Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

March 19 marks the 5th Anniversary of the
invasion and occupation of Iraq. Peace and justice organizations will
hold actions around the country and in Washington, DC to demand an end
to the funding of the occupation, along with the impeachment of the
president and vice president who launched it. For the full range of
activities, see http://resistinmarch.org

The timing of these efforts could not be better, with Congress
considering another */$105/* */billion /*for the occupation of Iraq,
with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz putting the true costs of the
occupation over */$3 trillion/*, and with awareness growing that
Congress can simply stop voting on additional funds. Here’s what we
want our Representatives to do:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/31397

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*MARCH 10-12 in Washington DC: Stop-Loss Congress*

While Congress plans a vacation from
March 15th to 30th, Bush’s stop-loss policy
requires soldiers to
involuntarily extend their tours and prolong the occupation. It is time
to Stop-Loss Congress!

On Monday March 10, and Tuesday March 11, we will deliver “official”
stop-loss notices to all members of Congress to notify them that all of
their LEAVES, VACATIONS and HOME VISITS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED until every
soldier and mercenary is home from Iraq. On Wednesday March 12, we will
take nonviolent action on Capitol Hill.

http://www.stop-losscongress.org

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*MARCH 13-16, 2008 (Thursday-Sunday): Winter Soldier*

Members of Iraq Veterans Against the War will testify in Silver Spring,
Maryland* *to crimes witnessed and committed in Iraq. Audio and video of
panels will be available live online, on satelite TV, and on Pacifica radio.

http://www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier

Local events supporting Winter Soldier, and other events for peace,
justice, and impeachment:

http://www.5yearstoomany.org

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*MARCH 16 to 18, 2008 (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday) in Washington, D.C.:
Training, Lobbying, Restoring the Constitution*

March 17th and 18th All day trainings & workshop at the Warehouse
Theatre in preparation for March 19th

March 18th, Tuesday: CODEPINK Action Day to Take Back the Constitution:
http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=347

Events are also planned around the country on March 17-18, including
events in support of impeachment and demanding an end to funding the
occupation. See: http://resistinmarch.org

Impeachment advocates are using this opportunity to advance a new
strategy modeled on what achieved the resignation of Richard Nixon:
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/31481

A reborn Students for a Democratic Society has planned campus events on
March 17 to 21.

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*MARCH 19, 2008 (Wednesday) Nonviolent Civil Resistance in All 435
Congressional Districts and in the Nation’s Capital on the Fifth
Anniversary of the Occupation of Iraq*

Locations in each congressional district, to be determined locally, will
include congressional offices (Congress Members and Senators will be in
their districts on this day), federal buildings, military recruiters,
weapons makers, war profiteers, or corporate media outlets. In
Washington, with Congress out of town, the focus will be on war
profiteers in the military industrial disaster-capitalism complex.
Events will include roles for people not wanting to risk arrest.

http://www.5yearstoomany.org

LOCAL EVENTS: Post Yours
! Update it
.

FIND LOCAL EVENTS AT http://5yearstoomany.org AND IN A SEPARATE LIST AT
http://worldagainstwar.org

WASHINGTON DC EVENTS: Join us
!

Resources for nonviolent activism: HERE
.
Resources for promoting your event in the media: HERE
.
Flyers and posters with room for local info: HERE
.
Ideas for local actions: HERE .

DETAILS ON DC EVENTS: http://www.5yearstoomany.org

*World Can’t Wait Events in DC on 19th*

Join in acts of creative non-violent civil resistance:
http://resistinmarch.org

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*Sick of It Day*

Something else that anyone anywhere can do on the 19th:

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*Student Involvement and Leadership*

http://www.ourspringbreak.org

*March 20 SDS Campus Protests*

Students for a Democratic Society Campus Events

http://www.newsds.org/march20

March 22 Teach In at American University in Washington DC

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*March 20-23 Split This Rock Poetry Festival*

Stick around to TALK about what you’ve been doing, with Split This Rock
in Washington, D.C.

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