SATURDAY: Rally: No New U.S. War in Iraq & Syria!
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us Saturday Nov 15th
On Friday, Nov. 7, 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.
“I want you to speak out strongly and to vote against against proposals that authorize use of military force and support for armed groups in Syria and Iraq. ”
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
On Friday, Nov. 7, 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.
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Saturday, Nov 15, 1:00 pm Park Street Station, Boston Rally and march to Downtown Crossing with a mock drone and die-in |
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Stop the Bombing in Syria and Iraq
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Bring the troops home now
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Stop sending weapons into the region which are leading to so much bloodshed
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Support humanitarian aid, through neutral institutions, for victims of the conflict
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Support self-determination and the demilitarization of the area
It appears that Congress is about to give the
President authorization to carry out an ever-expanding war in Iraq and
Syria.
Our leaders say that these new wars will last for
years. But over the past 13 years, this country has already 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. Instead, it is intended to
secure control of the area by repressive governments and sectarian militias
allied (for the time being) with Washington.
The current bombing campaign is a 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 militarily in a sectarian
conflict that our war in Iraq set off. Rather, we should support 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 you to speak out strongly and to vote against against proposals that authorize use of military force and support for armed groups in Syria and Iraq. ”
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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after September 11th, seeks global peace through social and economic
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