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IAC calls "imperialist" USA a monster | |
2001-09-20 | |
An anti-war coalition of longtime critics of U.S. policies made a promise this week: "We are going to stop the monster from roaring — we have the numbers." The International Action Center (IAC) says that "monster" is the "imperialist" United States, which teeters on the edge of a military response to last week's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. "We have 70 organizing centers, and more and more groups signing on to help us oppose this war," an organizer at an IAC meeting told a packed crowd at its 14th Street headquarters Tuesday night.
"It is essentially the working class that is under attack right now by the United States government and all over the world," said Samia Halaby, who is with the Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition. "Muslims are now under attack all over the world," she added. The more than 20 groups represented Tuesday — including the National Green Party, the Sikh Student Organization from George Washington University and the National Lawyers Guild — have made plans for a march on Times Square when the first U.S. missile is fired. If it occurs on a weekday, the groups will convene at 5 p.m., rush hour. If the U.S. response comes on a weekend, the meeting time is noon. | |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |