Text Box: On June 22, the White House defied the majority of Americans who want an end to the war in Afghanistan. Instead of announcing the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops, contractors, bases, and war dollars, Obama committed to removing only one-tenth of the US forces on the ground in Afghanistan over the next eight months. Another 23,000 will supposedly be withdrawn just in time to influence the 2012 elections. Even if the President follows through on this plan, nearly 170,000 US soldiers and contractors will remain in Afghanistan. All veterans and soldiers will be raising the question, “Who will be the last U.S. combatant to die in Afhanistan?” In truth, the President’s plan is not a plan to end the war in Afghanistan. It was, instead, an announcement that the U.S. was changing strategy. As the NYT reported, the US will be replacing the “counterinsurgency strategy” adopted 18 months ago with the kind of campaign of drone attacks, assassinations, and covert actions that the US has employed in Pakistan. At a meeting of the United National Antiwar Committee’s National Coordinating Committee, held in NYC on June 18, representatives of 46 groups voted to call for nationally coordinated local actions on October 15 to protest the tenth anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan. UNAC urges activists in as many cities as possible to hold marches, picket lines, teach-ins, and other events to say: Text Box: Text Box: UNITED NATIONAL ANTIWAR COALITION (UNAC) CALLS FOR OCTOBER 15 LOCAL ACTIONSText Box: CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR ACTIVITY TO THE NATIONAL CALENDARText Box: US Troops, Contractors, & Bases out of Afghanistan & Iraq NOW! Stop the War on Libya and Pakistan! End US Aid to Israel! Hands Off Iran! Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War and Incarceration! Bring Our War $ Home NOW!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Troops, Contractors, and Bases out of Afghanistan and Iraq NOW!

Stop the War on Libya and Pakistan!

End US Aid to Israel! Hands Off Iran!

Money for Jobs and Education, Not for War and Incarceration!

Bring Our War Dollars Home Now!

 

We currently have actions planned in Boston, Providence, Hartford, Albany, Philly, Twin Cities, Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.

 

We are looking for activists in other cities to also organize some kind of activity, whether that’s a teach-in, picket, protest, rally, etc.  Please click here and describe your event, so that we include your town on our national calendar.