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<div class="gmail_default"><font class="">This is a message from Niloofar, if anyone has a copy of the flyers we have currently she would like to see one. For future she suggests:</font></div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Speak up for the humanity and against the Muslim and refugee bans and military escalation<span class=""></span></span></b></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">I think the message of speaking out against Muslim & refugee bans and warmongering should be accompanied by action recommendations.
You can decide which is better: <span class=""></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"" class="">
</span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">The message be the same for all three flyers: fear and hatred against Muslims have brought out the worst in some people and we need to counter
the propaganda. These misplaced sentiments have diverted the attention from real domestic problems and have allowed the elite to assert their dominance through use of direct and indirect military force.<span class=""></span></span></p>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">The result? Death, destruction, chaos, famine, refugee crisis, and hopelessness in the region and diversion of resources
away from economic development and the essential needs of the American people to build up of the already bloated military machine. <span class=""></span></span></div>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Please write letters to the editor, sign petitions (the links) call the congress, & engage relatives and friends on these
issues."<span class=""></span></span></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Or specifically written in the context of each film: <span class=""></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"" class="">
</span></span><span dir="LTR" class=""></span><b class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Egypt:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class=""> Against the U.S. laws, military aid has been
flowing to the post-coup Egypt,...[background: propping up the military since 1970's have helped the continuation of authoritarian rule and prevented the formation of political parties and civil society to carry the revolution to its fruition].
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Targeting
<b class="">Iran</b> (the only stable country in the region with a limited democracy) as the main supporter of terrorism is catering to the pressures of regional allies (Israel and Saudi Arabia) is against the long-term interests of the U.S.
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">The invasion and occupation of
<b class="">Afghanistan</b> have been disastrous for the people and has forced many to seek refuge in neighboring countries (shown in the Iranian film) and try mostly unsuccessfully to get to the West. [The wrong-headed U.S. policy toward Afghanistan in 1980's
inadvertently helped Taliban to take over and al Qaeda to create terrorist cells…]<span class=""></span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">Yemen'</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">s dictatorship,
supported by the U.S., was finally overthrown by the people's peaceful demonstrations (shown in the film) but the power struggle between two tribal factions led to temporary and cynical alliances and allowed Saudi Arabia to invade and bomb the country with
the acquiescence of the U.S. The situation is getting worse by day and has led to a famine that can be eradicated by the intervention of the U.S. <span class=""></span></span></div>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:verdana,sans-serif" class="">*Please write letters to the editor, sign petitions (the links) call the congress, & engage relatives and friends on
these issues."<span class=""></span></span></p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 7:11 AM, Karen Aram <span dir="ltr" class="">
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Dear Anti-war demonstrators et al<br class="">
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Niloofar has suggested distributing flyers at the Art Theatre for their showing of films related to Iran, Yemen, and one other Middle Eastern nation, she has more information related to the films.<br class="">
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They are showing on May 2nd., May 9th, and May 16th. at 7:00pm.<br class="">
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I think we should assist her in this endeavor. We can discuss at our meeting flyers that maybe utilized. For this Tuesday’s film we could use the current flyers on hand, those that I recently returned to Carl and Stuart.<br class="">
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