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YORK - March 23 - The International Action Center called for nationally coordinated
demonstrations to oppose any U.S./NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. There will be
demonstrations in New York, Minneapolis, Washington, DC, San Francisco and
elsewhere in the event of a NATO attack. In New York City a "day
after" action will be held in front of Grand Central Station at 42nd Street
and Park Avenue at 5:00 p.m. the day following any bombing.
"Everyone who is opposed to the U.S. bombing of Iraq and the recent
bombing of the pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan, or the Pentagon's criminal
role in Central America should oppose this latest bloody aggression," said
Sara Flounders Co-coordinator of the International Action Center. "NATO and
the U.S. have no right to bomb people in Yugoslavia or anywhere else.
"The so-called negotiations were based on the demand that Yugoslavia
accept a foreign army of occupation on their soil. It's a violation of the UN
Charter and international law and represents a dangerous new level of
international lawlessness. The `negotiations' only offered Yugoslavia two
choices, 1. Submit to a foreign occupying army or 2. Be bombed. That's not
negotiations, that's an ultimatum.
"Any bombing is not to defend the Albanian population of Kosovo anymore
than the war on Iraq was to defend the people of Kuwait. It's a war for
domination and economic control of the entire region.
"This NATO action creates a threat of wider war in the region,"
said Flounders. "It shows the Pentagon's determination to build a new
series of bases such as the ones that the US has in Bosnia, Hungry, Croatia,
Albania, and Macedonia already. This is all about the dangerous expansion of
NATO as a US commanded force."
Flounders continued, "Money can always be found for war, never for
healthcare or Medicaid/Medicare or social security. We will show that there is
opposition inside the U.S. to this type of illegal war."
Call the International Action Center for information and interviews at
212-633-6646.
International Action Center
39 West
14th Street, #206
New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646
fax 212-633-2889
http://www.iacenter.org
iacenter@iacenter.org
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