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<small><font face="Arial">In this email:<br>
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<b>1) 8/2: Stop War on Iran - Military Recruiting Center, Tremont St.<br>
2) 8/2: Day Without Recruitment - Protest at the Military Recruiting
Center, Tremont St.<br>
</b></font></small><small><font face="Arial"><b>3) IRAN: Growing Threat
& Deadline Meets Growing Opposition - Take to the streets on August
2!</b></font></small><br>
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<b>1) 8/2: Stop War on Iran - 12 pm Military Recruiting Center,
Tremont St.</b><br>
<br>
<big><big><big><b><font color="#cc0000">Rally/March in Boston - No War
on
Iran</font></b></big></big><br>
<b><big>SATURDAY, AUGUST 2</big></b></big>
<br>
<big><b>Assemble:</b> 12 p.m. at Military Recruiting Center, 141
Termont St.
(across from Park St. T)<br>
<b>March:</b> Israeli Consulate, 20 Park Plaza</big>
<br>
<br>
<b><i>An Emergency Call to Action: Stop War on Iran</i></b><br>
<br>
U.S. out Of Iraq & Afghanistan<br>
NO U.S. Attack on Iran through Israel<br>
Foreclose the War NOT People’s Homes<br>
Shut Off the War NOT Our Lights<br>
<br>
An Attack could be Imminent we Can’t Afford to Wait, Take It to the
Streets This Summer <br>
<br>
<b>download flyer</b> -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.iacboston.org/stopwaroniran/080208/iran_leaflet_boston.pdf">http://www.iacboston.org/stopwaroniran/080208/iran_leaflet_boston.pdf</a><br>
<br>
Endorse the call - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008endorse.shtml">http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008endorse.shtml</a><br>
Donate to help with organizing expenses –
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.iacboston.org/donate/donate.html">http://www.iacboston.org/donate/donate.html</a><br>
Sign the online petition - <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml">http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml</a><br>
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<b>2) 8/2: Day Without Recruitment - Protest at the Military
Recruiting Center, Tremont St.</b><br>
<br>
<big><big><big><b><font color="#cc0000">SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 - 12 p.m.</font></b></big></big><br>
<big><b>Day Without Recruitment</b></big><br>
<b>Military Recruiting Center, Tremont St.</b></big>
<br>
(141 Tremont St. near Park St. T-stop between Temple Pl. and West St.) <br>
<br>
UMASS Boston Antiwar Coalition<br>
umassantiwar@ gmail.com<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.campusantiwar.net">http://www.campusantiwar.net</a><br>
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<small><font face="Arial"><b>3) <br>
</b></font></small><big><b><big><big><font face="Arial Narrow">IRAN:
Growing Threat & Deadline Meets Growing Opposition<br>
<font color="#660000"><i><small>Take to the streets on August 2!</small></i></font><br>
</font></big></big></b></big><br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana"><big><O></O><small><font
face="Arial"><b>The threat of a U.S./Israeli attack against Iran is
growing - but so is grassroots opposition.</b> What we do in the next
few days and weeks can make a difference.<br>
</font></small></big></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Arial"><big>In Congress,
support is growing for House Resolution 362 and Senate Resolution 580,
both of which call for a air, sea, and land blockade of Iran. House
and Senate members - from both major parties - continue to sign onto
the resolutions. In the House, the bill has 253 co-sponsors, which is
only 37 short of how many votes it would take to pass on the suspension
of the rules - without a floor vote.<br>
</big></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Arial"><big>Meanwhile, the Bush
Administration has stepped up its threats against Iran. On July 22,
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met in Abu Dhabi with foreign
ministers and senior officials of the six Gulf states, along with
Egypt, Iraq and Jordan. <b>At the meeting Rice warned that Iran had
two weeks to halt its development of nuclear energy or face further
“punitive measures.”</b> That deadline will expire on August 5, making
the call to action on <a title="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/"
href="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/">August 2</a> even more urgent and
timely.<br>
<br>
To reinforce the threat, Rice’s statement was immediately followed by
an announcement from Israeli military adviser Amos Gilad that Israel
was preparing to attack Iran if diplomacy failed—and that the U.S.
would not veto such action.<br>
</big></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Arial"><big>As the threats of
an attack on Iran grow, the opposition is mobilizing across the U.S.
and worldwide. Momentum is growing for actions in more than 65 U.S.
cities in response to the Emergency Call for Action by StopWarOnIran (<a
title="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/"
href="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/">www.stopwaroniran.<wbr
title="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/">org</a>). <br>
</big></font></small></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><small><font face="Arial"><big>The slogan of “No
War on Iran” is being raised by hundreds of groups that do weekly
anti-war/peace vigils. In the heat of the summer and in the midst of a
national election campaign, when in-the-street activism is hardest, the
response shows that the Bush administration will not be able to launch
another war without the voice of the people being heard.<br>
<br>
In addition to major cities from coast to coast, organizing work is
going on in smaller towns and cities like Westbrook, Maine; Melbourne
and Ocala, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Bozeman, Mont.; Salt Lake City; and
Tucson, Ariz. Organizers as far away as Hawaii are mobilizing to
protest as an attack against Iran is threatened daily. In Washington,
D.C., our organizers report that they have gotten a very positive
response as they handed out the leaflet and asked people to sign the
petition. The people do not want another war.<br>
<br>
One of the most gratifying things about this mobilization is the fact
that new, young folks are getting involved. For example, high school
students from Hicksville, Long Island, N.Y., have organized a 9:30 a.m.
protest at the local train station. Then they plan to take a “Peace
Train” to the larger regional demonstration at Times Square in New York
City. An “Art-in for Peace” is also planned for Aug. 2 in Long Beach,
Calif., coinciding with and supporting the regional protest at Pershing
Square in downtown Los Angeles.<b><br>
<br>
</b>In cities like Detroit, “Foreclose the war, not our homes” will be
made real as people from the <a title="http://www.moratorium-mi.org/"
href="http://www.moratorium-mi.org/">Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop
Foreclosures and Evictions</a> will be speaking at their StopWarOnIran
emergency demonstration.<br>
<br>
We are hearing from activists around the world who are taking up the
cry to “Stop War on Iran.” Anti-globalization forces in Moscow raised
that slogan as they picketed the park where U.S. citizens were
celebrating July 4th. On July 11, protesters organized by the
Anti-Imperialist Camp and other groups demonstrated in Vienna. Their
statement read in part: “The U.S. policy of aggression serves only to
reinforce the strength of the imperialist world power which now wants
to make Iran the next victim.”<br>
<br>
We have heard from activists in Australia, China, France, Germany,
Italy, Japan and a number of countries in the Middle East, who are
mobilizing to support the Emergency Call. In fact, we got word that
there will be a procession in the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
demanding no war on Iran, organized by We the People United. There will
also be actions in cities across Canada.<br>
<br>
The Aug. 2 Emergency Call to Action has a growing list of Organizing
Centers across the U.S. and Canada, and other organizing tools are
available from <a title="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/"
href="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/">www.stopwaroniran.<wbr
title="http://www.stopwaroniran.org/">org</a>. <b><br>
</b></big></font></small></p>
<small><font face="Arial"><big>In the next few days and weeks, we need
to do everything we can to help build a massive peoples' movement to
oppose the warmongers in Washington. </big></font><font face="Arial"><big><b>Now
is the time to take to the streets, because only a massive grassroots
mobilization can stop another bloody and illegal war.</b><span> </span></big><br>
</font><font face="Arial"><big><br>
If you haven't done so, please consider organizing a local action on
August 2 - or if there is already one in your area, <a
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008orgcents.shtml"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008orgcents.shtml">contact local
organizers</a> to find out how you can help.<br>
<br>
Also, p</big></font><font face="Arial"><big>lease sign the online
petition at <a title="http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml">http://stopwaronira<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml">n.org/petition.<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml">shtml</a> and help us <a
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/friend.shtml"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/friend.shtml">spread the word</a>.
Signing the petition will send messages to President Bush, Vice
President Cheney, Congress, the Board of Directors of Halliburton, and
the media. <br>
<br>
In the next few days, we will be preparing placards and banners,
printing leaflets and educational materials, and holding organizing
meetings to prepare for the August 2 protests. Please consider making
a donation at </big></font><font face="Arial"><big><b><small><a
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml">http://stopwaronira<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml">n.org/donate.<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml">shtml</a></small></b> to
help us with the enormous expenses of mobilizing a national response to
Bush's war threats.<br>
<br>
If you have a website, blog, MySpace, or other site, you can help us
get the word out by linking to us. Graphics are available at </big></font><font
face="Arial"><big><a title="http://stopwaroniran.org/link.html"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/link.html">http://stopwaronira<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/link.html">n.org/link.<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/link.html">html</a>.</big><br>
</font></small><font face="Verdana"><big><small><font face="Arial"><br>
Above all, <b>join us in the streets on August 2</b> -for more
information and updates, see <a title="http://stopwaroniran.org/"
href="http://stopwaroniran.org/">StopWarOnIran.<wbr
title="http://stopwaroniran.org/">org</a>.</font></small><br>
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Boston:
617-522-6626
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href="mailto:iacboston@iacboston.org">iacboston@iacboston.org</a>
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National Office:
212-633-6646
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Troops Out Now Coalition
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://troopsoutnow.org">http://troopsoutnow.org</a>
Stop War on Iran
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://stopwaroniran.org">http://stopwaroniran.org</a>
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