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Protest Canada's expanding war in Iraq and Syria

March 23, 2015

Join us for a nonviolent noon-hour vigil to say:

a. NO to expanding the Harper government's war

b. NO to the racist, hateful atmosphere the Harper government has been stoking at home by attacking Muslims and First Nations, among others.

c. NO to the repressive new Bill C-51, which criminalizes large groups of people across the country, authorizes torture, preventive detention, and other repressive measures.



BACKGROUND

While Stephen Harper is pushing through remarkably repressive legislation, C-51, by fearmongering and stoking the flames of racism, he is also planning to extend and expand Canada's military involvement in Iraq and, possibly, Syria.

The last thing the region needs is more weapons, bombings, and violence. It was the massive influx of American, Canadian, and UK weaponry during the illegal occupation of Iraq that provided the weaponry for ISIS in the first place. It was the torture centres run by occupation forces that gave birth to much of the leadership of ISIS. It has been almost three decades of near constant warfare against the Iraqi people (sanctions that killed 1.5 million people, U.S.-led wars that have killed equal if not greater numbers) that have produced the current impasse.

Harper's proposal will only further inflame the violence in the region when what is truly needed is massive support for the millions of refugees the conflicts have produced (9 million Syrian refugees alone), measures to strengthen nonviolent resistance both to ISIS and the Assad regime, and a pullout of interfering "western" forces that are responsible for millions of lives lost over the past 25 years in the region.

Time: 12:00 PM
Venue: Parliament Hill
Location: Parliament Hill Ottawa, ON
Website: http://homesnotbombs.blogspot.ca/2015/03/just-say-no-to-canadas-expanding-war-in.html
For information contact: tasc@web.ca
Phone: (613) 267-3998
Categories: Social Change, Social Justice, Alternatives

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