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<h1>Brown
Bag Lunch Vigil: Stop the Afghanistan War!</h1><div><strong>When:</strong> Wednesday,
June 16, 2010, 12:00 pm</div><div><strong>Where: </strong>Downstairs
from Sen. John Kerry's office • One Bowdoin Square • Boston</div><p><strong>Additional
Locations:</strong><br><strong>Lowell</strong> • Office of Rep. Niki
Tsongas • 11 Kearney Square <br><strong>Worcester</strong> • Public
Library, Banx Room • 3 Salem Square (12:30pm)<br><strong>Hyannis</strong> • Office
of Rep. Bill Delahunt • 146 Main Street (Friday at 3-4pm)</p><p><a href="http://pdamerica.org/articles/misc/2009-11-13-12-49-50-misc.php" target="_blank"><img alt="Healthcare Not Warfare" src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u1/HNW_BBV_logo_150px.jpg" align="left" height="171" hspace="10" vspace="5" width="150"></a></p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/bblv-register" target="_blank">Register
to attend!</a></em></p><table align="right" width="200"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/1472" target="_blank"><img alt="Pig with lipstick" src="http://justicewithpeace.org/files/u1/PigWithLipstick2.png"></a></td>
</tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><em><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/1472" target="_blank">Wipe the
Lipstick off the Pig!</a> Stop $33 billion for Afghanistan war!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/1472" target="_blank">Join the
vigil!</a></em></td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br>
</td></tr><tr><td style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><em><br>
</em></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Administration's strategy in
Afghanistan continues to unravel. A majority of the hand-picked
delegates at the recent peace jirga<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/1488" target="_blank">called for
withdrawal of foreign troops</a>. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/12/world/asia/12karzai.html" target="_blank">Tensions between President Karzai and the US remain
strong</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as he recently
dismissed two pro-US officials, including one close to the CIA. 52
percent of Americans say<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2010/05/ahead-of-karzais-visit-a-division-on-the-war.html" target="_blank">the war has not been worth fighting</a>, while<a href="http://www.economist.com/node/16277927?story_id=16277927" target="_blank">77 percent of Brits want their troops out</a>. "One
thing none of the public will tolerate is the perception of a stalemate
where we are losing young men," noted Defense Secretary Robert Gates in
London. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Read the new </em><a href="http://unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=4111" target="_blank"><em>Afghanistan
War Weekly</em></a><em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for
more updates.</em></p><p>A supplemental appropriation of $33 billion to
escalate the Afghanistan War is still before Congress (HR.4899). The
Senate passed that money in May; 18 senators voted to attach an exit
timeline. The bill will come up in the House but we do not know when.
We are asking Congress people to vote NO on the war money; join the Out
of Afghanistan Congressional Caucus; and sign on to the McGovern exit
timeline bill, HR.5015.</p><p>At last month's vigil, we reached out to
passersby with our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/node/1425" target="_blank">Lipstick on
a Pig flyer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and met with
staffers from Sen. Kerry and Brown's offices; however, both Senators
ignored our pleas and voted for the war funding.</p><p>Our vigil this
month will be energized by a Drummer for Peace! </p><p>Sponsored by UJP
Afghanistan Task Force, Progressive Democrats of America, and Veterans
for Peace/Smedley Butler Brigade. Email us at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ujpcoalition@gmail.com" target="_blank">ujpcoalition@gmail.com</a>.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><a href="http://justicewithpeace.org/bblv-register" target="_blank">Register
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justice organizations and community peace groups in the Greater Boston
region. The UJP Coalition, formed after September 11th, seeks global
peace through social and economic justice.</p><p><em>Help us continue to
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