Hopeless Escalation & Community Protest
by libertad
Sunday, Dec. 06, 2009 at 6:22 PM
On Saturday (12/5), dozens of Flagstaff residents gathered on the City Hall lawn to protest Barack Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. On the preceding Tuesday (12/1) Barack Obama announced that the United $tates would be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, set to start in the upcoming months.
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Hopeless Escalation
Community Protest Against Obama's Troop Escalation
Saturday, December 5, 2009
On Saturday (12/5), dozens of Flagstaff residents gathered on the City Hall lawn to protest Barack Obama's decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan. On the preceding Tuesday (12/1) Barack Obama announced that the United $tates would be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, set to start in the upcoming months.
After co-opting anti-war sentiment during the 2008 presidential election, Obama has since escalated the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. In February 2009, Obama ordered 17,000 more combat troops to Afghanistan, furthering the U.$. occupation. Obama is also responsible for illegal and immoral attacks against Palestinians, immigrants, women, children, and other marginalized peoples, all of which have been committed by the U.$. government.
With Tuesdays announcement, the U.$. will be sending an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan. This recent deployment will raise the level of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to more than 100,000. Ironically, this announcement came less than 2 months after Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
On Saturday, Flagstaff community members responded to the troop surge and we encourage more people to get involved locally. Anti-war actions have also taken place in Philadelphia, Portland, New York and internationally.
Below is a list of things you can do in northern Arizona!
Food Not Bombs Flagstaff
Every Saturday from 12 to 2pm, FNB shares food in Wheeler Park in protest of community hunger, war, violence, militarization, and police brutality.
fnbflagstaff[at]gmail.com
NAU Peace & Justice
A non-partisan, non-hierarchical student organization focused on promoting Peace & Justice in northern Arizona while fostering continued interests in national and international affairs.
naupeaceandjustice[at]gmail.com
Women in Black
Women in Black is a world-wide network of women committed to actively opposing injustice, war, militarism and other forms of violence. An important focus is challenging the militarist policies of our own governments. We are not an organization, but a means of communicating and a formula for action.
Every Saturday from 4 to 5pm on the Flagstaff City Hall Lawn.
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