For more information:
www.ncpeacehub.org
www.unitedforpeace.org
Liz Seymour, March 20 media coordinator, hobbldhoy-AT-aol.com
Phone 336/274-1814


FAYETTEVILLE, NC--Demonstrators from throughout the Southeast will gather on March 20 for what is expected to be the biggest anti-war march held in this military town since the Vietnam war. Fayetteville is home to Ft. Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the U.S., and is adjacent to Pope Air Force Base. The march will begin at 11:00 am at the Amtrak Station on Hay Street and proceed along Hay Street to Rowan Street Park for a 1:00 pm rally that will include speakers, music, poetry and song

"There are a lot of vets and military family members who think this war is wrong," said Lou Plummer of Fayetteville Peace with Justice and Military Families Speak Out, two of the event’s sponsors. "We called Saddam evil for killing Iraqis, yet we are responsible for 8-10,000 deaths ourselves, many of them innocent civilians. The 500+ US soldiers who have been killed and the thousands of wounded and disabled service members are victims of a government that does not care about them. We’re holding the march here in Fayetteville to show the world that there are military families and vets in solidarity with the millions of others who are negatively affected by war and occupation in Iraq, and by its consequences at home."

Marchers will assemble around three themes: "We Demand Real Support For The Troops: Bring Them Home Now!", "Money For Jobs And Education, Not War And Occupations", and "The World Still Says No To War!" The Fayetteville march and rally is part of an international Global Day of Action Against War and Occupation that will mark the first anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Last year’s February 15 Global Day of Action brought out some 15 million demonstrators on all nine continents, including Antarctica. In addition to the march in Fayetteville there will be an event in Asheville from 1-5 at City-County Plaza.

Organizations building worldwide for this year’s event include the World Social Forum, United for Peace and Justice, Military Families Speak Out, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Black Solidarity Against War, U.S. Labor Against the War, N.C. Council of Churches, Veterans for Peace, Bring Them Home Now coalition, American Friends Service Committee, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, People of Color Against the War, and the International Socialist Organization.

AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS:

In Fayetteville:
Lou Plummer, Fayetteville Peace with Justice and Military Families Speak Out, fayettevillepwj-AT-nc.rr.com-
Phone 910/433-9053

Chuck Fager, Quaker House CHUCKFAGER-AT-aol.com
Phone 910/ 323-3912

In Asheville:
Tim Pluta, timpluta-AT-hotmail.com
Phone: 828/689-8463