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Public Forum & Discussion- U.S. Sanctions: An Act of War
March 19, 2020 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 pm
Public forum & Discussion: U.S. Sanctions: An Act of War
Thursday March 19th @ 7pm @ St. Joan of Arc Church,4537 3rd Ave South, Minneapolis
Speakers include:
-Marie Braun, Women Against Military Madness and Twin Cities Peace Campaign. Travelled to Iraq during U.S. sanctions and long time oppose of U.S. policy in Iraq.
-Sarah Martin, Women Against Military Madness. Travelled to Venezue- la in 2019 and 2020 to see first hand effects of U.S. sanctions and to meet with community, labor and social activists.
Additional speakers to be confirmed.
Sanctions are a weapon of Economic War, resulting in chronic shortages of basic necessities, economic dislocation, chaotic hyperinflation, artificial famines, disease, and poverty. In every country, the poorest and the weakest – infants, children, the chronically ill and the elderly – suffer the worst impact of sanctions.
March 2020 will mark 17 years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. From 1990to 2003 Iraq suffered under economic sanctions that caused great harm to the Iraqi population.Come to a discussion of the effects and sanctions and why the U.S. gov- ernment uses them.Speakers will discuss U.S. sanctions on Iran, Venezuela, Iraq & Cuba.
Sponsored by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition. For more information 612 827-5364 or 612 275-2720.
The March 18 event is being held in solidarity with a call for actions against U.S. sanctions by the Sanctions Kill campaign and also in solidarity with Global Days of Protest against U.S. war on Iran.