List of Actions and UNAC Statement on attacks on US Embassies in Libya and other Middle Eastern, North African and SW Asian Countries
CLICK HERE FOR PARTIAL LIST OF OCT 6-7 GLOBAL DAYS OF ANTI-WAR ACTIONS
UPDATED information on Anti-War protests in other locations and to post additional actions.
Adding Insult to Injury
The massive, angry demonstrations and attacks on U.S. embassies sweeping
through the Muslim world comes in the context of a campaign against Muslims
carried out by the U.S. government in an attempt to justify their wars against
Muslim countries. This campaign includes preemptive prosecutions where FBI
agents create phony plots and encourage behavior that can be prosecuted and
attacks on civil liberties at home; the Peter King hearings; NYPD spying on
Muslims; raids and detentions; and states that have passed anti-Muslim laws. It
includes the physical attacks on Muslims, on mosques and on people who racist
whites think are Muslims, like Sikhs, and opposition to Muslim building
projects like Park 51 and much more.
This atmosphere encourages the kind of hateful anti-Muslim video that was
produced. At some point, it had to be expected that Muslims around the world
would react. The U.S. will spin this by focusing on the film and implying that
all Muslims are crazy and do not support freedom of speech. However, this is a
self-serving lie and a diversion from the real root causes. Humiliation is a
necessary component of the cycle of abuse. It should be noted that similar
attacks on Judaism and the Holocaust are prosecuted as hate crimes and that
artists and musicians who have created work offensive to many Christians have
been vilified and threatened.
We need to put the blame squarely where it belongs -- on the U.S., which has
been at war with the Muslim world in order to dominate and control resources
and power. We have seen the utter destruction of Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan;
drone attacks on Muslim countries we are not at war with, including Pakistan,
Yemen and Somalia; and the persistent economic starvation and political
suffocation of the Muslim people in Egypt, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, Bahrain, and other countries by US backed dictators enforcing Western
dominance in the region. So-called “targeted assassinations” kill
many innocent non-combatants and are viewed simply as “collateral
damage” rather than murders, demonstrating how little the U.S. government
values non-Western lives.
The fact that these protests came as a surprise to the U.S. State Department
is a reflection of the arrogance and stupidity of a government that claims it
is bringing freedom and democracy to the region through drone missiles,
sanctions, assassinations, and occupations and expects the people to be
grateful.
The unfortunate deaths of the American Ambassador in Libya and members of
his security team are the direct result of violent, hypocritical, internally
conflicted US policies in the region, whether the unanticipated result of the
rioting triggered by the film or blowback for longstanding U.S. atrocities
rooted in the ongoing wars. It is long past time to reject those policies and
begin a new era based on respect for the dignity and humanity of every
individual and of all the various cultures and religions of the world.
We must stand in solidarity with all the victims of U.S.-sponsored violence
and repression.
END THE WARS & OCCUPATIONS! BRING ALL THE TROOPS HOME
NOW!
NO DRONE ATTACKS! NO SANCTIONS! HANDS OFF SYRIA &
IRAN!
END RACIST REPRESSION, RAIDS, FRAME-UPS &
ISLAMOPHOBIA AT HOME!
* * *
As you know, UNAC is calling for protests on the weekend
of the 11th anniversary for the invasion of Afghanistan. There will be an
organizational call on Wednesday, September 19 at 9 PM (EST). All are
welcome. To register for the call, please click on the link
below.
To register, click here:
http://myaccount.maestroconference.com/conference/register/THDXGMXPGTI30JWG
PARTIAL LIST OF OCT 6-7 GLOBAL DAYS OF ANTI-WAR ACTIONS
UPDATED information on Anti-War protests in other locations and to post additional actions. A PARTIAL list of the actions is
below.
Sep15
Peace Vigil & Speak Out !
11th Anniversary of US War in Afghanistan.
Wednesday, October 3, 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Dana Park at the intersection of Delaware Ave, Lark Street, and Madison
Avenue
(near the Occupy Albany office), Albany, NY
Join us in a peace vigil and speak out on the 11th anniversary of the
invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. How is the War Economy Working for
You?
Send an email to: BethlehemNeighborsForPeace@yahoo.com to add your
organization as a co-sponsor.
Sponsored by: Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Schenectady Neighbors for Peace,
Tom Paine Chapter Veterans For Peace, and other local peace and justice
organizations. Information: Trudy 466-1192
Sep15
OCTOBER 6 ACTION AGAINST WARS ABROAD
AND POLICE STATE ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AT
HOME
Join us in a march and rally to protest the dangerous
escalation in threats of military action
against Syria and Iran and increased racist violence and
repression at home.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1:30 PM
PARK ST.
Eleven years ago on October 7, the U.S. unleashed a war
on Afghanistan, followed by the war on Iraq based on lies. While thousands of
troops remain in these countries, U.S. drone missiles rain down on Pakistan,
Yemen, and Somalia. Now the government imposes sanctions and threatens to
attack Syria and Iran. The U.S. sends troops and threatens to retaliate against
anti-US protesters in the Middle East. These actions will escalate the
nightmare of war in the Middle East, not end it.
To wage war abroad, they must wage war at home. The last
decade has seen escalating repression and poverty at home. Islamophobia and
scapegoating of Muslims leads to manufactured frame-ups and violence against
the Muslim community. Civil liberties and the right to dissent are under siege
with indefinite detention and extra-judicial assassinations now the law of the
land.
Racism is a weapon of war. They use it against Muslims and
immigrants. They’ve stepped up the war on Black and Latino youth, with
racial profiling, stop and frisk, and harsh sentencing — resulting in
police brutality, mass incarceration, military weapons in the hands of police,
and a hugely profitable prison industry.
To pay for wars and to maximize the profits of the haves, they take
more and more from the have-nots. We see cuts to the social safety nets,
attacks on labor, huge unemployment, privatization of public services, neglect
of infrastructure, and poisoning of the environment.
LET’S STAND TOGETHER IN UNITY AND SOLIDARITY. TOGETHER WE ARE
POWERFUL!
HANDS OFF SYRIA AND IRAN! NO TO RACISM, RAIDS, AND
REPRESSION! NO TO ISLAMOPHOBIA!
* United National Antiwar Coalition * United for Justice with Peace
* International Action Center *
* Women’s International League for Peace and
Freedom, Boston *
* Committee for Peace & Human Rights, Boston * New
England United * Rhode Island Mobilization Committee *
**Please add your organizations to list
of endorsers by emailing BostonUNAC@gmail.com.
**If you or your organization would like to speak
at the rally, contact Marilyn Levin, marilynl@alumni.neu.edu.
THERE WILL BE A PLANNING MEETING FOR THIS ACTION ON WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER, 19, 7:30 PM AT IAC OFFICE, 284 AMORY ST., J.P. (Brewery complex,
near Stonybrook on Orange line).
Sep14
Gather at Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave at 3 PM.
Following a short rally and program, we will march to Boeing Corporate
headquarters, stopping along the way at Obama national campaign
headquarter.
1. End the War in Afghanistan; 2. No New Wars; 3. Stop FBI Repression of
Anti-war Activists; 4. Money for Jobs, Education and Healthcare, Not for
War
For more information: joe Iosbaker, joeiosbaker@gmail.com, (773)301-0109
Sep14
Vigil at OSU Main Entrance, 15th Avenue and N. High St., Columbus, Ohio.
Also, day long festival for peace on Oct. 6 at Lincoln Park, 580 Woodrow
Ave.
For more information: walk@igc.org
Sep14
New Hampshire Peace Action
is celebrating 30 years of educating, advocating and organizing for world
peace! October 5, NH Peace Action’s 30th Anniversary Event and Fall
Fundraiser, At The Capitol Center for the Arts, 44 South Main Street, Concord.
Doors open 5:30pm. Featuring Author/Activist David Swanson and
Singer/Songwriter David Rovics. $30 for tickets in advance, $35 at the
door, $10 for students or limited income, please be in touch about sponsorship
opportunities, silent and live auctions, and ads in our program book!
Sep14
The Detroit demonstration will be held on Friday, Oct. 5 from 4:00-5:30pm
at the entrance of Hart Plaza on Jefferson at Woodward ave. The demo is
sponsored by the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice
(MECAWI).
A number of issues and demand will be raised related to the wars in
Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Palestine, drone attacks in Somalia, Pakistan and
Yemen. The theme will be centered around money for jobs, education, housing and
health care not war and political repression.
Abayomi Azikiwe.
MECAWI, UNAC
Sep14
Picket at the corner of Lake Ave. & Superior St in Downtown Duluth.
Sponsored by Northland Anti-War Coalition
End the War in Afghanistan Now! Troops Home Now! No New Wars in Iran, Syria,
Pakistan, Yemen! Say NO to the drone war! Foreclose the war, not people’s
homes! Money for housing & jobs, not the Pentagon! Stop attacks on civil
liberties at home
Description: On Friday, Oct. 5 the Northland Anti-War Coalition will be
holding a picket to mark the anniversary of the U.S. war on Afghanistan.
We’ll be standing on the corner of Lake Ave. & Superior St. in
downtown Duluth, from 5-6pm holding signs for passing motorists and leafleting
pedestrians. Feel free to make and bring your own sign, though we’ll also
have extras on hand
Sponsors: Northland Anti-War Coalition, Veterans for Peace, Grandmothers
for Peace,
Socialist Action
For more information: wainosunrise@yahoo.com
Sep13
Rally at Pershing Square, 532 S. Olive st., Los Angeles, AC at 2
PM
For more information and to endorse the proteet: (323)306-6240
Endorsers include: International ActionCenter; School of the Americas
Watch – LA; Arab Americansfor Syria; Latinos Against the War; Union of
Progressive Iranians; ALBA USA; Bail Out the People Movement; Occupy 4Jobs,
Harvard Blvd Block Club in South Central and more
Sep13
Los Angeles, CA March & Rally to shut down Army
recruitment center Oct. 6, 12noon Hollywood & Highland More info: www.AnswerLA.org –
213-251-1025
Sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition
Sep13
Sep13
Gather at 1:00 PM along the sidewalks at Hennepin and Lagoon Avenues in the
Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. March at 1:30. to Closing rally.
for more information: 612-522-1861 or 612-827-5364
Initialed by the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition. Endorsements include:
AFSCME Local 3800, AlliantAction, Anti-War Committee, Burnsville & Eagan
Peace Vigil, Come Home America – MN Chapter, Communities United Against
Police Brutality, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Iraq Veterans Against
the War, Mayday Bookstore, Military Families Speak Out, Minnesota Alliance of
Peacemakers, Minnesota Coalition for a Peoples Bailout, Minnesota Immigrant
Rights Action Committee, National Lawyers Guild (MN chapter), St. Paul Eastside
Neighbors for Peace, Social Welfare Action Alliance (MN), Socialist Action,
Students for a Democratic Society, Twin Cities Peace Campaign, Veterans for
Peace, Welfare Rights Committee, Women Against Military Madness, Workers
International League
Sep13
On the 11th ammiversary of the War on Afghanistan protest at the Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building in Harlem, Manhattan, NY. The building
is at 125th St and Adam Clayton Powel Jr. Blvd in Harlem. The demonstration
will be held from 5 – 7 PM.
Bring the Troops Home Now! No Sanctions! Hands Off Syria & Iran, Stand
with Palestine! Stop the Cutbacks! End Stop and Frisk! No to Racism,Raids &
Repression.
The demonstration is sponsored by UNAC, Muslim Leadership Council of Metro
NY, DRUM, IAC, Muslim Peace Coalition, USA, and more.
Sep13
STOP U.S. Aggression and Continued War on the World! Not in Our
Name!
In New York City, at noon, Saturday, October 6, we will gather at Duffy
Square (part of Times Square), 47th & Broadway, to denounce the unmitigated
murdering of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Iraq in the continuing
U.S. “war of terror.”
We ask that you bring a pair of civilian shoes representing people killed in
our name. After we read the names of the dead, and hear from people deeply
affected by the war, we will march to Union Square with a Reaper drone replica,
in protest of the expanding U.S. drone war.
Sponsored by World Can’t
Wait
To endorse, contact Debra Sweet, (866) 973-4463
Sep11
The War at Home and the War Abroad, an antiwar and Civil Liberties Teach-in
at Laney College.
Northern California UNAC.
For more information, Jeff Mackler 510-268-9429
Sep11
October 7th, is the 11th anniversary of the Afghanistan war: the unhappy day
when America used its collective pain from 9/11 to inflict suffering and
occupation upon the poor people of Afghanistan. Eleven years later, ninety
percent of Afghan people have never even heard of 9/11 and yet they still
suffer from the consequences. In the United States people have neglected to pay
attention to the continued and expanded campaign of war and occupation.
This October 7th we would like to invite you to Localization Not
Occupation, a gathering that will help us connect the dots between the
wars in the Middle East and the increasing inequalities in America. Demanding
politicians and war profiteers end the war is not enough. Localization builds
community strength and demands we the people end the war directly. https://www.facebook.com/events/396399460423317/
1pm – 6pm, Sylvester Park
Sponsored By: Olympia Fellowship of
Reconciliation, Occupy Olympia, Alliance for Global Justice, Media
Island
Sep11
Philadelphia Against War
Local action on October 6; Location, TBA
Support for regional NYC action on October 7
Sep11
PUBLIC FORUM: “U.S. HANDS OFF SYRIA, IRAN & MALI! We need
JOBS not WAR!”
6:30 pm – SUNDAY – OCT. 7
William Byrd Community House, Richmo
For information on protests in other locations and to post additional actions: http://www.october7actions.net/wordpress
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