[Peace-discuss] FW: [unac] SIGN THE OPEN LETTER to the Government of the United States and the United Nations

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Subject: Fwd: [unac] SIGN THE OPEN LETTER to the Government of the United States and the United Nations

 Please sign.

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:16 AM UNAC <unac at lists.riseup.net> wrote:

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COVID-19 & US Sanctions:

Sign the Open Letter to the Government of the United States and the United Nations <https://uspeacecouncil.org/4724-2/> 

UNAC is working with antiwar leaders and groups from around the world to get a massive amount of letters to the US government, and the United Nations, to demand an end to sanctions, especially during this period of the fight against COVID-19.  Please sign the letter below and pass this on to others.

 When you sign, a letter will automatically be sent in your name.

Dear Friends of Peace, Justice and Human Rights Around the World,

The global spread of COVID-19 has exposed the illegal and immoral practice of imposing unilateral coercive measures (economic sanctions) by the United States government against more than thirty nations. The economic war against those nations had already resulted in unimaginable suffering of the people in the targeted nations even before the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the devastation of the global pandemic, the targeted countries — especially Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, Syria and Zimbabwe — are finding it prohibitively difficult to protect and save the lives of their citizens in the face of the ongoing global emergency. These sanctions constitute crimes against humanity.

Instead of helping these countries fight the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the United States is now using the public distraction caused by the pandemic to intensify its military actions against the targeted nations. It is increasing its threats against Iran and Syria by engaging in a silent buildup of its military forces in Iraq again, and has dispatched its Naval warships to the shores of Venezuela, demanding the total surrender of the Venezuelan government to the United States.

Only a global wave of popular protest can stop these anti-human policies and actions.

Please use the link provided below to sign the  <https://uspeacecouncil.org/4724-2/> Open Letter to the Government of the United States and the United Nations, addressed to the President of the United States and Secretary General of the United Nations, demanding that all U.S and UN sanctions against the targeted nations be lifted, and all U.S. military threats and actions against them be stopped immediately.

We are dealing with a global emergency and must act quickly.

Free Julian Assange

(Webinar and livestream, see below to register)

The Prosecution of Julian Assange and the Fight for Free Speech

Sunday, April 19, National/International  Zoom Webinar

12 Noon Pacific  2 pm Midwest  3 pm East Coast 8 pm London

(Benefit for the Courage Foundation, for Julian Assange’s defense*)

Julian

Join us for a panel discussion of leading attorneys, human rights
defenders and social justice activists as the London trial of WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange is underway. If Assange is extradited to the
United States, he faces the first-ever charges under the Espionage Act
of 1917 for the publication of truthful information  in the public
interest. Speakers will present the critical legal and policy issues
involved as well as rebut government efforts to undermine the reputation
and credibility of Assange. In these difficult times for civil liberties
and democratic rights we demand: Free Julian Assange! Defend Free Speech
and the First Amendment!

Panel Speakers: Jim Lafferty, Executive Director for three decades, National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles

Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report

Representative, Bay Area National Lawyers Guild

Jennifer Robinson, Julian Assange’s London attorney (message)

Joe Lombardo, National Coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition

Nathan Fuller, Executive Director, Courage Foundation*

Nozomi Hayase, author, contributor to the new book, In Defense of Julian Assange

Moderator: Jeff Mackler, author, Obama’s National Security State: The Meaning of the Edward Snowden Revelations

*The Courage Foundation, an international whistleblower support network,
campaigns for the public and legal defense of Julian Assange and for the
protection of truthtellers and the public’s right to know,
internationally. Contribute to Julian Assange's defense here: 

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Sponsors: Bay Area Julian Assange Defense Committee • National Lawyers Guild Bay Area • Courage Foundation  • United National Antiwar Coalition

To register for the Zoom conference click here <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw> .

Please see and share the Facebook event here.  The webinar will also be livestreamed to the Facebook event here <https://www.facebook.com/events/902465500176422/> .

Initial co-sponsors: CodePink Bay Area • Social Justice Center of Marin • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section • Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance, advisory board, Courage Foundation, past Steering Committee member  Chelsea  Manning Support Committee • Marin Peace and Justice Center • Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report

 For more information, jmackler at lmi.net

With video messages from Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky and Alice Walker

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