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Protest against NATO & the G8

Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:03pm.
When: Sunday, May 20, 2012, 12:00 pm
Where: Petrillo Bandshell • 235 South Columbus Drive • Chicago
2012 May 20 - 12:00pm

President Obama calls for continued war in Afghanistan through 2014 and beyond

Join the Protest against NATO & the G8 in Chicago on May 20  

As occupiers, workers and peace activists were taking to the streets for the most wide-spread May Day actions in the United States in decades, President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan where he signed an agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzi to keepU.S. troops in the country till 2014 and beyond. The agreement was signed right before the NATO summit to take place in Chicago on May 20 and 21. The war on Afghanistan is officially a NATO war, so the agreement signaled to the 28 NATO member countries that, despite the international outcry against the Afghanistan War, NATO w

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Counter-Summit: Say No to NATO!

Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 9:06am.

Say No to NATO

There will be more than 50 heads of state participating in the upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago May 20-21.

The NATO Summit's agenda aims to:

  • Establish support for a US military presence through 2024 in Afghanistan
  • Commit to spending billions of dollars to arm and support over-sized Afghan security forces that are unsustainable
  • Reaffirm NATO as a global military alliance and preparations for “New Strategic Concept” wars like the disastrous Libyan military intervention.

The Network for a NATO-Free Future has organized the Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice May 18-19. To push back against this agenda, the counter summit will offer plenary sessions and 28 workshops featuring analysis, trainings, and campaigns designed to bring the troops home, to move the money from the Pentagon to meet real human needs and to create a more peaceful, just and secure world.  

If you can’t make it to Chicago, watch the conference plenaries via Livestream available here: http://bit.ly/K5KMjh. Plenaries are scheduled to begin at 9:30 Friday morning, 5:00 Friday afternoon, and 9:45 Saturday morning.

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Challenging the Pivot: The U.S., China, & Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization

Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 7:13pm.
When: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Episcopal Divinity School, Washburn Auditorium • 99 Brattle St • Harvard Sq T • Cambridge
2012 Mar 13 - 7:30pm
2012 Mar 13 - 9:00pm

Join Jason Tower and Joseph Gerson for a public forum about Asia-Pacific militarization and alternatives

    “As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point…One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment – diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise – in the Asia-Pacific Region”

    - Hillary Clinton, Foreign Policy, November, 2011

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