Dear Friends

 We face an urgent war crisis worldwide and we need your  solidarity. Below is a slightly revised statement from the

 one I sent most of you yesterday. It is a call for actions  to stop the new drive to war. The IAC initiated this call,

 but it is also the result of discussions with others in a  broader coalition, which we call A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to

 Stop War & End Racism).

 We ask you (1) to endorse this call, as individuals and if  possible as your organization, and (2) to see if the overall

 peace movement in your countries or in Europe, progressive parties, other mass organizations or unions, members of  national or European parliament can endorse it.

 If anyone can translate the call to another language, please  let us know. You may send to those you ask to sign, of

 course, please don't post on a website or list until it is  on the IAC website, which should be by the morning of Sept.  19.

 If it is possible to call actions for the dates we name  below, so that there are simultaneous demonstrations

 worldwide, that of course would be wonderful. This is not  meant, however, to slow down any actions planned for earlier where this is possible.

 Endorsements should be sent to iacenter@iacenter.org with  the note ENDORSEMENT:

 Fraternally,

 John Catalinotto, IAC

 A Call to Join a New Anti-War Coalition:

 International A.N.S.W.E.R.

 (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)

 Please join us in signing this call:

 Our most heartfelt sympathies and condolences are with all  those whose loved ones were lost or injured on September 11, 2001. At this moment, we would all like to take time to reflect, to grieve, to extend sympathy and condolences to  all. But we believe that we must do more. We must act now.

 We are assembling International A.N.S.W.E.R. to call for worldwide rallies against war and racism.  On September 29, there will be a national march and rally at the White House in Washington DC, as well as marches on the West Coast of the U.S. and around the world.  We call on all people of  conscience and progressive organizations to take up this call and organize rallies around the world.

 We join with people all over the world who condemn the  horrific killings of thousands of innocent civilians on  Sept. 11th . But unless we stop President Bush and NATO from carrying out a new, wider war in the Middle East, the number of innocent victims will grow from the thousands to the tens  of thousands and possibly more. A new, wider U.S. and NATO war in the Middle East can only lead to an escalating cycle of violence. War is not the answer.

 We need to act against racism too! Arab American and Muslim  people in the United States, in Europe and elsewhere -- as well as other communities of color -- are facing racist attacks and harassment in their communities, on their jobs and at mosques. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism is a poison that should be repudiated.

 The U.S. government is attempting to curb civil liberties  and to create a climate in which it is impossible for  progressive people to speak their mind.  The Bush  administration is attempting to take advantage of this  crisis to militarize U.S. society with a vast expansion of  police powers that is intended to severely restrict basic  democratic rights.

 On September 29 tens of thousands of people had planned to  demonstrate against the Bush administration's reactionary  foreign and domestic policy and the IMF and World Bank.  In  light of the current crisis, with its tragic consequences  for so many thousands of people, we have refocused the call  for our demonstration to address the immediate danger posed  by increased racism and the grave threat of a new war.  We  call on people to demonstrate around the world on that day.

 Now is the time for all people of conscience, all people who  oppose racism and war to come together.  If you believe in  civil liberties and oppose racism and war, demonstrate on  September 29 in front of the White House and around the  world.  October 12-13 will be International Days of Action  Against War and Racism.   We urge all organizations  internationally to join together at this critical time and  take action.

 Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic  Archdiocese of Detroit

Samia Halaby, Al-Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition

Barbara Lubin, Executive Director, Middle East Children’s Alliance

 Rev. Lucius Walker, Pastors for Peace

Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director, International Action Center

Nania Kaur Dhingra, Sikh Student Organization, George  Washington University

 Michele Naar-Obed, Plowshares activist from the Jonah House  Community in Baltimore

 Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network

 Heidi Boghosian, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild

 Leonora Foerstal, Women for Mutual Security

 Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement

 Michel Shehadeh, Los Angeles 8 Case Respondent

 Ray Leforest, Labor Organizer, 1707 AFSCME

 Arab Cause Solidarity Committee, Madrid, Spain

 Nino Pasti Foundation, Rome, Italy

 Michel Collon, Belgium Anti-War Journalist

 Elmar Schmaehling, Admiral, German Navy, retired

 (List in formation, September 17, 2001)

 International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End

 Racism)  National Office: 39 W. 14th St., Suite 206, NY, NY 10011

 (212) 633-6646 > Washington DC Office: 1247 E St. SE,  Washington DC 20003

 U.S.A.  (202) 543-2777

 Email: iacenter@iacenter.org     Web: www.iacenter.org

adesione dal Veneto alle manifestazioni di washington contro la guerra a nome anche degli altri di tutti- quelli che hanno obiezioni lo dicano. E' importante essere in comunicazione diretta con quelli che lottano negli usa,  mandategli adesioni e messaggi!!

Dear friends of usa

from Italy I endorse the call against the war also for my others comrades . We are building two days of demonstrations against war in Vicenza, where is a great base of the Nato for the 5-6 october 2001 (http://www.venetocontrog8.net)

Here in Italy a lot of people is against the war, now we well search to demonstate. Greatings for your manif et mourning for the victims of the wars.

Un mondo diverso è possibile, senza guerra, senza sfruttamento.

dobbiamo lottare uniti in tutto il mondo

un grande abbraccio

per soccorsopopolare egli altri gruppi in lotta contro la guerra