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Emergency Rally Against War with Iran

Monday, July 21, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
State House Steps, Trenton, NJ

The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), with regional headquarters in Princeton and 17 chapters in Eastern Pennsylvania and central/southern New Jersey, is planning an Emergency Rally Against War with Iran from 12 Noon to 1:00 PM on Monday, July 21 at the State House Steps, 125 W. State St. in Trenton.

The Emergency Rally is a regional event planned in conjunction with the decentralized nationwide actions coordinated from July 19-21 by United for Peace and Justice, the largest peace and justice coalition in the US, of which CFPA is a member.

 

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• Dr. Shapoor Vali, an Iranian-American Professor of Economics at Fordham University
• Aislinn Bauer, Coordinator of NJ Students for Peace
• Ladonna Blount, Organizer, NJ Citizen Action
• Bruce Tornari, Vietnam Veteran
• Matt Hoke, Progressive Student Alliance, The College of NJ
• The Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action and Pastor of East Brunswick Congregational Church

Carpooling from Princeton to the Rally will be at 11:15 AM from the Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison Street (Rite Aid End). The public is invited, and further information can be obtained at www.peacecoalition.org or by calling (609) 924-5022.

“The growing saber rattling by the Bush Administration and by the US Congress is rapidly increasing the chances of war with Iran. Even if we don’t intend that, we could easily stumble into such a war unintentionally,” said the Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director in CFPA’s Regional Headquarters.

We especially condemn and urge opposition to H.Con.Res 362 currently being considered in the US House of Representatives, which includes a thinly veiled authorization for a naval blockade of Iran—an act of war. We strongly urge citizens to join in urging Congress to oppose H. Con. Res. 362. We must insist that this be dealt with using tough diplomacy, or we may repeat the mistake made in authorizing war with Iraq ,” concluded the Rev. Moore.

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U.S. officials say Israel is mounting a "full court press" to get the Bush administration to strike Iran's nuclear complex, CBS News reports. In The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh reports that congressional leaders agreed last year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran. New York Newsday and the Seattle-Post Intelligencer warn that Congress is considering a resolution promoted by AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) that would effectively endorse a naval blockade of Iran, an act of war.

Voices in the U.S. calling for real diplomacy and negotiations with Iran are being silenced. Few people in this country know Iran has an offer on the table for comprehensive negotiations with the United States that could resolve the nuclear stand-off and other issues. Nor do they know that talks with Iran without preconditions are supported by independent experts like Thomas Pickering, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN during the first Bush administration.

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Coalition for Peace Action, Princeton, NJ
609-924-5022 - emai: cfpa@peacecoalition.org