[Peace-discuss] AWARE monthly demo. today

[Karen Aram]

AWARE (Anti-War, Anti-Racism, Effort of Champaign Urbana, Il)
will hold their monthly demonstration today at the corner of Neil & Church Sts.,
downtown Champaign.

      2:00 - 4:00pm

Signs will be provided.

All are welcome to join us

Please bring your rainwear as it likely will be wet.

Please see todays flyer below:
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TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:
ASSERT YOUR WAR POWERS BEFORE TRUMP STRIKES SYRIA

Tell your Rep. to sign the Lofgren-Amash letter to stop an unconstitutional strike on Syria.

The New York Times is reporting that Trump has warned Russia that U.S. missiles “will be coming” to Syria.

But Senator Tim Kaine [D-VA] and Senator Mike Lee [R-UT] and the Congressional Progressive Caucus have a very different idea.
Under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, Congress, not the President, decides when to use military force.

The NYT reports: 'Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, said Mr. Trump needed permission from Congress before action.
“He’s a president, not a king, and Congress needs to quit giving him a blank check to wage war against anyone, anywhere,” Mr. Kaine said.
“If he strikes Syria without our approval, what will stop him from bombing North Korea or Iran?”’

The NYT’s Max Fisher justly mocked Washington’s 'cult of limited strikes’: "They accomplish nothing but unnecessary killing.
But Washington loves them anyway, because past experience doesn’t matter. When it comes to pointless uses of military force,
Washington culture is denialist: repeated failure doesn’t cause learning."

Democrat or Republican, Congressional Representatives have an easy way to assert their war powers before Trump strikes Syria:
they can sign the bipartisan Lofgren-Amash letter to Trump, telling him to come to Congress for authorization before attacking Syria.
That’s what stopped unconstitutional military action in Syria in August 2013 – two hundred Democratic and Republican House members
signing letters to the President, saying under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, you have to come to us for authorization before striking Syria.

Call CONGRESSMAN RODNEY DAVIS now at (202) 225-2371. When you reach a staffer or leave a message, you can say,

“I urge you to defend the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution.
Sign the bipartisan Lofgren-Amash letter insisting that President Trump
get Congressional authorization before striking Syria.”

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[Thanks to 'Just Foreign Policy' for the text above. This flyer is circulated by AWARE, a local peace group.]

ANTI-WAR ANTI-RACISM EFFORT - on Facebook at <AWARE of Champaign-Urbana Illinois>
~ U.S. troops & weapons out of the Mideast ~ Medicare for all ~ Universal basic income ~

Our representatives in Congress from this area - and their email addresses - are as follows:
Representative Rodney Davis: <https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/>
Senator Tammy Duckworth: <https://www.duckworth.senate.gov/content/contact-senator>
Senator Dick Durbin: <https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email>
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