[Sdpg] Memo#4 on Preventing Deadly Conflict: 9/24 Rally for Peace

[SD Economic Conversion & Permaculture Center]

Memo#4 on Preventing Deadly Conflict: 9/24 Peace Rally & March

** This memo is sent to stimulate thinking in advance of the San Diego
Economic Conversion Council's 20th Anniversary program on "Preventing
Deadly Conflict: Non-Military Solutions for Global Security" - see
our website <sdecc.igc.org> for details about the October 14 program **

Ordinary people in conflict-affected communities are the main stakeholders
of peace.
This weekend join with ordinary people from around the world for an
International Day of Protest to call for an end to the War in Iraq.

The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice invites you to participate---

END THE WAR ON IRAQ
Saturday, September 24, 2 p.m.
6th and Laurel in Balboa Park
More information, including a leaflet, is available from the San Diego
Coalition for Peace and Justice (http://www.sdcpj.org/).

Recent events, including Cindy Sheehan's remarkable activism, the growth of
antiwar sentiment throughout the US, the sheer incompetence that led to
human tragedy in New Orleans, as well as the military and political
situation in Iraq, have put the Bush regime on the defensive. These provide
us with real opportunities. We are working to get word out to as many
groups and individuals as possible, and we hope that you will join us.

Two feeder marches will converge at the rally site.
The Justice for Palestine/Justice for Immigrants contingent will rally at
San Diego City
College (Park Blvd and B Street) at 1130 am (http://www.al-awdasandiego.org/).
The North County Coalition for Peace and Justice will ride the peace train,
leaving Oceanside Station at 11:45am,
marching from Santa Fe Depot at 1230 pm to Balboa Park
(http://www.npowebsite.net/nccpj/nccpj.asp?Mode=Flyer&ID=642).
To join this march, gather at the plaza just south of the Train Depot.

The rally will include speakers (on subjects including the roots of the
Iraq war, racism and the war, the movement at home, GI resistance, and
counter recruitment) and entertainment. A variety of political and cultural
groups will have information tables at the rally site.

In addition to the principal demand to END THE WAR ON IRAQ, the rally will
demand:
End the corporate occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan
Justice for Palestine - support the right of return
Leave no bases behind
No military recruitment in our schools
Hold Bush and Congress accountable for the deaths, the lies, the
destruction, and the bankrupting of our communities.

Come to the rally, help us get the word out, and bring your friends and
family. Together we can make a difference.
San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
www.sdcpj.org