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SATURDAY, 27 JANUARY 2007

The huge outpouring of anger over the war on Iraq, attacks on the Constitution and Bush administration corruption coupled with hope to turn this nation around led to a qualitative change in Congress on 7 November.

If we expect success, our efforts must not have ended on election day.

The Peace Council will be looking to fill buses to Washington on 27 JANUARY for the demonstration described below.

We'll be sending out specific information as soon as we can.

A BIG turnout will signal to our representatives to DO THE RIGHT THING AND BE QUICK ABOUT IT!

1) Make a donation right now to support the January 27 mobilization and help give us the funds we need to make this a truly massive outpouring for peace.

2) Pass this email along to everyone you know, post it on blogs and websites -- do everything you can to help us get the word out about January 27th.

3) Make sure your organization endorses the January 27th mobilization. Click here to add your endorsement.

4) Start making plans to bring people from your congressional district to Washington on January 27. We will soon have a form on our website, where you or your group can sign up to be the coordinator for people coming to DC from your area, so you can meet up, coordinate transportation, housing, etc.

5) Keep checking the UFPJ website for more details in the coming weeks!

You might have also heard that United for Peace and Justice was calling for a demonstration in Washington to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the war in Iraq on March 17. Because of the new developments and our decision to organize the January 27th mobilization, we are now calling for local and regional antiwar actions that weekend instead. We will soon be issuing more information about the plans for the 4th anniversary.

For more information, click => here

Lobby Day

MONDAY, JANUARY 29
TELL THE NEW CONGRESS: ACT NOW TO END THE WAR!

We've marched against the war many times -- but never before have we had such an opportunity to actually bring an end to U.S. military intervention in Iraq.
The January 27 march on Washington is an extraordinary chance to press the new Congress to take action to bring the troops home now. United for Peace and Justice is also making plans for anti-war strategy meetings and skills trainings on Sunday, January 28, and for a major grassroots Lobby Day on Monday, January 29. We will send you more information about these activities as soon as it is available.

This mobilization differs in important ways from any other protest that United for Peace and Justice has organized, and we're asking our member groups to mobilize in new and creative ways.

We want at least one person from every Congressional district in the country to represent the peace and justice majority in Washington on Saturday, January 27. So not only do we need your help in ensuring that the largest possible number of people join us in marching on Washington -- we need your help making sure that every district is present.

We know that groups far from Washington, D.C. often do not have the capacity to send people to national mobilizations. We're asking you to make a concerted effort to do so this time around. Now is the time to start raising funds to send one or more representatives to the January 27 march from each Congressional district in your area.

If you live within driving distance, begin spreading the word widely so you can have a large contingent of folks from your area.

Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3437 for downloadable leaflets, plus images for posting on your website. In the coming weeks we will be posting other organizing materials so please visit the UFPJ web site regularly.

Plan to create and bring symbols of your community's peace and justice majority to display at the mobilization and present to your Representative and Senators.
Does your Representative or Senator favor speedy withdrawal from Iraq? You might want to bring cards and letters of support from others in your district, flowers, or even something hokey but sweet like peace-sign cupcakes. Is your Representative or Senator critical of the war but reluctant to support troop withdrawal? Stubbornly supporting Bush's failed Iraq policies --or calling for more troops to be sent to Iraq? Make a stronger statement by creating posters or displays that dramatize the cost of the war to your community (using information provided by the National Priorities Project at http://costofwar.com). Bring large photographs of servicepeople from your Congressional district who have been killed in the war. Gather large numbers of cards and letters from people in your community calling on your elected officials to bring the troops home now.
Other ideas for things to bring, no matter where your Representative or Senator stands on the war:

• Images from Iraq of the destruction wrought by the U.S. war and occupation and the suffering of the Iraqi people
• Copies of anti-war resolutions passed by city councils, school boards, labor unions, houses of worship, or other community institutions in your district
• Artwork by children in your community representing hopes for peace and justice
• Big posters showing the strength of antiwar sentiment in your community via polling data
• Photographs of people, places, or institutions in your community that are hurting because so much money is being spent on the war: the community health clinic that was forced to close; the school that doesn't have adequate books, much less music classes or art supplies; the crumbling infrastructure; the overcrowded, inadequate housing

Help make this mobilization as large as it can be. The Nov 7th elections showed the country and the world just how widespread the sentiment against the war in Iraq really is. With your help we will remind the new Congress of the mandate for peace. Start working now to line up buses, arrange for trains, organize car pools, and do whatever else you can to make sure people are able to join us in Washington.

If you have other creative ideas we haven't listed here, please send them to me at lak@unitedforpeace.org, and we'll share them in future bulletins to UFPJ member groups.

Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org for resources and updates on the January 27-29 mobilization. Together we can end this war!