank">Bojah and the Insurrection</a>, and the Constitution Brass Band. </p>
<p>A rally at 1:00 will be addressed by a <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program" target="_blank">variety of informative speakers</a> including:</p>
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<li>Afghan women's rights activist <a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-bio" target="_blank">Zoya</a> who is <a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya" target="_blank">lecturing</a> throughout the Boston area this week</li>
<li>military resister <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/matthis-cheroux" target="_blank">Matthis Cheroux</a></li>
<li>veteran and longtime peace activist <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/john-schuchardt" target="_blank">John Schuchardt</a></li>
<li>military mom <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/sarah-fuhro" target="_blank">Sarah Fuhro</a></li>
<li>organizers for immigrants' rights, housing rights, climate change, redirecting the military budget, ending the Gaza blockade, and opposing the Honduras coup. </li>
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<p>The rally will be MC'd by satirical singer-songwriter <a href="http://oct17boston.org/program/roy-zimmerman" target="_blank">Roy Zimmerman </a>and antiwar activist Marilyn Levin.</p>
<p>Led by the brass band and the colorful Veterans for Peace contingent, at 3:00 the group will march from Copley Square to the Common and return to Copley.</p>
<p>The mobilization has eight demands:</p>
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<li><em>All troops home now from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq!</em></li>
<li><em>End the siege of Gaza and all US support for the occupation of Palestine!</em></li>
<li><em>Fund Jobs, Health Care and Environmental Protection, not War & Nuclear Weapons!</em></li>
<li><em>Ground the Drones!</em></li>
<li><em>Bring the National Guard Home Now!</em></li>
<li><em>No Threats against Iran or North Korea!</em></li>
<li><em>Human and Civil Rights for All– No Torture, Racist Deportations, or Scapegoating Muslims. Repeal the PATRIOT Act!</em></li>
<li><em>Break All Ties With the Honduran Dictatorship!</em></li>
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<p><a href="http://www.grassrootstech.org/2009/node/30" target="_blank"><img width="150" vspace="10" hspace="10" height="186" align="left" alt="Weekend of Peace"></a>Volunteers are needed to carry banners, collect donations, and set up tables and chairs. Sign in at the Volunteers Table when you arrive at Copley.</p>
<p>For more information visit the <a href="http://oct17boston.org" target="_blank">mobilization's web site</a> or contact <a href="mailto:rozziecole@gmail.com" target="_blank">Cole Harrison</a> or <a href="mailto:shelagh@masspeaceaction.org" target="_blank">Shelagh Foreman</a> of the UJP Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force. </p>
<p>The mobilization is being organized by <a href="http://oct17boston.org/endorsers" target="_blank">over 100 peace and justice groups</a> throughout New England and participants will be bused in from Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. See <a href="http://oct17boston.org/endorsers" target="_blank">the complete list</a> of sponsors and endorsers. UJP initiated the event and is an active sponsor and promoter of it.</p>
<p>Ask your organization to <a href="mailto:oct17endorse@gmail.com" target="_blank">sponsor or endorse</a> this protest!</p>
<p>The outreach flyer is attached in two formats - please print copies and distribute widely.</p>
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<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/oct17" target="_blank">Eight Years of War, How Many More? New England Rallies Against Wars and Occupation</a></td><td>Sat Oct 17</td><td>12:00pm</td><td>Copley Square</td><td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/367" target="_blank">Conference on Climate Emergency and Re-Localization</a></td><td>Sun Oct 18</td><td>9:00am</td><td>Reggie Lewis Center</td><td>Roxbury</td> </tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/529" target="_blank">Piano Music for Peace with Russell Sherman</a></td><td>Sun Oct 18</td><td>4:00pm</td><td>Home of Ruth Schocken</td><td>Cambridge</td> </tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-zoya-newton" target="_blank">Afghanistan: Resisting Occupation and Fundamentalism</a></td><td>Sun Oct 18</td><td>7:00pm</td><td>Eliot Church, Newton</td><td>Newton</td>
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<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/626" target="_blank">Iraqi Peace Activist Visits New England</a></td><td>Wed Oct 21</td><td>6:30pm</td><td>AFSC</td><td>Cambridge</td> </tr>
<tr><td><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/afghan-joya-mit" target="_blank">The Bravest Woman in Afghanistan</a></td><td>Thu Oct 29</td><td>7:00pm</td><td>MIT Room 10-250</td><td>Cambridge</td> </tr>
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