A Call to All Peace Activists! Oct. 12
by Alfred L. Marder, President, US Peace Council, [email protected]
On Monday, Oct. 12, the coordinating committee of Peace and Planet held an International Conference in New York which coincided with the United Nations’ meeting to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Among other matters, we discussed our concerns about the present conflicts in Ukraine and Syria. There are 15 countries already involved in the fighting. Two nuclear weapon powers are facing each other. THE DANGER OF WORLD WAR 3 IS NOT UNREALISTIC!
We agreed that we would call for the following of the global peace movement:
- Aim for Dec. 10, United Nations Human Rights Day with the slogan PEACE IS A HUMAN RIGHT!
- Global actions on the local, regional and national level, leading up to Dec. 10.
The US Peace Council convened several peace organizations immediately after the meeting to call for actions. We agreed that Nov. 11, the day World War 1 ended, should be a Day of Global Actions.
We are united on these demands:
- Immediate diplomatic negotiations to end the conflict in Syria involving all interested parties, especially the Syrian government.
- Removal of all NATO forces from the states bordering Russia. Dismantle NATO!
- Remove ALL foreign troops from Afghanistan.
There will be a vigil at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 on the New Haven Green, at the corner of Chapel and College streets. Nov. 11 is the day World War I ended. The overarching slogan will be STOP WORLD WAR 3.