Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) rallies are today.

From Answer’s web site:

The war for Empire is a rich man’s war. Working and poor people in the United States are experiencing massive cuts in social services, high taxes to pay for the bloated military budget, assaults against our unions and decent wage paying jobs, the illegal elimination of pension funds by the new corporate robber barons, severe cuts in public education, and the ongoing racist neglect as evidenced by the destruction and usurpation of the neighborhoods of New Orleans. Racism is ever present in the government’s policy towards immigrant workers whose labor is super exploited while the laborersare subject to raids, imprisonment and deportations.

While demagogically campaigning against the so-called “welfare state,” the construction of a warfare state has become a central priority of corporate elites and the two political parties that are firmly under their control. In the months ahead, on October 28 and March 17, thepeople of the United States will unite against this war for Empire and in support of a society that makes social and economic justice its top priority.