World Peace and Security
- Fri Aug 27 2004
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United for Peace and Justice
United for Peace and Justice gives the Top 10 Reasons (actually 11) to protest during the Republican National Convention in New York, on August 29.
The day before the Republican National Convention opens in New York City, the eyes of the world will be on us as we march in opposition to the Bush administration's policies of war, greed, hate and lies. Our message of peace and justice will be a resounding cry: WE SAY NO TO THE BUSH AGENDA. Here are ten...actually 11... great reasons why you should be with us on Sunday, August 29:
1. THE WAR AGAINST IRAQ. It was an illegal and immoral war waged on false pretext, and it is still costing people's lives every day. 10,000 innocent Iraqis and more than 900 U.S. soldiers are dead so far, while no weapons of mass destruction or Iraq/Al Qaeda connections were ever discovered. How many more lives must be lost before we hold the Bush administration accountable for this disastrous policy and all of the lies? March on August 29 to say no to the war and demand that the troops come home now!
2. THE MILLIONS SPENT ON WAR AND GIVEN AWAY AS TAX CUTS INSTEAD OF BEING USED FOR BASIC HUMAN NEEDS. The Iraq war has already cost us some $160 billion. At the same time, Bush's tax cuts will cost us more than $3 trillion by 2010, with the majority of the benefits going to the wealthiest five percent of Americans. That's money that should have been spent to hire new teachers for our schools, fund HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs, keep public libraries open, make sure health care is available to all, and send working-class kids to college. March to demand new priorities that put people's human needs ahead of the war machine and Bush's wealthy friends.
3. OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD. The Bush Administration has "unsigned" the International Criminal Court Treaty, discarded the Kyoto Protocol, and undermined virtually every important arms control treaty the U.S. (however reluctantly) has ever signed. And the war on Iraq alienated our allies and enraged people all over the world. We must reject the Bush policies of permanent war, regime change and pre-emptive strikes. March to send a message to people around the globe - we stand with them and we want our government to cooperate with them, not dominate them.
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