Demonstration
Protest the military coup d'état
in Honduras
Protest Israeli piracy
and kidnapping human rights workers
Wednesday,
July 1, 4:30 PM
Hart Plaza, Woodward & Jefferson,
Detroit
Demand
the restoration of the Manuel Zelaya as president of Honduras
Demand
that the U.S. cut
off all
economic and military aid to the military junta
Sign the online
petition NOW - Condemn Honduran Coup and Restore Honduran President
Zelaya NOW!
On
Sunday, June 28, the
democratically elected
president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, was overthrown by the U.S.
trained, and equipped Honduran military. Honduran soldiers invaded the
residence of President Zelaya as he slept, and forcibly exiled the
president to Costa Rica, just hours before a nationwide referendum was
scheduled to take place.
It has been reported that the
ambassadors
of Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua in Honduras have been kidnapped
along with Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas, and have being
beaten by Honduran military forces.
While President Obama has expressed
that he
is "deeply concerned" and that the coup is illegal, Secretary of State
Clinton has stated the the U.S. government has not formally designated
the military coup as a military coup. And why? Such a move
would require, according to U.S. law, that the U.S. cut off almost all
U.S. aid to Honduras. In addition to aid to the Honduran
government and military, aid is provided to various rightist groups and
political parties from such entities as USAID, the National Endowment
for Democracy, the International Republican Institute, and the National
Democratic Institute for International Affairs.
While the U.S. denies any involvement
in
the coup, at least two of the coup leaders have received training from
the Pentagon's School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning,
Georgia, and known by many as the School of the Assassins. Just
about every military coup in Latin America since the 1960s (and there
have been quite a few) has been led by graduates of the School of the
Assassins and supported by the U.S. government.
Furthermore, the U.S. maintains about
550
military and 650 civilian personnel at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras,
which is also the home of the Honduran Air Force and Naval Academy.
And let us not forget, the U.S. has
dispatched military forces to Honduras on several occasions to protect
the interests of the United Fruit Company (now known as Chiquita) and
the Standard Fruit Company (now Dole).
The Honduran people are in the
streets
protesting and resisting the military. As of Monday evening, there are
reports of several Honduran military battalions refusing to support the
coup.
Demand that Israel
let the Humanitarian Aid through to Gaza
Demand that Israel
free Cynthia McKinney and all kidnapped human rights workers
Demand that Israel
stop the blockade of Gaza
Sign the online
petition NOW - Release Cynthia McKinney Gaza Aid Ship SPIRIT OF
HUMANITY
Last
night, Israeli Occupation Forces attacked
and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY,
abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble
laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia
McKinney. The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward
Israel.
The seizure of humanitarian supplies and abduction of human rights
workers is an act of piracy, a crime under international law.
When the boat was attacked, it was not in Israeli waters and was on a
human rights mission to Gaza. Israel's deliberate and
premeditated attack on an unarmed boat in international waters is a
clear violation of international law.
“This is an outrageous violation of international law against us. Our
boat was not in Israeli waters, and we were on a human rights mission
to the Gaza Strip,” said Cynthia McKinney, a former U.S. Congresswoman
and presidential candidate. “President Obama just told Israel to let in
humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, and that’s exactly what we
tried to do. We're asking the international community to demand our
release so we can resume our journey.”
According to an International Committee of the Red Cross report
released yesterday, the Palestinians living in Gaza are "trapped in
despair." Thousands of Gazans whose homes were destroyed earlier during
Israel's December/January massacre are still without shelter despite
pledges of almost $4.5 billion in aid, because Israel refuses to allow
cement and other building material into the Gaza Strip. The report also
notes that hospitals are struggling to meet the needs of their patients
due to Israel's disruption of medical supplies.
Join us
Wednesday in solidarity
with the people of Honduras and Palestine.
Initiated by MECAWI, the Michigan Emergency
Committee Against War and Injustice, and Latinos Unidos de Michigan
Peoples' Summit, June 14-17, 2009, Detroit, 2009
Main Stage at Grand Circus Park, Detroit
People's
Summit & Tent
City June
14-17, 2009 Grand
Circus Park,
Detroit,
MichiganFour
Days of Active
Resistance, Political Discussion and Strategizing for a
“People's Stimulus Plans” and an “Economic Bill of Rights”
for Working People and the Poor
JOIN the TENT CITY near the NATIONAL BIG-BUSINESS GATHERING at the
Renaissance Center
On
June 15-17, 2009, the National Business Summit, sponsored by the
Detroit Economic Club, will take place at the Renaissance Center,
General Motors Corporate Headquarters. Millionaire
capitalists like the heads of Conoco-Phillips, Dow Chemical, General
Motors, Chrysler, Humana Inc., Ascension Health, Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu, BNSF Railway Co., and PVS Chemicals, and well as the
presidents of the National Council on Competitiveness and U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, will gather at this summit. President Barack Obama and
cabinet members have been invited.
These wealthy businesspeople
will put their greedy heads together to discuss “innovation and policy
ideas in technology, energy, environment and manufacturing.”
In other words, they will be strategizing on how to further increase
their profits at the expense of the ever-shrinking middle class, the
vast working class and the growing millions living in utter poverty.
The National Business Summit will be held in a city with record-high
unemployment and poverty rates, lay-offs, budget cuts, school closings,
utility cost hikes and shut-offs and massive home foreclosures. With a
registration fee of $1,495, it is unlikely that any victims of
foreclosures and evictions, let alone laid-off workers, will be able to
attend the National Business Summit. No one at this event will be
speaking in the interests of those most affected by the economic
collapse.
The People’s Summit will be a dynamic event. During the People’s
Summit, organizers will implement a moratorium on foreclosure evictions
by going into the neighborhoods and supporting homeowners who are
willing to confront the bailiffs. If there is a strike, demonstration
or sit in, the People’s Summit will join it. The People’s Summit will
confront the big-business CEOs and politicians gathering next door.
Join us!
RAISE
YOUR VOICES TO DEMAND:
Bailout the people!
Jobs, healthcare, housing and education for all
Moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs
– housing is a right
Stop budget cuts and restore social services funding
Stop tuition hikes and school closings
Moratorium on layoffs, plant closings, pension thefts and
union busting – A job at a living wage is a right
End racism, sexism and anti-LGBT attacks
– equality now!
Stop attacks on immigrants
Full rights for disabled people
Bailout youth and students
No more police brutality
Jobs not Jails - For prisoners and ex-prisoners' rights
Save the natural environment and stop climate change
Call today to endorse,
volunteer, reserve your tent space and/or make a donation
African
Americans Speak
Out for Palestine
On Saturday, January 31, 2009, MECAWI
sponsored a forum where African Americans and others spoke in
solidarity with Palestine
Detroit leaders of the
African-American community are joining with
people around the world to denounce the U.S.-financed Israeli invasion
and massacre of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israeli propaganda spread by the mass media in the United States and
free trips to Israel to “wine and dine” African-American leaders cannot
cover up the racism, war crimes and genocide being committed by
Israel.
The
Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice (MECAWI)
condemns the U.S.-backed Israeli terrorist bombings in Gaza,
which have resulted in the mass murder of over 450 Palestinians and
the serious wounding of thousands more. We join the angry, growing
worldwide protests of these latest Israeli war crimes.
We
condemn the U.S. complicity in the siege and bombings of Gaza and
demand an immediate halt to ALL United States military and other aid
to the outlaw state of Israel. The Zionist state is the largest
recipient of U.S. aid in the world and is Washington’s outpost
in the Middle East. Every single one of the bombs rained down on the
people of Gaza, every single fighter jet and helicopter, every piece
of artillery and ammunition, is bought and paid for by the United
States – stolen from working peoples’ tax dollars.
We
demand that President-elect Barack Obama end his silence on the
terror attacks and condemn Israel’s actions immediately. The
millions of people who elected Obama did so in large part because
they want peace and an end to endless war and militarism. The
murderous onslaught against the people of Gaza requires the voicing
of yea or nay – to remain silent is to condone Israel’s
barbaric genocide against the Palestinian people.
We
demand an immediate end to the 18-month genocidal siege of Gaza by
the Israeli military and its U.S. suppliers and overlords. The
people of Gaza have been struggling to survive with insufficient
food, power and a damaged and depleted healthcare system. The world
has condemned this siege as an Israeli crime against humanity.
The
siege and the bombings are U.S.-Israeli war crimes. Without
billions in yearly U.S. aid Israel could not bomb the 1.5 million
Palestinians in Gaza, cut off their electricity and kick them out of
their homes. Here in Detroit and throughout the U.S., the same U.S.
government lets banks foreclose on workers’ homes while bosses
lay off thousands of workers and millions live in fear of imminent
destitution. We demand the immediate cessation of the genocidal
bombing campaigns by Israel against the people of Gaza. We
demand that the billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Israel be used
instead for homes, jobs, health care and education for working people
in the U.S.
Protest of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq Every Saturday Noon to 1 PM
Fort Street, between Northline and Eureka, Wyandotte wyandotte
protest blog
Protest Against
the Occupation of Iraq / Peace Vigil
Every Monday 4:45 to 5:45 PM
Gather on the southwest corner of Woodward and Nine Mile info:
salzmurph@aol.com,
248-542-3697, or ruaw@aol.com,
248-225-8037
