Iraq, Seven Years Later: Rally, March, and Teach-In

Submitted by maldelamer on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 10:11am.
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Mar 20 2010 - 11:00am

Portlanders to Protest 7 Years
Since Iraq Invasion with Rally, March and Teach-In
Saturday, March 20, 2010

 

11:00 am Student Feeder March & mini-rally at PSU Park Blocks
12:00 Noon at Terry Schrunk Plaza, SW 3rd and Madison
1:00 pm Teach-in at First Unitarian Church, SW 12th and Main

Details:

Rally and teach-in:
Iraq, Seven Years Later: Change US Foreign
Policy-Bring All the Troops Home!

With the uncertain outcome of the March 7 elections continuing to have the potential
to delay the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq, Portlanders are gearing up to
protest the ongoing presence of the US military and "contractors" on the
anniversary of the 2003 invasion. On Saturday, March 20, an event titled "Iraq,
Seven Years Later: Change US Foreign Policy--Bring All the Troops Home!" begins
with a rally at Terry Schrunk Plaza at 12 noon (SW 3rd and Madison), continues with
a march through downtown Portland at 12:30 PM, followed by a "teach-in"
at First Unitarian Church from 1:00 to 3:30 PM (SW 12th and Main).

The themes addressed throughout the day will include the expansion of US military
presence and US support for military occupations throughout the Middle East:

  • End the Occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine

  • Stop the Expanding Attacks in the Middle East: No Drone Strikes in Pakistan

  • No War on Iran

  • US Out of Latin America!

The day's events are being coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq
Affinity Group and cosponsored or endorsed by at least 20 other organizations.

Cosponsors include: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Portland;
Portland Peaceful Response Coalition; Center for Intercultural Organizing;
American Iranian Friendship Council; Women in Black; American Friends
Service Committee; International Socialist Organization; Students
United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER); Metanoia Peace
Community; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Portland
Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC); Crosstrade Solidarity;
War Resisters League-Portland; Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights (AUPHR), and The Peace Project--New Directions for American
Foreign Policy.

Endorsers include Recruiter Watch
PDX, Freedom Socialist Party, IUPAT Painters Local 10; Workers
Action, and Portland Jobs with Justice.

For more information: Peace and Justice Works, 503-236-3065 or
iraq@pjw.info