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The Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) is a United States Anti-war organization, which describes itself as "a national grassroots coalition of antiwar activists, trade unionists, solidarity activists and community organizers." It was founded on December 3 , 2004 upon the decision of A.N.S.W.E.R. to disassociate itself from the International Action Center and to align itself with the Party For Socialism And Liberation . TONC called for its first action, a national day of Protest , on March 19 of that year, the anniversary of the 2003 Invasion Of Iraq . It has continued to organize Demonstration s and other actions; the next major upcoming event it has endorsed is an international day of protest on the third anniversary of the invasion, March 18-19, 2005 . The group's most prominent member organization is the International Action Center , which in turn is very closely associated with the Workers World Party . Critics have accused Troops out Now and the IAC of being Front Groups for this party. TONC's primary purpose is opposition to the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq , but it also calls for withdrawal from Afghanistan , the liberation of Palestine and Haiti , and the removal of sanctions on Cuba . It also opposes Racism and Poverty within the United States, for example that allegedly demonstrated by the response to Hurricane Katrina . It considers itself not simply anti-war, but Anti-imperialist . REFERENCES |
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