Dear Al,
 Humanity is at a crossroads. Either we watch in a stupor
as climate change accelerates, nuclear weapons are "improved", and wars spiral
out of control—tempting the use of nuclear weapons, OR, "We the People of the
World" take action to change things. These growing threats to a healthy planet
and to human well-being urge us to mobilize and take action.
Join Massachusetts Peace Action at the
People’s Climate March, this Sunday, September 21 in New York City. Peace
Action will meet at 10am at 77th and Central Park West, where the Peace &
Justice pre-rally will feature powerful speakers like Bill McKibben, Jim
Hightower, Medea Benjamin, Tom Hayden, George Gresham and many others. Take the
1 train to 79th St.
The signs of climate change are all around
us. If we pursue business as usual we face a world of famine, increasing disease
and deaths, displacement from vast areas of flooded and uninhabitable terrain.
We must do all in our power to stop greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global
warming.
But the developing climate emergency does not
exist in isolation. We can’t effectively address climate change without ending
war and militarism and the massive carbon pollution which they directly and
indirectly generate.
And we can’t end war without ending the
fossil fuel energy system which war protects. One of the reasons the U.S. has
just started a new war in Iraq and Syria is to ensure that its friends control
the oil supply.
Read and sign the Appeal to the Peace and Climate Movements, initiated by
Massachusetts Peace Action and signed by dozens of organizations and hundreds of
individuals.
Need transportation? Over 60 chartered
buses from Massachusetts are filled up, but commercial services like Megabus,
Bolt Bus and Amtrak still have seats available this weekend. Are you driving
and need passengers to make up a carpool, or do you need a ride? – Call our
office at 617-354-2169 or email info@masspeaceaction.org. The pre-rally starts at 10am, and
our contingent may step off at about noon.
Join members of peace, labor, faith,
Indigenous, environmental, agricultural, campus, and over 1,100 different groups
on the streets of New York. As the UN Climate Summit convenes, demand action
now to reverse climate change and stop wars! (Bring noise
makers!)
Why are we doing this? Just look at some
enthusiastic three-year-olds and think of their tomorrows.
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For peace, justice and sustainability,
Cole Harrison
Executive
Director
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