<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>PLEASE SHARE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT BROADLY. </b></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><b>TO RESERVE A SEAT ON THE BUS, CONTACT STEVE BURKE -- <a href="mailto:SBURKE@MIDCOAST.COM">SBURKE@MIDCOAST.COM</a> and read the rest of the information below.</b></span></font></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2">To: Midcoast P&J Statewide list -- </font> <a href="http://midcoastpeaceandjustice.org">http://midcoastpeaceandjustice.org</a></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+5" color="#000000"><b>Back to the Streets! </b></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+5" color="#000000"><b>Rally Against the Wars at Home and Abroad on April 9th (New York City)</b></font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"><br> <span></span> TAKE IT TO THE STREETS!!!! ALL ABOARD FOR NYC!!!!<br> <br> Greetings, Response to our email inquiry about buses to the</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#003300"> April 9th: End the Wars at Home and Abroad</font><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"> rally in NYC has been strong. We've rented one bus and hope to rent a couple more if needed. Please let us hear from you asap if you intend to join us.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000">The bus will leave Bangor around 1:00 AM on the 9th. Exact departure times and boarding locations are still tentative. There will be other boarding locations in Rockland, Bath and Portland. We'll be in NYC all day Saturday and leave around 3PM and be back at Maine locations between 9:00 PM and midnight.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000">The cost is 70$ per seat. There will be full scholarship seats available for those who can't afford to pay the fare and partial scholarship seats for those who are able to pay part of the fare. Scholarship seats depend on the generosity of our supporters and the success of our fundraising effort. These seats are awarded in the order they were applied for.</font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000">It's a HUGE help if people can make their reservations early and send their checks right out. You can reserve by responding to this email or calling 691-0322. As soon as we receive your check, or approve your scholarship we'll add your name to the passenger list.</font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000">If you're talking to friends who would like to go but can't, and would like to support the action, suggest that they send some $$$ to help pay for scholarship seats and additional buses. In this economy your contributions are more important and more appreciated than ever.</font></div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000"><br> Checks can be made out to The Midcoast Peace and Justice Group and sent to Nancy Button, 1478 Camden Rd, Warren, Maine 04864.<br> <br> PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL ADDRESS AND PREFERED BOARDING LOCATION IN YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.<br> <br> More information later.......Please forward widely.</font><br> </div> <div><font face="Helvetica" size="+2" color="#000000">On to NYC! .....Steve Burke - Midcoast Peace and Justice Group<br> <br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+5" color="#003300">April 9th: End the Wars at Home and Abroad</font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> <b>United National</b><br> <b>Antiwar Committee</b><br> <b><a href="mailto:UNACpeace@gmail.com">UNACpeace@gmail.com</a> or UNAC at P.O. Box 123, Delmar, NY 12054</b><br> <b>518-227-6947 <a href="http://www.UNACpeace.org">www.UNACpeace.org</a></b><br> <b>Back to the Streets! </b></font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><b>April 9th: Demonstrate Against the Wars at Home and Abroad</b></font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><b><br> </b></font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><b>Call to Action</b><br> <b>And Request for Endorsement</b><br> <b>April 9, 2011</b><br> <b>New York & San Francisco</b><br> <b>from the</b><br> <b>United National Antiwar Committee</b></font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><b>Endorse the call:</b> <a href="http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html">http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html</a><br> <b>WHO ARE THE WARMAKERS? </b><br> <br> <i><b>THEY are the government, corporate, and financial powers that wage war, ravage the environment and the economy and trample on our democratic rights and liberties.</b></i></font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><b>WHO ARE THE PEACEMAKERS?</b><br> <br> <i><b>WE are the vast majority of humanity who want peace, a healthy planet and a society that prioritizes human needs, democracy and civil liberties for all.</b></i><br> <br> <b>The Warmakers</b> spend trillions of dollars yearly on endless wars in pursuit of global domination and profit while murdering millions of innocent people, installing corrupt and hated governments and funding occupations that displace millions from their homelands - trampling on the right of oppressed people to self-determination.<br> <br> <b>THEY</b> send our youth - victims of the economic draft - to fight over the very fossil fuels whose unrestrained use threatens the future of the planet while corrupt and virtually unregulated oil giants dump billions of gallons of death into our rivers and oceans.</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> <b>THEY</b> wage a fake "war on terrorism" at home - the new McCarthyism - that promotes racism and Islamophobia aimed at destroying civil liberties and democratic rights.<br> <br> <b>THEY</b> grant repeated and untold trillions in bailouts to banks, corporations and financial institutions while breaking unions, robbing pensions, destroying jobs, foreclosing homes, de-funding education and vital social services and are once again threatening Social Security and Medicare.<br> <br> <b>THEY</b> offer no solutions to the current crises other than more of the same.<br> <br> <b>THE PEACEMAKERS DEMAND</b> a better world. Only a massive, united, inclusive and independent movement has the power to bring it into being.<br> <br> <b>WE DEMAND</b> Bring U.S. Troops, Mercenaries and War Contractors Home Now: Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan! End the sanctions and stop the threats of war against the people of Iran, North Korea and Yemen. No to war and plunder of the people of Latin America and Africa! End U.S. Aid to Israel! End U.S. Support to the Israeli Occupation of Palestine and the Siege of Gaza!</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#000000"><b>WE DEMAND</b> trillions for jobs, education, social services, an end to all foreclosures, quality single-payer healthcare for all, a massive conversion to sustainable and planet-saving energy systems and public transportation and reparations to the victims of U.S. terror at home and abroad.</font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> <b>WE DEMAND</b> an end to FBI raids on antiwar, social justice, and international solidarity activists, an end to the racist persecution and prosecutions that ravage Muslim communities, an end to police terror in Black and Latino communities, full rights and legality for immigrants and an end to all efforts to repress and punish Wikileaks and its contributors and founders.<br> <br> <b>WE DEMAND</b> the immediate end to torture, rendition, secret trials, drone bombings and death squads.<br> <b>WE ARE DEDICATED TO A WORLD OF PEACE AND JUSTICE.</b><br> <b>All Out April 9, 2011</b></font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><u><b>Add your group's name to the endorser list, local, state or national:</b></u> <a href="http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html">http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html</a><br> <br> Initial List of Endorsers (List in formation)<br> <br> * = For Identification only<br> <br> UNAC -United National Antiwar Committee<br> <br> Center for Constitutional Rights<br> <br> Muslim Peace Coalition, USA<br> <br> Voices for Creative Nonviolence<br> <br> Veterans for Peace<br> <br> International Action Center<br> <br> Women's International League for Peace and Freedom<br> <br> Fellowship of Reconciliation<br> <br> Black Agenda Report<br> <br> National Assembly to End U.S. Wars and Occupations<br> <br> World Can't Wait<br> <br> Campaign for Peace and Democracy<br> <br> Project Salam<br> <br> Canadian Peace Alliance<br> <br> BAUAN USA<br> <br> Lynne Stewart Defense Committee<br> <br> Office of the Americas<br> <br> Tariq Ali<br> <br> Dr. Margaret Flowers PNHP *<br> <br> Ramsey Clark<br> <br> Ahmed Shawk, editor, International Socialist Review</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333">Al-Awda<br> <br> American Iranian Friendship Committee<br> <br> Ana Edwards, Chair, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project - Richmond, Va.<br> <br> Andy Griggs, Co-chair, California Teachers Association, Peace and Justice Caucus/UTLA-retired*<br> <br> Bail Out the People Movement<br> <br> Barrio Unido, San Francisco<br> <br> Bashir Abu-Manneh</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333">Baltimore Job Is a Right Campaign<br> <br> Battered Mother's Custody Conference<br> <br> Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace<br> <br> Bob Hernandez, Chapter President, SEIU Local 1021*<br> <br> Bonnie Weinstein - Bay Area United Against Wars Newsletter<br> <br> Boston UNAC<br> <br> Café Intifada - Los Angeles<br> <br> Camilo E. Mejia, Iraq war veteran and resister</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> Campaign for a Mass Party of Labor<br> <br> Carole Seligman - Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal *<br> <br> Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War<br> <br> Coalition for Justice - Blacksburg, Va.<br> <br> Colombian Front for Socialism (FECOPES)<br> <br> Columbus Campaign for Arms Control<br> <br> Committee for Justice to Defend the Los Angeles 8<br> <br> Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council<br> <br> David Keil - Metro West Peace Action (MWPA) *<br> <br> Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality - Virginia<br> <br> Derrick O'Keefe, Co-chair StopWar.ca (Vancouver) and<br> <br> Detroit Committee to Stop FBI/Grand Jury Repression.<br> <br> Doug Bullock, Albany County Legislator<br> <br> Dr. Andy Coats PNHP *<br> <br> DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) - New York<br> <br> Elaine Brower - national steering committee of WCW and anti-war military mom</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST) <br> <br> Freedom Road Socialist Organization<br> <br> Freedom Socialist Party<br> <br> Gilbert Achcar - Lebanese academic and writer<br> <br> Guilderland Neighbors for Peace<br> <br> Haiti Action Committee<br> <br> Hands off Venezuela<br> <br> International Socialist Organization<br> <br> Iraq Peace Action Coalition - Minneapolis<br> <br> Jersey City Peace Movement<br> <br> Journal Square Homeless Coalition<br> <br> Kim Nguyen, Metrowest Peace Action (MWPA)*<br> <br> Lillie "Ms. K" Branch-Kennedy - Director, Resource Information Help for the Disadvantaged (R.I.H.D.), Virginia<br> <br> Lisa Savage, CODEPINK Maine, Bring Our War $$ Home Coaltion *<br> <br> Los Angeles - Palestine Labor Solidarity Committee<br> <br> Maggie Zhou - ClimateSOS *<br> <br> Maine Veterans for Peace<br> <br> Maria Cristina Gutierrez, Exec. Director, Companeros del Barrio<br> <br> Mark Roman, Waterville Area Bridges for Peace & Justice<br> <br> Marlena Santoyo, Germantown Friends Meeting, Philadelphia, PA<br> <br> Masjid As-Salam Mosque, Albany, NY<br> <br> Michigan Emergency Committee Against Wars and Injustice<br> <br> Middle East Children's Alliance</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> Middle East Crisis Committee<br> <br> Mobilization Against War and Occupation - Vancouver, Canada<br> <br> Mobilization to Free Mumia<br> <br> Moratorium NOW Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shut-offs<br> <br> Muslim Solidarity Committee<br> <br> Nancy Murray, Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights* </font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> New Abolitionist Movement<br> <br> New England United</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333">New Socialist Project</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333">New York Labor Against the War<br> <br> No More Victims<br> <br> Nodutdol for Korean Community Development<br> <br> Northeast Peace and Justice Action Coalition<br> <br> Northwest Greens<br> <br> NotMyPriorities.org<br> <br> Nuestro Norte Es El Sur ((NUNO-SUR) Our North is the South<br> <br> Pakistan USA Freedom Forum<br> <br> Pakistani Trade Union Defense Campaign<br> <br> Peace and Freedom Party<br> <br> Peninsula Peace & Justice, Blue Hill, Maine<br> <br> Peninsula Peace and Justice Center - Palo Alto, Ca.<br> <br> Peoples Video Network<br> <br> Phil Wilayto, Editor, The Virginia Defender<br> <br> Philadelphia Against War<br> <br> Progressive Peace Coalition, Columbus Ohio<br> <br> Queen Zakia Shabazz - Director, United Parents Against Lead National, Inc.<br> <br> Ralph Poynter, Lynne Stewart Defense Committee<br> <br> Revolutionary Workers Group<br> <br> Rhode Island Mobilization Committee<br> <br> Rochester Against War<br> <br> Ron Jacobs, writer<br> <br> Saladin Muhammad - Founding Member, Black Workers for Justice<br> <br> Sarah Roche-Mahdi, Code Pink Boston*<br> <br> Saratoga Peace Alliance<br> <br> Sherry Wolf - International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, Author Sexuality and Socialism<br> <br> Siege Busters Working Group<br> <br> Socialist Action<br> <br> Socialist Organizer<br> <br> Socialist Viewpoint<br> <br> Solidarity<br> <br> Solidarity Committee of the Capital District</font><font face="Lucida Grande" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333">Stop the Wars Coalition, Boston<br> <br> The Campaign Against Sanctions & Military Intervention in Iran<br> <br> The Thomas Merton Center<br> <br> Twin Cities Peace Campaign<br> <br> Upper Hudson Peace Action<br> <br> Virginia Defender<br> <br> West Hartford Citizens for Peace and Justice<br> <br> WESTPAC Foundation<br> <br> Women against Military Madness<br> <br> Workers International League<br> <br> Workers World Party</font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> Youth for International Socialism</font><font color="#000000"><br> </font><font face="Times" size="+3" color="#333333"><br> <br> <br> </font><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">LOCAL Atlanta | Baltimore | Boston | Buffalo/Western NY | Charlotte, N.C. | Detroit | Jersey City and Newark | Los Angeles<br> Western Massassachusetts | New York City | Philadelphia | Raleigh, N.C. | San Diego | San Francisco | Seattle | Tucson<br> RELATED LINKS Troops Out Now Coalition | PeoplesVideo on YouTube | Bail Out the People Movement | FIST Youth<br> Stop War on Iran Campaign | Poison DUst | Leftbooks.com | Millions for Mumia | Peoples Video Network</font></div> <div><font face="Times" size="+2" color="#000000">United American Indians of New England | and more links<br> ON-LINE PETITIONS Stop FBI Repression of Anti-War Activists | Free SPC Bradley Manning | Condemn Political Repression in Honduras<br> Support the Georgia Prisoners' Strike | Say No! 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