NYC ACTION ALERT (please distribute far & wide): As Bush and Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo collude in Washington, DC, please JOIN the JUSTICE NOT WAR in the PHILIPPINES Campaign in a RALLY TO SAY

NO to PUPPETEERING and

PROFITEERING in the PHILIPPINES!

WHEN: 5.19.2003 | Monday | 5PM-6:30PM
WHERE: in front of the Philippine Consulate
556 5th Ave., bet. 45th & 46th Sts., Manhattan
subway: 4/5/6/7 train to Grand Central, B/D/F/Q/N/R/W to Rockefeller Center

Protest the meeting of Presidents Bush & Arroyo to escalate their War on the people of the Philippines. RALLY TO..

..condemn and oppose Bush and Company's imperial plans for the Philippines and the entire world

..demand an end to US military intervention in the Philippines and elsewhere

..protest Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's kowtowing to US puppeteers/profiteers and her blatant disregard for human rights in the name of the US-led so-called War on Terrorism.

Sponsor: Justice Not War in the Philippines campaign (JNW)

Endorsers: BAYAN International-USA, GABRIELA Network - NY/NJ, Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines (NISPOP), Philippine Workers Support Committee (Hawai'i)

To endorse, for more information, please email [email protected] or call 1212.561.1567.

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) will be in Washington, DC, May 19-21, for a state visit. Bush and GMA will be discussing security and economic development in the Philippines. There is a strong possibility that the two heads of state will be negotiating the re-opening of US bases in the Philippines.

On April 17, 450 US military personnel arrived in the former US naval base in Subic Bay, Philippines, for a two-week exercise that began on April 25. In addition, a total of about 1,200 US troops will take part in military exercises at three points in Luzon (northern part of the country), including the former US Clark air base. US military intervention in the Philippines has increased military and political repression against legitimate people’s organizations and legitimate revolutionary forces. Since the deployment of US troops to the Philippines in February 2002, sex trafficking of Filipino women and children has increased to 600%.

Initiated by GABRIELA Network - NY/NJ and by the Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines, the Justice Not War in the Philippines Campaign was formally launched on February 2003 in NYC. JNW aims to specifically amplify the voices of resistance against US military intervention and repression in the Philippines while working hand in hand with other anti-war Filipino formations in the Philippines and in the US. It also seeks to build bridges of solidarity among those who are struggling against US military interventions around the world.

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