March for Peace This Saturday

If you watched the State of the Union last night (we tried to, but ended up choosing the guilty pleasure that is Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" over it), you heard our Fearless Leader not mention a hurricane starting with K or the region affected by it plug his plan for Iraq. This weekend, various national organizations are sponsoring a peace march in D.C. against the war. Local peace organizations are eager to show solidarity, so Saturday there will be a statewide anti-war march here in town. From the United for Peace & Justice site: "The nonviolent action will call for the end of war and the immediate withdraw [sic] of United States military from Iraq."

Before the local march begins, leaders from the Crawford Peace House, the Texas Green Party, Veterans for Peace, and other peace organizations will speak and music will energize the crowd. The march to the Capitol starts afterwards, at 3:30pm.

Stop The War Coalition - Austin's Statewide March
Saturday, Jan. 27
3pm - Meet up at Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second Street [map]
3:30pm - March to the Capitol begins
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Photo by deborah lattimore on flickr