[act-ma] [UJP Activist] UFPJ Action Alert: No Time for Silence
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======== UFPJ ACTION ALERT: NO TIME FOR SILENCE ==============================
Dear Activist,
The dual tragedies playing out in Gaza and Iraq are graphic reminders of the
catastrophic costs of militarism. Each has multiple causes, but paramount
among them, American military power and Washington’s decades-old build up
of Israeli military power have caused unimaginable suffering among civilian
populations.
Neither story is at an end. And the need to speak up for peace and diplomacy
remains urgent. Since 2001, the United States government has dealt with the
problem of “terrorism” by engaging in various forms of warfare against
other countries and groups, while building up the military might of its
Israeli ally. And the results have been costly, harmful and
counter-productive.
The staggering oppression of Palestinians, the millions of people in the
Muslim world killed, injured or displaced, and the level of anger now
directed at the United States attests to the immorality and futility of this
approach.
*Responding to the crisis in Gaza and Iraq, we call for:*
* Cessation of US bombing in Iraq and a cease-fire in Gaza and Israel
* Immediate end to the blockade of Gaza
* Increased humanitarian assistance to victims of violence in Iraq and Gaza
* Suspension of US military aid to Israel and an arms embargo across the
region
* United Nations sponsored diplomacy which includes all regional parties
*What can be done?*
Members of Congress are back in district this month. This is an excellent
time to express concern over US policy in Gaza and Iraq -- meet with your
Reps, send a letter to the editor of your local paper, demonstrate, or vigil.
UFPJ is urging that in whatever action you organize, you incorporate concerns
about Gaza and Iraq. Please keep us posted on your plans:
rustiandgael at unitedforpeace.org [1]
The tragedy in Ferguson is the logical extension of a militarized US foreign
policy applied at home. When you outfit police like an army, they end up
treating the community as “the enemy.” Our police are learning to adopt
the same callous indifference to death in urban communities as our military
is trained to adopt in causing death and destruction in urban communities of
other countries. This must be halted and reversed. We must again raise Dr.
King’s prophetic 1967 warning that the violence visited by US forces upon
the Vietnamese and the police violence visited upon people of color and the
poor at home flowed from the same poisoned well. Click here to tell the
Pentagon, Congress, and the President: No More Weapons of War for Local
Police!
*Resources for action*
*Gaza*
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation [2]*-- national coalition of 400+
groups working to end U.S. support for Israel's occupation of the Palestinian
West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem.
Jewish Voice for Peace [3] -- works to achieve a lasting peace that
recognizes the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians for security and
self-determination.
If Americans Knew [4] -- educates the American public on issues of major
significance that are unreported, underreported, or misreported in the
American media.
Mondoweiss [5] -- news website devoted to covering American foreign policy in
the Middle East from a progressive Jewish perspective.
The Electronic Intifada [6] -- an independent online news publication and
educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and
place in the world.
*The US Campaign to End the Occupation is helping constituents across the
country to organize in-district meetings with their Congressional offices to
challenge Israel's violations of Palestinian human rights. The US Campaign is
also working with groups and individuals who are planning direct actions,
including bird-dogging members of Congress at events held during the August
recess. If you would like to coordinate your actions, please contact Mike
Coogan at development at endtheoccupation.org [7] or call 202-332-0994.
*Iraq*
Moveon.org -- 8 Things To Know About The Crisis In Iraq [8]
FCNL -- Responding to the Crisis in Iraq -- Without Bombs [9]
Progressive Democrats of America – The Situation in Iraq: What we Know [10]
*Ferguson*
Amnesty International Stands with Ferguson Because All Lives Matter [11]* *
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