[pjw] EVENTS: PJW Teams Up with PPRC for 4 Friday Rallies: Aug 5, Sep 9, Sep 23, Oct 7

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hi friends
Below is a much clearer call to action for the four upcoming PPRC rallies, 
staring next Friday August 5 and on and off until October 7. Please share 
widely!
Also, when I wrote previously asking people to donate toward making the 
Tower of Peace mobile, I forgot to include the URL for donations which is
   <http://www.pjw.info/pjwdonate.html>.

Thanks!
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

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Peace and Justice Works
   Iraq Affinity Group
   PO Box 42456
   Portland, OR   97242
   (503) 236-3065  (Office)
   iraq at pjw.info
   http://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html

EVENTS: PJW Teams Up with PPRC for 4 Friday Rallies: Aug 5, Sep 9, Sep 23, Oct 
7

As the 15th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Peace and Justice Works Iraq 
Affinity Group has set plans for four upcoming Friday Rallies cosponsored with 
the Portland Peaceful Response Coalition (PPRC). As they have been every Friday 
since November 2001, each of these events will be at
*5:00 PM at Pioneer Courthouse Square at SW Yamhill and Broadway.*

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*Friday, August 5*
"2 Years since Iraq War III and Ferguson, 71 Years since Hiroshima."

Marking two years since the US launched its third major offensive on Iraq since 
1991 (8/8/14), two years since Michael Brown revived the country's awareness of 
police violence (8/9/14), and 71 years since the dropping of the atomic bomb in 
Japan, this event will also be used to promote the August 9 Hiroshima/Nagasaki 
day memorial being cosponsored by PJW.


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*Friday, September 9,*  an expanded rally titled
"Casualties of Endless Wars: Lives, Compassion, The Economy, Privacy and the 
Environment"
Rally/march marking 15 years since 9/11

In the decade and a half since September 11, 2001, the US has engaged in 
military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, 
Syria and elsewhere. Xenophobia and Islamophobia are on the rise. No money is 
available for jobs, health care or other human needs while the Pentagon's 
budget is untouchable. Civil liberties are violated by government spying and 
unlawful detentions such as in Guantanamo. And the US military continues to be 
the world's #1 user of fossil fuels, contributing needlessly to climate change.

Flyer available at <http://www.pjw.info/911_15yl_flyer.pdf>.

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*Friday, September 23:*
"2 Years of US War on Syria"

After the people rose up against a US invasion of Syria in 2013, American 
warplanes (and drones) began bombing that country to attack members of the 
Islamic State, with the US and its allies overtly and covertly trying to 
undermine Syria's existing government. Tensions with Russia over US policy have 
led to a de facto new Cold War.

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*Friday, October 7:*
"The Afghan Invasion 15 Years Later"

Even though the government of Afghanistan had nothing directly to do with 9/11, 
the US began bombing the impoverished nation less than a month afterward. The 
war has never ended, with ongoing US military operations including airstrikes 
and drone raids, and a promised withdrawal of troops that has been scaled back 
and cancelled.

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PJW invites organizations to cosponsor the events. For more information contact 
Peace and Justice Works at 503-236-3065 or iraq at pjw.info.