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> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Protest "Black Hawk Down"
>
>
> Assalamu'alaikum,
>
> Students for International Peace and Justice <[EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 21st of January 2002 02:04:23 PM
>
> PROTEST BLACK HAWK DOWN
> Money for Jobs and Human Needs, Not for War and
> Racism!
>
> IN NEW YORK CITY
> Wednesday, January 23 @ 6 pm
> Union Square Theater: 13th St. and Broadway
>
> AROUND THE COUNTRY
> Call a picket line at your local theater today!
>
> WHY ARE WE CALLING FOR PROTESTS AND BOYCOTTS AGAINST BLACK HAWK DOWN?
>
> This movie is a blatantly racist attempt to create support among the U.S.
> public for a new war against Somalia. According to the Bush
> Administration, Somalia is at the top of the Pentagons list of countries
> to be the next major target of the so-called war against terrorism.
>
> In his review of Black Hawk Down, New York Times movie reviewer Elvis
> Mitchell wrote that the movie converts the Somalis into a pack of snarling
> dark-skinned beasts it reeks of glumly staged racism.
>
> What actually happened in Somalia in 1992-93?
>
> On December 12, 1992, the U.S. sent 28,000 soldiers into Somalia under the
> cover of the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM) in what they
> said was a humanitarian mission to bring food to starving people. The
> invasion came when a several-year drought that had taken tens of thousands
> of lives was actually abating. At the time, the evening news showed
> images of thousands of starving Somalis. What people didnt see was U.S.
> troops not delivering food but instead engaged in daily gun battles and
> bombing raids in heavily populated neighborhoods. In ten months, more than
> 10,000 Somalis died as the U.S. engaged in aggressive military action
> against those who resisted.
>
>
> Resistance among Somali women, men and even children to the foreign troops
> became widespread. The Somali people have a long and proud history of
> resistance. They fought for the freedom of their country from Italian,
> French and British colonialism - and they resisted the U.S. attempts to
> recolonize their country.
>
> In the beginning of the military intervention in 1992, Colin Powell, at
> the time the chairman of the Pentagons Join Chiefs of Staff, called the
> invasion a paid political advertisement for the Pentagon at a time (less
> than a year after the end of the so-called Cold War) when Congress was
> under growing pressure to cut the war budget. Powell opposed calls that
> that money be used instead for jobs, education, health care, housing and
> other social needs, and instead sought to maintain the $300-billion-plus
> military budget.
>
> In reporting on the U.S./UN Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM), the human
> rights organization Africa Rights stated that troops have engaged in
> abuses of human rights, including killing of civilians, physical abuse,
> theft Many UNOSOM soldiers have also displayed unacceptable levels of
> racism toward Somalis These abuses included opening fire with machine guns
> against unarmed protesters, firing missiles into presidential areas and
> outright murder civilians, including many youth. The report states UNOSOM
> has become an army of occupation.
>
> Pro-war propaganda
>
> Since September 11, Bush administration on officials have held meetings
> with Hollywood representatives regarding the content of the movies and
> other material they produce. In an October 17, 2001, meeting, Hollywood
> heads committed themselves to new initiatives in support of the war on
> terrorism.
>
> Black Hawk Down is just one of those movies, made hand-in-hand with the
> Pentagon. Weeks before the release of Black Hawk Down, the Motion Picture
> Association of America held a private screening for senior White House
> advisers, and allowed them to make changes. Defense Secretary Donald
> Rumsfeld and Oliver North, among others, attended the movies Washington DC
> premiere.
>
> Hollywood spends hundreds of millions of dollars on pro-war, racist films
> like these - $90 million on Black Hawk Down alone while millions of people
> in New York and around the country are facing layoffs, evictions, cuts in
> health care, attacks on their pensions and more.
>
> A new war in Somalia
>
> Somalia Possible Target is now a common sentiment echoed in newspaper
> headlines and statements of Bush administration officials. In some ways,
> a new war against Somalia has already begun. In November, the U.S.
> government shut down the Somali-owned Al-Barakat money transfer company,
> which provided the only way for Somalis living out of the country to send
> back much-needed funds, known as remittances, which are often vital for
> family members survival. Up to eighty percent of Somalis which is
> hundreds of thousands if not milliosn of people rely on funds sent by
> relatives livng outside of the country. This exposes the pretext given by
> the U.S. government for the 1992 intervention said then to be a mission
> to help starving people because now the U.S. is imposing measures that
> will cause Somali people to starve because they are unable to afford food.
>
> The U.S. also shut down Somalia Internet Company, denying all Internet
> access to Somalis, and has severely restricted international telephone
> lines. This is really the beginning of a strangulation of the country.
>
> Since the U.S. government cannot implicate Somalia in the events of
> September 11, they are attempting to justify a new military assault by
> implying that the Pentagon has unfinished business, that they have a black
> eye and must return with a vengeance. This is the goal of Black Hawk
> Down.
>
> All those who believe in justice for the people of the world must take a
> stand against U.S. threats against Somalia, Sudan, the Philippines, Iraq,
> Colombia and everywhere else. We dont know where the next war will be.
> The Pentagon has announced that its wartime all the time and they will
> select the targets. But we do know the U.S. public is being prepared to
> justify another bloody incursion into Somalia.
>
> Protest and boycott Black Hawk Down and organize to build the anti-war
> movement.
>
> CALL ISSUED BY: New York A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism).
> For more information, call 212-633-6646, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or see
> www.InternationalANSWER.org. If you are organizing in your area, please
> let us know!
>
>
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