[act-ma] Fw: Oct 27th Demo in front of Kerry's house

[Michael Borkson]

--- On Mon, 10/25/10, Virginia Pratt <pratvirg at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: Virginia Pratt <pratvirg at yahoo.com>
Subject: Oct 27th Demo in front of Kerry's house
To: "Susan" <susanbmcl at gmail.com>, "John Macleod" <jmacleod200 at yahoo.com>, "Michael Borkson" <nosanctions at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 9:34 AM






Please come if you can and encouarge others to as well. 
 
Thanks,
 
Virginia



 

WILPFERS WE NEED EVERYONE WHO CAN MAKE IT THIS WEDNESDAY FROM 4:30-6 INITIATED BY THE BOSTON WILPF BRANCH.WE WILL BE JOINED BY VETERANS FRO PEACE CODE PINK AND OTHER FROM THE UJP LIST













Senator Kerry: Stop the Afghanistan War!








Top, John Kerry denounces the Vietnam war in April 1971. Above, Kerry in July 2009 promises to "take a hard look" at the Afghanistan war.



Peace activists presented a letter to Chris Wyman, manager of Kerry's Boston office, October 20, 2010, calling for Sen. Kerry to hold hearings on the disastrous U.S. war in Afghanistan.
WILPF Boston in collaboration with other groups, plans to demonstrate in front of Sen. John Kerry's home, 19 Louisburg Square at Pinckney Street, Beacon Hill, on Wednesday, Oct 27th, 4:30 - 6:00.   Join us!
Kerry is a key player in Afghanistan policy.   As chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Kerry has the power to call for hearings to end U.S. involvement in Afghanistan. Although Kerry has repeatedly hinted that he will break with the Administration's war in Afghanistan, he has never done so.   Unlike all 10 Massachusetts House Representatives who joined the majority of House Democrats and voted in July for an exit timeline, and unlike 9 who voted against war funds, Kerry has not called for ending the war, an exit strategy or reduction in funding.  
We are calling for him to sponsor hearings to get out of Afghanistan and cut military spending.
Signs will include these messages: 

US out of Afghanistan 
Bring the War Tax Dollars Home 
Raging Grannies, a well known street singing group, will be joining the demonstration.  Veterans for Peace have expressed interest in participating as well.
Other WILPF branches will be having actions in other cities as well on the same day.








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