<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma">----- Forwarded Message ----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Maggie Zhou <mzhou_us@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> cjn@lists.riseup.net; climate09-int@lists.riseup.net; no-offsets@googlegroups.com<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, April 7, 2011 10:33:30 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Apr 9th Escalates: Global Day of Action, stand w. Iraqi civil society, fight climate change not wars<br></font><br>
<div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><b>Major exciting development</b>: Iraqi civil society escalates protests, now calling for open-ended sit-ins in front of US military bases until they leave their country (see message below).</div><div><br></div><div>April 9th is now the global day of action marking the beginning of this sit-in, echoing the mass bi-coastal antiwar protests in the US (April 9: New York City; April 10: San Francisco), endorsed by major labor unions, civil rights organizations, immigrant and Muslim rights organizations, environmental groups, and of course, antiwar groups.</div><div><br></div><div><b>If your organization has not yet endorsed the April 9/10 actions</b><span>, it is not too late to send it in here: <a target="_blank" href="http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html">http://nationalpeaceconference.org/Page_2.html</a></span></div><div>(Pls indicate country of your organization, or
'International' if not limited to one country).</div><div><br></div><div><span>If you are in the US, pls try and join one of the protests: <a target="_blank" href="http://nationalpeaceconference.org/">http://nationalpeaceconference.org/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><span>... and/or the non-violent direct action on April 8 (Friday) in Washington DC at the Pentagon, organized by the National Campaign for Non-violent Resistance, in solidarity with the April 9/10 protests: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.warresisters.org/node/1124">http://www.warresisters.org/node/1124</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>For info on the link b/w climate and militarism/wars, here is a 3-page fact sheet:</div><div><span><a target="_blank"
href="http://www.climatesos.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Military_Climate_factsheet-Nov23_2010.pdf">http://www.climatesos.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Military_Climate_factsheet-Nov23_2010.pdf</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>The US alone spends over $1 trillion a year on military and wars, while the planet burns and social services vanish across continents.</div><div><br></div><div>Maggie Zhou</div><div>Climate SOS</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;">USLAW <<a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:info@uslaboragainstwar.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@uslaboragainstwar.org">info@uslaboragainstwar.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;">April 7, 2011 5:00:44 AM EDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:chris_gauvreau@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:chris_gauvreau@comcast.net">chris_gauvreau@comcast.net</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>Act with Iraqis Standing Up to the US Military Presence in Their Country</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';font-size:medium;"><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:info@uslaboragainstwar.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:info@uslaboragainstwar.org">info@uslaboragainstwar.org</a><br></span></div><br><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div><span class="style3" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"></span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" bgcolor="#990000" width="100%" class="backgroundTable"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#990000" align="center" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="550"><tbody><tr><td align="center"
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href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zq2cyQIyCs36bSeb66XStjDBJ5lc9STN" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><img border="0" align="middle" title="US Labor Against the War" id="editableImg1" name="editableImg1" alt="US Labor Against the War" src="https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2488/images/action-alert-header.jpg" style="width:633px;height:113px;"></a></center></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:623px;height:477px;"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffcc" valign="top" style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);line-height:18px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="2" align="center" style="width:546px;height:877px;"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffff99" valign="top"><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);">Act with Iraqis Standing Up</span></span></h2><h2
style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);">to the US Military Presence</span></span></h2><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);">in Their Country</span></span></h2><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">Since February 25th Iraqis – fueled by the air of audacity sweeping the Arab world – have been organizing weekly Friday protests against government corruption and sectarianism, a shocking lack of public services, and for the release of Iraq’s thousands of arbitrarily imprisoned. This coming April 9th though, 8 Iraqi civil-society organizations are taking this a step further, and have planned to stage open-ended sit-ins in front of US military bases all over the country until ‘the occupier and its agents’ leave. They have called the 9th ‘The Day of Salvation.’ (Full report<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=PeTEPKegHPq1bFUDfPDJ31c9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">.)</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">Among the organizers are Uday and Muntazer al-Zaidi (acclaimed journalist shoe-thrower) who head up an organization called ‘The Popular Movement to Save Iraq.’ They have been harassed, detained and abused over this past month of protests (the largest of which was in 17 cities where 16 people were killed and 130 wounded by Iraqi security forces. More info<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6fYYxueJdruqeO%2BBpyxbxFc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0,
255);">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">.)</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">Defying Iraq’s police state, their communiqué announces: “the launch of a long-term sit-in in all Iraqi provinces to mark the eighth anniversary of the brutal American occupation of our precious Iraq on Saturday, 4/9/2011 [. . .] This sit-in will not last hours or days, but will continue night and day until the protesters demands are met [ . . . ] For our sit-ins we will set up tents in front of US military bases, which are located in every Iraqi province. We ask all patriotic individuals and forces that oppose the occupation to participate in this demonstration.” (Full text<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9%2B1ijGIG8%2Fbk4cAIspSf%2Flc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51,
102);">here</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">.)</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">The ‘Status of Forces Agreement’ (SOFA), signed by former president Bush and the Iraqi government in late 2008, pushed for making 54 major US bases in Iraq permanent, while also announcing a full US 'combat forces' withdrawal by the end of 2011. As recently as January 31st of this year, John Kerry, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, has opened the possibility of pressuring the Iraqi government to sign a new security agreement delaying US pullout (costing $25-30 billion over the next 5 years), while Vice-President Joe Biden has also recently implied that US troops may need to stay on to ‘help train Iraqis.’</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);"><b>Stand with Iraqis partaking in civil disobedience all over their country!</b></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="background-color:yellow;">Call President Obama</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and demand that he listen to Iraqi civil society: no to a new agreement, and no to any permanent US military presence in Iraq! The US must be held to the current timeline for withdrawal. Iraqis are putting their lives on the line to liberate their country.</span></p><h3><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);">What You Can Do</span></span></h3><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">1) On April 9th - a national and global day of action -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 0);">Call President Barrack Obama</span></b>, who will have the final say on the SOFA, at the White House at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Aorjn9n4ltbtRfRP8TWRxFc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color:yellow;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">202-456-1111</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">on behalf of Iraqis and say no to prolonged US military presence in Iraq and no to violent crackdowns on Iraqi protests.</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">2) At<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qaB1TNaaUkczg7NtXLaMfVc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">rallies in the US</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);"></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=75UFASSwbfXlDxGil6qbvlc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">April 9th</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">and 10th<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>distribute this educational comic [accessible<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wsa8BPEedSj4v4TDSycc1Fc9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="background-color:yellow;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">here</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">] and let people know what is happening to Iraqis and how they are
organizing to fight back. In NYC, extra copies of the leaflet will be available at the WRL meet-up location at the Gandhi statue in Union Square at 15th St. and Union Square West.</span></p><p><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">3) Visit the Iraqi facebook page: "Support Iraqi Protesters in the Great Iraqi Revolution" at</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yRuQj2YqT02NkyRBNhfik1c9rWppajJR" style="color:rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 255);">http://www.facebook.com/#!/Great.Iraqi.Revolution</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for updates and to write messages of support!</span><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);"><br></span></p><pre class="moz-signature"><span style="color:rgb(0, 51, 102);">-- Ali Issa Field Organizer War Resisters League 339 Lafayette Street New York, NY 10012 phone: 212.228.0450 x13 fax:
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