October 7th: Seattle Demands US Pull Out of Afghanistan!

author: ANSWER Seattle
Sep 05, 2009 11:37

Protesters
will gather at 5 pm at 23rd and Jackson on Oct. 7, the 8th anniversary
of the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. All those opposed to
this brutal war are encouraged to participate and to support all other
anti-Afghanistan war actions in the month of October.

Poster for Oct. 7

Bring Signs and Banners to protest the 8th anniversary of the criminal US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.

October 7, 2009 marks the start of the ninth year of the invasion
of Afghanistan. On that day, there will be anti-war actions in cities
and towns throughout the country. There will also be anti-war actions
on Monday, October 5, and Saturday October 17.
Many national and local anti-war organizations are initiating
these actions. The ANSWER Coalition is either initiating or endorsing
and supporting all of these actions.

The war and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq are both
colonial-type wars. Bush used the “War on Terror” as a pretext for the
escalation of imperialist intervention. Bush is gone but the brutal
occupations continue.

Now, eight long years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S.
and its NATO allies are vastly expanding the war, doubling the numbers
of troops. Casualties on both sides are soaring. Resistance to foreign
occupation is growing rapidly inside Afghanistan and across the border
in Pakistan. The war is a disaster for the peoples of those countries,
just as are the occupations of Iraq and Palestine. It is also growing
disaster for the people here — not only the soldiers and their
families, but the tens of millions of people suffering from the
economic crisis.

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq cost more than $14 billion per
month, $160 billion every year, nearly $1,000,000,000,000 ($1
trillion!) since the start. At the same time, we are told by the
politicians — who never say no to the military-industrial complex and
have given away more than $10 trillion to the big banks — that there’s
no money for single-payer health care. They have proven that the money
is there. The problem is that the politicians are dedicated to
protecting the interests of the military and health insurance
corporations, not of the people.

Back to the Streets! US out of Afghanistan!

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