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U.S. Hands Off Syria Coalition —Points of unity statement

by ANSWER Coalition
We now have a Unity Statement Demanding US Hands Off Syria. The statement and organizational signers are below. You can endorse at http://handsoffsyriacoalition.net
The ANSWER Coalition is among a growing list of signatories to the following statement. Below are points of unity for a newly formed Ad Hoc Coalition to oppose the U.S.-led aggression against Syria.


U.S. Hands Off Syria

An Urgent Message for Peace on the Eve of Wider War

We raise our voices against the violence of war and the enormous pressure of war propaganda, lies and hidden agendas that are used to justify this war and every past U.S. war.

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, endorse the following Points of Unity and will work together as an Ad Hoc Coalition to help put an end to the regime change intervention by the United States, NATO and their regional allies and the killing of innocent people in Syria:

1.The continuation of the war in Syria is the result of a U.S.-orchestrated intervention by the United States, NATO, their regional allies and reactionary forces, the goal of which is regime change in Syria.

2.This policy of regime change in Syria is illegal and in clear violation of the United Nations Charter, the letter and spirit of international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

3.This policy of forced regime change is threatening the security of the region and the world and has increased the danger of direct confrontation between the United States and Russia, with the potential of a nuclear catastrophe for the whole world.

4.War and U.S. and EU sanctions have destabilized every sector of Syria’s economy, transforming a once self-sufficient country into an aid-dependent nation. Half the Syrian population is now displaced. A UN ESCWA report reveals these U.S. sanctions on Syria are crippling aid work during one of the largest humanitarian emergency since World War II. The one third of Syrians refugees in surrounding Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have been hit hard by U.S. cuts to UNICEF. This forces desperate refugees to struggle to reach Europe.

5.No foreign entity, be it a foreign government or an armed group, has the right to violate the fundamental rights of the Syrian people to independence, national sovereignty and self-determination. This includes the right of the Syrian government to request and accept military assistance from other countries, as even the U.S. government has admitted.

6.Only the people of Syria have the inalienable right to choose their leaders and determine the character of their government, free from foreign intervention. This right cannot be properly exercised under the conditions of U.S.-orchestrated foreign intervention against the Syrian people.

7.Our opposition is to forced regime change in Syria by U.S.-backed foreign powers and their mercenaries. It is not our business to support or oppose President Assad or the Syrian government. Only the Syrian people have the right to decide the legitimacy of their government.

8.The most urgent issue at present is peace and putting an end to the violence of foreign intervention that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of Syrians both internally or as refugees abroad.

Based on these Points of Unity, we, as individuals and organizations—in an Ad Hoc Coalition—agree on the following demands and commit ourselves to working together to help achieve them:
1.An immediate end to the U.S. policy of forced regime change in Syria and full recognition and compliance by the U.S., NATO and their allies with principles of international law and the U.N. Charter, including respect for the independence and territorial integrity of Syria.

2.An immediate end to all foreign aggression against Syria, and serious efforts toward a political resolution to the war.

3.An immediate end to all military, financial, logistical and intelligence support by the U.S., NATO and their regional allies to all foreign mercenaries and extremists in the Middle East region.

4.An immediate end to economic sanctions against Syria. Massive international aid for displaced people within Syria and Syrian refugees abroad.

Only in a peaceful and independent Syria, free of foreign aggression, can the people of Syria freely exercise their sovereign rights, express their free will and make free choices about their government and their country’s leadership.

We invite all supporters of peace and peoples’ right to self-determination around the world to join hands of cooperation in this effort to achieve these most humanitarian demands.

We need jobs, healthcare, education and an end to racist police violence here at home, not U.S. wars abroad!!

Organizational Signers (in alphabetical order):
1.Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice (Chicago)
2.Alliance for Global Justice
3.Al-Awda — Palestine National Right to Return Coalition
4.All-African People’s Revolutionary Party
5.All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (GC)
6.All India Anti-Imperialist Forum, India
7.American Party of Labor
8.ANSWER Coalition
9.Antiwar Committee — Chicago
10.Antiwar Committee — Minneapolis
11.Antiwar Committee — Tampa
12.Antiwar Committee — Tucson
13.Antiwar Committee — Utah
14.Arab Americans for Syria
15.Arab Women Progressive League
16.Arbeitskreis Marburger WissenschaftlerInnen für Friedens – und Abrüstungsforschung (AMW) — Germany (Marburger Working Group of Scientists for Peace and Disarmament)
17.Associazione per la Pace di Pordenone, Italy
18.BAYAN – Philippine Coalition
19.Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace
20.Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations
21.British Afro-Asian Organisation
Mohammed Arif, Gen. Secretary
22.Buffalo Anti Racism Coalition
23.Byke4Peace.com
24.Citizens of the World — Canada
25.Coalition of Arab Canadian Professionals and Community Associations
26.Cognitive Liberty, Californian, USA
27.Columbus Campaign for Arms Control
28.Comite Surveillance OTAN, Bruxelles, Belgique
29.The Committee to Stop FBI Repression — NYC
30.Conselho Português para a Paz e Cooperação / Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation
31.Consejo de la juventud de Torrelavega, Torrelavega, Cantabria, Spain
32.Coop Anti-War Cafe, AntikriegTV, Berlin, Germany
33.CT 9/11 Truth
34.Dallas Left Alliance
35.Democracy TV Berlin, Germany
36.Democracy without Borders, Canada
37.Deutscher Freidenkerverband, Berlin, Germany (German Freethinkers Association)
38.Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
39.Earth Neighborhood
40.Ecumenical Peace Institute Clergy and Laity Concerned
41.Ecumenical Women’s Forum — Philippines
42.El Movimiento Meicano Por la Paz Y el Desarollo (MOMPADE) — Mexico
43.FLC-CGIL Trade Union University of Florence (Italy)
44.Frente Socialista de Puerto Rico
45.Friedensbewegung 2015 (Peace Movement), Thale, Germany
46.FBK, Friedensbewegung bundesweite Koordination, Germany (Nationwide Peace Movement Coordination)
47.Foro Contra la Guerra Imperialista y la OTAN (Spain)
48.Frome Stop War, UK
49.Free Mumia Abu Jamal Coalition — NYC
50.Galway Alliance Against War, Ireland
51.Greater New Haven Peace Council, Connecticut
52.Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
53.Hands Off Syria (Australia)
54.HEAL
55.House of Creative Writing, Michigan, USA
56.Houston Peace Council
57.Houston Communist Party
58.Humanistischer Landesverband Thüringen e.V., Jena, Germany (National Association of Humanists)
59.ImaginAction Theatre, Sierra Madre, California
60.In Service to Humankind of Planet Earth, Washington DC
61.International Action Center
62.International Anti-imperialist Coordinating Committee, Kolkata, India
63.International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity
64.International Indigenous Society, Georgia, USA
65.International-Lawyers.Org, Geneva, Switzerland
66.International League of Peoples Struggle – U.S.
67.Jersey City Peace Movement, New Jersey, USA
68.Labor Fightback Network, New Jersey, USA
69.Labor Union Advocates
70.Los Alamos Study Group — AZ
71.Maine Social Justice — Public Access TV Show
72.Malcolm X Center
73.Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice
74.Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) — Canada
75.Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center, California, USA
76.Mütter gegen den Krieg Berlin-Brandenburg (Mothers Against War)
77.New Afrikan Independence Party (NAIP)
78.New Jersey Peace Council
79.New Orleans Workers Group, USA
80.No NATO List, Rome, Italy
81.No Nukes No War — CT
82.Northeast Iowa Peace and Justice Committee
83.Northeast Philly for Peace and Justice
84.No War Net — Rome (Italy)
85.One State Assembly
86.One World Media, Berlin, Germany
87.One World Life Systems, New York
88.Orange County Healthcare For All!
89.Our Revolution Los Angeles
90.PädagogInnen für den Frieden, Hamburg, Germany (Teachers for Peace)
91.Pax Christi — Clinton, Iowa
92.Peace, Bochum, Germany
93.Peace Forum Sangerhausen, Germany
94.Peace Roots Alliance — Tennessee
95.Peoples Organization for Progress
96.Pittsburgh Anti-Imperialist League
97.Peoples’ Liberation Front — JVP, Srilanka
98.Peoples Opposition to War, Imperialism & Racism — POWIR (Florida)
99.Popular Resistance
100.Popular Committee in Defense of Syria
101.Project NatureConnect, Los Angeles, USA
102.Trudy Quaif, Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace
103.Queers Without Borders — Hartford CT
104.Return Now Coalition
105.Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice, Wisconsin, USA
106.San Diego County Central Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party of California
107.Socialist Action — Ligue pour l’Action Socialiste, Canada
108.SOLVE, Florida, USA
109.South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship & Training (SAFEST)
110.South Coast People For Peace and Justice
111.Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference – SHROC
112.St. Pete for Peace
113.Stop the War Machine
114.Students for a Democratic Society — SDS
115.Students for a Democratic Society at University of Houston
116.Students for Justice in Palestine at Fordham University, New York
117.Swedish Peace Council
118.Syria Solidarity Movement
119.Syrian American Forum
120.Syrian American Will Association – SAWA
121.Syrian Social Club Community in the UK (Dr. Issa Chaer, Co-founder)
122.The Expatriates Association of Syrians in Canada
123.The Pacific Institute of Resource Management, Wellington, New Zealand
124.Topanga Peace Alliance and MLK Coalition of Greater Los Angeles
125.United National Antiwar Coalition — UNAC
126.United Opt Out National
127.United Steelworkers Local 8751
128.Unleashed (Anarcho-Liberation)
129.Upstate New York Drone Action
130.U.S. Peace Council
131.Veterans For Peace / Chapter 021 — Northern New Jersey
132.Veterans For Peace Chapter 111, Bellingham, WA
133.Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality
134.War is Unacceptable to Consciousness
135.Whores Against Wars, New Zealand
136.WissenschaftlerInnen für Friedens – und Abrüstungsforschung (AMW) — Germany (Scientists for Peace and Disarmament Research)
137.Wolf’s Enterprises Human and Civil Rights Advocacy
138.Women Against Military Madness — WAMM
139.World Peace Council (WPC)
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