Take Action With Others -
Speak Out for Peace in Middle East
Vigils Leading Up to Rally & March:
Sunday (1/4) 7 PM, College Church, Grand and Lindell
Monday (1/5) 4-6 PM, Channel 4 KMOV-TV, Market and Memorial
Tuesday (1/6) 4-6 PM, Sen. McCaskill's office, 5850 Delmar
Wednesday (1/7) 4-6 PM, Rep. Carnahans's office, Brentwood & Manchester
Thursday (1/8) 4-6 PM, Sen. Bond's office, Hanley and Bonhomme
Friday (1/9) 4-6 PM, Rep. Clay's office, Delmar and Euclid
Rally and March
Saturday, Jan. 10 12 Noon to 2 PM
Rally at City Hall (Delmar & Harvard)
March thru Delmar Loop
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In a week of attacks on the occupied Gaza Strip, Israel has killed at least 460 Palestinians and injured at least 2,250 with U.S. weapons in violation of U.S. law. On Saturday night, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip with tanks and ground troops.
Israel's attacks come after a brutal siege of the Gaza Strip, which has created a humanitarian catastrophe of dire proportions for Gaza's 1.5 million Palestinian residents by restricting the provision of food, fuel, medicine, electricity, and other necessities of life.
Israeli forces are massacring people in Gaza right now with our money. We are obligated to stop it:
* Israel is dropping GBU-39 small diameter bombs on the Gaza Strip. These bombs contain uranium oxide and have left behind radioactive contamination in places such as Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. In September 2008, Boeing in St. Charles, MO received a $77 million contract to send 1,000 GBU-39 to Israel.
* On Dec.30, the Israeli navy rammed a boat carrying medical supplies to Gaza. On Jan. 3 Israel began shelling Gaza from navy ships. In July 2008, the U. S. signed a contract to transfer $1.9 billion of naval combat ships to Israel. Last year, the U.S. signed a $1.3 billion contract with Raytheon to transfer to Israel 1 000’s of TOW, Hellfire, and "bunker buster” missiles.
Call On Congress to:
1) establish an unconditional immediate cease-fire
2) ensure complete access of humanitarian goods to the Gaza Strip and lift Israel's siege;
3) hold Israel accountable for its misuse of U.S. weapons as required by the Arms Export Control Act and Foreign Assistance Act
Representatives Lacy Clay (314.367.1970), Russ Carnahan (314.962.1523), Todd Akin (314.590.0029),
Senators Claire McCaskill (314.367.1364), Kit Bond (314.725.4484).
Hundreds of St Louisans have attended vigils this week in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
Excerpt from National Council of Churches Statement:
There is no justification for violence. In the words of one analyst, "every confrontation or war waged by Israel on the basis of aggression and occupation only brings more political and social forces in the Middle East into the circle of resistance." Neither aggression nor resistance need find cause; their justifications can be eliminated with resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that ensures two secure and viable states in which all people enjoy—among full citizenship rights and other basic needs—freedoms of movement and worship, access to necessary resources, and sovereign political expression.
Killed in 2008 (through Dec 28): 35 Israelis, 820 Palestinians.
Free Gaza Movement Calls for Wide International Participation to Break the Siege of Gaza
The Free Gaza Movement is an international movement of human rights observers, aid workers, and journalists. Their goal is to break the siege of Gaza, to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip, and pressure the international community to review its sanctions policy and end its support for continued Israeli occupation. The movement wants to uphold Palestine's right to welcome internationals as visitors, human rights observers, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, or otherwise.
Update: On December 29, 2008, the Free Gaza boat Dignity, whose passengers included medical doctors and supplies, and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, was attacked and rammed by Israeli navy ships. For updates, see http://freegaza.org
Reserve your place now - Camp Hope, Countdown to Change
Saturday, January 10 (Early A.M.) - Sunday, January 11 (Late P.M.)
Hyde Park, Chicago
Ride to Chicago with other Instead of War activists, to urge President-elect Obama to meet his commitments to disengage from the Iraq war and occupation.
To reserve your bus seat and accomodations in Chicago, contact Megan: meganheeney@gmail.com before Monday, January 5, 7 pm.
(After that, please phone 314-725-5303.)
Peace & justice & green activists throughout the Midwest are supporting change in this transitional time with a vigil in Hyde Park from New Year Day to MLK day (Jan 1 - 19), urging President-elect Obama to take eight executive actions in his first month in office - eight early steps based on his campaign commitments. Each of these executive actions could set the course for a more profound policy change.
New - Download a flyer describing Camp Hope and the daily schedule of events: color or black & white.
Read about these eight areas of executive action here.
View the list of groups launching and participating in this 20-day vigil here.
Outreach letter to other groups here.
Read additional information and updates on Camp Hope at http://www.camphope2009.org.
Outside the VP debate:
We Demand Substance, Not Just the Same Song and Dance
Click here to read the IMC story on this protest.
Click here to read the Wash U Student Life article.
Take action now to prevent war with Iran!
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Help the family of PFC Scott Eiswert, died May 16, 2008
Talk about it in comments (2 comments - 908 views)Taking a Stand on War’s Money Trail
On Wednesday, March 19, as the disastrous Iraq war entered its 6th year, 300 St. Louisans took a stand for peace and against the corruption which is fed by the war machine and feeds it.
Lining the sidewalks of Clayton from the office of Senator Kit Bond to the offices of Boeing military subcontractor Sabreliner for two hours, we held signs showing the money cycle, and signs demanding the obvious: "Instead Of War, Invest in People."
Why Boeing? Why Bond?
Boeing and other military contractors have provided Sen. Bond with over $500,000 since 1989. Sen. Bond and other St. Louis area members of Congress voted for billions for Boeing, and hundreds of billions for the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
5 Years of Billions for War & Occupation! When the Money Stops, War and Occupation Stop, the Dying Stops, and the Troops Come Home.
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