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No Justice - No Peace U.S. Out of the Middle East!

No Justice - No Peace
U.S. Out of the Middle East!

August 5

* Support the Palestinian and Lebanese Peoples' Right to Resist!
* End the Occupation of IRAQ, PALESTINE and LEBANON
* Support the Palestinian People's Right to Return
* U.S./Israeli Troops Out Now
* No More Fighting and Dying for Oil Profits
* STOP U.S. Aid to Israel

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In the past few days, the horrific crimes committed against the people of Lebanon and Palestine by the U.S.-backed Israeli regime have inspired outrage and protest across the globe. What has become clear to many watching the criminal invasion of Lebanon and the ongoing brutality against the people of Palestine is the role of the U.S. as the initiator, supplier, and funder of Israel's crimes.

There would be no occupation, no bombs dropping on Lebanese and Palestinian children, no tanks destroying homes, no artillery to rain destruction on hospitals without billions of dollars each year that the U.S. government gives to the Israeli government. Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $84,854,827,200. We must expose, challenge, and struggle to end the U.S. support for Israel's crimes.

Immediately after the criminal invasion of Lebanon, the International Action Center issued a call to action for August 5, under the slogan, "No justice, no peace--U.S. Out of the Middle East!" Across the U.S., activists are organizing pickets, protests, teach-ins, informational leafleting, and public forums, all directed against the U.S. role in the crimes of war and occupation. Now, more than 200 organizations worldwide have signed on to the call, and protests will take place across the globe, from London to Cairo to Tel Aviv and throughout Latin America.

It is not enough to just say "Bring the troops home from Iraq." We must challenge the Empire everywhere that it is attempting to carve up and recolonize the area, from Afghanistan to Iran to the West Bank. We can no longer look at these struggles as isolated crises--we must unite on the streets to say "U.S. Out of the Middle East!"

Next Step: August 12, Washington DC

Join us this weekend on the streets for emergency international protests. Then, join us for the next step, the August 12th National March on Washington, called by the National Council of Arab Americans, the Answer Coalition, and the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation. Contact us at 212-633-6646 for buses from New York to Washington.

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LOCAL ACTIONS

NEW YORK CITY, NY
Sat., Aug. 5 - 4:00 pm Rally at Times Square;
5:30 pm - March to Exxon Mobile
Contact the IAC at 212-633-6646 for more info

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Sat., Aug. 5, Street Meeting, Education & Outreach Day
1 P.M. at Powell & Market Street
Contact IAC S.F. at 2940 16th St. #207, San Francisco, California 94103
Phone 415-561-9752 Actioncenter-SF@action-mail.org

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Sat., Aug. 5, 6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
Protesters will occupy all four corners of 16th & Broadway
Bring signs, banners and displays

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Sat., Aug. 5, 2 P.M.
Rally at Westwood Federal Building
March to Occidental Petroleum
call (323) 936-7266
www.iacenterla.org

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Join the protest in Los Angeles on August 5th.
For transportation to LA call 619-692-4422
iacsandiego@sbcglobal.net

DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Fri., Aug. 4, 4:30 P.M.
Gather at Detroit/Windsor Tunnel Entrance Randolph & E. Jefferson in
downtown Detroit
March to Grand Circus Park for a 6 P.M. Rally & Teach In
Called by: Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice
(MECAWI)
Phone: 313-680-5508 or 313-869-8383
www.mecawi.org

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

US Out of the Middle East!
No more war, mass murder, and occupation for oil profits!
11 AM - Gather at State + Jackson (Dept. of Homeland Security)
11:30 - Leaflet State St.; promote Aug. 9 forum and Aug. 12 mobilization in DC
12 PM - Picket offices of BP Amoco, Aon Center, 200 E. Randolph
for more information, call (773) 381-5839

BOSTON, MASS
Sat., Aug. 5, 11 A.M.
Israeli Consulate at 20 Park Plaza
March to JFK Federal Bldg
Sponsored by a broad array of community, anti-war and labor groups
(for a full list and for flyers and information contact
www.iacboston.org)
Phone: IAC 617-522-6626
Email: iacboston@iacboston.org
www.iacboston.org

ROCHESTER & BUFFALO, NY
Regional protest in Rochester
Friday, Aug. 4, 4:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. at the Federal Building
100 State St., Rochester, NY
Phone: 585-234-9459
In Buffalo: 716-604-9515
iacbuffalo@action-mail.org

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Friday, Aug. 4
Federal Building at 5th & Market Sts.
4:30 P.M. The demonstration will march to a nearby media outlet--Fox
news as well as other corporate beneficiaries of the expanding war.
215 724-1618
PhillyIAC@action-mail.org

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Friday, Aug. 4 Street Outreach and Corner Protest
Gather at the State Office Building Complex at Preston Street
to distribute flyers to State workers between 4 P.M. and 5 P.M.
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and Preston St from 5 P.M. to 6 P.M.
Called by: All Peoples Congress
Phone: 410-235-7040
Email: apcbaltimore@pipeline.com

ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Sat. Aug. 5, 12 Noon
Outreach Day, Meet at the IAC office, 1083 Austin Ave., Room 203 (corner of Euclid & Austin)
Phone: 770-989-2536
Email: AtlantaIAC@aol.com

CLEVELAND, OHIO
Sat., Aug. 5, Protest, 12 Noon
Market Square Park, W 25th & Lorain
Called by the Peoples Fight Back Center
Phone: 216-481-6671
Email: PFcenter@sbcglobal.net

HILTON HEAD, S.C.
Fri., Aug. 4, 4:30 P.M.
Vigil & Protest at Rt 278
Called by: Hilton Head for Peace
Phone: F. Taylor 843-681-4010

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