Join Mass Peace Action at a Brown Bag Vigil to Stop the Afghanistan War! The vigil will be held Wednesday, October 20, downstairs from Sen. John Kerry’s office at Bowdoin Square, Boston. We will move at 1:00 to the JFK Federal Building where Sen. Scott Brown’s office is located.
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| Brown Bag Vigil, Boston, Sept 2010 |
The Afghanistan war continues to destroy US, Afghan, and Pakistani lives, but the policy underlying it has completely failed. The election was corrupt, the US is empowering the warlords, and the violence has now spread to Pakistan. It’s time to stop the killing, bring our troops home, and use the money to rebuild our economy!
President Obama promised a review of the war strategy in December. We vigil to demand that Senators Kerry and Brown hold hearings in a push to turn US policy toward negotiations and troop withdrawals.
We call on our Senators and Representatives to:
- Join Rep. John Conyers’ Out of Afghanistan Caucus
- Cosponsor Rep. Barbara Lee’s HR 6045: Responsible End to the War in Afghanistan Act
- Support Rep. Barney Frank’s call to reduce military spending by 25 percent, to fund our communities.
- Pass the Local Jobs for America Act, extend the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families emergency fund jobs subsidies program, extend unemployment insurance, heed President Obama’s call to renew the country’s infrastructure. Create jobs, protect public services, and help get our economy going again.
- Wall Street must pay their fair share for the crisis they created. A tax on financial speculation could raise $200-$500 billion every year.