Dear
Friend,
I donated to the ANSWER Coalition so it can continue
its critically important work this coming year, and in case you
didn't see this letter I wanted to share it with you. Also, as you
prepare for 2021, please note that if you file a 2020 U.S. Individual
Income Tax Return and claim the standard deduction, you should be able
to deduct up to $300 of any contribution to our
charity.
Organizing for peace and justice in
2021,
Nicole
Roussell
Friend
--
We in the ANSWER Coalition know
that you are as determined as we are to widen and deepen public
awareness about the destructive impact of militarism and the drive
toward endless and repeated war. Nothing is more important than the
fight against empire and for justice continuing no matter who occupies
the White House.
As 2020 comes to a
close, we are asking you to make an urgently-needed donation to
sustain the ANSWER Coalition and the anti-war movement into the new
year.
Many people across the country and
around the world are rightfully relieved that the presidency of Donald
Trump is coming to a close. But the military-industrial complex and
the imperialist consensus among the Pentagon and foreign policy elite
are not going anywhere. The approximately 800 U.S. military bases
around the world will still be there after Inauguration day. Both
Republicans and Democrats are committed to the doctrine of major power
conflict that puts the United States on a path to catastrophic
confrontation with China.?
The Pentagon is rushing to create a
new generation of nuclear weapons and has made military supremacy in
outer space a top priority. The world has experienced the savagery of
two world wars. It is unconscionable that the Pentagon and the vast
attendant funding apparatus has prioritized preparing for the next
global conflict. It is both a pretext for the looting of the national
treasury by the armaments industry and simultaneously a dystopian
self-fulfilling prophecy.?
We are constantly organizing to end the bombing, the occupation, the
endless drone assassinations, economic warfare and the covert
intervention that has characterized U.S. foreign policy for so long,
and in its place build a just society. By defunding the Pentagon we
can reinvest the hundreds of billions of dollars that are thrown away
every year on destruction into solutions to the deep injustices in
this country. Fifty million Americans are hungry and 40 million
families face imminent evictions while millions have lost health care
coverage during the pandemic. We are organizing at the grassroots --
all over the country -- to insist that money be spent on healthcare,
affordable housing, relief from hunger and education instead of going
to line the pockets of the war profiteers.?
We can only organize
this movement with your generous support. Please make a donation today
to ensure that the ANSWER Coalition has the resources we need to build
the movement against U.S. empire into an ever more powerful force.
Sincerely,
Brian Becker National Director,
ANSWER
(Donations to PUF / ANSWER
Coalition are processed by our fiscal sponsor, the Progress Unity
Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization and are
tax-deductible.)
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