Join the Anarchist & Anti-Capitalist Bloc on 2/15

at the March against War and Racism in Chicago's Pakistani Community

12 Noon, Saturday, February 15th
Devon & Damen
(main march starts at Devon & Leavitt)

The thundering of war grows louder. The storm is nearly upon us.

It seems certain now, that within a few weeks the United States empire will begin raining death down on the people of Iraq. A lightning invasion and full-scale, indefinate U.S. occupation are planned to follow.

Under the clouds of war the people of Palestine will likely face increasingly genocidal attack from the U.S. backed Israeli occupation. Chechens, Kurds, Afghanis, and the people of the Ivory Coast and Chiapas, Mexico may also endure increased assault form armies of occupation while the world's eyes are pointed elsewhere.

In the U.S., immigrants, especially Arab, South Asian, or other Muslims will see stepped-up harrassment, frame-ups, and detentions. And for the broader working-classes, civil liberties and living standards will continue to come under attack.

But the winds of resistance are blowing as well. On February 15th, across North America hundreds of thousands- well over a million people- will come out to protest the U.S. war on Iraq. In many cities, anarchists and other direct action, anti-capitalist forces are organizing contingents, Blocs, or breakaways to expose the capitalist basis for this war, and promote mass direct action as the only real way to stop it.

In the past few weeks anarchist organized anti-war breakaway marches have pushed past police, taken the streets, and carried out direct action against corporate, government, and other war related targets in Ohio, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Michigan.

These contingents have brought a spirit of defiance to the movement, a sense that we need to raise the costs of this war, and an understanding that this war is not simply bad policy, but a product of the capitalist system's endless quest for profit and power.

Here in Chicago we hope to initiate a tendency within the movement that has as it's goal not only mass direct action to end the war, but a revolutionary anti-authoritarian movement against the system as a whole. Connecting the war abroad with the war against the working-classes, people of color, women, queers, and youth right here.

It is not clear that Devon Avenue offers much in the way of the Military-Industrial-Complex as targets. We understand this march to be a show of strength and solidarity, especially for the Pakistani community of Chicago. So we are not organizing any direct action for this occasion. We will be present with our defiant spirit, flags, banners, and literature- looking to hook up with those who share these goals and attitude.

Anarchist & Anti-Capitalist Bloc
February 15, Noon, Devon & Damen

Against Capitalism, Patriarchy,
White Supremacy, and the State
For a free humanity!
For Anarchy!
BRICK anarchist collective
brickcollective (at) ziplip.com

member of FRAC, the Federation of Revolutionary Anarchist Collectives- Great Lakes Region
nightvision (at) ziplip.com