UKRAINE
Say NO to another U.S.
war!
Urgent call for
anti-war actions
March 10 to March
17
The threat is real. Sanctions, war
build up, warships with guided missiles to the Black Sea, F-15 fighter jets on
Russia's border are dangerous provocations. Washington has recognized and
committed more than $10 billion to an illegal right-wing government that seized
power from elected officials.
Actions large and small are
urgently needed -- informational picket lines, visits to congressional offices,
protests at media centers against war propaganda, vigils, and challenges to
government officials. Let's make our voices heard.
In NEW YORK CITY
No new U.S. war!
Stop media lies about Ukraine
March from CNN to Fox News
Friday, March 14
5 pm to 6 pm -
Rally at CNN, 10
Columbus Circle
(Broadway & 59th St)
6 pm
March down
Broadway to FOX News,
49th St. & 6th
Ave.
UKRAINE: What the
media isn't telling you
WAR ALERT
Corporate media have always lied about the reasons for
war, from Vietnam and Iraq to Libya and Syria. If you turn on CNN or FOX News,
read the New York Times or listen to NPR, you aren't getting the real story.
Here are 10 things the U.S. corporate media won't tell you about what's
happening in Ukraine.
1. Washington planned the coup in
Ukraine.
U.S. State Department official Victoria Nuland was caught
on tape plotting who would be the next head of Ukraine. She bragged that the
U.S. had spent $5 billion funding the so-called democracy movement there.
Senator John McCain went to Kiev, spoke at rallies and was photographed with the
leader of the fascist Svoboda party. Neo-Nazi forces took over buildings and
threw out the elected government in a coup d'etat, then passed new laws with no
quorum in the parliament.
2. There has been no Russian
invasion.
Washington officials have threatened Russia for "invading"
Ukraine. It's a Big Lie meant to cover up U.S. involvement in the coup. Russia
has a military base in Crimea, a predominately Russian ethnic area, and is
legally allowed to station up to 25,000 troops in the country. Russia has said
it may act to protect civilians if they are threatened by the neo-Nazis in Kiev.
That is all.
3. The U.S. war buildup.
The Navy
has deployed the USS Truxton, a warship armed with guided missiles, to the Black
Sea. Six F-15 fighter jets and 60 military personnel have been sent to
Lithuania, in addition to those already stationed there. The U.S. and EU are
imposing sanctions and travel bans on Russian officials. Politicians from
Hillary Clinton to John McCain have compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to
Hitler. When preparing for war, the U.S. always uses this bogus comparison to
demonize leaders of opponent countries.
4. Neo-Nazis dominate the new
government.
The openly racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler Svoboda
party is one of three major parties in the government. Svoboda led the street
actions that forced elected President Yanukovych to flee. The Right Sector,
armed fascists who have beaten opponents and vandalized public property, are now
in charge of the military. Immediately after the coup, Ukraine's chief rabbi,
Moshe Reuven Azman, urged Jews to flee Kiev. The government's first act was to
ban the use of Russian and other minority languages. Opponents of the coup have
been beaten, disappeared, or had their offices and homes vandalized and
burned.
5. Coup leaders hired snipers to justify their
takeover.
A leaked call between Estonian and European Union
officials reveals that people behind the new government hired snipers to kill
protesters and police in Kiev. President Yanukovych was blamed for the killings
and this was used to justify the coup.
6. Wall Street and Big Oil want to control
Ukraine - and Russia.
Oil and gas pipelines in Ukraine bring fuel
from Russia to Europe. Big Oil wants to control the pipelines to cut the flow
from Russia and hike their own profits. The U.S. has even offered the new
government gas from dangerous fracking drilling here! Russia is the world's
largest producer of gas, oil and industrial minerals. They want to break up
Russia too. Wall Street would love to get its claws deeper into Ukraine and
Russia - to drive up profits and push down wages for workers here and
there.
7. NATO's drive to expand.
As part
of the Western drive to dismantle Russia, the Pentagon wants to establish
military bases on the Ukraine/Russia border. The U.S. dominated NATO alliance
has expanded aggressively into eastern Europe in the past 20 years, adding 12
countries to its roster so far. U.S./ NATO forces continue to occupy Afghanistan
to the south.
8. Billions for coup in Ukraine, cuts for food
stamps in U.S.
In early February, Congress and the Obama
administration agreed to cut SNAP food assistance benefits for hungry families
by $8.7 billion, claiming there's no money. Yet just weeks later, they announced
$10 billion in assistance to the neo-Nazis in Kiev. Secretary of State John
Kerry personally delivered the first billion on March 4.
9. Power for the 1%, misery for
workers.
The new regime has appointed wealthy oligarchs as governors
of rebellious regions of Eastern Ukraine. It's also agreed to an IMF austerity
plan drafted by Washington to cut workers' pensions, unemployment insurance and
social programs - just like the cutbacks workers from Detroit to Greece
face.
10. People across Ukraine are fighting
back.
People in Eastern Ukraine and throughout the country are
organizing against the coup. Some have taken over regional and city buildings
and refused to hand them over to the new authorities. Others are marching on
military bases and demanding that the troops not obey the commands of the
neo-Nazis in Kiev. Some are calling on the Russian government to protect and
assist them. The people of Ukraine remember well what Nazi rule was like during
World War II, and they will not stand for it
again.
Get informed!
Find more
information on Ukraine and upcoming actions at
IACenter.org
Join us! Educate, organize and
protest.
Let's stop the next U.S. war before it
starts.
International Action Center
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