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Friday, November 14, 2014

Rally: No New U.S. War in Iraq & Syria!

Join us Saturday Nov 15^th

On Friday, President Obama doubled down on the war in Iraq and Syria, ordering 1500 more troops on the ground in Iraq and requesting over $5 billion in funding.

Saturday, Nov 15, 1:00 pm
Park Street Station, Boston

Rally and march to Downtown Crossing with a mock drone and die-in

· Stop the Bombing in Syria and Iraq

· Bring the troops home now

· Stop sending weapons into the region which are leading to so much bloodshed

· Support humanitarian aid, through neutral institutions, for victims of the conflict

· Support self-determination and the demilitarization of the area

Armistice/Veterans Day has recently past in the midst of a never ending war and yet another military intervention, this time in Syria

and Iraq. Washington has promised us that this new war will last for years. But over the past 13 years, this country has spent one trillion, five hundred billion dollars for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and other parts of the Middle East and South Asia. These military actions have brought hundreds of thousands of deaths, but neither peace nor security. Meanwhile, these hundreds of billions of dollars could have been used instead to provide for jobs, human needs, and renewable energy.

The current campaign to sell this war has nothing to do with protecting us or the people of the area but instead is intended to secure control of the area by repressive governments and sectarian militias allied with Washington. The current bombing campaign is in violation of the U.N. Charter and the U.S. Constitution. In its sweep through Syria and Iraq, ISIS is using modern U.S. weapons that were previously sent into the region in order to stabilize a corrupt and brutal regime in Baghdad and to overthrow Syria’s government.

Is bombing an answer to these sectarian conflicts? Do these actions reflect the interests of working people in the U.S. or the peoples of the Middle East? We should not be involved in this sectarian conflict that the war in Iraq set off. Rather, we should be supporting a policy of non-intervention and self-determination. Any real and lasting solution to the problems in the region must come from the peoples of that region themselves, not from the Pentagon.

Call Congress toll-free at 877-429-0678 and say:
“I want Congress to reconvene immediately to fully debate a new “Authorization for Use of Military Force” (AUMF) that deals with Syria, Iraq, and ISIS. And when the vote comes, I want you to vote no.”

Save the date for an educational forum on Syria and Iraq featuring Prof. Elaine Hagopian, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 7pm.

For more info or to help organize: United for Justice with Peace, 617-383-4857, info@justicewithpeace.org


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