National Day of Action Against War at Home and Abroad: New York/Connecticut
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As we have witnessed, the United States’ policy of destructive endless wars and expensive military interventions has driven our country and the whole world into an increasingly dangerous crisis — politically, socially, economically and with catastrophic impact on the environment and health. To further deepen the crisis, the Defense Department’s new “2018 Defense Strategy” calls for a “more lethal, resilient, and rapidly innovating Joint Force ... that will sustain American influence and ensure favorable balance of power” for the U.S. around the globe, and warns that the “costs of not implementing this strategy are ... decreasing U.S. global influence ... and reduced access to markets.” In line with this intensified militaristic policy, Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, announced recently that the U.S. military will stay in Syria indefinitely, that the U.S. is planning to partition Syria by creating a 30,000-strong pro-U.S. force on Syria’s northern territory (which has already led to a confrontation with Turkey), and that all units of the U.S. military are now going through military exercises in preparation for war!
People in the U.S. and around the world are under ever increasing attack. Our tax dollars are used for more war, to build walls and jails as the voices of racism, sexism, Islamophobia and homophobia get louder, while human needs are ignored.
This ever-increasing militarization of U.S. government policy at home and abroad calls for an urgent response by all of us.
The time is now to return to the streets as a united movement to make our anti-war and social justice voices heard. As you may know, the recent well-attended and broadly sponsored Conference on U.S. Foreign Military Bases adopted a resolution calling for united spring actions against U.S. wars at home and abroad. You can see the full text of the resolution on the web site: NoForeignBases.org.
Event: Rally at Herald Sq (34th & 6th) with a march to Trump tower.
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Connecticut Endorsers:
- Greater New Haven Peace Council
- Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Solidarity
- Hope Out Loud
- Veterans for Peace – CT
- Greater Hartford Coalition on Cuba
- Connecticut Green Party
- Peace Action Committee of the National Green Party (GPax)
- Socialist Action
