U.S. Hands Off Syria! – No War!

All Out Saturday, Sept. 7, Boston!

Rally at Park St. Station (Tremont & Park Sts.), 1:00 PM

Dear Antiwar and Social Justice Activists,

A U.S. attack on Syria is imminent as the Obama administration presses Congress to approve a war that the American people and the whole world rejects. They say it is a limited punitive “surgical strike” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his alleged use of chemical weapons. Make no mistake, any military intervention will be a war against the Syrian people.

To date, neither the U.S. or anyone else has presented credible proof of the use of Sarin gas by the Syrian government, the current pretext for yet another war. We certainly know the U.S. government is capable of manufacturing “evidence”, as they did with WMD’s in Iraq, so we should remain skeptical.

More importantly, the U.S. has no political, legal or moral standing to use force against any nation. The warmaking would-be cop of the world has an unbroken record of military interventions that have murdered millions to advance the interests of the ONE PERCENT. In fact, the U.S. has used and/or supported the use of biological and chemical warfare all over the world, and uses and manufactures these and many other weapons, equally horrific.

With yet another war imminent, all antiwar and social justice activists must assume a mobilization footing and challenge the warmakers in the administration and in Congress on a daily basis. Protests and campaigns to demand that Congress votes against war are planned across the country and indeed, around the world.

All out to oppose any U.S. attack on Syria! We stand for peace!

(Organizations supporting the rally on Saturday – list in formation.)

United for Justice with Peace, Committee for Peace & Human Rights, United National Antiwar Coalition, International Action Center, Mass. Peace Action, Mass. Pirate Party, #MassOps, American Friends Service Committee, American Iranian Friendship Committee, Mass. Liberty Movement (Liberty Clubhouse), ANSWER Coalition, Mass. Global Action/encuentro 5, Green-Rainbow Party, Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom-Boston, Community Church of Boston, Revolution is Evolution, Jewish Voice for Peace, Syrian American Forum, ComeHomeAmerica-Boston Chapter, Veterans For Peace-Smedley Butler Brigade, South Asia Center, South Asians for Social Justice, Arlington United for Justice with Peace, Chelsea Uniting Against the War, Global Strategy for Nonviolence, Women's Fightback Network, Team Solidarity - United School Bus Union Workers, Workers World Party, Justice First Foundation

To add your organization and designate a speaker for the rally, contact Marilyn Levin, marilynl@alumni.neu.edu.

To see a list of national demonstrations, go to www.UNACpeace.org . Particularly note: Syrian Americans will held a “No War” rally in Washington, D.C. on Monday, September 9. Rally at the White House at 10 am followed by a march to Congress for another rally. Please join them. See the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/680761451934228/ In addition, groups will be demonstrating at the Capitol round the clock.