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June 20 is World Refugee Day. This year, a report issued by the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that the number of displaced persons has reached a post-World-War-II high....
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Thirty-five years of U.S. subversion, intervention and then direct occupation of Iraq are the primary cause of the violent sectarian divisions now pulling that country apart....
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The six-month nuclear agreement among Iran and the “5+1”
countries has been described as a breakthrough, a departure, a disaster or a
betrayal, depending on the speaker. Much of the language of the agreement
reached in Geneva on Nov. 24 reeks of imperialist arrogance....
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Support of the legal and legitimate rights of the Iranian people for
self-determination and sovereignty is growing as the new round of
negotiations with Iran and the countries of 5+1, i.e. US, UK, France,
Russia, China plus Germany is set for February 26th in
Kazakhstan....
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According to UN investigations in 2010 there are more than 27,000 prisoners held by the U.S. in more than 100 secret prisons around the world and on 17 ships as floating prisons. These are almost entirely Muslim prisoners....
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As we approach the new round of negotiations between the countries of 5+1 i.e.
US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany with Iran to discuss the so called
“Iran’s nuclear issue”, we the undersigned declare our stand
on this issue, as follows:...
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As we approach the new round of negotiations between the countries of 5+1 i.e.
US, UK, France, Russia, China plus Germany with Iran to discuss the so called
“Iran’s nuclear issue”, we the undersigned declare our stand
on this issue, as follows:...
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he 11th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was not forgotten
by anti-imperialist activists inside the United States. From New York City to
Los Angeles, and in dozens of cities in between, the ongoing war and occupation
were denounced at actions held Oct. 5-7. Initiated by the United National
Antiwar Coalition and related organizations, the series of protests demanded
“U.S./NATO out of Afghanistan!” “Hands off Syria!”
“Don’t attack Iran!” “No more drone attacks!” and
“No sanctions!” Following are outlines of actions in several
cities....
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While staying aware of its destructive capacity, we can expand our view if
we also examine its weaknesses. The Pentagon’s Achilles’ heel lies
within the contradictions of the capitalist system that created this
monstrosity....
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Racism is a weapon of war. We stand in solidarity with
victims of police, state, and racial violence and build links to people under
attack – Muslims, Sikhs, immigrant workers, death row prisoners,
African-American and Latino youth, social justice activists are all
targets in an atmosphere of escalating racism and
repression....
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There are times in history when war and politics converge with economics to
create a true turning point, a point at which things cannot and will not ever
be the same. Such points in time are marked by fierce struggle....
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During the period of September 18 to October 1, 2012, heads of states and
high-level officials from the world over will be gathering in New York to
address the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
Pakistan USA Freedom Forum sees this as an ideal time for all peace-loving
people to send a clear message to the UN and the world and demand:
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A meeting in Tehran starting Aug. 26 puts into the sharpest perspective the
waning position of U.S. imperialism globally and especially in the Middle East.
Both the U.S. and Israel’s demands for a boycott of the meeting were
ignored. Clearly the U.S. hold is slipping....
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he United National Anti-war Coalition has called for protest actions across
the country on the anniversary of the imperialist U.S. invasion of
Afghanistan....
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With the Non-Aligned Movement meeting this week in Tehran, Veterans For Peace is urging the organization of 120 nations not formally allied with any major power bloc to take steps to deter the Israeli-American threats of war against Iran over its nuclear enrichment program....
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We are once again on the verge of another disastrous war in the Middle East. The United States and its allies in Europe and the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar, are consciously pushing Syria toward a destructive civil war. The objective is to bring down the Assad regime, an ally of the Iranian government, as a stepping-stone toward further isolation of Iran and preparation of the ground for a military attack on that country....
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Demonstrations against U.S./NATO military intervention in Syria were held in at least 29 cities coast-to-coast in the United States during the week ending July 1. The United National Antiwar Coalition had called the protests and demanded: Hands off Syria and Iran! End the drone wars! and Money for jobs, education and health care, not endless war! Following are brief descriptions of some of these actions....
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New Delhi, India, was the venue for the fourth BRICS Summit, which convened on March 29. BRICS stands for Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa, which together house 43 percent of the world’s population and are playing a greater role within a world economic system still dominated by the capitalist mode of production and social relations....
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With President Barack Obama set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 4, the Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs Magazine, two imperialist think tanks where U.S. strategists express their opinions and analysis, scheduled a “debate” on March 1 in New York City. The question to debate was, is it “Time to Attack Iran?”...
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Voice your opposition to this phony debate on whether military attack or
sanctions and sabotage should be used to attack Iran. Both sides of this debate
are promoting war with Iran and the death and destruction of yet another
country in the Middle East. The only debate is what weapons to use....
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We are in very dangerous times, and we have to do everything we can to
prevent another war—this time against Iran. Almost every day we
hear about new sanctions, new threats, new promises that “all options are
on the table.” It seems like the general public is complacent about this
and do not understand the severe consequences –possibly World War
III....
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Anti-war organizations from across the United States and 6 other countries
came together on Saturday, Feb. 4, to protest the rising crescendo of threats
against Iran. In more than 30 states and 80 cities, large and small, groups
joined forces to raise four key demands. "No war, no sanctions, no intervention, no assassinations!" was the slogan on the lead banner of the New York demonstration, which was sponsored by an ad hoc committee of several groups. Many placards and hand-made signs also pointed to Wall Street and the banks as the real danger, not Iran. The corporate media have been reporting for weeks that the Israeli regime
is weighing an attack on Iran aimed at dismantling its nuclear program. Yet
even former U.S. intelligence officers point out that Iran's nuclear
development is entirely peaceful; it is not building any nuclear weapons. (See
"Divining the Truth About Iran" by Ray McGovern, published by
commondreams.org.) Yet totally unsubstantiated claims to the contrary form the
basis on which Israel, which itself has a large nuclear arsenal and has been
armed and financed by the U.S., is now publicly claiming its right to launch a
military attack on Iran....
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The Feb. 4 actions are aimed to condemn US, it's EU allies and Israel’s war threats, covert and overt operations, sanctions, assassinations and media propaganda of repeated lies. This in short constitutes the current policies of the hegemonic powers, headed by US government, against the peace-loving people of Iran....
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A broad spectrum of U.S.-based anti-imperialist and anti-war organizations
agreed on a Jan. 17 conference call to hold coordinated protests across the
country on Saturday, Feb. 4. The demands will be: “No war, no sanctions,
no intervention, no assassinations against Iran.” The ad-hoc group that took part in the call decided that although there are
only two weeks to organize, it will invite anti-war forces around the world to
join in, if possible, so that this emergency action could develop into a global
day of action....
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A broad spectrum of U.S.-based anti-imperialist and anti-war organizations, including the IAC, agreed on a Jan. 17 conference call to hold coordinated protests across the country on Saturday, Feb. 4. The demands will be: “No war, no sanctions, no intervention, no assassinations against Iran.”...
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The following statement was issued by Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general and co-founder and representative of the International Action Center:...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean highlights the commitment of the members of the Bolivarian Alliance of Our America (ALBA) to defy U.S. threats and act as sovereign, independent nations....
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There is growing apprehension that through miscalculation, deliberate provocation or a staged false flag operation, a U.S. war with Iran is imminent. The dangerous combination of top U.S. officials’ public threats, the Pentagon’s massive military deployment, continued drone flights and industrial sabotage against Iran provides an ominous warning. The corporate media have been more than willing to cheer industrial sabotage, computer viruses and targeted assassinations. War maneuvers with Israel scheduled for mid-January were suddenly postponed Jan. 15 until May or later....
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Another Iranian Scientist, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, has been assassinated in Iran by a car bomb. This is the fifth Iranian scientist targeted by assassins working in Iran in two years. Four attacks succeeded. This is a deadly escalation of the covert criminal activities conducted by the U.S., Israel and their terrorists and domestic spies in Iran against the government and people of Iran. ...;
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As 2012 began, Washington’s actions and threats gave substance to U.S.
imperialism’s long-standing war plans against Iran. The actions included
sanctions aimed at breaking Iran’s economy, warship deployments off
Iran’s shores and plans for joint war exercises with Israel....
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The International Atomic Energy Agency made public the names of Iranian
nuclear scientists in a new report released this week. Publishing their names
makes these scientists targets for assassination....
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Under the cover of a bogus report by a United Nations agency, the U.S. and its allies are laying the groundwork for a military attack on Iran. In order to counter this danger to humanity, the International Action Center would like to expose the perfidious role of the agency in question, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA is supposed to be a neutral investigator of nuclear development around the world. Instead, it has turned into a tool for imperialist aggression....
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In order to give an idea of the potential of the USSR in its efforts to
maintain parity with the United States in this sphere, we only need to point
out that when its disintegration occurred in 1991, in Byelorussia there were 81
nuclear warheads, in Kazakhstan 1400 and in the Ukraine approximately 5000; all
these went over to the Russian Federation, the only state capable of sustaining
its immense cost, in order to maintain independence....
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In a desperate attempt to cover up its absolute inability to solve the
economic and political crisis that has engulfed the world, the U.S. ruling
class and the U.S. government have resorted to a tried-and-true method of
diverting mass sentiment: war frenzy....
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A worsening economic crisis; three disastrous wars that have killed millions of
people and cost trillions of dollars stolen from essential programs for OIL,
OIL, OIL and the U.S. corporate drive for markets, profit and empire –
this is why the U.S. government has FALSELY accused the Iranian government of
sponsoring a terrorist plot in the United States....
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The antiwar movement is back on the streets. Thousands marched on April 9 in
New York and April 10 in San Francisco. These demonstrations represented an important step forward for the United National Antiwar Committee and the antiwar movement as a whole. The new antiwar movement needs to oppose the US foreign wars but also defend the domestic victims of the "war on terror," the Muslims who are being attacked. It must connect the dots between the money spent on war and the attacks on unions and cuts to education and needed programs. This is what these demonstrations on April 9 and 10 did....
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Three thousand activists demonstrated against U.S. wars abroad on April 10 in San Francisco. Protesters rallied in Dolores Park in the city’s Mission district both before and after a march through the community. The United National Antiwar Committee sponsored the actions. Those who attended were buoyed by what they described as “the renewal of the anti-war movement....
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Thousands of people from virtually all sectors of U.S. workers, the oppressed and youths gathered in Union Square in New York City April 9 and marched, shouted and drummed their anti-war slogans for two miles to Foley Square in downtown Manhattan. As this largest anti-war march in New York in years stretched for 20 blocks down Broadway, it passed by thousands of New Yorkers busy shopping, who smiled, cheered and waved at what can only be described as the new face of a vibrant movement to confront the war-makers....
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The new war in Libya has given rise to a new movement, as the largest anti-war demonstration New York has seen in years took to the streets of Manhattan....
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WE are the vast majority of humanity who want peace, a healthy planet and a society that prioritizes human needs, democracy and civil liberties for all....
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The revolutionary upheaval in Egypt has brought millions of workers, youth
and professionals into the streets to demand the removal of the U.S.-backed
regime of Hosni Mubarak. The potential looms for a total collapse of
Washington’s foreign policy in the region....
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After receiving massive support in Cuba, a delegation of Iranian activists has visited Venezuela in the second stop of its tour of Latin American countries, an effort designed to promote international solidarity with Iran....
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Imperialist diplomacy is constructed on lies and secrets. No one is
surprised by the secrets. Few are surprised by the lies. Still, a sudden
exposure of the lies and secrets can arouse a strong political reaction....
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When the campaign “Solidarity with Iran – SI!” was
initiated in mid October 2010 through an appeal under the same name, the
initiators – House of Latin America (HOLA), an NGO based in Iran - were
confident of the promising prospect of the campaign. Now, the
campaign's success in a short period to gain the support of 100s of
activists and 10s of organizations involved in the international peace movement
indicates the correctness of such assessment....
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A people-to-people delegation that included two members of the International
Action Center arrived in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 9 to increase solidarity with the
people of Iran, defend Iran’s sovereignty and stop the accelerated U.S.
push for war against Iran....
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On the invitation of an Iranian non-governmental organization dedicated to the building of solidarity with the people of Latin America and in response to increasing threats and continuing sanctions on Iran by the United States, delegates from international solidarity, anti-war and women's organizations, including the International Action Center, met in Iran to coordinate efforts to defend the people of Iran in this urgent hour....
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Sara Flounders and John Parker, leaders of the International Action Center in
New York and Los Angeles, will be joining a people-to-people delegation to
visit Iran on Oct. 9. The purpose of the trip is to express solidarity with the
people of Iran, in the face of continuing U.S. threats to attack a nation of 75
million people....
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With the overwhelming support of the more than 700 people who registered for
the three-day event, the United National Anti-war Conference decided July 25 to
adopt an action program. It included support for a series of actions across the
country in the coming weeks and months and for mass demonstrations next April 9
on the East and West Coasts. These actions will demand the immediate withdrawal
of U.S. and other occupation troops and mercenaries from Iraq, Afghanistan and
Pakistan....
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On June 18, a U.S. carrier group quietly slipped through the Suez Canal into
the Red Sea, headed toward the Persian Gulf. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike
Force included an aircraft carrier, a guided missile cruiser and nearly a dozen
Aegis-class destroyers. Also included were the German frigate GGS Hessen and at
least one Israeli vessel....
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In the final two weeks of June we have seen a number of serious developments in
the Middle East involving the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic
of Iran. While almost completely ignored by the U.S. mainstream press, there is
considerable alarm around the world and especially in the Middle East. Some of
these developments are unprecedented and could denote a sharp escalation in the
U.S./NATO and Israeli campaign against Iran, or even all-out war....
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A month-long meeting, involving 189 countries, is underway at the United Nations. It’s the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review. This review of a nuclear disarmament treaty that went into effect 40 years ago occurs every 5 years. Its stated purpose was disarmament by the countries holding nuclear weapons, stopping the spread or proliferation of nuclear weapons to other countries, and the right of all countries to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes....
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Looking for terrorists? Get a mirror, Secretary of State Clinton....
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The G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh gathered the finance ministers, top bankers
and political leaders of the world’s largest economies, ostensibly to
take up the most serious economic collapse of capitalism in three generations.
Instead, they attacked Iran....
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Biden’s threat came during a full corporate media offensive against Iran.
Its timing - and the new threats - should serve as an alert to the entire
progressive and anti-war movement. U.S. aircraft carriers, destroyers, nuclear
submarines, jet aircraft and drones clog the seas that wash up on Iranian
shores. In light of the events of this summer, and the ongoing propoganda war
against Iran, it is important to remember that John Bolton told the Telegraph
of London in 2007 that a US military attack on Iran would "be a 'last
option' after economic sanctions and attempts to foment a popular
revolution had failed."...
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This panel of speakers, the majority of whom are Iranian born, will present information and views based on research and sober analysis. Questions and answers follow the presentations....
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The Stop War On Iran Campaign was founded in March of 2005 to
oppose the threat of a U.S. attack on Iran. Since that time, Stop War On Iran
activists have held teach-ins, forums, and protests across the U.S.As threats
against Iran continue, we will continue to organize, mobilize and educate to
stop another war for Empire.The oil companies and Wall Street firms who want
control over Iran's vast natural resources have billions of dollars and
access to the corporate media to wage their disinformation campaign....
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Participants will include:...
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The ongoing crisis in Iran following the recent presidential elections
has been a source of much misunderstanding and confusion in antiwar and
progressive organizations, particularly in the United States. In the face of ongoing threats of military action against Iran, especially recent remarks by Vice President Joe Biden that gave a green light for an Israeli attack and this week's visit by U.S. Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates to Israel, the antiwar movement must be clear in its opposition to any attack, or to the propaganda used to justify such an attack....
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The conflict in Iran that opened up with the June presidential elections
there has had an impact on the progressive and anti-imperialist movement
worldwide, including in the United States. Misunderstanding the events has
created some confusion in anti-war ranks. This is especially dangerous after
Vice President Joe Biden on July 5 gave a virtual green light to an Israeli attack on Iran. The anti-war movement must stay alert to protest any move in that direction....
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If the U.S. government was interested in supporting democracy or in building
respect for the will of the people in a democratic election, it should have
started by respecting the outcome of the 2006 Palestinian election. The
Palestinian people voted in large numbers, electing Hamas candidates to
parliament with large enough votes to form the Palestinian government. In Gaza,
Hamas had a total sweep....
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The ten days of turmoil in the aftermath of Iran’s
presidential election sharply divided world public opinion into two opposite
poles: those who believed in and supported Iran’s sovereignty and
independence, mainly the working people of Iran and the peoples of the
developing countries, on one hand, and those whose interests lie in believing
in U.S. hegemony in the Middle East and the domination of monopoly capital over
the world’s human and natural resources, on the other....
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As the world watches, massive demonstrations in Iran -- some say the largest since the 1979 Revolution -- are denouncing the results of the June 12 presidential election. Official announcements that incumbent
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad garnered nearly 63 percent of the vote are being met with cries of "fraud" by supporters of his principal
challenger, former Prime Minister Mir-Hossein....
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Please consider making an emergency donation.Stop War on Iran was founded in early 2005 as an international
campaign to oppose a U.S. military attack on Iran and other acts of war,
including sanctions and covert destabilization....
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A CIA-trained sharpshooter takes position on a rooftop in Tehran. His contact on the street below, waiting with a camera, calls. “She just got out of the car. A perfect target.”...
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The confrontation among Iran’s ruling politicians that has brought
large crowds into the streets of Tehran is not taking place in isolation. It is
happening in a country still facing U.S. sanctions and warships, hostility from
every imperialist capital and venom from the West’s corporate media....
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The first thing to make clear about the Iranian election is that the U.S. and
other imperialist states have no right to intervene. The media here are now
filled with moralizing, even racist scolding of Iran over the election results.
Who are they to act so hoity-toity? Remember George W. Bush’s open theft
of the 2000 election in Florida?...
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Anti-war activists need to address the latest phase of the war - the war against working people here!...
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As many of you know, the Bush Administration, with the support of politicians from both parties in Congress, has repeatedly threatened Iran with military action, and many now believe that an attack may be imminent....
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The Bush Administration, with the support of politicians of both parties in Congress, has repeatedly threatened Iran with military action, and many now believe that an attack may be imminent.The Stop War on Iran campaign has issued an international call for actions on September 27....
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John McCain spoke of combating "threats to peace and liberty" as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination Sept. 4. Meanwhile, thousands of demonstrators braved waves of riot-police attacks to charge that U.S. imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and liberty facing the world....
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As the threat of war and sanctions against Iran grows, “No War on Iran” was a slogan and chant that resonated across the U.S. on the weekend of Aug. 1-2 as emergency marches, rallies, vigils, teach-ins, honk for peace picket lines and leaflet distributions were held to protest U.S.-Israeli war threats against Iran.
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If bombs start falling on Iran, a world calamity will surely result. Yet this
is a distinct possibility since President Bush has not taken the "military
option" off the table - the exact same language he used just before the
senseless attack on Iraq, hundre4des of thousands of Iraq deaths, over 4100
U.S. military deaths and $562 billion ago....
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Recent news makes it clear why it is more important than ever that we take to the streets on August 2. According to press reports, President Bush has given the Israeli military the go-ahead to prepare for an imminent attack on Iran. Once again the most powerful forces of US corporate power - the military-industrial-petroleum complex -are using Israel as their proxy to threaten war on surrounding countries in the region. Israel is armed, financed, and politically and diplomatically supported by Washington....
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This resolution, which has 220 co-sponsors from both major parties, demands that the President immediately impose
a land, sea, and air blockade on Iran to stop shipments of gasoline, and to subject all cargo entering or leaving Iran to stringent inspection
requirements....
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We are writing because of the new and immediate danger of a U.S. attack on Iran, either directly by the Pentagon or through Israel. ...
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On June 26, the Stop War on Iran Campaign issued a call for emergency actions on August 2 to stop the Bush Administration's drive towards an attack against Iran. In the few days since we’ve issued the call, responses have been pouring in. Already, we have heard back from activists and organizers who are planning protests, rallies, and pickets in more than 50 cities, including a major demonstration in New York City in Times Square and a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington. Actions will also be held in Los Angeles, several cities in Texas, locations throughout New England, small towns in Utah, and more. We are working on compiling a list of the growing number of local actions now, which we will have online soon....
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The danger of a U.S. attack on Iran, either directly by the Pentagon or through Israel, was made more explicit in the first week of June....
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NATO held a three-day meeting in Bucharest, Romania, on April 2 to 4, attended by George W. Bush and other heads of state. It was a stormy affair. This alliance of imperialist military powers, long dominated by the U.S., was divided on several proposals being pushed by Washington....
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On the eve of the NATO summit, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, said an additional 7,500 soldiers and 3,000 military trainers
needed to be sent immediately to Afghanistan....
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In the past week, the Bush Administration has been caught red-handed manufacturing the highly publicized provocation" off the Iranian coast on Jan. 6 when five small Iranian open-air speedboats allegedly
challenged three massive U. S. guided-missile warships. The U.S. Navy has now admitted that it had spliced together the audio and video tape it
presented as evidence and that the threatening voice on the video warning "you may explode" may not have belonged to any Iranian sailors....
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The Bush Administration has initiated an extremely dangerous war provocation just off Iran's coast, in the Strait of Hormuz. With Bush on his way to the Middle East to mobilize a collection of oil-rich U.S. client states against Iran, the U.S. government is working overtime to create a public-relations incident to heighten tensions in the region and threaten a new war. ...
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Join Ramsey Clark, Howard Zinn, George Galloway, Dennis Halliday, Harold Pinter, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Tony Benn, Lynne Stewart, David Swanson and thousands more in an international campaign to Stop War on Iran.
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Why is Iran increasingly a target of U.S. threats? Who in Iran will be affected if the Pentagon implements plans, already drawn up, to strike more than 10,000 targets in the first hours of a U.S. air barrage on Iran? ...
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We have seen this before! The Bush Administration, with no visible opposition from the Democratically-controlled Congress, has taken another major step toward war. This time against the people of Iran....
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