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Good night, all. See you in phase 4.

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From the page: "The antiwar movement is back. The quarter-million marching past the White House on September 24 heralded its reemergence, and none too soon. For those of us on campuses, it was particularly gratifying to see evidence of the national student movement that is beginning to cohere -- with "College Not Combat, Relief Not War" contingents organized by the Campus Antiwar Network bringing together 2,000 students at the DC march and hundreds in San Francisco.

This student movement is significant, because it is students who are targeted daily by military recruiters asking us to leave school and become the next round of cannon fodder in a war most of us oppose. And it is the rising opposition to war among young people, and the grassroots counter-recruitment movement that began to take shape on campuses last spring, that has put the Army in its worst recruiting slump since 1979."

From the page: "Beat up on profiteering, crony capitalism and white male affirmative action -- here and in Iraq. The "new New Orleans" the rich are dreaming of would be a Dixieland jazz/Cajun cooking theme park for white tourists. Bush's promised aid will take the form of tax-breaks and investment incentives for businesses, and school vouchers and housing lotteries for the poor. Already Halliburton has massive no-bid reconstruction contracts for New Orleans, as small and minority-owned contractors are shut out.

Demand that the National Guard come back to battle disasters at home. Build the anti-war movement's state-by-state campaign against Iraq deployment. Resist federalization of the Guard -- putting them directly under Presidential command -- a major Bush/neocon goal.

Intensify counter-recruiting. Right now, the Pentagon has recruiters trolling for prospects among evacuees in the shelters of Baton Rouge and Houston. This is as opportunistic and flat-out immoral as telling the undocumented that their choice is military enlistment or deportation. It's urgent that the entire movement materially support anti-military organizers in immigrant and low-income communities as they develop culturally effective tactics and outreach materials.

Keep the heat on Congress. The Out Of Iraq Caucus is growing fast, but most senators and representatives still vote for every Iraq appropriation, mumbling, "We have to support the troops." The next time Pentagon comes shaking the tin cup for another $80 billion, the rubber has to meet the road. Money for Katrina, Not a Dime for Occupation!

Support the demands of veterans and military families and don't make the threshold too high for new people. The military sees the troops as disposable -- use 'em up and throw 'em away. We should unite with Veterans For Peace to protest the closing of VA hospitals, be there consistently for returning Iraq vets, and be welcoming to these new protesters rather than bombarding them with rhetoric, newspapers and maximum programs.

Don't fall for partial or phased withdrawal schemes. There will be a lot of elected officials and policy wonks pushing this. As Iraqi trade unionists on tour in the US told us clearly, the people of Iraq can't solve their problems until the US leaves. Partial withdrawals won't change that and will deepen the risks faced by the remaining troops less safe. BRING THEM HOME NOW! All of them!"

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