[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ufpj-activist] Cambridge MA Set to Oppose War on Iran

[Brussel Morton K.]

Could Urbana similarly join in?
--mkb

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> From: David Swanson <david at davidswanson.org>
> Date: February 1, 2012 12:26:08 PM CST
> To: ufpj-activist <ufpj-activist at lists.mayfirst.org>
> Subject: [ufpj-activist] Cambridge MA Set to Oppose War on Iran
> Reply-To: david at davidswanson.org
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> Cambridge, Mass., to Vote Next Monday on Resolution Opposing Iran War, Inspired by Resolution Passed in Charlottesville, Va.
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> http://warisacrime.org/content/cambridge-mass-vote-next-monday-resolution-opposing-iran-war-inspired-resolution-passed-char
> In response to passage of this resolution opposing a war on Iran and excessive military spending passed in Charlottesville, Va., Cambridge, Mass., City Council will vote next Monday on the following similar resolution. If you are in or near Cambridge, please be at the meeting:
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> WHEREAS:    The severity of the ongoing economic crisis has created budget shortfalls at all levels of government and requires us to re-examine our national spending priorities; and
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> WHEREAS:    Every dollar spent on the military produces fewer jobs than spending the same dollar on education, healthcare, clean energy, or even tax cuts for household consumption; and
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> WHEREAS:    U.S. military spending has approximately doubled in the past decade, in real dollars and as a percentage of federal discretionary spending, and well over half of federal discretionary spending is now spent on the military, and we are spending more money on the military now than during the Cold War, the Vietnam War, or the Korean War; and
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> WHEREAS:    The U.S. military budget could be cut by 80% and remain the largest in the world; and
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> WHEREAS:    The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform proposed major reductions in military spending in both its Co-Chairs' proposal in November 2010 and its final report in December 2010; and
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> WHEREAS:    The U.S. Conference of Mayors passed a resolution in June 2011 calling on Congress to redirect spending to domestic priorities; and
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> WHEREAS:    The people of the United States, in numerous opinion polls, favor redirecting spending to domestic priorities and withdrawing the U.S. military from Afghanistan; and
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> WHEREAS:    The United States has armed forces stationed at approximately 1,000 foreign bases in approximately 150 foreign countries; and
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> WHEREAS:    The United States is the wealthiest nation on earth but trails many other nations in life expectancy, infant mortality, education level, housing, and environmental sustainability, as well as non-military aid to foreign nations; now therefore be it
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> RESOLVED:    That Cambridge City Council go on record as calling on the U.S. Congress and. President Barack Obama to end foreign ground and drone wars, refrain from entering new military ventures in Iran, and reduce base military spending in order to meet vital human needs, promote job creation, re-train and re-employ those losing jobs in the process of conversion to non-military industries, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainable energy; and be it further
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> RESOLVED:    That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to President Barack Obama and the Massachusetts Congressional delegation on behalf of the entire City Council.
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> David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org
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