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5 Years Too Many!
Take Action in the Nation's Capitol
Wednesday, March 19
March 19th will mark
the beginning of the 6th year of the
U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Enough is enough! We are
organizing creative, nonviolent acts
of civil disobedience in Washington,
DC, to interrupt business as usual
for those promoting and profiting
from war and empire building.
Focusing on the pillars of war, our
actions will take place at multiple
sites, demonstrating the real costs
of war and offering visions for a
more just and sustainable world, a
world at peace.
Five years of war and occupation
in Iraq ... at what cost?
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A country in shambles with 650,000 to 1
million Iraqis dead or wounded,
4,000,000 displaced, families
and communities ripped apart.
Nearly 4,000 U.S. service people
killed and over 40,000 wounded,
many then neglected by our
government. All the while U.S.
corporations reap huge profits
as they plan to control Iraq's
oil.
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Over $1.2 trillion spent on death and
destruction, while at home
millions of uninsured have no
access to affordable healthcare,
public infrastructure is
collapsing, the housing mortgage
crisis is growing, unemployment
is rising and the Gulf Coast has
yet to be rebuilt.
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Continued abuses on our natural environment
with corporate greed protected.
The Arctic and Greenland melting
before our eyes, Indigenous
cultures and peoples being
destroyed, extreme climate
events -- all tied to the
addiction to oil.
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Torture, illegal surveillance, domestic
spying, erosion of civil
liberties. A criminal
administration with a Congress
and judiciary no longer offering
adequate checks and balances.
The Constitution, with its
articles of impeachment,
rendered irrelevant and
disregarded.
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And now threats of an attack on Iran and
escalation of the U.S. military
operation in Afghanistan. False
claims of weapons of mass
destruction, while all along the
WMDs have been right here in the
U.S.
These Are the Times in Which We
Live.
This Is Our Time to Respond.
We Will Not Be Silent!
Join the Nonviolent Action and
Civil Disobedience in Washington DC
Wednesday, March 19
United by common demands
and organizing principles, groups
are encouraged to participate in
nonviolent mass actions and/or
organize their own actions in
coordination with others. There
could be sit-ins, die-ins,
blockades, pray-ins, bike blockades,
street theater, poetry readings,
puppets, speak-outs and more at
government agencies, war profiteers,
corporate media, military
recruitment centers, or other
pillars of war and empire in DC.
Unleash Your Imagination!
Start organizing affinity groups and
local meetings now. For more
information about the DC actions on
March 19th contact:
www.5yearstoomany.org or email
dc@5yearstoomany.org .
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