Transportation to "March on The Pentagon"

Please visit http://www.PentagonMarch.org

While millions of families are losing their homes, jobs and healthcare, the real military budget next year will top one trillion dollars--that's $1,000,000,000,000. If used to meet people’s needs, that amount could create 10 million new jobs at $60,000 per year, provide healthcare for everyone who does not have it now, rebuild New Orleans, and repair much of the damage done in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. The cost for the occupation of Iraq alone is $400 million each day, or about $12 billion each month.

The war in Iraq has killed, wounded or displaced nearly one third of Iraq’s 26 million people. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been killed, and hundreds of thousands more have suffered severe physical and psychological wounds. The U.S. leaders who have initiated and conducted this criminal war should be tried and jailed for war crimes.

The war in Afghanistan is expanding. Robert Gates, Bush's defense secretary, who was kept at his post by President Obama, has announced that the troop levels in Afghanistan may double in the coming months. Both he and Vice President Biden predicted higher casualties--or what they cavalierly call "an uptick" in casualties--in the coming period.

We must also act to end U.S. support for Israel’s on-going war against the Palestinian people. The Bush Administration also gave the green light and provided the weapons and the money for Israel’s recent war against the Palestinian people in Gaza. More than 5,000 Palestinians were killed or wounded; the majority of casualties were civilians, including hundreds of children, in this high tech massacre. And “We the People” paid the bill, as the U.S. provides $2.5 billion a year for Israel’s massive military machine.

The March 21, 2009, March on the Pentagon will be a critical opportunity to let the new administration in Washington hear the voice of the people demanding an immediate end to wars and occupation, and demanding economic justice. Joint actions will take place on the West Coast in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Various coalitions, organizations, and networks are joining together in a March 21 National Coalition to bring people from all walks of life and from all cities across the United States to take part in a March on the Pentagon on the sixth anniversary of the Iraq war: Saturday, March 21.

More than 1,000 organizations and individuals have now endorsed the March 21, 2009, March on the Pentagon to say “Bring the Troops Home NOW!” on the sixth anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq.

The thousands who march will demand “From Iraq to Afghanistan to Palestine, Occupation is a Crime” and “We Need Jobs and Education, Not Wars and Occupation.” They will insist on an end to the war threats and economic sanctions against Iran. They will say no to the illegal U.S. program of detention and torture.

Members of the March 21 National Coalition and supporters of the March on the Pentagon include:
- ANSWER Coalition (http://www.answercoalition.org/)
- Muslim American Society Freedom
- National Council of Arab Americans
- National Assembly to End the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and Occupations (http://www.natassembly.org/)
- Veterans For Peace-National

- VoteStrike
- United States Labor Against the War (USLAW)
- Ramsey Clark
- Cindy Sheehan
- The World Can't Wait
- Code Pink
- Middle East Children's Alliance
- Paul Haggis, Academy-Award winning director and screenwriter
- Edward Asner, Actor
- Mimi Kennedy, Actor and Activist
- Elaine Johnson, Gold Star Mother
- Colonel Ann Wright, US Army Reserves (Retired)
- Lynne Stewart
- Tina Richards, Executive Director, Grassroots America
- Angola 3 Defense Committee
- Herman Wallace, Political Prisoner, Angola Prison, Louisiana
- Albert Woodfox, Political Prisoner, Angola Prison, Louisiana
- Raul Pacheco, guitarist, Ozomatli
- David Swanson, After Downing Street
- Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild*
- Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights*
- Michael Smith, Member of the Board, Center for Constitutional Rights*
- Blase and Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas
- Progressive Democrats of America
& hundreds of others!
*for identification purposes only
Click here to view the Endorsers' list
http://www.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=m21_endorserslist

Transportation to March 21


Please note: If you are interested in transportation to Washington, D.C., for the March 21 March on the Pentagon, contact the transportation organizer nearest to you. If you have general inquiries about the event, please email info@pentagonmarch.org.

Click Here to become a transportation organizer
http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=m21_organize


CONNECTICUT

Hartford, CT
Details: Bus transportation leaving at 3:30 am on Saturday, March 21. Returning after march. Tickets cost $55/$45 student & low income. Call for info. Bus departing from Bushnell Park (across the street from the Holiday Inn Express at 440 Asylum St., one block from the Hartford Union Station). 24-hour gated parking available one block away for $12 a day on Spruce St. between Asylum and Church. Parking also available for $12 a day on Union Place between Asylum St. and Alyn St. behind Holiday Inn Express. Call to purchase tickets over the phone. Online purchase available here soon, please check back.
Contact: ANSWER CT at ctbus@pentagonmarch.org or 203-606-0319

New Haven, CT
Details: Bus transportation leaving at 4:30 am on Saturday, March 21. Returning after march. Tickets cost $55/$45 student & low income. Call for info. Bus departing from the NE corner of Church on Chapel St. (at the New Haven Green). 24-hour parking available two blocks away at the Temple St. Garage for $12. The garage is on Crown St. between Church St. and Temple St. Contact us to get involved in local mobilizing. Online purchase available here soon, please check back.
Contact: ANSWER CT at ctbus@pentagonmarch.org or 203-606-0319