Honor the anti-war legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr.
March and Rally: NATO expansion - NO! Peace in Ukraine -
YES!
Saturday, Jan. 14 at 12:00 p.m. Times Square, New York
City
It is crucial that opponents of the U.S. war machine stand up for
peace as the Biden administration and Congress deepen their proxy
battle in Ukraine. In the federal budget that was just passed and
signed into law, the U.S. government has committed an additional $45
billion to this effort. In another provocative escalation, the Biden
administration announced that it was sending the advanced Patriot
missile system to Ukraine -- bringing a catastrophic direct conflict
with Russia ever closer.
Join us to make your voice heard on January 14! This action was
initiated by the ANSWER Coalition and The People's Forum, and is
endorsed by Veterans for Peace, CodePink, Party for Socialism and
Liberation, United National Anti-War Coalition, WBAI Radio, Peace in
Ukraine Coalition, NYC-DSA Anti-War Working Group, and others.
On November 19, the ANSWER
Coalition and The People’s Forum hosted a major standing room-only
event in New York City focused on the Ukraine conflict under the theme
“The Path to Peace in Ukraine”. More than 20,000 people watched the
event online. Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad and Jill Stein were among
the speakers who called for an end to NATO expansion and insisted that
the U.S. government reverse its policy of escalation and
ever-increasing militarism and war spending.
Now we want to invite you to
another major action for peace and justice.
On Saturday, January 14, in conjunction with the Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend, we are building another major event
in New York City that will begin with a 12pm rally at Times Square
followed by a march and an indoor rally/teach-in.
People from all over the region
will be converging on Times Square in midtown Manhattan to honor the
true anti-war legacy of Dr. King. In the last year of his life, before
an assassin’s bullet took him, Dr. King was organizing all around the
country against what he described as the “Three Evils” of our society:
militarism, racism and poverty. Honoring Dr. King in a meaningful way
means to build an ever stronger movement for peace and against social
and economic injustice. This must include using society’s vast
resources to fund healthcare, housing, education and to save the
environment – rather than the bloated war machine.
We invite you to join us in person
on Saturday, January 14. If you are associated with an organization your group can become an
endorser and if you can’t
make it to New York that day you can show support by making an urgently
needed tax-deductible donation.
Let’s work and build together for a
peaceful tomorrow in Ukraine – and everywhere!
Please make an urgently-needed donation today
to help build the anti-war movement
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