Coloradans Demand End
to War Against Afghanistan
March & Rally with Speakers at Capitol Saturday, 10/27
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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SPONSORS:
Denver Green Party: Damon Haley 720-203-0763
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace: Bob Kinsey 303-425-0348
End the Politics of Cruelty: Mark Cohen, 303-733-7037
American Friends Service Committee: Minsun Ji 303-623-3464
Jobs With Justice: Felicia Hilton 303-806-0818
Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center:
Mark Switzer 303-604-6621
WHAT: In solidarity with people around the world, Coloradans will be taking part in a March and Rally
WHO: An Alliance of Coloradans who stand for peace and oppose the US War Against Afghanistan
WHERE: West side of Capitol; March will go down 16th St. Mall to Stout St. and Return to Capitol for Speakers
WHEN: Noon – 2pm, Saturday, October 27th
SPEAKERS: David Barsamian – Alternative Radio, Nell Geiser – Student Worker; Jennifer Harbury - Human Rights Lawyer; Felicia Hilton – Jobs With Justice, Glenn Morris – American Indian Movement, Dr. Ali Tobhani – Prof. at Metro State.
This Saturday, Oct. 27th, at Noon at the State Capitol, Coloradans will be demanding an end to the war against Afghanistan, an end to racist attacks and profiling against people of color and to confront our government’s attempt to squelch our civil rights.
At approximately 12:30pm a march will lead down the 16th Street Mall to Stout Street and return back to the State Capitol for several diverse speakers.
Sponsors of the march and rally are calling on Coloradans to bring visual demonstrations of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis unfolding in Afghanistan.
"While justice needs to be sought for September 11," says Denver Green Party representative Damon Haley, "bombing further demolishes Afghan human rights and continues the cycle of starvation and extreme poverty
that will lead more people into fanaticism and make the world more dangerous."
"September 11 was a criminal act, and should be treated as such," says End the Politics of Cruelty member Mark Cohen, "using the same mechanisms of international law that recently brought the perpetrators of the embassy bombings to justice - without the deaths of innocent people."
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