For Immediate Release

Occupying To Stop U.S. Occupations.

Oct 6/7 is the 10 year anniversary of the Afghanistan war. For ten years, the richest country in the world has been "at war" with the poorest country in the world. Today in Washington D.C. , thousands are beginning an open ended protest to let the world know that we will not allow these wars to continue in our name. In Seattle, protests will begin on Friday Oct 7 at 4:30 pm and march to Westlake in to mark the anniversary. We will end with a die-in.

On the evening of Oct 4,  Seattle Mayor McGinn issued a statement in which he said that due to our scheduled anti-war protest and International Indigenous Peoples’ Day, he was ordering the tents to be taken down.

We express our enthusiastic solidarity with the morally and physically courageous people of Occupy Seattle and all others now forming occupations in their cities. They have not resigned themselves to accepting the way the world is and in doing so, they have been enduring brutal attacks by police and the corporate media’s malign neglect.

We support the right of Occupy Seattle to set up tents during which we have a permit in the park and call on people to support any encampments that continue thereafter.

Let Oct. 7 be about bearing witness to the brutality the 1% of the U.S. has brought to the Middle east through its wars because the whole world is watching!

Endorsed by:

The Seattle Chapter of World Can’t Wait, The ANSWER Coalition, organizers of the International People's Day, October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, & the Criminalization of  a Generation Seattle Affiliate