Detroit Martin Luther King Day demonstration through Downtown Detroit on January 15, 2007. The march draws upon the legacy of Dr. King's peace and social justice work. (Photo: Robert Akrawi). a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.
Demonstration
U.S. / NATO - Hands Off Libya!
NO U.S. / NATO Intervention in North Africa or the Middle East!
Friday, March 11, 4:30 PM
McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan at Cass, Detroit
Public Meeting on U.S. Interference in Libya
Mon., March 14, 7 PM
5920 Second Ave., Detroit
Fund jobs, housing, healthcare, education, and all human needs, not war!
Once again the United States government is involved in a military
intervention this time in the oil and natural gas producing North
African state of Libya, where Washington is supporting a collection of
rebel groups that have declared war on the government of Muammar
Gaddafi demanding his resignation. Although the Pentagon is directly entangled in three other wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, there are elements within the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress that are advocating the imposition of a no-fly zone that would require the massive bombing of Libya, killing hundreds if not thousands of people.
The dreaded experiences of Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and other areas of the world should be enough to convince the Pentagon and their advocates in Congress and the corporate media of the futility of
deploying large-scale military forces in developing countries in Asia
and Africa. Yet the U.S. has dispatched war ships off the coast of
Libya and instituted sanctions against the country.
All of these measures are considered acts of war and we are not in
favor of policies that lead to further tensions. We support the Latin
American states headed by Venezuela who have drafted a peace proposal to end the conflict. Although Libya has agreed to the plan to end the war, it has been rejected outright by the U.S., France and the
opposition forces inside the country that are supported by the western states in Europe and North America.
The Libyan people must be allowed to resolve their own internal
problems without the interference of the U.S. and other imperialist
states. U.S. intervention and occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti,
Somalia and Pakistan has resulted in further suffering for the people
of these countries.
Therefore, as anti-war, peace and social justice activists, we are
demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. support for the rebel forces in
Libya, the removal of Naval warships off the coast of North Africa,
the immediate consideration of the Latin American peace plan for Libya and the banning of any Pentagon, CIA or mercenary involvement in Libya and North Africa as a whole.
Please join us on Friday, March 11 from 4:30-5:30pm in front of the
McNamara Bldg. downtown to demand and end to these U.S.-backed
provocations. There will also be a special meeting on Libya and North Africa on Mon., March 14 at the regular MECAWI/Moratorium NOW! Coalition meeting at 7:00pm at 5920 Second Ave., near Antoinette.
Libya has the largest oil reserves on the African continent and is
also a huge supplier of natural gas to several European states. We
strongly believe that Wall Street and the Pentagon's designs on these resources are at the root of U.S. efforts aimed at destabilization and regime-change in Libya.
We demand that the funds used to carry out U.S. military occupations
throughout the world be re-directed towards creating jobs, clinics,
hospitals, housing, schools, recreation centers and public services.
The Libyan people are not our enemies and we do not want war with them which will only benefit the oil firms and banks.
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Noteworthy articles on the current crisis in Libya:
No U.S. attack on Libya! / Barcos de guerra cerca de Libia: crece el
peligro de intervención militar imperialista
Click on link or cut and paste
http://www.iacenter.org/nafricamideast/libya030211/
Libya, Getting it Right: A Revolutionary Pan-African Perspective
Click on link or cut and paste
http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/03/libya-getting-it-right-a-revolutionary-pan-african-perspective/
Behind the demonizing of Gadhafi
Click on link or cut and paste
http://www.workers.org/2011/editorials/demonizing_gadhafi_0310/
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