Troops Out Now Coalition
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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, 2005, the anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It has continued to organize demonstrations and other actions; the next major upcoming event it has endorsed is an international day of protest on the fourth anniversary of the invasion, March 17, 2007.[1]
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.[2]
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.[1]
