[Peace] from Code Pink -- "This is not beautiful..."

Thu Apr 13 14:24:42 UTC 2017

I signed this.

I suggested Mr. Williams could write an essay about how he would feel
about those missiles if they were directed at the city where he and his
family live.

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Dear Stuart,

When President Trump attacked Syria with Tomahawk missiles last week,
the media cheered. *MSBC’s Brian Williams even said, “We see these
beautiful pictures at night from the decks of these two U.S. Navy
vessels in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Let that sink in. *Beautiful.* *He called a missile attack beautiful. *

*There is nothing beautiful about war. *

Sign the petition to hold the media accountable: Tell MSNBC there is
nothing beautiful about war, destruction, and death.
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This recent attack on Syria was not the first time the media applauded
the destruction of life in the Middle East. *When lies drove us into war
with Iraq, the media might as well have thrown a parade. *And when we
don’t see applause, we often see *nothing*. This is the case with Yemen,
which has endured so much destruction in the wake of US-supported Saudi
bombings, a Yemeni child dies every 10 minutes from malnutrition.

This is the result of bombs like the ones Brian Williams called
beautiful—children starving to death. This is the news they aren’t
showing us, the news the world deserves to see. *When we know the story,
we can begin to change the story. *

We **do** know the story, and we are taking to the streets today in New
York City, Washington D.C., Los Angeles and San Francisco, to call the
media to task and hold a hunger strike in solidarity with the people of
Yemen
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*Whether or not you can join us in one of these cities, you can still
take action to hold the media accountable:*

Sign our petition to tell MSNBC there is nothing beautiful about war,
destruction, and death.
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Tell Brian Williams, MSNBC, and the mainstream media they must be
covering the humanitarian crises in Yemen instead of waxing poetic about
the beauty of Tomahawk missiles. They should be calling for a US budget
that supports children, education, and the environment over military
spending, bombs and war. The media is the voice of our culture and we
can use our own voices to help shape their message.

Let’s show them what beauty really is. The beauty of people coming
together to demand truth and justice and fairness and peace. The beauty
of resistance. *Share the image at the top of this email on your*
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Towards peace in Yemen, Syria, and all around the world,
Ann, Ariel, Jodie, Mariana, Mark, Medea, Nancy, Paki, Paula, Taylor and
Tighe

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