NYC: Wed., Dec 2 -- No New Troops to Afghanistan!
Troops Out Now!
No New Troops to Afghanistan!
Money for Jobs and Healthcare, Not War!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Times Square - NYC
42nd and 7th Ave
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Rally and March
Next Tuesday, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, President Barack Obama will announce plans to send somewhere between 25,000 and 35,000 additional troops to continue the war against the people of Afghanistan.
Join us on Wednesday, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm to say, “Bring the Troops Home Now! We need jobs, not war!”
A generation ago, in the midst of another U.S. colonial war, Dr. Martin Luther King said, “The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.” This is even more true today, as working people face the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression.
The Office of Management and Budget has determined that the escalation will cost up to $1 million dollars per additional troop: another $35 billion on top of the billions already spent on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. We need this money for a real jobs program and health care, not more death and destruction in Afghanistan or in Iraq.
All progressive and antiwar organizations are invited to come, bring signs, speak, and join in a united effort to demand: “Troops Out Now!”
Called by the International Action Center and the Troops Out Now Coalition
Endorsing organizations include: Peoples Organization for Progress, Vets for Peace-Chapt. 21-NJ & Chapt. 34-NYC, Harlem Tenants Council, Million Worker March, World Can’t Wait, National Assembly Against War in Iraq and Afghanistan and Occupations, Bailout the People Movement, NY Solidarity with Katrina/Rita, Al Awda-NY Palestine Right to Return Coalition, BAYAN, Green Party-Manhattan, Picture the Homeless, American Iranian Friendship Committee, WESPAC-Westchester Peoples Action Coalition, NYC Labor Against War, FIST-Fight Imperialism Stand Together, International League of People’s Struggle, Queers for Peace and Justice, Harlem Anti-War Coalition, Pakistan USA Freedom Forum, Guyanese Workers United.
To add your name, to endorse, or for more information, contact us:
http://troopsoutnow.org/cmnt.shtml or call 212.633.6646.
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Troopsoutnow.org/donate.shtml
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