----- Forwarded Message ----- From: V Alba <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 11:17 AM Subject: Fwd: [LFN] Why Labor Should Oppose a U.S. Attack on Syria; UFPJ: Take Action - No U.S. Intervention in Syria; ANSWER: Sept. 7 in DC and Elsewhere -- Mass Demonstrations to Tell Congress, "Vote NO on War on Syria!"
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: U&I <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:49 AM Subject: [LFN] Why Labor Should Oppose a U.S. Attack on Syria; UFPJ: Take Action - No U.S. Intervention in Syria; ANSWER: Sept. 7 in DC and Elsewhere -- Mass Demonstrations to Tell Congress, "Vote NO on War on Syria!" To: [please excuse duplicate postings; to subscribe / unsubscribe, contact [email protected]] FORWARDED FROM: WHY LABOR SHOULD OPPOSE A U.S. ATTACK ON SYRIA! At a time when 27 million U.S. workers are unemployed or underemployed and severe cuts in social programs are being implemented under the sequestration, the Obama administration is focused instead on finalizing plans to unleash a bombing attack on Syria. We strongly believe that labor and our community partners should vehemently oppose such an attack. After all, the government destroyed Iraq at a cost of 4,488 U.S. lives, tens of thousands casualties and billions of dollars, and at a cost of a million Iraqi lives and casualties, all based on a lie that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. And this came after the U.S. supported Iraq's use of chemical weapons against Iran in the 1980s. Washington's outrage is indeed selective. The U.S. government attacked Afghanistan and 12 years later the war against that country is still going on with a further loss of human life and at a cost of $10 billion a month. But what benefit has that war brought to the working class majority of either country? Now a new U.S. war is apparently about to commence, this time against Syria. Will Iran be next? And which country will be the enemy after Iran? A lot of terrible things are taking place not just in Syria but also in other parts of the world. But the U.S. has no right to intervene and dictate the course of events in other lands. We are not the world's cop and have no right to go from one hot spot to the next, demanding that countries comply with what the U.S. government directs them to do. The cornerstone of international law is that each country must decide its own destiny, free from outside intervention and dictation. Unfortunately, the U.S. has a long history of waging aggressive wars -- even when it faces no immediate threat as is the case with Syria -- because it does not approve of the regimes and policies of other countries. Vietnam is a classic example of where such a war was waged with enormous loss of blood and treasure, while the warmakers suffered a staggering defeat. Labor must be unconditionally against any military aggression by the U.S. government -- the only government in the world that used atomic weapons and that later used Agent Orange in Vietnam and Depleted Uranium in Iraq. The American people are sick and tired of endless wars and occupations. All polls show an overwhelming majority of the public opposes a U.S. strike against Syria. We urge our union brothers and sisters -- and all of labor's allies -- to speak out now and demand of the U.S. government: "Money for Jobs and Education, Not for Wars and Occupations! Hands Off Syria!" - - - - - Issued by the Labor Fightback Network. For more information, please call 973-944-8975 or email [email protected] or write Labor Fightback Network, P.O. Box 187, Flanders, NJ 07836 or visit our website at laborfightback.org. Donations to help fund the Labor Fightback Network based on its program of solidarity and labor-community unity will be much appreciated. Please make checks payable to Labor Fightback Network and mail to the above P.O. Box or you can make a contribution online. Thanks! * * * * * * * * * * FORWARDED FROM UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE http://www.unitedforpeace.org/2013/08/28/take-action-no-u-s-military-intervention-in-syria/ Take Action: No U.S. Military Intervention in Syria August 28, 2013 As UFPJ honors the 50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, U.S. Navy Ships approach Syria with the threat of an imminent attack. We can't help but think back to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King about the travesty of war. Dr. King stated that "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Please take action and make your voice heard. Let's stop a US attack in Syria before it starts. * Sign this petition and help spread it through social media! * Call the White House at 202-456-1111 or the Switchboard at 202-456-1414 * Call your elected Representatives and Senators in their State or District offices (they are on recess) - Demand NO military intervention in Syria. To find the phone number: http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt?action=myreps_form * Organize a peaceful protest, march, vigil at your local communities (city hall, federal building, etc.) anytime this week, call for "NO attacks on Syria!" * If the U.S. attacks Syria, organize local actions, after the attack begins, either 6PM on same day if the attacks begin during U.S. day time (local Syria evening time), or 5PM the next day if the attacks begin during U.S. evening time (local Syria day time) * Download 4 posters here! For peace with justice, Michael McPhearson, Veterans For Peace Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Michael Eisenscher, U.S. Labor Against War Rusti Eisenberg, Brooklyn for Peace Lisa Fithian, Alliance for Community Trainers (ACT) Lee Siu Hin, National Immigrant Solidarity Network Siri Margerin, Civilian Soldier Alliance Gael Murphy, UFPJ Legislative Working Group Terry Rockefeller, Peaceful Tomorrows * * * * * * * * * * FORWARDED FROM ANSWER COALITION (http://www.answercoalition.org/) Mass Demonstration in Washington, D.C.! Tell Congress: Vote 'No War on Syria!' Saturday, Sept. 7 at 12 Noon Gather at the White House & March on the Capitol Building Time is of the essence. We have been in the streets all over the country. The opposition to a new war is everywhere. This forced the administration to step back from imminent bombings. But the danger also exists for an even larger war against Syria as Obama seeks to make a deal with right-wing hawks like John McCain, Lindsey Graham and others. Now is the time for the people to step up pressure on Congress and demand that they vote NO to any resolution authorizing a military attack on Syria. On Saturday, September 7, people are descending on Washington, D.C., for a major demonstration that will assemble at the White House and march on the Capitol Building as Congress returns to Washington, D.C., and prepares to vote. This demonstration is initiated by a broad ad-hoc coalition called the Vote No War Against Syria Coalition. If you or your organization would like to be an endorser of the Sept. 7 demonstration, email [email protected]. Those who can will stay over in Washington for daily demonstrations, and to maintain a round-the-clock visible anti-war presence at the U.S. Capitol building beginning Saturday, September 7 and continuing daily as Congress meets to take up and vote on the resolution. * * * * * * * * * * SEPTEMBER 7 IN SAN FRANCISCO Hands Off Syria! Take action against U.S. intervention! San Francisco Protest - Sat. Sept. 7, 12 noon, Chelsea Manning Plaza (Embarcadero) Washington is on the march toward yet another war of aggression in the Middle East, this time targeting Syria. The ANSWER Coalition is calling on organizations and individuals to take to the streets in opposition to what would be a destructive and criminal war by the U.S. government. Despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of the American people are clearly opposed to U.S. intervention, the signs all point to war. In a recent Reuters poll, only 9 percent favored direct U.S. military intervention, and 89 percent opposed arming the Syrian opposition. But the tiny elite clique who really run the country are completely discounting the will of the people, making a mockery of their so-called "democracy." The U.S. 6th Fleet has deployed war ships to the eastern Mediterranean and is threatening to launch missile and air strikes against Syria. Not only are the White House and Pentagon openly threatening direct intervention, they are also moving to further arm the Syrian opposition. A U.S./NATO attack on Syria could well lead to a wider, regional war with grave and unpredictable consequences. * * * * * * * * -- Vicente "Panama' Alba [email protected] Tel # 917 626 5847 "Lets Be Realistic Lets Do The Impossible" Ernesto "Che" Guevara [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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