May 1: End the War! Abolish Nukes!

ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
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SUNDAY, MAY 1: END THE WAR! ABOLISH NUKES!
March and Rally Against the Iraq War & for Nuclear Disarmament
>> Assemble 11AM, 1st Ave North of 50th Street, NYC
>> March by the United Nations >> Rally in Central Park
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**Join us in New York City for a major peace demonstration on the day before the
U.N. reviews the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- a treaty the Bush
Administration is threatening to undermine, as part of its larger empire-building
agenda.**

Sunday, May 1, 2005
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Iraq: 0
Nuclear Weapons Stockpiled by the U.S.: 10,350
Cost of the War in Iraq: Tens of Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

In May, world leaders, mayors and people from around the world will converge on the
United Nations to decide the fate of the endangered Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT). Signed by 189 nations including the U.S., the NPT prohibits non-nuclear
states from acquiring or producing nuclear weapons, and requires nations that have
nuclear weapons to negotiate their elimination. Now, the Bush administration is on
the verge of undermining the NPT and generating a dangerous new nuclear arms race.

The Bush administration's posture toward nuclear proliferation has been utterly
hypocritical. It threatens war against nations such as Iran and North Korea if they
violate the NPT, while flouting the treaty itself. The U.S. is legally obligated
under the NPT to eliminate its nuclear weapons, but in fact, the Bush administration
is upgrading U.S. nuclear weapons systems and infrastructure, seeking to build a new
generation of "battle-ready" nukes, and has even threatened first use of nuclear
weapons. These terrifying moves are part of the larger Bush agenda of aggressive
empire-building, the same drive for U.S. military and economic domination that led
to the disastrous Iraq war.

Nuclear weapons -- or rather, the fiction that Saddam Hussein was developing them --
were a key pretext for the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq. The whole world
now recognizes this lie as an attempt to justify a war to control access to Iraq's
oil and enhance U.S. power in the Middle East.

The war in Iraq rages on with mounting casualties and a country in ruins, while here
in the U.S., the cost of war translates into drastic cuts in vital services in our
communities, hitting people of color, the poor, and working people the hardest.

The world has seen many horrific conflicts since the first and only use of nuclear
weapons in war 60 years ago when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Nevertheless, nuclear weapons have not been exploded in war again. Now the Bush
Administration is threatening to breach that "firewall" by including nuclear weapons
in its war-fighting plans.

On Sunday, May 1st, the day before the NPT Conference opens, United for Peace and
Justice and Abolition Now! are organizing a massive demonstration in the streets of
New York City. We will call for our troops to come home from Iraq and for complete
nuclear disarmament. Join us!

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MAY 1: END THE WAR! ABOLISH NUKES!
NYC March and Rally for Peace in Iraq and Disarmament Worldwide
Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org for leaflets and more information
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