CALENDAR ITEM

For immediate release           September 4, 2015

EVENT: "The US Attack on Syria One Year Later" Visibility Action
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 4:00 PM

On Wednesday September 23, 2015, one year since the US began bombing Syria under the guise of fighting the Islamic State/ISIS, Portlanders will gather to protest the ongoing US military action. The Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group is coordinating a visibility action featuring its 12-foot-tall "tower of peace" at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge (SE Hawthorne & Grand) from 4:00 to 6:00 PM that day.

The US continues to assert that one of their goals is regime change in Syria, training and arming "moderate" rebels, while at the same time tacitly supporting Al Qaeda offshoot the Nusra Front since they too are fighting ISIS. Meanwhile, the US has now gained full cooperation from Turkey, which is using the chaos as an excuse to bomb Kurdish nationalists in Iraq and Syria, even though those Kurdish fighters have proven the most effective at keeping ISIS from holding territory. The best solution? Stop US intervention and have a United Nations brokered negotiation, provide massive humanitarian aid and help resettle refugees.

For more information or to get involved contact the Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group at 503-236-3065 or iraq @ pjw.info.