Then on to the Pentagon March 17: Encampment to tell Congress "STOP FUNDING WAR"

“During the week beginning March 12, Congress will begin voting on Bush’s request for $100 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” said Larry Holmes, a spokesperson for the Troops Out Now Coalition. “If Congress votes to cut off funds, they can end the war now and bring the troops home. If they approve Bush’s war funds, the killing and dying and occupation will go on. It’s as simple as that. This vote will be the most important war related vote since Congress voted to authorize Bush to invade and occupy Iraq in October of 2002. The antiwar movement must be there to let Congress know that we won’t let them get away with it this time.”

Activists have a permit to maintain a 24-hour presence at the encampment, which will be set up on Third Street between Constitution and Independence Avenues, directly across from the Capitol, within walking distance of congressional office buildings. Organizers are working with local organizers, churches and mosques, unions and community groups to prepare. Activists participating in the encampment are planning a variety of actions during the week, including a protest at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), actions focusing on U.S. threats to Iran, teach-ins and direct actions. On March 17 activists from the encampment will join the March on the Pentagon, organized by the ANSWER Coalition.

The encampment has already garnered thousands of endorsers. Grassroots organizations from across the U.S. have endorsed and are helping to mobilize, including the D.C. Antiwar Network, Florida Military Families Speak Out, AfterDowningStreet.org, Arlington South and many local chapters of Code Pink and Veterans for Peace. On Feb. 26 the San Francisco Labor Council passed a resolution endorsing the Encampment.

Les Blough, editor of the online journal Axis of Logic (http://www.axisoflogic.com), endorsed the encampment, writing, “The government will not stop—unless we stop them. We are calling for you—the people—to take courage and join us in our demand that the slaughter end and the troops be brought home NOW. Enough with the government-corporate media obfuscation, deception and ‘concern’ about ‘sectarian violence’ and a ‘civil war’ in Iraq if the U.S. pulls out. Refuse to accept the Democrats ‘Nonbinding [Resolution.’]. Stand up with hundreds of thousands of your fellow citizens and take back your rightful decision-making power to end the war in Iraq NOW.”

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