Now, with the apparently forced resignation of a key U.S. military official who had stood up to the Bush administration's threats of war on Iran, the anti-war movement in the U.S. must directly confront the very real possibility of a new U.S. war this spring or summer – this time on Iran (see http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/12/7638/ for details).

Such a war could make the devastation of Iraq and Afghanistan pale by comparison. Iran has about three times the population of Iraq, and has much greater capability to exact revenge on attacking U.S. forces.

All of the military hardware is in place. The leading presidential candidates and politicians are predictably silent about the threat of war on Iran (indeed, each has threatened war on Iran themselves over the past few years).

If we are going to stop the current wars, and prevent an even more cruel new one, the peace movement needs assert itself to force the politicians away from war.

Please join us in two days of actions against war:

Wednesday, March 19 — Protest!
**** 6 PM — Rally, Federal Plaza at Adams & Dearborn, Chicago.
**** 7 PM — March from the loop to the "Gold Coast"

Thursday, March 20 — Resist!
**** Daytime — Creative actions throughout the downtown and metro area.
**** 5 PM — Permitted "Convergence" at the Federal Plaza, corner of Adams & Dearborn, Chicago.

Sponsored by
Chicago's 5th Year Anti-War Coalition
www.ChicagoMassAction.org

Stop Funding War and Occupation
Bring the Troops Home Now!

Endorsers (list in formation):

8th Day Center for Justice * Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice * American Friends Service Committee / Truth in Military Recruitment * American Muslims For Palestine * ANSWER Chicago * Arab American Action Network * Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War * Centro Sin Fronteras * Chicago Area CodePINK * Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism * Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights * Chicago Democratic Socialists of America * Chicago Labor Against the War * Chicago Media Action * Chicago No War On Iran Coalition * Chicago Progressive Alliance * Chicago Socialist Party * Chicago World Cant Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime! * Chicagoans Against Apartheid in Palestine * Chicagoans Against War & Injustice * Chicagoland Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights * Christian Peacemaker Teams - Chicago * Coalition of Pakistani Organizations - Chicago, IL * Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine * Committee on Pilipino Issues * Cook County Green Party * DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice * DuPage Against War Now (DAWN) * Ethical Action Committee of the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago * Fox Valley Citizens for Peace and Justice * Freedom Road Socialist Organization * Friends of Leon Berger * Gay Liberation Network * HammerHard MediaWorks * Illinois School of the Americas Watch * International Socialist Organization * International Solidarity Movement - Chicago * Iraq Veterans Against the War * Labor Beat * Labor Express * Labor's Militant Voice * Loose Change * Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation * National Committee to Free the Cuban 5 - Chicago * National Lawyers Guild - Chicago Chapter * Near West Citizens for Peace & Justice * Neighbors for Peace * Nicaragua Solidarity Network * North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice * North Suburban Peace Initiative * Northwest Peace & Education Project * Northwest Suburban NOW * Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice * Oak Park Friends Meeting * Palestine Solidarity Group * Pax Christie - St. Gertrude's * Peace Pledge Chicago * Sangat * South Siders for Peace * St. Harold's Community * Teamsters Local 743 * UIC Students for a Democratic Society * Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice * Voices for Creative Non-Violence * Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ * WomenInBlack Western Chicago Suburbs

Posters, flyers and handbills in 4 languages are available at our website, www.chicagomassaction.org, and at select locations around the city and suburbs (go to the website to find locations and times of pick up). Other publicity materials available on-line include YouTube videos, audio public service announcements and more.

Want more information or want to have your group listed as an endorser of Chicago's 5th Year actions? Send an email to contactform@m20coalition.net or call 773.536.0098