March to End the War in Iraq

daver

Wow, reading the subject literally...if only it were that easy. Anyway.

This is a Brooklyn Feeder over the Brooklyn Bridge to the main march starting at Union square culminating in a peace and justice fair at FOley Square. To wit:

Brooklyn Feeder March
10:00 am: Rally on steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall
10:30 am: March across the Brooklyn Bridge
11:30 am: Subway (#4,5,6) to Union Square to join giant peace march!
12:00 noon: Assemble on Broadway, north of Union Square, Brooklyn contingents: E 21st St between Broadway & Park
1:00 pm: March down Broadway to Foley Square
2:00 pm to 5:30 pm: Peace & Justice Festival in Foley Square

More info:
http://brooklynpeace.org/
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?list=type&type=61
http://www.oct27.org/new_york

Factoids:

*3,800 young American lives cut short for a war based on lies.
*28,000 wounded American soldiers.
*Over a million Iraqi wounded or killed and millions more displaced and homeless due to civil war.
*A new war against Iran is being fomented by the White House.

A half-trillion dollars of our nation's treasury squandered while:

*50 million Americans have no health insurance;
*affordable housing is increasingly scarce;
*our public school system is crumbling due to lack of funds;
*residents of New Orleans and others facing emergencies suffer because the National Guard and other resources are diverted to the war in Iraq.

On Oct. 27, the people will be heard around the country to say, "This war has got to end and it has got to end now!"