[antiwar-van] *SAT* Int'l Day of Action to Free Bradley Manning! No to War & Occupation!

[Kira Koshelanyk]

>>> Monthly Antiwar Rally and Petition Campaign <<<
 
*** International Day of Action! ***
Protest the 1,000th Day Wikileaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning has Spent in U.S. Prison without Trial

FREE BRADLEY MANNING NOW!
NO TO WAR AND OCCUPATION! YES TO SELF-DETERMINATION!

SATURDAY February 23, 2013
1pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson & Howe St.
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

Saturday February 23rd will mark Bradley Manning’s 1000th day in U.S. prison 
without trial, a day that will be marked in over 70 cities around the 
world with protest and demands to free Bradley Manning.  Bradley Manning
 released hundreds of thousands of documents about the U.S. war crimes 
in Iraq, Afghanistan and around the world to Wikileaks, and for this 
heroic act of blowing the whistle on the imperialist war drive he was 
imprisoned in U.S. military jail. Bradley Manning, a “Soldier of 
Humanity” now faces 22 charges, including “Aiding the enemy by indirect 
means,” which could result in the death penalty or life in prison.

The wars that Bradley Manning risked his life to expose are still happening
 in Iraq and Afghanistan, and have gone far beyond these two countries. 
The U.S. government and their allies are on a full scale campaign to 
overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and fomenting a civil war in 
Syria. Increased sanctions against both Syria and Iran are an act of war
 and are continuing the cruel and inhuman strangulation of the economy 
and targeting of the people of Syria and Iran. Patriot missile batteries
 operated by NATO are stationed on Turkey’s border with Syria, 
heightening the threat of a foreign military attack.

The war drive by imperialist forces has expanded to new fronts in Africa. Since 
January 10th 2013, France has been at the forefront of a military 
intervention into Mali with over 4000 troops and a bombardment of air 
strikes. The U.S. and Canada have also been quick to back this latest 
colonial intervention, with Canada sending a C-17 heavy-lift transport 
aircraft and 40 military personal for "one week" which has now been 
extended to March 15th. For what? The same excuses of “fighting 
terrorism” that have caused the destruction of Afghanistan and Iraq are 
now being employed in Mali.
 
Come out to the streets on February 23rd and join with peace-loving people all over the world to demand:
- FREE BRADLEY MANNING NOW!
- NO TO WAR AND OCCUPATION! YES TO SELF-DETERMINATION!
- IMPERIALISTS HANDS OFF AFRICA!
- IMPERIALISTS HANDS OFF MALI!
- FRANCE, CANADA AND ALL FOREIGN TROOPS OUT OF MALI!
- IMPERIALISTS HANDS OFF SYRIA!
- NO SANCTIONS ON SYRIA & IRAN!
- STOP ISRAEL'S ONGOING ASSAULT ON PALESTINIANS!
- SELF-DETERMINATION FOR INDIGENOUS NATIONS & ALL OPPRESSED NATIONS!
- MONEY FOR HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, JOBS & EDUCATION, NOT FOR WAR AND OCCUPATION!
- MONEY FOR FIRST NATIONS NOT FOR WAR AND OCCUPATIONS!

For poster click:
http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/130223-MAWO-anti-war-rally-petition-drive.pdf

To join Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/131538477012949/
 
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