http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2136"Momentum is building across the globe for the Global Day of Action against War and Occupation on March 20, the one-year anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq.
On that day millions around the globe will take to the streets to say YES to peace and NO to pre-emptive war and occupation. Joining with growing numbers of military families and soldiers, we will call for an end to the occupation of Iraq and Bush’s militaristic foreign policies. March 20th will be the first time the world's "other superpower," as the New York Times described us, will take center stage since February 15th, when more than ten million people across the globe expressed their opposition to Bush's looming war on Iraq.
The US protests will also take on the war at home. We will express the growing opposition to the so-called PATRIOT Act, authorizing political arrests, indefinite detentions, domestic spying, and religious and racial profiling. We will call for an end to the mass detentions and deportations of innocent immigrants in the name of fighting terrorism. We will say no to massive military spending amidst vast cuts in vital domestic social and economic programs.
In September representatives of United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) took a proposal for a global day of action on March 20th against pre-emptive war and the occupation of Iraq to the preparatory meeting of the European Social Forum (ESF), the body that put out the call for February 15th. UFPJ was critical in moving delegates from Italy, the UK, Greece, Turkey, and elsewhere to back global demonstrations on March 20th."
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