Hands Off Syria! Anti-War Actions, Sep 7th and 9th
Posted 10 years ago on Sept. 5, 2013, 3:29 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt
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via UNAC and interoccupy.net:
A collective fierce voice demanding, “Not another war” is resounding across the country and around the world.
Now is the moment to make our voices heard.
Join unified actions this Sat. Sept. 7, in
NEW YORK’s TIMES SQUARE, 42ND STREET AND SEVENTH AVENUE AT 1 PM & in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles
and on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE with Syrian American Forum from 10 to 12. Marching to Congress – Upper Senate Park
Click HERE to find an action near you.
Join in to stop the attack on Syria. The coming days provide the last chance to mobilize popular resistance to the military strike. The people fear both the political and economic consequences of another costly war. Millions believe the pretext for the war is another Big Lie like the lies used before the Vietnam, Iraq and Libya wars. We need to join together to loudly oppose this new war.
Poised to launch weapons of mass death on the Syrian people, the administration has called time out to try to win over the population and Congress with a “full-court press” assault of war propaganda. We must meet this with a “full-court press” response.
Along with the dozens of protests held last week in the U.S. and hundreds worldwide, the anti-attack forces have called major actions in the next week and a full week of lobbying and local actions.
Under the slogans of “Hands off Syria! Not another war!” the International Action Center initiated a call for a united regional action of all antiwar forces for September 7 at Times Square at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue, NYC at 1 p.m.
Other actions on Saturday, September 7 include a protest called by the Answer Coalition in front of the White House at noon. There are also regional coalitions organizing demonstrations in Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles, among other cities.
Many groups are also organizing delegations to congressional offices in the coming week before congressional members head back to DC on Sept 9. The delegations range from polite visits to demonstrations to plans for encampments on the doorstep.
Full listings of endorsing organizations and cities where actions are planned can be found at iacenter.org. Click HERE to view an endorsers list. Click HERE to endorse, support or list a local action. Click HERE to find an action near you.
Broad support is also growing for an initiative by the Syrian American Forum to hold its “Hands Off Syria, Don’t bomb Syria” March on Washington on Sept. 9, when Congress is due to reconvene. The group is organizing buses from the Midwest, South New York and other areas for a Monday rally in front of the White House.
Already 50 organizations have endorsed and are mobilizing for these and other actions, including the United National Antiwar Coalition. Among them is “coordinated day of varied actions directed at Congress” on Friday, Sept. 6, from 4-6 p.m. Click HERE to view a full listing of actions. Click HERE to view an endorsers list.
Click HERE to view more endorsers. Click HERE to endorse, support or list a local action. Click HERE to find an action near you.
"The best ways to get in touch with your member of congress is either a phone call or email. We do our best to respond to both" said the office of my own Representative Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. "It's better to ring us and let us know how you feel. Physical letters are fine, but there is a time lag''. This is a somewhat time sensitive issue. We still have a few more days until congress is in session to deliberate''.
http://www.house.gov/representatives/ &
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36099.htm .
fiat pax ...
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Where does civilized society draw the line?
Our grandparents left us a legacy and a bountiful nation.
They paid for it, in part, with blood lost in World Wars I & II.
After WWI, the global society was so horrified and appalled by the mustard gas and other chemicals that killed randomly and without conscience that the civilized society established norms.
Syrian troops have crossed the line.
When do we enforce the norms we inherited from our ancestors?
When do we say no more?
These are (ironically) actually pro-war protests: http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2013/09/anti-war-in-form-pro-war-in-essence.html
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the red line law is old else it would have included explosives
The so called "Red Line" is just another ploy to ramp up fictitious moral justification to boost propaganda efforts and so blind Americans who have little depth in their knowledge of the real crimes being committed.
The real criminals who have murdered millions are not a part of the propaganda and remain un-named.
Gas is not a new weapon. The makers and suppliers have a crucial role in the destruction of life - all towards a longer term profit strategy.
http://www.alternet.org/world/america-and-chemical-warfare
Where is the "Red Line" when the US gases / poisons its own without trial. What action is taken then. The actual harm to US people is real when soldiers/sailors are killed or maimed and also the harm to the US is real when invasion and carnage in other homelands is committed, as it has been with sickening regularity.
Many US citizens have become blaze about deaths abroad. The shootem up mentality is reinforced with the thousands of computer games fed to the young and old alike.
Hawks are sicko along with their cheer leaders.
i believe countries voted against weapons of mass destruction after world war 1.
those weapons then being gas weapons
if the world considered those weapons today, large explosions would also have been included
Common sense finds it hard to separate the methodologies of many atrocities
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36148.htm
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I can easily imagine nations voting against mass murder
TNX
I remember my suspicious about
the US involvement of chemical weapons in Iraq
when Saddam Hussein was executed
before the gassing of the Curds came to trail for him.
You cannot believe most of what comes out of Washington or Obama and the others.
Latest
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36208.htm
Notice how none of these clowns is protesting about "war in Syria" now that U.S. involvement in that ongoing, three-year long war has been dialed back for now.
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I wrote this tune to protest US military action in Syria:
https://soundcloud.com/nicyown/message-to-obama
Simple Summary
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article36135.htm
Good Start! But let us remember what happened with Iraq. The entire world was in protest, and former Prez Bush went in anyway while saying public opinion did not concern him. So here we are again. I can say straight from experience protest alone will not stop the U.S. from making war. We need to supplement our protest with stronger threats and measures. May we also organize in the event of the US expanding the war in Syria (as if they don't now have their dirty fingers in it) union organized strikes, people staying home from work, pulling money out of stock markets and other investments, closing up shops for a few days, petitions to Congress that no person voting for war will be voted for when re-election time comes, and other real and symbolic measures which may effectively ]cause those stoking for war to rethink their plans.
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So its like taking that guy's advice who said "Give me liberty or give me death," some couple hundred years ago. Knowing that Assad is not giving the Syrians liberty, we'll then give 'em death?
I'm not so sure of that. I think we ought leave to the Syrians to make that decision for themselves.
You need to keep in mind if it were not for the U.S.A. 1% stoking for regime change in Syria there would be no war over there in the first place.
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What makes you so convinced it was Assad who used the chemical weapons and he has any sort of program of chemical extermination? The only people saying that are the same people who made the same claim about Saddam Hussain, and that was proven to be total toro guano (after an entire country was pulverized and so many more people were made dead.) Much of what I'm reading actually suggests it was the rebels who used the chemical weapons. Remember nobody was killing anybody until this war started, and Assad was in power way long before that. The real war crime is stoking a war, and we know who is doing that; not Assad.
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Just read your history of US / UK / Israel hegemony in the Middle East through last century.
It does not take a lot to get the bones of what is happening.
Demanding a view of rights and wrongs about Assad is futile, extremely short sighted showing a shallow grip of the power play and aggression of the two puppets and master listed above.
The US people are paying for the gains for others through ruthless means and war tactics.
Millions outside of the US have perished as a result of these manufactured wars. Many millions more are maimed and their families and societies smashed and left in misery to eke out survival.
Be it Bush or Obama, the same backers rule the US, not the people who largely remain confused and argue petty politics. It keeps them busy while a fundamental shift of wealth and power is played out. The wealth is shifted to the few pulling the strings.
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I agree with you about any injustice and particularly the rights to enjoy fair protection from aggressive and criminal actions of others whether they be individuals or organized groups of law breakers.
The warmongers have taken over the rule of many Middle East countries installing their tame dictators and siphoning off resources. The US ( and other bedfellows ) have played a devious game that needs to be comprehended before the present situation is understood.
The news media is hardly a source of education. There are many writers who have laid out the woeful record of intervention in most countries of the region, and the colonialism is well canvassed history.
Since WWII the stakes have ramped up with the installation of Israel and its illegal expansion, nuclear and military arsenal contributed by the US at the US tax payers expense.
The hypocrisy surrounding ongoing treatment of many large groups in the region is not confined to Syria.
When it comes to "killing kids" bombing appears to be the major method used. Depleted Uranium can and is damaging the unborn and will do so for generations ahead.
Its a messy criminal business and being selective in applying force is a political tool used for profit of the powerful.
Peace is not sought in spite of the spin generated by Washington.
The funding, arming and training of so called "rebels " is an old ploy in fomenting breakdown of governments. There are several recent examples in the Middle East and numerous occasions closer to home.
Truth is the first casualty in war.
Contrary to popular belief, U.S. Presidents are not elected, but are selected by those who really run this country. Bush, Cheney, and Obama work for the same people. Iraq, Syria, and eventually Iran are part of the same 1%/Pentagon game plan to remake take over the Middle-east.
Obviously we don't agree on what are the real ground facts. In seeking truth, how solid is your logic?
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Never said anything was smooth. A few good folks manage to slip through the appointment process now and then.
Surely, you can see this war agenda is not a Republican versus Democrat thing as the lead players of both parties are supporting essentially the same thing when it comes to making war in the Middle-East. It is the rogues in both parties that are the threat to the evil establishment.
Who's using cliches? ....and ah yes the use of vulgarities; the first signs of an argument that is withering.
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I'd say Jimmy Carter.
Al Gore I think would have been a good President, but you know what happened to him.
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And who is your favorite President of recent times?
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Forget the President, he sold out to the dark side long ago. The Future lies with the rogues in both parties.
And to save the lives of some of my fellow human beings, I'm willing to for go a little health care in the near term. The 1% wants war in Syria, and if that can be stopped, the 1% lose, and that opens the door to the people winning on other things also.
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If your referring to Kennedy; yes he was a good President.
But getting back to the subject, if Obama goes after Assad with U.S. military forces a whole lot of innocent people are going to die; a whole lot more than what Assad ever killed, or ever will kill. Like somebody provoking a snake, and a snake bites somebody, is it the snake's fault? No, the fault is with the guy who provoked the snake.
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Ditto
We've been trying to tell Zen for days there's no proof yet that Assad was responsible, but he refuses to listen.
"The real war crime is stoking a war."
Well put.
Either he has cognition dissonance, or he's a troll on the 1% take. I don't know the cure. May God bless his heart.
The 1% are the ones who are drumming this thing up.
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Wow, you are one dumb son of a bitch.
Do you have insurance?
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Actually, the central banks funded both sides of most major wars over time. Central bankers love war more than anything else because it drums up the most money for them.
Although this unlimited bailout stage we are in is right on war's tail.
Prescott Bush being the most visible example. Usually they stay out of the limelight, but leave it to a Bush to screw it up.
The people who run the money have loyalty to one thing- the money.
You think they care about shit like US vs Germany? Syria gas or not? haha.
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Honestly, just look at who is pushing this thing. The same exact crowd as every other horrible thing that happens.
I'm not rolling with that crowd. That crowd is part of the problem.
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Actually, Obama's administration is as white as Vermont.
I was speaking more of the Congress, sorry. The president has only been in there for 5 years.
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Senate Resolution. Less ranking members are meaningless in this system, its top down and shit goes down hill.
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Not even close to 100. Like I said, they are busy bribing the rest of the members right now.
Theres going to be another gas attack, this one more visual and disturbing than the last one, that will sway the public enough to allow for another unilateral decision for more bombs.
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Yes, too partisan. Thats the problem I suffer from...
If the elites want to bomb it, it will go through. Just like all the other garbage. Keeping it close is very important to them, it keeps people believing.
The carrot and donkey trick, if you will.
I think your point in #2 is pretty spot on.
Follow the money
Senators Authorizing Syria Strike Got More Defense Cash Than Lawmakers Voting No
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/syria-war-authorization-money/
Silence in Congress and overall action on this probably means that party leaders are making phone calls to bribe the others into voting for it.