Speak Out! For Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home at the PowerHouse Arena 27 Main Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Tuesday March 18th, which is the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War.

Tickets sold out almost instantly for Speak Up! A Benefit Concert for Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home, which St. Ann’s Warehouse and Josh Wood Productions are presenting, at the suggestion of Laurie Anderson, Antony and Lou Reed, Tuesday, March 18, 8 PM at St. Ann’s Warehouse. To further encourage empathy and compassion, and to provide New Yorkers with concrete options for action, the concert producers, along with powerHouse Books, are presenting a free pre-concert event, Speak Out! For Peace in Iraq and Justice at Home.

Participating organizations: American Friends Service Committee, Arab American Family Support Center, Brooklyn For Peace, CODEPINK, The Human Rights Project at the Urban Justice Center, Iraq Veterans Against the War, New York Civil Liberties Union, NYC United for Peace and Justice, NYC Military Families Speak Out, The Nation Magazine, War Resisters League and Veterans for Peace

Speakers: Naomi Klein, Laura Flanders, Donna Lieberman (NY Civil Liberties Union), Jose Vasquez (Iraq Veterans Against the War)

Exhibits: Eyes Wide Open and Costs of War

Film Footage: Iraq War Winter Soldier Testimonials and MORE.