Protest
March
AGAINST BUSH, AGAINST WAR,
AGAINST
U.S. AND ITALIAN IMPERIALISM
Rome, June 11th,
5 pm
starting from piazza della Repubblica
Bush
is back. He'll be in Rome on June 11th to ask for even greater
Italian involvement in his war plans.
Here he'll find a newly
elected right-wing government only too happy to offer him for good
the city of Vicenza as site for the biggest American offensive
airbase outside the U.S., together with indirect support for the U.S.
occupation of Iraq and the use of “peace-keeping” Italian
troops in Afghanistan for combat roles. In addition Bush will
probably try to garner support for a U.S. attack on Iran. Italy has
already offered participation in the construction of the F35 fighter
plane and the U.S. “Missile Shield” in Europe (a return
to the arms race with Russia!).
Why
all this militarism? The so-called War on Terror has nothing to do
with it. You don't capture bin Laden in Pakistan or stop a future
terrorist attack in the U.S. by installing missiles in Czechoslovakia
and air bases in Italy. The real reason is economic and
geo-political: the deteriorating U.S. hold on world markets; the
prospect of recession; the weakening petrol-dollar. Bush's answer?
Use war to grab even more key areas of the world and thus contain the
economic growth of other countries (through oil pricing and control
of market shares). This, of course, can only breed insurgency in the
occupied countries and thus more
terrorism.
Plus, war-fed economies don't endure, since they are basically
unproductive; as other countries gain energy independence through
alternative sources, containment will crumble and with it the
excessively-militarized U.S. economy.
Say NO to this reckless
imperial agenda. Join the march on June 11th
to
tell
Bush
he's
an unwelcome
guest in Rome.
Not only for his militarism, but also for his contempt of the
Constitution and basic human rights: he has, in fact, approved
torture, rendition, wiretapping of anyone,
imprisonment without court order...
In addition, to help
America demilitarize its foreign policy, tell
the Italian government
to:
-
bring Italian troops home from Afghanistan;
- refuse to support
even indirectly the U.S. occupation of Iraq;
- refuse air space
for any attack on Iran and condemn any talk of such an attack;
-
revoke permission for the USAF base in Vicenza; reconvert all US
bases to civil uses;
- revoke agreements for the construction of
the Missile Shield and the F35 fighter.
Patto
permanente contro la guerra U.S. Citzens for Peace and
Justice
www.wsf2008.net/eng/taxonomy/term/2853
www.peaceandjustice.it