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Thanks so much for sending this Ken. This draws the lines very clearly, between the pro-Assad, pro-Russian imperialist bloc, and the supporters of the Syrian (and regional) revolution. On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > From: PAUL LARUDEE <laru...@pacbell.net> > Date: 11 October 2016 at 17:35 > Subject: This petition on Syria will launch on Friday. Shall we add your > name? > To: Paul Larudee <laru...@pacbell.net> > > > Please forgive the anonymity of the addressees. There are only around > fifteen, but I want to respect your privacy. > > The petition below will launch on Friday, October 14. It has been drafted > and approved by the United National Antiwar Coalition, U.S. Peace Council, > Veterans For Peace, UNAC, the Syria Solidarity Movement and others > (Including you, if you accept), whose names (either as individuals or > institutions or both) will appear on the initial petition. The petition > will then be open for anyone to sign, but we wish to have a starting list > to inspire others to join. > > Please let me know if you wish to be part of the initial petition, and if > you have other suggestions, please forward and let me know. > > Thanks and in solidarity, > > Paul Larudee > 510 232 2500 > > > > U.S. HANDS OFF SYRIA COALITION > Points of Unity > We the undersigned organizations and individuals endorse the following > Points of Unity and, on the basis of these points, agree to work together > in the National Hands Off Syria Coalition to help put an end to the illegal > intervention by the United States, NATO and their regional allies and the > killing of innocent people in Syria. > 1. In essence, the war in Syria is the result of a U.S.-orchestrated > intervention by the United States, NATO, their regional allies and > reactionary forces, the goal of which is an illegal regime change in Syria. > 2. War and U.S. and EU sanctions have destabilized every sector of > Syria’s economy, transforming a once self-sufficient country into an > aid-dependent nation. Half the Syrian population is now displaced. A UN > ESCWA report reveals these U.S. sanctions on Syria are crippling aid work > during one of the largest humanitarian emergency since World War II. The > one third of Syrians refugees in surrounding Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey > have been hit hard by U.S. cuts to UNICEF. This forces desperate refugees > to struggle to reach Europe. > 3. This policy of regime change in Syria is in clear violation of the > United Nations Charter, the letter and spirit of international law and the > Universal Declaration of Human Rights. > 4. This policy of forced regime change is threatening the security of > the region and the world and has increased the danger of direct > confrontation between the United States and Russia, with the potential of a > nuclear catastrophe for the whole world. > 5. No foreign entity, be it a foreign government or an armed group, > has the right to violate the fundamental rights of the Syrian people to > independence, national sovereignty and self-determination. This includes > the right of the Syrian government to request and accept military > assistance from other countries, as even the U.S. government has admitted. * > 6. Only the people of Syria have the inalienable right to choose their > leaders and determine the character of their government, free from foreign > intervention. This right cannot be properly exercised under the conditions > of U.S.-orchestrated foreign intervention and terrorism against the Syrian > people. > 7. Our opposition to forced regime change in Syria by U.S.-backed > foreign powers and their mercenaries does not imply support for the present > Syrian government or President Assad. It is not our business to support or > oppose President Assad or the Syrian government. Only the Syrian people > have the right to decide the legitimacy of their government. > 8. The most urgent issue at present is putting an end to the illegal > foreign intervention and terrorism that has resulted in the deaths of > hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of Syrians > both internally or as refugees abroad. > > Based on these Points of Unity, we, as individual and organizational > members of the National Hands Off Syria Coalition, agree on the following > demands and commit ourselves to working together to help achieve them: > 1. An immediate end to all illegal foreign military operations in > Syria. > 2. An immediate end to the illegal U.S. policy of forced regime change > in Syria and full recognition and compliance by the U.S., NATO and their > allies with principles of international law and the U.N. Charter, including > respect for the independence and territorial integrity of Syria. > 3. The immediate removal of all invading foreign forces from the > internationally recognized territory of Syria. > 4. An immediate end to all military, financial, logistical and > intelligence support by the U.S., NATO and their regional allies to all > foreign mercenaries and extremists in the Middle East region. > 5. An immediate end to economic sanctions against Syria. > > Only in a peaceful and independent Syria, free of foreign aggression, can > the people of Syria freely exercise their sovereign rights, express their > free will and make free choices about their government and their country’s > leadership. > We invite all supporters of peace and peoples’ right to self-determination > around the world to join hands of cooperation in this coalition to achieve > these most humanitarian demands. > We need jobs, healthcare, education and an end to racist police violence > here at home, not U.S. wars abroad!! > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
