Why You Should Be in D.C. January 18-19

A teenage girl gathers with about 130 others at the Bangor Theological Seminary before heading to the peace rally in Augusta on October 26, 2002. Photo by Kelly Belis

When Congress rejects the will of the people, the people must act themselves. Congress has rubber-stamped Bush's criminal war that seeks to conquer the oil, land and resources of the Middle East. Bush and Congress have shown that they represent the interests of Corporate America rather than the people of the United States.

A people's movement is growing to stop them. On the Martin Luther King Jr. anniversary weekend, there will be mass protest activities.

Social programs and services are being looted as Bush and Congress provide record-breaking sums for weapons of mass destruction. Bush has signed into law Congress's new defense budget that transfers a billion dollars a day from the people into the hands of the military-industrial complex.

The grassroots Peace Congress will be comprised of delegations from all communities who are coming together in the streets and in a People's Congress to forge the opposition necessary to stop the Bush Administration's war drive: labor, students and youth, fighters for civil rights and women's rights, the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgendered community and people of faith.

Join with others around the country by bringing a diverse delegation from your community to participate in the January 18 mass march and the January 19th People's Congress.

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