No Fooling, Mr. President! Bring our Troops and War $$ Home!

Antiwar Protest, DC, March 20

President Barack Obama will be in Boston for a $500 a plate fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.  The fundraiser will take place in the State Room on the 33d floor of 60 State Street in downtown Boston, near Government Center and Faneuil Hall.

Peace and justice groups will protest President Obama's war policies and giveways to the banks, saying:

Medea Benjamin, founder of the women's antiwar group CODEPINK: Women for Peace and of the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange, will be in Boston to address the protesters.

The fundraiser starts at 4:30 p.m.   We will gather at 4:00 p.m. in Sam Adams Park, which is the open area in back of Faneuil Hall, between Faneuil Hall and City Hall (see map below).   This area is directly in back of the 60 State Street building.

The focus of this event is against wars and occupations and linking these to jobs, housing, health, education, and climate issues.   To the extent that labor, environmental, and housing groups decide to join, we are open to making their priority issues co-equal with war issues.  It is possible that Tea Party type groups may also protest.   If so we don't want to be confused with them as our message is the opposite, so choose messages accordingly.

Co-sponsored by United for Justice with Peace, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, Mass Global Action, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Veterans for Peace - Smedley Butler Brigade, Greater Boston Stop the Wars Coalition, Military Families Speak Out, Boston May Day Committee, and Cape Codders for Peace and Justice.