Re: [Peace-discuss] UFPJ desires …

[John W.]

It would be difficult for me to imagine a more poorly worded manifesto.

John Wason


On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Brussel Morton K. <mkbrussel at comcast.net>wrote:

This is a list which can be incorporated into a pamphlet (intended for
> distributing at One Main) stating what AWARE wants from our federal
> government, soon to be led by Obama. Stuart is working on this and would
> welcome comments.  --mkb
> From the UFPJ:
>
> • We are committed to ending the illegal and immoral "pre-emptive" wars and
> on-going occupations
> of Iraq and Afghanistan.
> • We are working to end the U.S. drive to expand its empire through control
> over other nations and
> their resources and the implementation of economic policies designed to
> concentrate power at
> home and abroad.
> • We will not allow war or other aggressive acts to be carried out against
> Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Cuba,
> Venezuela, North Korea and other nations.
> • We call on our government to renounce the use of torture and the U.S.'
> willingness to accept
> violations of the Geneva Conventions and other international laws and
> treaties in its so-called
> Global War on Terror.
> • We are standing up to the manipulation of fear and repression that strips
> us of our rights at home
> under the cover of fighting terrorism and spreading democracy abroad.
> • We are vocal in our opposition to the suppression of voices of dissent,
> the treating of immigrants as
> threats and the shredding of the U.S. Constitution, all done in the name of
> protecting the homeland.
> • We are working to end U.S. political, economic, and military aid fueling
> Israel's rise as an
> unchallengeable regional military power and sustaining Israel's illegal
> occupation of the
> Palestinian West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem and its denial of equal
> rights to Palestinians.
> • We oppose increasing U.S. military involvement anywhere in the world,
> reflected in the expansion
> of a massive network of military bases stretching to every corner of the
> planet.
>
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