Dear Friends, Sisters and Brothers,
Another rally has been organized for this Saturday against military aggression on Syria.
We need your help to send a message: Winnipeg says Don’t attack Syria! Please find time to attend the rally (details below), and bring your family, friends, banners and placards.
The Harper government is part of a handful of countries who support a U.S.-led war with Syria. The missile attacks would be an act of war. Besides Canada and the U.S., only France and a handful of despotic Middle East regimes are in full support of criminal, bloody aggression against Syria that would only prolong the civil war taking place there.
Even the Arab League of Nations is opposed to missile attacks that are not approved by the U.N. Security Council (a decision that would violate the UN Charter).
The U.S. people are also against attacking Syria – only 10-20 per cent support Obama’s position. Next week, the U.S. Congress will decide if it is more important to support Obama and the future of the Democratic Party than to obliterate another Arab country.
A little-know fact is that Canada is Syria’s 3rd largest foreign investor – no wonder Harper wants to control the country. France is a former colonial power in Syria.
This is a time for all people and groups who oppose war as a way of resolving problems to unite and make their voices heard! We need to pressure all opposition parties in parliament for Canada to be a voice for peace and talks in Syria, not more violence.
We need the rally to be well-attended. We need many initiatives in the coming weeks. Can students walk out of schools? Can people put up signs in their windows? Can we have educational meetings on Syria? Can unions stand up for the solidarity of Canadian workers with the workers of Syria – that war is against workers of all lands? Arab and non-Arab workers have nothing to lose except their chains by uniting.
We must oppose the supplying of rebels with weapons and degrading the Syrian government – we must use every way possible to pressure the sides to hold talks leading to a nonviolent solution, including elections. Talk, not war!
The most important outcome and the only legitimate diplomatic position is for the Syrian people to decide their future, not U.S. and French military missiles.
Citizens of Canada, France and the U.S. are being stampeded into war with powerful pro-war propaganda, as if attacking Syria is a humanitarian solution. This is a lying, deceitful and criminal campaign, one that the Nuremberg Tribunal called a “crime against peace.”
For Peace and the international solidarity of workers in Canada and Syria,
Darrell Rankin
Manitoba office, Communist Party of Canada
PS Joining No War with Syria (Winnipeg) is a good way to keep up with fast-moving events.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/193748280802346/
PPS For Saturday, here is the facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/159075420953155/
Rally details
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Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:47
From: peacenews peacenews@shaw.ca To: Members – Peace Alliance Winnipeg members@peacealliancewinnipeg.ca
Subject: [Communications] PEACE ALLIANCE WINNIPEG NEWS & ACTION ALERT
Peace with Syria Rally
Sept. 7, 2013, 2:00 pm
Program
2:00-2:30 Assemble at the Manitoba Legislature
2:30-2:45 Walk to the intersection of River Avenue & Osborne Street
2:45-3:45 leaflet all for corners of intersection, engage & discuss the public.
Please bring your favourite placard and as many friends as possible.
Sponsors include Peace Alliance Winnipeg, No War with Syria Winnipeg and Occupied Winnipeg.
– See more at: http://www.peacealliancewinnipeg.ca/2013/09/peace-in-syria-rally-winnipeg/#sthash.Ggt4NljO.dpuf
