Invest in Caring Not Killing

A Call from the Global Women's strike to grassroots women, young people and men. Picket and Speakout at Bechtel Corporation against profiteering in war and water. Women, the first carers and the poorest of the poor everywhere, struggle to make up for the devastation, the loss of benefits, healthcare, education -- cut or privatized for war. We are the hidden backbone of the anti-war activism. However governments justify war, women point to the suffering and the tragic loss of lives, in whatever country, of whatever race or religion. Women chant: Every casualty, every collateral damage, Some mothers daughter, some mother's.' No wonder even more women than men oppose war. Our survival, in Iraq or in the US, is not their economic priority, so women's survival work is in invisible. Women do 2/3 of the worlds work, mostly unwaged caring and agricultural work. We and our children pay most for war and weapons. We are 70% of victims of armed conflict, 80% of refugees and displaced people. 500,000 children have died in Iraq as a result of sanctions. 1.5 million infants die from malnutrition each year. $900+ billion is spont on military budgets, over half by the US alone. WAR is the priority for which we're all doing without. Wome say: No War -- Invest in Caring Not Killing. For more information call 415-626-4114. Email: sf@crossroadswomen.net Web: http://womenstrike8m.server101.com Mens support: payday@paydaynet.org Refusing to Kill website: www.paydaynet.org