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United for Peace and Justice is holding a national teach-in on Syria
and US policy in the region:<br>
<br>
5:30 PM Central time <b>this evening</b>, Tue Oct 8th. Watch
it on the web:<br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
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style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">busboysandpoets.com/videos/</span></span><wbr><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">live-streaming</span></span></a><br>
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Panelists:<br>
<blockquote><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">• Phyllis Bennis - Director, </span></span><span
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style="font-family: Verdana;">New Internationalism Project
at the Institute for Policy Studies</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Verdana;">
• Stephen Miles - Coordinator, </span></span><span
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style="font-family: Verdana;">Win Without War</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Verdana;">
• Nick Berning - Communications Director, </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bYlDyhYxGKzCdX7XA6VSv1JjJAMhj15t"
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style="font-family: Verdana;">MoveOn.org</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Verdana;">
• Rep. Barbara Lee (invited) - </span></span><span
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style="font-family: Verdana;">13th Cong. District, CA</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Verdana;">
• moderated by Judith LeBlanc - Field Director, </span></span><span
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FGL4BPxPwQMZA1KL5Flg%2FlJjJAMhj15t"
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style="font-family: Verdana;">Peace Action</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></span><br>
</blockquote>
(it'll be archived for later viewing somewhere - will let you
know)<br>
<br>
And, this Wednesday, there's a national conference call with Jobs
Not Wars:<br>
<br>
7:30PM Central time Wed. Oct. 9<br>
559-726-1300; Access Code 463-900#
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line-height: 18.99147605895996px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">What did you do in your
community when the attack on Syria was threatened? How can we
build on the broad sentiment that organized to stop this
attack in order to fund basic needs for health and food with
cuts to military contracts that pave the road to the next war?</span></span></p>
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campaign works at the grassroots level to change the
priorities of our nation. How can we be most effective in
each of our communities as we struggle to meet human needs,
moving away from war & militarism Join us to discuss
the next steps this coalition should take.<br>
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<td>{Disarmed} Mark your calendar for Syria: Oct 8 Nat'l
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2px; z-index: -1;">Tuesday, Oct. 8th</span></span><span
style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height:
normal; text-align: center;"> - National
Teach-In on Syria and U.S. Policy in the
Region</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34,
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style="position: relative; top: 2px;
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);
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style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">busboysandpoets.com/videos/</span></span><wbr><!-- </wbr> --><span
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style="font-family: Verdana;">live-streaming</span></span></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:
small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Dear Stuart,</span></span></p>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/syria-kid.jpg"
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<div><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">While Congress has
pushed our government into a deeper state of
suspended animation, the situation in Syria </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">and the Middle
East continues to unfold at breakneck speed. The
current government shutdown has shown us again</span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"> that our elected
officials are choosing to play politics rather
than doing the work they were hired to do--
govern the nation and care for the needs of its
people. We cannot trust them to </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">make sound
decisions about our national security. We must
stay on top of developments in Syria and the
Middle East. </span></span></font><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span
style="font-family: Verdana; font-size:
13.333333969116211px;">Today marks the 12th year
of the US war on Afghanistan. Continued successful
pressure on our government to choose diplomacy
over military aggression in Syria paves the way
for diplomacy in Afghanistan. It's clear. The
American people have had enough of costly foreign
wars and occupation. </span></span>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">A few weeks ago
our nation was on the brink of yet another
deadly military mistake. At the last moment, a
threat of a U.S. missile attack against Syria
was averted as the justifiable concern about
chemical weapons moved away from a military
incursion into a diplomatic process. The raging
civil war has not yet stopped, but the massive
outpouring of anti-war sentiment from people in
every corner of the country and around the world
prevented this new attack, and is helping to
slow the flow of arms into Syria. <strong>Our
victory was clear, but our work is far from
over.</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">• Will there be
a negotiated resolution to the armed conflict
inside Syria, or will the fighting escalate into
an even broader regional war?<br>
• How did the peace movement in the U.S. and
world-wide stop Washington from proceeding with
military action in Syria, and how can we build
on our success to change U.S. policy in the
region?<br>
• What's happening now, on the ground in
Syria and on the diplomatic front? What is the
U.S. interest in Syria and how does this connect
to U.S. policy in the Middle East more
generally?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">These are some of
the important issues that a dynamic panel of
people will address in the National Teach-In on
Syria. You are invited to watch the teach-in on
line as we dig deeper into the issues and learn
the lessons.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">We are happy to
join with other national groups to sponsor this
live streamed panel on Tuesday, October 8th:<br>
• Phyllis Bennis - Director, </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><a
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fLsZBg0uTRQkR4AcF21q4VJjJAMhj15t"
target="_blank"
data-mce-href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ips-dc.org%2Fmideast"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">New
Internationalism Project at the Institute for
Policy Studies</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
• Stephen Miles - Coordinator, </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WqVLqnZehPd8KyC2DIn1xZC72QSWABbT"
target="_blank"
data-mce-href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winwithoutwar.org"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">Win Without War</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
• Nick Berning - Communications Director, </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><a
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bYlDyhYxGKzCdX7XA6VSv1JjJAMhj15t"
target="_blank"
data-mce-href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=5&url=http%3A%2F%2FMoveOn.org"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">MoveOn.org</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
• Rep. Barbara Lee (invited) - </span></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><a
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href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Q5jEL8LK2tELDvTMZT9pGFJjJAMhj15t"
target="_blank"
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style="font-family: Verdana;">13th Cong.
District, CA</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
• moderated by Judith LeBlanc - Field
Director, </span></span><span style="font-size:
small;"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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style="font-family: Verdana;">Peace Action</span></a></span><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>
<strong><br>
Watch this important discussion with others! </strong>This
is a moment to bring people together, to take
our organizing to a new level.<br>
- Invite people to your home to watch the
teach-in together.<br>
- If you are at a school or college get a room
and organize a screening.<br>
- Ask your local library or religious
institution to set up a public viewing.<br>
- Ask you local community cable station to run
the program live or taped.<br>
- Use this teach-in as an opportunity to talk
with others about how to strengthen the work of
the anti-war movement.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">We realize the
time of this event might make it hard for some
folks on the West Coast to see the broadcast,
but we'll be sending out information about how
you can access this event after October 8th.</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman',
'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size:
12.727272033691406px; line-height:
18.99147605895996px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>Then,
on Wednesday, October 9th, join the
Jobs-Not-Wars national conference call.</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman',
'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size:
12.727272033691406px; line-height:
18.99147605895996px; text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:
Verdana;"><strong>Wed. Oct. 9, 8:30 pm ET/7:30
CT/ 6:30 MT/5:30 PT.<br>
</strong></span></span><span style="font-size:
larger;"><strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K6bomtHrqtcDnv%2BCOsKD4FJjJAMhj15t"
target="_blank" data-mce-href="tel:559-726-1300"><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">559-726-1300</span></span></a></strong><span
style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;"><strong>; Access
Code 463-900#</strong></span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman',
'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size:
12.727272033691406px; line-height:
18.99147605895996px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">What did you do in
your community when the attack on Syria was
threatened? How can we build on the broad
sentiment that organized to stop this attack in
order to fund basic needs for health and food with
cuts to military contracts that pave the road to
the next war?</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman',
'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size:
12.727272033691406px; line-height:
18.99147605895996px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span
style="font-family: Verdana;">The Jobs-Not-Wars
campaign works at the grassroots level to change
the priorities of our nation. How can we be most
effective in each of our communities as we
struggle to meet human needs, moving away from war
& militarism Join us to discuss the next
steps this coalition should take.</span></span><strong><a
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keep building the movement!</strong> While we
can rightly celebrate the power the peace and
justice movement has had, we must not squander
this moment.</span></span></p>
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