| Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) |
From: Richard Sanders <ad207_-at-_freenet.carleton.ca>
To: no_to_nato_-at-_flora.org
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 16:41:35 -0500
The next NOWAR weekly demonstration: (see note at bottom)
WHERE: York and Sussex, Ottawa
WHEN : Saturday, November 24, 2001, 12:00 to 13:30
The demonstration will rendezvous at York and Sussex, Ottawa, then
at 12:15 will go up the stairs to MacKenzie, across the street, and
down to the U.S. Embassy main entrance area. At 12:45 the march
to Parliament Hill begins, ending at the Centennial Flame, where
the demonstration will continue until 13:30. Bring your signs, your
voices, and your hearts.
6,000 American lives undoubtedly consitituted a major world tragedy. How
many Afghans must die before the world demands justice? Millions are in
danger. Meanwhile, our government is pre-occupied with Bill C-36. Soon we
might all be 'terrorists'. Let's stop the madness!
NOWAR
In response to the horrific events of September 11, the resulting
declarations of war by the U.S. government and its military allies, the
attack on civil liberties and the right to dissent, and the ugly racist and
xenophobic attacks on innocent people of colour across North America, a
group of concerned Ottawa-area citizens has recently formed the Network to
Oppose War and Racism (NOWAR).
This coalition has three goals:
1) to oppose terrorism in all its forms, the U.S. call to war, and Canada's
participation therein;
2) to oppose the racist backlash against people of colour, including attacks
on immigrant and refugee rights;
3) to oppose the erosion of civil liberties in the name of national
security.
Our network, which is made up of a diversity of members from within the
community, seeks to build a broad-based coalition of organizations and
individuals within the Ottawa region to advance the above goals by
organizing events and increasing public awareness in the coming weeks and
months.
NOTE ABOUT THE WEEKLY DEMONSTRATIONS: NOWAR is running a campaign of weekly
demonstrations beginning every Saturday at 12:00 at York and Sussex
(Ottawa). For further information about the weekly demonstrations please
contact Bill at billandcolleen@comnet.ca, or for general information about
NOWAR contact Angela at pinchero@hotmail.com.
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Richard Sanders, Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
(A network of individuals and NGOs across Canada and around the world)
Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614
Email: <ad207@ncf.ca> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat>
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