Jan 27: Protest the Wars! and Meeting Notice

The next Women for Peace meeting will be Monday, February 5, at 6:30 pm, at the Social Justice Center (1202 Williamson Street, at the corner of Willy and Few). Stay tuned to the events page of this website for the locations of upcoming meetings.

But before then is the national anti-war mobilization called for Saturday, January 27. The main protest is in Washington DC, and is intended to help members of Congress discover their backbone. The United for Peace & Justice website says:

IT IS TIME FOR CONGRESS TO ACT!

With support from MoveOn.org, True Majority, Working Assets, the RainbowPUSH Coalition, the National Organization for Women and hundreds of other national and local groups, word about the Jan. 27th antiwar mobilization is reaching far and wide. Momentum is building and people from all walks of life and every corner of the country will be marching on Washington, DC, on Saturday, Jan. 27th.

Our message will be clear, our voice will be strong: End the war in Iraq, Bring all the troops home now! We urge you to join us!

On Mon., Jan. 29th, we will take our message directly to the new Congress during our lobby day.

Thanks to Sr. Virgine Lawinger of Milwaukee, WI protestors can meet with Senator Kohl's office at 1:30 pm and Feingold's office at 2:30 pm on Jan 29 to discuss the war on Iraq -- and hopefully also the war on Afghanistan. For more information on these meetings, and others being set up with Representatives' offices, contact the WI Network for Peace and Justice at www.wnpj.org or call 608-250-9240.

Buses from Madison to Washington are being coordinated by the Campus Anti-War Network; see revoltingstudents.com or stop by Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative (426 W Gilman St) to get tickets.

Lastly, if you can't go to Washington DC, join the local January 27 rally and march. It starts at the UW Library Mall at 12 noon, followed by speakers at 12:30 pm and a march up State St at 1:00 pm. See the Madison Area Peace Coalition website for more info.