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Pacifica Radio To Cover The January 18th Rally In Washington DC!

To all Pacifica Stations From The Pacifica Radio Network:

Live coverage of the January 18th anti-war rally will be available on the KU/Left Channel at 11:00am eastern time

Laura Flanders, host of Working Assets Radio, daily on KALW 91.7 in San Francisco and WBAI General Manager Don Rohas will join Verna Avery Brown at the anchor desk for the INTERNATIONAL A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition's rally on the Washington, D.C. Mall, Saturday, January 18, 2003. The Pacifica Radio Network will be airing five hours of the rally from 11:00am Eastern Time till 4:00pm eastern time. The program will broadcast the events from the stage as well as on-set interviews.

The International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition is building on the momentum of the October 26 anti-war protests, the biggest opposition to conflict since the Vietnam War. A.N.S.W.E.R. is also sponsoring mass rallies against the war in San Francisco and other cities worldwide also on Saturday, January 18. The event is pegged to overlap the spirit of peace and non-violence embodied in the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Confirmed speakers at the rally include:

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general , founder International Action Center
Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network
Representative Charles Rangel, U.S. Congress
Ron Kovic, Vietnam Veteran and author of "Born on the Fourth of July"
Representative John Conyers, U.S. Congress
Cynthia McKinney, former Congresswoman
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Jessica Lange, actor
Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
Mike Farrell, actor
Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House
Brenda Stokely, President, District Council 1707 AFSCME; Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War
Damu Smith, Black Voices for Peace
Michael Letwin, Co-Convener, New York City Labor Against the War
Bill Fletcher, President, TransAfrica
Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth and Student Coordinator, Howard University student
Rev. Graylan Hagler, Senior Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church
Free Palestine Alliance
Macrina Cardenas, Mexico Solidarity Network
Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission
Nicaragua Network
Partnership for Civil Justice
Muslim Students Association of the U.S. & Canada
IFCO/Pastors for Peace
International Action Center
Rev. John Dear
Blasé Bonpane, Director, Office of the Americas - Representative, Bayan
Rev. Herbert Daughtry, national pastor, House of the Lord Church, Brooklyn
Not in Our Name Project
Michael Tarif Warren, attorney
Mumia Abu-Jamal, taped message

Musical & Cultural Performances Include:

Patti Smith
Chumbawamba
Prime Meridian

West Coast Rally Speakers will include:

Congresswomen Barbara Lee (the only member of Congress to vote against the Iraq pro-war resolution)
Noted American Indian activist and singer, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman
Anuradha Mittal, Food-First Co-director
Congresswoman Lyn Woolsey
Singer Joan Baez
Vietnam vet and Medal of Honor Winner Charlie Litkey
Amy Brennerman of the "Judging Amy Show"
Dick BecKer of the International Action Coalition

Stations interested in carrying the entire five hour broadcast or portions of the productions should contact Joia Jefferson Nuri inthepubliceye@starpower.net, 301-920-0670.

At the top and bottom of each hour a network ID will be played.

Coverage of the San Francisco rally will be available on the KU satellite immediately following the Washington broadcast. For stations interested in the San Francisco rally contact Jim Bennett at 510-848-6767 ext 203.