[Peace-discuss] tomorrow's AWARE demonstration - and flyer sources: Snowden's statement ('the Obama Administration is afraid of an informed, angry public') and USLAW against intervention in Syria
ewj at pigsqq.org
ewj at pigsqq.org
Fri Jul 5 22:31:04 UTC 2013
When I grow up,
I want to be like
Edward Snowden.
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Stuart Levy <stuartnlevy at gmail.com>
> To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>
> Cc: occupycu <OccupyCU at lists.chambana.net>
> Subject: [Peace-discuss] tomorrow's AWARE demonstration - and flyer sources: Snowden's statement ('the Obama Administration is afraid of an informed, angry public') and USLAW against intervention in Syria
> Sent: Jul 06 '13 02:30
>
> Tomorrow is the first Saturday of the month - AWARE's monthly
> anti-war demonstration:
>
> 2-4PM, Saturday, July 6th,
> corner of Main and Neil, downtown Champaign - the usual place
>
> We haven't settled on a flyer for tomorrow, but talked a bit after the
> parade about things that might go in it, including Edward Snowden's
> statement this week (below). Also below is a current statement by US
> Labor Against the War opposing intervention in Syria. Discussers of
> peace, what do we think of these? Are there other things that we really
> need to include? I'll aim to assemble something tonight, and get it
> copied tomorrow midday, unless someone else wants to do either of those.
>
>
> One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and
> safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has
> been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I
> have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and
> they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be
> thankful.
>
> On Thursday, President Obama declared before the world that he would not
> permit any diplomatic "wheeling and dealing" over my case. Yet now it is
> being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered
> his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have
> requested protection to deny my asylum petitions.
>
> This kind of deception from a world leader is not justice, and neither
> is the extralegal penalty of exile. These are the old, bad tools of
> political aggression. Their purpose is to frighten, not me, but those who
> would come after me. For decades the United States of America has been one
> of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this
> right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal
> Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by the current
> government of my country. The Obama administration has now adopted the
> strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of
> nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless
> person. Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop
> me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right
> to seek asylum.
>
> In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like
> me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or
> powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of
> an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was
> promised — and it should be.
>
> I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so
> many.
>
> Edward Joseph Snowden
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Michael Eisenscher <[LINK:
> mailto:nationalcoordinator at uslaboragainstwar.org]
> nationalcoordinator at uslaboragainstwar.org> wrote:
>
>
> The Crisis in Syria:
> Statement by the Steering Committee of
> U.S. Labor Against the War
> July 5, 2013
>
> · _We oppose any U.S. military intervention, direct or indirect, in the
> Syrian conflict_
> · _The U.S. should focus on providing more humanitarian assistance
> through established internationally recognized neutral institutions and
> organizations _
> · _There is no military solution to the crisis in Syria _
> · _Initial steps to arm rebels will surely create pressure for further
> escalation, leading the U.S. into another quagmire _
> · _We call on our government to reverse its decision to provide arms and
> other military support to the Syrian rebels _
> · _The Syrian crisis is for the Syrian people to resolve by political
> negotiations _
> · _There must be an immediate full arms embargo applied to all countries
> _
> · _We support initiatives in Congress to prevent the U.S. from becoming
> embroiled in another armed conflict in the Middle East _
> · _We call for using funds now spent on the military to address poverty,
> unemployment, inequality and numerous other social ills here at home and
> abroad _
> · _By addressing these problems we will also increase our national
> security and reduce the need to resort to arms._
> [LINK:
> http://uslaboragainstwar.org/downloads/USLAW%20Statement%20on%20the%20Crisis%20in%20Syria.final.070313.pdf]
> Download full statement in PDF format
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