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Syracuse Peace Demonstration 9-29-07

Monday, 17 September 2007
12:30 PM - 9:30 PM

http://www.neighbors4peace.org/sept29

Syracuse Peace Demonstration 9-29-07

Start: Sep 29 2007 - 11:30am
End: Sep 29 2007 - 7:00pm
Timezone: EST
Please join us for what may be the most
important anti-war rally ever held in Upstate New York.
Active duty soldiers from Fort Drum in Watertown, NY, members of the only active-duty
chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), approached the Syracuse Peace Council to
help set up a region-wide demonstration in Syracuse against the war. This demonstration
will take place on September 29th, 2007 in Syracuse, NY.

Syracuse is the closest large city to Fort Drum, and on any given weekend, there are many
soldiers on leave there. Fort Drum has also suffered a larger number of casualties than any
other base in the U.S. These soldiers will be joined by peace and justice loving people from
Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Potsdam, Watertown, Utica, Binghamton, Ithaca, Chatham,
Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga, Cortland, Belmont and many other Western and
Central New York State Communities.

Since it is being initiated by active duty soldiers, this will be an historic demonstration
against the Iraq war. Soldiers everywhere will learn about it. The demonstration will build
prestige for the IVAW chapter at Fort Drum. It exposes as a lie the notion that the peace
movement is anti-soldier. It says to the world that soldiers, too, are against the war. It is
incumbent upon the peace movement that we make this rally a success.

The current agenda is:

1:00 - 2:00 pm Opening Rally at Everson Museum Plaza - 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse
2:00 - 2:30 pm Assemble for Peace March
2:30 - 4:00 pm Peace March to Syracuse University
4:00 pm Closing Rally at Syracuse University
6:00 - 7:00 pm Regional Networking
8:00 pm Panel Discussion at The Hendricks University Chapel with Dahlia Wasfi, Scott
Ritter and Jimmy Massey

Semper pacificus,

Location:
Opening Rally at Everson Museum Plaza - 401 Harrison Street, Syracuse