Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Protest Raytheon's Hypocrisy at the Walk for Hunger Massachusetts Peace Action

Massachusetts Peace Action Brian Garvey<info@masspeaceaction.org>
To  Al Johnson  

Dear Al,

Expose Raytheon's Hypocrisy at the Walk for Hunger

Boston Common (Beacon and Charles Street)

Sunday, May 5th 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM 

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Fill out our Google Form and let us know how you’d like to participate:
bit.ly/yemenwalkforhunger
Raytheon, headquartered right here in Massachusetts, is one of the largest arms manufacturers in the world and a leading sponsor of the Walk for Hunger in Boston. While using charitable causes like the Walk for Hunger to whitewash their image, Raytheon continues to be a major supplier of bombs to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been dropping those bombs on the people of Yemen for over four years. With the help of corporations like Raytheon they have created the worst famine in the world today.
Thousands of well meaning fundraisers will be on Boston Common Sunday morning, walking to end hunger. We need to make them aware of this blatant hypocrisy and demand that Raytheon cease all weapons sales to Saudi war criminals.

As many of you know, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia, and supported by the United States, has been bombing the country of Yemen for four years. They routinely strike hospitals, schools, food storage facilities, and water treatment plants. The Saudis are using man-made famine and disease as weapons of war. 14 million people, half the population of Yemen, now lives on the brink of starvation. (Source: New York Times “As Famine Looms in Yemen, Saudi-Led Coalition Redoubles Attacks” 11/6/2018). This has created what the UN describes as, "the world's worst humanitarian crisis," resulting in the death of at least 85,000 children under the age of 5 from starvation.
Yemen may seem far away but so long as Raytheon, the military-industrial complex in our own backyard, is supplying the weaponry then this is Massachusett's war and it is our responsibility to stop it. Citizens and residents of Massachusetts can no longer remain silent. Join us in this creative form of protest. Stand in solidarity with the people of Yemen, and stand up to the war profiteer Raytheon!
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Model wearing Raytheon - Walk for Hunger T shirt
Sign up now to support the Walk for Hunger and to stand against Raytheon-supported starvation in Yemen! Some of us will walk the 5K route, but it is not necessary to do so. Some will hold signs and banners. Some with spread the word by passing leaflets. Some will register to become official Walk for Hunger team members. All levels of participation are encouraged and welcomed! We will also be selling T-shirts to increase our visibility!

Fill out our Google Form and let us know how you’d like to participate:
bit.ly/yemenwalkforhunger
To officially join the Yemen Anti-Famine Team and donate to the Walk for Hunger go to:
bit.ly/yemenantifamineteam

Yours for Peace,
Brian Garvey
Organizer

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