No War on Iran Demonstration
Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08pm.
Rally at Park Street, march to the Israeli Consulate, and end with a rally at Copley Square to demand No War on Iran!
Sponsor: Occupy Boston Action for Peace. Info: 781-316-2018
Feb 4th: Day of Mass Action to Stop War on Iran
NO war NO sanctions NO intervention NO assassinations on Iran
In many ways, the U.S. war on Iran has already begun.
The U.S. government is shaping public opinion to accept military intervention in Iran in the name of “national security.” Fabricated stories that claim evidence of Iran pursuing nuclear weapons is being blasted through mainstream media and repeated by almost every mainstream politician.
Maintaining Hegemony
Submitted by Joseph Gerson on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:08pm.The New Left Project intereviewed Jose
ph Gerson on the subject of U.S. foreign and military policies, published as “Maintaining Hegemony” on the NLP and ZNET web sites. Gerson will speak on similar themes on March 13 at the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge.
1. The Pentagon’s new Guidance, 'Sustaining US Global Leadership: priorities for 21st Century Defense states that the US will focus on “rebalanc[ing] toward the Asia-Pacific region…empahsiz[ing] our existing alliances.” What accounts for the renewed focus on the Asia-Pacific region? And what policies are likely to flow from this reorientation?
Now That You Have Destroyed Our Country, Withdrawing Is Not Enough
Submitted by ujpadmin2 on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 2:59pm.An Open Letter from the President of the Federation of Workers' Councils and Unions in Iraq
To the American President Barak Obama
Nine years ago your military invaded Iraq claiming two justifications: the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the goal of spreading democracy. The first pretext was proved absolutely false, which even former-president George Bush has admitted. This was shameful. But in the name of spreading democracy, what Iraqis have witnessed instead it that the US spreads killing, looting, sectarian strife, militias, and terrorism. You imposed reactionary ideas, especially about women, so that sexual trafficking and prostitution are now increasing here. Our schools and universities have been destroyed and education has deteriorated. The US authorities you put in power over us, and later the government the US imposed upon us through the elections you administered have devastated our communities’ resources.
Mitt Romney and the Shame of Guantanamo
Submitted by Nancy Murray on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 9:09pm.Originally Posted at Boston.com
It is fitting that Mitt Romney consolidated his lead to be the Republican nominee for president on the day that Guantanamo Bay marked its tenth anniversary: January 11, 2012. Back on April 21, 2006, the Massachusetts governor spent a few hours touring Guantanamo to buttress his presidential ambitions.
You Have the Right to Revolution
Submitted by Mel King on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:53am.In this impromptu talk, veteran organizer and movement thinker, Mel King outlines his thoughts about the significance of the #Occupy movement, its potential for radical social change and its methods. Although an enthusiastic supporter of the movement, Mel suggests that in time the movement will have to choose targets (once it is ready) and also consider moments where the consensus process may be less effective. Mel goes on to applaud the movement for engaging in the battle of ideas, "You are occupying minds!"
A few things?! I've asked to say a few things? I first want to say that nobody does anything on their own. I may stand here as one but it is a one that is the compilation of hundreds and thousands of folks who have been involved in various... various struggles. In a way, that is some of the strength of what has been happening in the #Occupy movement.
I stand here as someone who is thrilled at what the movement is accomplishing! I have no questions or doubts about what the long-range impacts are going to be.
People talk about the tent city that we put together [in 1968]...[inaudible] it was about making that land [in the South End] directly available for housing and about the people who were making the decisions about the other land that was in that neighborhood...
This [#Occupy] movement is the best thing that has happened since the students [helped] stop the war in Vietnam. I think that it is important to put it in that perspective. When I see that [inaudible] [of] hundreds cities and towns are across this country are involved in some form of the #occupation movement, that huge. One of the things that I was just saying to my friend here was that you need to lift it up, you know, lift it up! You're in fact doing what I asked your next headline to say [holding Boston Occupier in hand]: occupy minds! Okay? You are occupying minds! You're stretching folks... And if you continue to do that, there's no telling how far you can go.
UJP devoted its Jan. 14 strategy meeting to understanding what is happening in Iraq at this important yet confusing juncture. At the time of the runup to the Iraq War starting in Summer 2002 there was a huge expansion of the national peace movement; UFPJ was organized as the umbrella coalition. On Feb. 15 2003 antiwar demonstrations were organized in New York City and in many countries, the largest global protest in history. During the course of the next several years, Iraq was the major focus of countless events organized by UJP and UFPJ nationally. Is the Iraq War truly ending?
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