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4th October 2016, 13:58
Afghanistan 2024?
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Chris,
A Call from World Can't Wait
October 7 2001: the U.S. swept into Afghanistan.
October 7 2016: continued war on Afghanistan (with the U.S pledging to remain there until at least 2024).
As we approach 15 years of this government’s war on the poorest country of the globe, the “War on Terror,” of which this was the opening salvo, has spread around the globe with the U.S. currently waging war on 7 countries.
The U.S. never left Afghanistan. This war has spanned two terms of two presidents and may be forgotten by many — but we refuse to forget the suffering that continues for our Afghan brothers and sisters. Last year the U.S. government bombed the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, killing at least 22 people over the course of almost an hour of continual targeted bombardment, thoroughly destroying the only hospital for hundreds of miles around. No one has been held accountable for this war crime nor has the Obama administration condemned it.
It has been 15 years of U.S. occupation, bombs, and economic exploitation by the U.S. government that has done the most damage to Afghan society and strengthened the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. The U.S. military presence is doing nothing to stop the violence of ISIS, and no good can come from the continued war but a world of good can come from people in this country standing up against it.
The reality is this: for the last fifteen years, every person living in Afghanistan has been living under the threat of death, or maiming, or detention which could be carried out at any moment with impunity by the most powerful military in the world — yours. This must end.
THE CHANGE WE NEED IS NOT ON THE BALLOT!
Neither Clinton nor Trump will:
Stop targeted killing and bombing by U.S. military
Shut down or even trim the 1,100+ U.S. bases around the world
Apologize or pay reparations to those countries destroyed by the so called “War on Terror”
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PROTEST U.S. War on Afghanistan
Friday, October 7, 2016
Noon to 1:00 pm
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Sponsored by: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Peace Action/NYS, United National Antiwar Coalition
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Support & Spread the Athletes' Protests Against Police Murder & War!
Emma Kaplan writes:
On August 26, NFL 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick put a lot on the line when he refused to stand for the national anthem. He explained, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Almost immediately Colin was slammed for being unpatriotic, receiving racist taunts and death threats. But as police in Tusla, Charlotte, Cleveland and other cities have continued to murder Black people, support for Kaepernick has grown, and the form of protest he initiated is spreading...
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Harold Koh: Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes Against Humanity - Not Welcome!
Protest Koh’s speech at the University of Illinois Law School!
When: 11:30 am, Friday, Oct. 28
Where: North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, Peabody Drive, Champaign
We live in a time of state-sanctioned murder of Black, brown, and poor people within the U.S. and beyond. Since Obama’s election in 2008, extra-judicial killings have often been perpetrated and justified by former liberal critics of past President Bush’s open practices of torture, war, and occupation. Top lawyers have played a crucial role in this process. One of the most prominent has been Harold Koh, currently a professor of international law and former Yale Law School dean who served as Hillary Clinton’s top legal advisor while she was Secretary of State (2009 to 2013). In that capacity, Koh has planned, promoted, and justified heinous crimes that have cost thousands of lives and devastated whole regions and countries. Anyone with a conscience should protest his appearance as an honored guest at the University of Illinois Law School on October 28.
Here are just a few examples of the many crimes for which he must be held to account...
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Chris,
A Call from World Can't Wait
October 7 2001: the U.S. swept into Afghanistan.
October 7 2016: continued war on Afghanistan (with the U.S pledging to remain there until at least 2024).
As we approach 15 years of this government’s war on the poorest country of the globe, the “War on Terror,” of which this was the opening salvo, has spread around the globe with the U.S. currently waging war on 7 countries.
The U.S. never left Afghanistan. This war has spanned two terms of two presidents and may be forgotten by many — but we refuse to forget the suffering that continues for our Afghan brothers and sisters. Last year the U.S. government bombed the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, killing at least 22 people over the course of almost an hour of continual targeted bombardment, thoroughly destroying the only hospital for hundreds of miles around. No one has been held accountable for this war crime nor has the Obama administration condemned it.
It has been 15 years of U.S. occupation, bombs, and economic exploitation by the U.S. government that has done the most damage to Afghan society and strengthened the rise of Islamic fundamentalism. The U.S. military presence is doing nothing to stop the violence of ISIS, and no good can come from the continued war but a world of good can come from people in this country standing up against it.
The reality is this: for the last fifteen years, every person living in Afghanistan has been living under the threat of death, or maiming, or detention which could be carried out at any moment with impunity by the most powerful military in the world — yours. This must end.
THE CHANGE WE NEED IS NOT ON THE BALLOT!
Neither Clinton nor Trump will:
Stop targeted killing and bombing by U.S. military
Shut down or even trim the 1,100+ U.S. bases around the world
Apologize or pay reparations to those countries destroyed by the so called “War on Terror”
Share this message:
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PROTEST U.S. War on Afghanistan
Friday, October 7, 2016
Noon to 1:00 pm
U.S. Military Recruitment Station
Times Square, 43rd St. and Seventh Ave., Manhattan
Sponsored by: NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn For Peace, World Can’t Wait, Veterans for Peace/Chapter 34, Granny Peace Brigade, NYC Metro Raging Grannies, North Manhattan Neighbors for Peace and Justice, Peace Action/NYS, United National Antiwar Coalition
Donate Now (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UnWWpJBhhE4r3U3cG%2BjwSmXZsS8EcjtJ)
Call for Translators!
World Can't Wait tries to translate as much material as possible into Spanish.
See our Spanish site (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BblqcisFbAt3lCaxOseneGXZsS8EcjtJ), which sometimes gets more traffic than our main website, for examples. Get in touch with us at [email protected] if you are interested and able to volunteer to translate; you can pitch in as little or as much as you are able to. Thanks!
World Can't Wait is calling on people to join in visible resistance sending the message:
No More Endless War In Our Name
http://org.salsalabs.com/o/1170/images/2016%20Afghanistan%20protest.jpg
http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Yeh3oKi6vEjpdqYyig%2Bto2XZsS8EcjtJ
Support & Spread the Athletes' Protests Against Police Murder & War!
Emma Kaplan writes:
On August 26, NFL 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick put a lot on the line when he refused to stand for the national anthem. He explained, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.” Almost immediately Colin was slammed for being unpatriotic, receiving racist taunts and death threats. But as police in Tusla, Charlotte, Cleveland and other cities have continued to murder Black people, support for Kaepernick has grown, and the form of protest he initiated is spreading...
Continue reading... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ArJXxJQJns0Ivzru9X7bPGXZsS8EcjtJ)
http://www.worldcantwait.net/images/images/stories/2016/children-killed-by-drones.jpg
Harold Koh: Legal Architect of U.S. Crimes Against Humanity - Not Welcome!
Protest Koh’s speech at the University of Illinois Law School!
When: 11:30 am, Friday, Oct. 28
Where: North Courtyard, Law Building Complex, Peabody Drive, Champaign
We live in a time of state-sanctioned murder of Black, brown, and poor people within the U.S. and beyond. Since Obama’s election in 2008, extra-judicial killings have often been perpetrated and justified by former liberal critics of past President Bush’s open practices of torture, war, and occupation. Top lawyers have played a crucial role in this process. One of the most prominent has been Harold Koh, currently a professor of international law and former Yale Law School dean who served as Hillary Clinton’s top legal advisor while she was Secretary of State (2009 to 2013). In that capacity, Koh has planned, promoted, and justified heinous crimes that have cost thousands of lives and devastated whole regions and countries. Anyone with a conscience should protest his appearance as an honored guest at the University of Illinois Law School on October 28.
Here are just a few examples of the many crimes for which he must be held to account...
Continue reading... (http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ec%2BKmyeIhRoLZ6ZDJM5NzmXZsS8EcjtJ)
Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can't Wait
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