<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div>SATURDAY, MARCH 19 AT 12 NOON<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">FROM BOSTON TO BAGHDAD: END THE OCCUPATION!<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;">FIGHT FOR JOBS & EDUCATION! SAY 'NO' TO RACISM!<br><br> RALLY AND MARCH<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"> Southwest Corridor Park at Ruggles
Station -- MBTA: Orange Line to Ruggles<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"><span> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bostonanswer.org/">www.BostonAnswer.org</a> - boston@answercoalition.org - (857) 334-5084</span><br><br>A
renewed wave of struggle is gaining momentum abroad and at home. From
Tunisia and Egypt to Wisconsin and Ohio, people are coming together and
courageously fighting against oppression. These inspiring examples prove
that real change is not only possible but inevitable when injustice is
confronted with a militant mass movement.<br><br>It's time to step up our struggle. On Saturday, March 19, we will take to the
streets as part of an international day of action against war and occupation.<br><br>Today,
Iraq remains occupied by tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers and foreign
mercenaries. While the war in Afghanistan rages on, the U.S. is bombing
Pakistan, financing atrocities against the people of Palestine,
relentlessly threatening Iran and stepping up hostility against
progressive movements in Latin America and Africa.<br><br>The
wars abroad are directly connected to the war on poor and working
people at home. Politicians and corporate media pundits tell us there is
no money for jobs, education, housing or health care yet the United
States will spend $1 trillion for war, occupation and weapons in 2011
alone.<br><br>Thirty
million people in the U.S. remain unemployed or severely underemployed,
with disproportionately higher rates in communities of color, amongst
youth and military veterans.<br><br>Just as the U.S. military and foreign forces occupy Iraq and
Afghanistan, our communities too are occupied – by big business interests, criminal banks and racist police.<br><br>In
Boston and elsewhere, health care and retirement benefits are under
attack while billions in tax breaks are handed over to
multi-million-dollar corporations and private elite universities.<br><br>Mayor
Menino's hand-picked School Committee has moved to close seventeen
schools throughout the city and proposed additional cutbacks for this
year's budget. Yet over $30 million has been been spent building a new
state-of-the-art police station in Roxbury. While racial profiling and
police violence continue to plague the city's Black and Latino
neighborhoods, 7 out of the 10 highest paid city employees are Boston
police officers.<br><br>Gov.
Patrick is trying to bring the anti-immigrant law enforcement program
“Secure Communities” program to Massachusetts and gentrification
continues to push working families out of communities like
Jamaica Plain.<br><br>It
doesn’t have to be this way! Now more than ever it is clear that our
movement must stay in the streets. Join us on March 19th for a rally and
march to say "From Boston to Baghdad: End the Occupation! Fight for
Jobs and Education! Say 'No' to Racism!"<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"><br> For more information and to get involved, contact ANSWER Boston:<br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"> BostonAnswer.org - boston@answercoalition.org - (857) 334-5084<br> Initiated by ANSWER Boston: To endorse the March 19th demonstration, click below:<br> <a href="http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=8281&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&AddInterest=4581">http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=8281&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&AddInterest=4581</a><br style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;"><a rel="nofollow" style="font-size: 24px; line-height: 30px;" target="_blank"
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