Iraq Veterans Against the War Oregon Chapter

"The first casualty, when war comes, is truth." -Hiram Johnson (1866-1945). U.S. senator

PORTLAND ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION OCTOBER 15

Saturday, October 15, 2011, 1:00pm

10 Years in Afghanistan: End the Wars-Bring Our Money Home

RALLY, MARCH AND FORUM TO MARK ANNIVERSARY OF 2001 AFGHAN INVASION

Event to tie the economy to America's ongoing wars

Rally at 1 PM in Shemanski Park (South Park Blocks at Salmon St), and a march at 1:30 PM will bring participants to the First Unitarian Church for a 2:30 PM forum.

Speakers at the rally and forum will address these topics:

--Self Determination for the Middle East?--End Militarism?--Money for Jobs and Health Care?--Protect Human and Civil Rights

The forum speakers will be PSU sociology professor Veronica Dujon, Lewis and Clark College economics professor Martin Hart-Landsberg, and executive director of the national Bill of Rights Defense Committee Shahid Buttar.

October 15 has also been picked as a day of national action by the United National Antiwar campaign (http://nepajac.org/oct15page1.htm).