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Friday,
March 14 Facebook
event: facebook.com/events/226160010906938
Corporate
media have always lied about the reasons for war, from Vietnam and Iraq
to Libya and Syria. If you turn on CNN or FOX News, read the New York
Times or listen to NPR, you aren't getting the real story. Here are 10
things the U.S. corporate media won't tell you about what's happening
in Ukraine. 1.
Washington planned the coup in Ukraine. 2.
There has been no Russian invasion. 3.
The U.S. war buildup. 4.
Neo-Nazis dominate the new government. 5.
Coup leaders hired snipers to justify their takeover. 6.
Wall Street and Big Oil want to control Ukraine - and Russia. 7.
NATO's drive to expand. 8.
Billions for coup in Ukraine, cuts for food stamps in U.S. 9.
Power for the 1%, misery for workers. 10.
People across Ukraine are fighting back. Get informed! Join us!
Educate, organize and protest. International
Action Center Variety
of downloadable signs helpful for Statements
& further reading United
National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) demands Veterans
for Peace - San Diego: Glen
Ford: Ajamu
Baraka: Transcript
of leaked Victoria Nuland-Geoffrey Pyatt call LIST
EVENTS HERE |
NOT
ANOTHER WAR!
Dear friends, Across the U.S., anti-war activists, low-wage workers and community members are beginning to mobilize to counter the latest U.S. war moves against Russia and express outrage at the campaign of disinformation emanating from Washington and corporate media outlets about recent events in Ukraine. In response to a call to action from the International Action Center, actions are planned in more than a dozen cities, and we are learning about new events every day (see list below). Many of these actions will also oppose the dangerous U.S. support and funding for extreme right-wing attacks and economic destabilization against elected governments in Venezuela and Syria. These are violations of international law and crimes against peace. But more is urgently needed – informational picket lines, leafleting, visits to congressional offices, protests at media centers against war propaganda, vigils and challenges to government officials. Let's make our voices heard! As the 15th anniversary of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and occupation of Kosovo approaches, there is growing anger that the U.S. government is giving $10 billion in loans to an unelected, right-wing regime in Kiev, while hungry children and families here are being told to get by with $8.9 billion in cuts to SNAP food assistance. The provocative U.S. war moves against the people of Eastern Ukraine, Crimea and Russia include sanctions, sending warships with guided missiles to the Black Sea, and war games with F15 fighters on Russia's border. This, too, will cost billions of dollars that should be spent to bail out the city of Detroit, create jobs and fund schools. Corporate media outlets such as CNN, Fox News and the New York Times have colluded with leaders in Washington to whip up a new Cold War sentiment against Russia, while covering up the U.S. role in the recent violent events in Ukraine. Unmentioned by corporate media are the enormous U.S. financial and military interests at stake – from control of Ukraine's oil and gas pipelines connecting Russia with Western Europe, to the prospect of NATO military bases on Russia's western border. The U.S. hand is clear in the opposition protests that unseated the elected government of Ukraine. Washington has trained, funded and given political support to an undemocratic movement rooted in the wealthy oligarchy, just as it is doing today in Venezuela. State Department officials were caught on tape plotting the February coup and bragging that the U.S. had already spent $5 billion to make it happen Also censored from mainstream media coverage is the real character of the junta in Kiev, which is dominated by outright neo-Nazi movements such as the Svoboda party and Right Sector. Today these fascists are carrying out violent repression against leftists and other opponents of the coup. Their continued rule not only endangers Jewish, immigrant, LGBTQ and minority-language communities throughout Ukraine, but threatens to plunge the world into war. WE NEED YOU! Join one of the protests below. If there's no activity yet in your area, call one and send the details to [email protected]. It can be as simple as distributing informational leaflets in your neighborhood or having a soapbox speak-out with a few friends on a busy street corner. Join us! Educate,
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PLUS: Resources Stay informed! Variety of
downloadable signs helpful for demonstrations: UKRAINE: What the
media isn't telling you United National
Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) demands Veterans
for Peace - San Diego: Sara
Flounders: Glen Ford: Fred Goldstein: Ajamu Baraka: Transcript of leaked
Victoria Nuland-Geoffrey Pyatt call Leak: [Help us built the movement against war]
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