Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Saturday Sept 23 11am Protest in Newark NJ Planned in Response to Trump Threats at UN #NoTo700BWar

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
MADELYN HOFFMAN 973-259-1126 
BOB WITANEK 908-881-5275 bwitanek@igc.org
LAWRENCE HAMM 973-801-0001

BREAKING:  NEWARK SATURDAY PROTEST PLANNED IN RESPONSE TO TRUMP THREATS AGAINST NORTH KOREA, VENEZUELA, IRAN AND YEMEN AT THE UN –

 
During US President Trump’s General Assembly speech at the United Nations on September 19th, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran and Yemen were all threatened with U.S. military action.

Meanwhile in an apparent endorsement of this dangerous move toward the precipice of global war, the US Senate has voted 93 – 7 for the $700 Billion price tag to finance this reckless policy.

Meanwhile the US is being racked by natural disasters that threaten the safety, health and very survival of large segments of the US population and that of its neighbors.

This Saturday, September 23, residents from throughout the NJ area are gathering at 11 am at the Martin Luther King monument in Newark, New Jersey to protest against the hostile threats of the Trump Administration made at the United Nations and the financing of those threats through the 9/19/17 $700 Billion war budget vote – with both NJ Senator Booker voting in favor and Senator Menendez not voting..

The protest will demand:

NO TO PREPARATIONS FOR WAR AND THREATS OF WAR AGAINST NORTH KOREA, VENEZUELA, IRAN AND YEMEN.

$700 BILLION FOR RECOVERY OF PUERTO RICO, FLORIDA, TEXAS AND TO FUND HUMAN NEEDS IN NJ AND THROUGHOUT THE USA, NOT FOR WAR!

The protest is being called by Peoples Organization for Progress, NJ Peace Action, NJ Anti-War Agenda, the Green Party of New Jersey and the Green Party of Essex County and other organizations to be added shortly.

According to Madelyn Hoffman of NJ Peace Action, “Donald Trump used the platform of the United Nations to call for and threaten military action against much of the world, an action illegal under international law and made worse because it was done at the U.N., a place established to try to minimize the need for war. The world and this country can’t afford another war – the $700 billion military budget approved by the U.S. Senate will be funded by deep cuts to environmental protection, public transportation, public education and more. We need to make our resistance to these policies of war more visible!”


The plan for the demonstration is for several presentations about the threats of war to be made at the MLK monument.  While no march is planned, according to an organizer, Bob Witanek, “If we have the crowds we will march!  It is time for there to be some serious resistance to the escalation of the threat of ultimate war.”

The Facebook event currently has about a dozen confirmed and 50 interested:
https://www.facebook.com/events/116993922350613

For more information contact 908-881-5275.
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 #NoTo700BWar
Newark NJ Patch has picked up our press release about our anti-war protest this Saturday:


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