Archive for December 18th, 2008
Anti-War Committee: 10 years of Solidarity & Resistance, Celebrate with us!?
SAT,
1/31 @ 7pm @ the Waite House, 2529 13th Ave S, Minneapolis
Come
celebrate our ten years of grassroots anti-war activism. We couldn’t have
done it with out you and want to celebrate with you. We’ll have food,
music, speeches, and dancing. Childcare is available on site.
ANTI WAR COMMITTEE
10 Years of Resistance and Solidarity
— 7 PM —
Peace, Justice & Appetizers
— 8 PM —
The History of the Anti War Committee
( with special guests )
— 9 PM —
Live Act By
JUNKYARD EMPIRE
— And Also —
Bar
DJ
Childcare is available on site
Info Stand
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Iraq & Afghanistan: The Case for Immediate U.S. Withdrawal
Public forum to examine U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan
As the new Obama administration enters office, the question of U.S. policy in Iraq and Afghanistan will quickly move to center stage.
On Monday, January 26, a public forum will be held in Minneapolis entitled, “Iraq & Afghanistan: The Case for Immediate Withdrawal.” The event will begin at 7 pm at St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave. South, in Minneapolis.
Speaking at the forum will be will be Anthony Arnove, the author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal and editor of Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War and his most recent book, The Essential Chomsky.
Arnove has appeared on many radio & TV news and talk programs and has been published in The Nation, the Financial Times, Z magazine and many other publications. Arnove will make the case for why the US needs to withdraw from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The forum is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Iraq Peace Action Coalition. For more information, call 612-522-1861.
Rally at the Opening Day at the State Legislature | No Bailouts for Billionaires! Bail Out the Poor and Working People, Not the Billionaires!
Tax the rich – Not one dime in cuts to the poor!
Obama is in, but we can’t let Minnesota politicians off the hook. We need help NOW, and we will demand that the state
do the right thing for the majority of the people. Our schools, healthcare, welfare, child- care are in trouble, decent jobs are hard to find and layoffs are happening everywhere. Working and poor people are losing their homes. Now we see the GOV’T bailing out the richest of the rich, while saying nothing about what our families need for basic SURVIVAL!
Minnesota is facing a 5.2 billion dollar deficit. Already politicians are plotting to balance this deficit on the backs of poor and working Minnesotans. The Welfare Rights Committee and the MN Coalition for a People’s Bailout are working on our own bailout bill for poor and working people. We will fight for MN legislators at the state capitol to make our bill become a law. We demand:
- a moratorium on the welfare time limit
- a moratorium on home foreclosures
- a moratorium on evictions
- an extension of unemployment insurance
- job creation with decent wages and no layoffs
- and an end to attacks on immigrants.
Please join us!
Organized by the Welfare Rights Committee and the MN Coalition for a People’s Bailout. Endorsed by the Anti-War Committee. For more info: 612.822.8020
Protest Bannering: The Wars Are Not Over, Send an Anti-War Message for the Holidays
WHERE: At the Walker Library in Uptown @ at the intersection of Hennepin and Lagoon Avenues, Mpls
- * Bring a shoe to show solidarity with Iraqi journalist Muntather Al-Zaidi, the Iraqi shoe-thrower!
- * Anti-war holiday singers from the Counter-Propaganda Coalition!
- * Dolidarity with Iraqi journalist to be among the themes of Saturday event.
We say:
- The Wars Are not Over
- Send an Anti-War Message for the Holidays
- Out of Iraq Out of Afghanistan Bring the Troops Home Now!
- Funds for Human Needs, Not Wars & Occupations!
The event will also call for solidarity with Iraqi journalist Muntather
Al-Zaidi, who spoke for millions of Iraqis and people across the world
when he threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during his recent
publicity-stunt “victory lap” in Baghdad, Iraq. As he threw his shoes,
Al-Zaidi called out, “This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the
farewell kiss, you dog! This is from the widows, the orphans and those
who were killed in Iraq!”
A statement issued by organizers says in part, “The Iraqi people have
taken to the streets in large numbers to speak in support of Muntather
Al-Zaidi and against the occupation of their country. Over one million
Iraqis have died, been injured or displaced by the war and occupation.
“We call for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and join thousands
of Iraqis who have demanded that Muntather Al-Zaidi be set free,” the
statement said.
Recent reports that claim the U.S. is in the process of ending the occupation of Iraq is a myth, say organizers.
Washington and its dependent Iraqi government signed a “Status of
Forces” agreement, supposedly calling for the U.S. military to leave
Iraqi cities by July 1, 2009, and all of Iraq by 2012. But even this
outrageous extension of an illegal occupation is just one more piece of
deception, as was soon made clear by top U.S. and Iraqi officials.
The ink was hardly dry on the agreement when, on December 12, official
Iraq government spokesman Ali al Dabbagh dismissed the idea that U.S.
troops would leave by 2012.
The next day, General Raymond Odierno, commander of “coalition (U.S.)
forces” in Iraq, stated that thousands of U.S. troops could remain
inside Iraqi cities after July 1, 2009, as part of “training and
mentoring teams.”
In addition, the Pentagon is planning to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan starting this winter.
“The wars and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan never had anything to
do with fighting terrorism, or defending freedom and supporting
democracy. The wars were launched on a bed of lies and deceptions.
These wars and occupations must end. In this holiday season, we call
for an end to the wars and for U.S. troops to be brought home,”
organizers said.
“With millions of people affected by the economic crisis, suffering the
losses of jobs, foreclosures and evictions, the Pentagon budget eats up
billions that ought to be used for human needs, not war,” said the
statement.
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