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Greetings!
Afghanistan Peace Rally & Vigil Wednesday, Dec. 2nd
In response to President Obama's upcoming policy announcement on Afghanistan where he'll probably call for an increase in U.S. troop levels, CALC is sponsoring a noon press conference and rally Wednesday, opposing Obama's escalation of U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan.
The event will be held at Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza, 8th
and Oak, and will be followed by a short rally and march to the Old
Federal Bldg, 7th and Pearl, for an afternoon vigil through 5 p.m.
At the event, students, clergy and representatives from labor and the business community will talk about how Lane County tax dollars can be better-spent creating jobs at home rather than paying for endless war in Afghanistan.
"We participants believe that the US faces a critical decision
point: focusing on unemployment and regeneration of our economy, or
escalating the Afghan war at a cost in trillions of dollars, greater loss of
life, and exhaustion of our military forces, said Dan Goldrich of CALC's
Progressive Responses and one of the speakers at the press conference.
Please contact President Obama and ask him to bring our troops home from Afghanistan:
1-202 456-1111 or http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Peace events are also happening in Corvallis, Portland,
Cottage Grove, Florence and communities through out the U.S.
For more information contact Michael Carrigan at calcpeace@efn.org or 485-1755.
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