MARCH THIS SATURDAY!
March and Rally:
NATO expansion - NO!
Peace in Ukraine -
YES!
Saturday, Jan. 14 at 12:00 p.m.
Times Square, New York
City
The Pentagon announced this week that Ukrainian soldiers would soon
be arriving in Oklahoma for training at a U.S. military base -- to
learn how to use the highly advanced, U.S.-made Patriot missile system
that was recently transferred to the country. This escalation further
blurs the line between direct and indirect participation in the
conflict, making a catastrophic direct clash with Russia more likely.
And on top of this, the latest NATO arms shipments to Ukraine is
perhaps the most provocative yet. Armored vehicles, possibly including
state-of-the-art tanks, are about to flood the war zone in yet another
move to prolong the fighting and prevent peace. The people need to
stand up and stop this profoundly reckless policy.
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, Haiti Liberté, Rising
Together, Peace in Ukraine Coalition, NYC-DSA Anti-War Working
Group, Green Party of Connecticut, Massachusetts Peace Action,
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, and many others. A
full listing of endorsers can be found here.
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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