Michael Prysner's testimony at Winter Soldier Watch the video below! "We were told we were fighting terrorism...The real terrorism was this occupation... I threw families onto the street in Iraq only to come home and see families thrown onto the street in this country in this tragic and unnecessary foreclosure crisis.

March 19 is the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq On Wednesday, come to City Hall and demand: No cuts! No war! Wednesday, March 19, 4pm City Hall, New York City Download an 8.5x11 flyer On the 5th anniversary of the war, the ANSWER Coalition in NYC encourages all anti-war and anti-racist activists to join teachers, parents and community members in the demonstration against education cuts organized by the “Keep the Promise” Coalition.

Protests across the country on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion The front banner of the Oct. 27 march in LA. The ANSWER Coalition in Los Angeles has initiated a broad coalition to organize a mass demonstration in LA on March 15.

Regarding the March 15, 2008 Fifth Anniversary Mass March on Washington DC In December, the ANSWER Coalition sent out an email that contained an announcement from the Year5 Coalition (that included 17 anti-war organizations) about plans for a mass demonstration in Washington DC on March 15, 2008.

National Mall Redesign Could Seriously Restrict Free Speech By Scott Thill, AlterNet Posted on February 27, 2008, Printed on February 27, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/77799/ The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to redesign the heavily trafficked National Mall -- the sprawling open area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol that has become America's iconographic site of popular protest.

Sixth International Al-Awda Convention May 16-May 18, 2008 in Anaheim, California We repost the following press release from Al-Awda, the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition. More information is available at http://al-awda.

End the Criminal Israeli Siege of Gaza NOW! Stop the Collective Punishment of the Palestinian People! Coalition Calls for Emergency Protests Jan. 25-26 in Washington, San Francisco, Anaheim and other cities The A.

At a public meeting called by the National Park Service on Saturday, January 12 in Washington, D.C., representatives from the Partnership for Civil Justice, ANSWER Coalition, Nicaragua Network, Grassroots America, ImpeachBush.

**Please circulate widely to friends, family members, and listservs** Central Park Great Lawn Lawsuit Results in Important Victory for Free Speech Rights Settlement Strikes Down Regulations Banning Mass Assembly Protest City Must Establish Constitutionally Valid Permitting Scheme for Protests in Central Park ~~ See New York Times article below ~~ The Partnership for Civil Justice has announced today the filing in Court of a landmark settlement agreement with the City of New York that strikes down key provisions of controversial and unconstitutional regulations aimed at restricting access to the Great Lawn of Central Park.