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Date: April 29, 2004 at 19:16:11
From: Voices for Peace, [user-0cdfvbr.cable.mindspring.com]
Subject: May 1st Anti-Nuke Rally in New York City / April 30 Town Hall Meeting |
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Reprint of a message from United for Peace and Justice:
SATURDAY MAY 1, 2004
Rally at Bryant Park at 42 Street and Sixth Ave. in Manhattan 1-4 PM
NO MORE NUCLEAR EXCUSES FOR WAR!
Global Disarmament Starts at Home !!
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush declared victory from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln. Standing under a “Mission Accomplished” banner, he proclaimed that, “major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed.” Bush had told the American public that “we cannot wait for the final proof – the smoking gun – that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud.” He didn’t tell us that the mushroom cloud was more likely to emanate from the U.S. than from Iraq.
On May 1, 2004 we will rally to demand: No More Nuclear Excuses for War!
Despite U.S. claims in the run up to the war, UN and U.S. weapons inspectors have found no evidence that Iraq possessed either nuclear weapons or an active nuclear weapons program. But the U.S. is modernizing its vast nuclear arsenal in support of an aggressive and unilateral pre-emptive war doctrine, in which the U.S. proclaims that it will “act against emerging threats before they are fully formed.”
U.S. “national security” policies are undermining global nuclear nonproliferation efforts. April 26th to May 7th, 2004, the governments of the world will gather at the United Nations in New York to discuss the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) - the cornerstone of the global nuclear disarmament. The U.S. is hypocritically manipulating this treaty as an excuse to bomb or threaten other countries, starting with Iraq, Iran, and North Korea, accusing them of seeking nuclear arms, while ignoring its own disarmament pledge and adding new, “more usable” nuclear weapons to its massive arsenal.
JOIN US MAY 1 - Rally at Bryant Park to say No to War - United in our Opposition to the Growing Threat of Nuclear War!
* Now is the time to be out on the streets talking to people, telling them about the need for nuclear disarmament, and how we will not idly stand by while the U.S. hypocritically continues to threaten the world with nuclear weapons!
* Let’s rid the world of all nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction, and work to create genuine security for future generations.
Friday, April 30th Town Hall Meeting: Nuclear Abolition, Proliferation and War - What You Need to Know and What You Can Do. All Souls Church - 80th Street & Lexington Ave., 4:30 - 10:00pm. Supper will be provided. Speakers include: Mayor Itoh of Nagasaki, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Damu Smith of Black Voices for Peace, Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power & Weapons in Space, and Zia Mian, researcher, writer and physicist, Princeton University.
May Day Disarmament Rally and Concert: Saturday, May 1st, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
in Bryant Park (behind the NY Public Library) at 6th Ave and 42nd Street. Speakers include: Mayor Itoh of Nagasaki, Leslie Cagan of United for Peace and Justice, Damu Smith, and international guests. Entertainment will include a musical performance by Tatsumaki, a rock band from Japan.
For talking Points on U.S. Nuclear Disarmament, go to the UFPJ web site at:
http://unitedforpeace.org/downloads/nuke%20talking%20points.doc
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