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Please Join Veterans for Peace, UfPJ, and the Yes on N campaign. You can
hold a poster with the faces of the victims of the Iraq War and/or hand out
literature.
Note that the on land crew is meeting at 10:30 in front of (or just to the
East of) Pier 39 Embarcadero at Grant. NOT at Baker and Marina as
previously announced.
If you want to sail with the Peace Navy contact me.
Marvin
For Immediate Release Contact:
Marvin Feldman, 415-282-5330
October 5, 2004 peacenavy@riseup.net
415-722-1479 cell
Peace Navy Parade of Boats for Peace to Parallel US Navy's Parade of Ships
of War
Who: Peace activists from the Bay Area's Peace Navy, Veterans
for Peace and the Yes on N campaign, and United for Peace and Justice
What: A colorful flotilla of small boats and paddle craft from
the Peace Navy will be will be cruising along the shoreline during the US
Navy Parade of Ships on Saturday. Simultaneously, activists from the
Veterans for Peace and other groups will be onshore with posters with the
faces of some of those who have died as a result of the war on Iraq.
Date: Saturday October 9, 2004
Time: 11-2 PM
Where: Offshore: Launch at Gashouse Cove (meeting at 9:30 Marina at
Laguna--opposite Marina Safeway). Cruising the waterfront from Crissy
Field to Pier 39. Onshore: (Peace Navy, United for Peace and Justice, Yes
on N in front of Pier 39 (meet at 10:30 Embarcadero at Grant)
Why: We are out on the Bay and on shore to emphasize that there is an
alternative to military solutions. If the U.S. uses its great institutions
and its enormous resources to create a just world, terrorists will find no
recruits and tyrants will fall. Our actions are an expression of our love
for our country and our respect for all humanity.
The Peace Navy was formed in response to what we believe is an
inappropriate emphasis on military hardware rather than human needs and
peaceful solutions.We believe that being a world leader requires the US to
set an example by its humanitarian behavior not by its military
strength. For example, the $10 billion cost of ONE proposed nuclear
destroyer could be used instead to provide clean drinking water for every
person on earth. The goodwill this action would create throughout the
world would make us far safer than an addition to our already overwhelming
military arsenal.
We support the valiant men and women in our armed forces and their
important work. We therefore do not want to place them in harms way for
any but the highest purposesto maintain peace and defend all peoples
against violence. We ask them to do this only when all other peaceful
options have been exhausted. We reject the corporate greed that is
overwhelming many of our cherished political institutions.
The U.S. already has more military might than all other nations of the
world combined. Our $500 billion annual military budget is ten times that
of any other country. Rather than glorify our might, we challenge our
leaders to use this power in the service of creating a just world. We
object to the environmental degradation created by excessive armaments. We
object to neglect of human needs in favor of unnecessary military
spending. We believe that we will best achieve our national goals through
the powerful example of our democratic institutions, rather than through
global domination. |
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