Demonstration

No more dollars for the Afghanistan War!

Bring the troops home now!

There will be a demonstration at the offices of Senator Franken and Senator Klobuchar to end the funding and stop the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

On or around April 15, the House of Representatives and the Senate will vote on the $33 billion supplemental bill for the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. This represents a clear escalation of the war. Money needed to withdraw troops could be taken from the $708 billion defense budget proposed by Obama for 2011 (which is more than the combined defense budgets of all other countries in the world).

The demonstration will include:

1. The reading of the names of some of those killed in the war;
2. Throwing shoes at the occupation; and
3. A die-in.
The action is patterned after the action taken at the White House by 24 Minnesotans during the last week in January. Some of those who participate in the die-in may risk arrest.
The demonstration at Senator Franken's office will be April 8 at 4 p.m., Drake Building, 60 East Plato, Suite 220, St. Paul.
The demonstration at Senator Klobuchar's office will be April 13 at 4 p.m., 1200 Washington Ave. S., Suite 250, Minneapolis.
For more information contact the Peaceable Assembly Campaign at braun044@umn-.edu or phone 612 522 1861

Over 600 march to end war
Over 600 people joined a Minneapolis anti-war march and rally on Saturday, March 20, to mark the seventh anniversary of the start of the U.S. war in Iraq with a call for an end to the wars and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Minneapolis protest was part of a nationwide day of peace actions, which saw protests in cities around the U.S. Hundreds gathered at Cedar and 3rd Street in the West Bank neighborhood of Minneapolis.
A statement issued by organizers says in part, "The U.S. is escalating the war in Afghanistan, as seen by the dispatch of over 30,000 additional troops and the recent attack on the city of Marjah. News reports indicate that the U.S. is planning further assaults on Afghan cities and towns in the months ahead.

"These wars and occupations cost billions upon billions of dollars while millions of people go without healthcare, schools and colleges face budget cuts, and millions are losing their homes to foreclosure and evictions," the statement concludes.

For more information call 612 522-1861 or 612 827-5364