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DESCRIPTION:End the Afghanistan War NOW!\nNo New War & Sanctions vs. Syria & 
 Iran!\n\nFree Palestine – End the occupation!\nStop the attack on civil 
 rights & liberties!\nJobs, healthcare, housing, education for all!\nStop 
 the war on working people here and around the world!\n\nAs the 11th 
 anniversary of the U.S./NATO occupation of Afghanistan nears, the danger of 
 new and wider wars in the Middle East is on the rise. In Afghanistan and 
 neighboring Pakistan, the death toll continues to mount. In April, 
 Washington announced a plan to stay in Afghanistan until 2024. The stepped 
 up and illegal use of killer drones has added to the deadly toll.\n\nThe 
 U.S. and its allies are arming, funding and training the opposition forces 
 in Syria, while talking of imposing a “no-fly zone” on that country – 
 a step that would immediately lead to a bigger war.\n\nMassive U.S. air and 
 naval forces are deployed in the Persian/Arabian Gulf, and leaders in both 
 Washington and its main regional ally, Israel, threaten Iran with an 
 all-out attack, not ruling out the use of nuclear weapons. Vicious 
 sanctions have been put in place, deliberately designed to inflict maximum 
 suffering on the Iranian people. In occupied Palestine, Israel illegally 
 seizes more Palestinian land and violently suppresses the people on a daily 
 basis. \n\nHere in the United States, civil rights and liberties are facing 
 severe attack, with “national security” used as the excuse to spy on 
 the people and infiltrate progressive organizations, targeting especially 
 Muslims, Arabs and other people of color. While tens of millions of people 
 remain unemployed due to the capitalist economic crisis, social programs 
 are being slashed and public workers laid-off. Labor unions are under 
 unprecedented attack. The corporate media blames the workers for the 
 crisis, but the real cause is clear: a military budget that really totals 
 over $1.4 trillion dollars, more than all the other countries on Earth 
 combined!\n\nOn Saturday, October 6, we will mark the 11th anniversary of 
 the Afghanistan occupation with a rally at Powell and Markets Sts. at 12 
 noon. We will protest the war on poor and working people around the world 
 and in the U.S. Following the rally, we will march to the Grand Hyatt hotel 
 (Sutter & Stockton Sts.) in solidarity with the Local 2 hotel workers, who 
 are carrying out a worldwide boycott of the notorious Hyatt chain.\n\nOnly 
 a powerful people’s movement can turn this situation around. Join us on 
 Oct. 6 in the streets of San Francisco and many other cities across the 
 country and around the world. \n\nEndorse and volunteer to help build the 
 movement now!\n\nInitiated by the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & 
 End Racism). \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/06/18721051.php
SUMMARY:March and Rally on the 11th anniversary of the Afghanistan war
LOCATION:Rally: Powell & Market Sts.\nMarch to Grand Hyatt in solidarity with Lo. 2 
 hotel workers \n(at Stockton and Sutter, near Union Sq.)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/06/18721051.php
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