What happened to the nation
that never tortured? The nation that wasn't supposed to start
wars of choice? The nation that respected human rights and life?
A nation that from the beginning was against tyranny? Where have
we gone? How did we let these people take us there? How did we
let them fool us?Molly Ivins
NEW
LOCATION for March 18th Rally, March and Peace Action Camp Stop the War, Bring the
Troops Home Now! Rally at South Park Blocks
PORTLAND—On
the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War, Oregonians will come together
in a mass mobilization to Stop the War and Bring The Troops Home
Now! After meeting with city and police officials on Tuesday,
February 27, the event organizers are moving the location of the
rally and action camp from Pioneer Courthouse Square to a larger
space at the South Park
Blocks to accommodate the large crowds anticipated
by the city.
The rally and action camp at south park blocks will be combined with
a march through downtown Portland. The action is being planned by a
coalition of diverse organizations representing students, veterans,
military families, faith communities, labor unions and peace and
social justice groups and is connected to a national day of action
promoted by the national coalition, United for Peace and Justice.
Peace Action Camp (Noon –
5 p.m.):
The Peace Action Camp will provide opportunities for all ages to
take action to end the war. DRAW:
children’s art for peace WRITE:
letters to Congress to defund the war SPEAK:
youth speak-out against war ACT:
learn about nonviolent direct action
Rally & March (1:30
p.m.):
Rally speakers will include:
Raed Jarrar, an Iraqi writer and activist who coordinated the first
door-to-door survey of Iraqi civilian casualties.
Darrell Anderson, Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Military families from Military Families Speak Out-Oregon.
Plus live music, giant puppet theater, additional speakers and more! Where: NEW LOCATION!
South Park Blocks, (SW Madison St. and Park Ave.) Portland
When: Sunday, March 18, 2007
12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Action Camp
1:30 March and Rally
Advance interviews with speakers and organizers are available.
For more information visit
www.pdxpeace.org .
"The spread of evil is the symptom of a
vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the
moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be
no compromise on basic principles." Ayn Rand
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