May 1 March & Rally

MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR SUNDAY, MAY 1: END THE WAR! ABOLISH NUKES!
March and Rally Against the Iraq War & for Nuclear Disarmament
Assemble 11AM, 1st Ave North of 50th Street, NYC
March by the United Nations
Rally 2PM at Heckscher Ballfields in Central Park
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**Join us in New York City for a major peace demonstration on the day before the
U.N. reviews the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- a treaty the Bush
Administration is threatening to undermine, as part of its larger
empire-building agenda.**

Sunday, May 1, 2005
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide
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Around the country and around the world, momentum for the mobilization on May 1
is building! In addition to delegations from peace and disarmament movements in
scores of countries, we have learned that at least 1,000 people from Japan will
be marching with us. Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki 60 years ago will be part of this group. As the only people on earth to
have lived through the nightmare of nuclear explosions, these "hibakusha" are
actively leading the global struggle for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.

At the same time, the daily reality of death and destruction in Iraq continues,
sparked by the Bush administration's invasion and fueled by the ongoing U.S.
military occupation. A majority of people in this nation now oppose the war, but
the White House and most members of Congress are resisting the only solution to
the crisis: bring the troops home immediately. We need to be out in the streets
sending a loud and clear message to decision-makers and the public at large: End
the war in Iraq! Iraq veterans, veterans of other wars, and military families
will join us in New York City for the May 1 march and rally.

While the rally program is still being put together, we are pleased to announce
several confirmed speakers and musicians: the mayors of both Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, Daniel Ellsberg, Dr. Helen Caldicott, ex-CIA agent Roy McGovern and
ex-State Dept. official Ann Wright, representatives from the Marshall Islands
and impacted communities in this country, Tim Reynolds (guitarist from the Dave
Matthews Band), Antibalas, Japanese drummers, Emma's Revolution...and others.

Buses are coming from throughout the mid-Atlantic and New England areas, and
from as far away as Kansas City.
In the metropolitan NYC area groups are out
leafleting, postering, and helping to organize for what promises to be a
powerful day. For the first time, our movement is explicitly linking the demand
to end the war in Iraq with the call for complete nuclear disarmament!

Check the UFPJ web site for more details and for regular updates, leaflets you
can download and other organizing materials.

May 1 is just 11 days away, but in that time we can still reach many more
people! Help make the march and rally on Sunday, May 1 the strongest statement
possible.