The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action is coordinating a "Peace Train" to take New Jersey residents to a major regional march and rally Saturday in New York City in conjunction with the first anniversary of the U.S. attack on Iraq.
The overall theme of the day of protest is "The World Still Says No to War."
Pre-boarding anti-war rallies are slated at the Hamilton and Trenton stations, as well as at the Princeton shuttle station on University Place at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Those planning to board the Peace Train must purchase their own tickets at each station. Participants will board the trains to New York at 10:11 in Trenton, at 10:17 in Hamilton, and at 10:13 at the Princeton shuttle, which will meet the Peace Train when it arrives at Princeton Junction at 10:23 a.m.
Upon arrival in New York, expected at 11:38 a.m., the Peace Train riders will go to the corner of 33rd Street and 7th Avenue to meet the rest of the New Jersey delegation. From there they will march to the opening rally at Madison Square Park, located at 23rd Street and Madison Avenue. After the one-hour opening rally, there will be a unified march, ending at Madison Square Park for a concluding rally.
Confirmed speakers at the Princeton pre-boarding rally include Princeton Borough Mayor Joseph O’Neill; Dr. Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist who is a lecturer at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School; Dr. Sharon Weiner, a researcher in Princeton University’s Program in Science and Global Security; and the Rev. Frederick Boyle, the pastor of Titusville United Methodist Church who has recently publicly fasted in protest of the lack of basic human rights for Iraqis under the U.S. occupation.
"On March 20, we will join millions around the world in calling for unconditional renunciation of the Bush policy of unilateral pre-emptive strikes," said the Rev. Robert Moore, executive director of the coalition. "We will demand corrective action for the U.S. unilateral invasion and occupation of Iraq, which has now led to a quagmire that has claimed nearly 600 American lives and over 11,000 Iraqi civilians."
For further information, contact the Coalition for Peace Action at www.peacecoalition.org or (609) 924-5022.
