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‘Peace Strike’ begin a 24-hour picket outside US embassy

rikki | 02.09.2013 23:04 | Anti-militarism | Terror War | London

This evening, ‘Peace Strike’ activists began a rolling 24/7 picket outside the US Embassy in London.



‘Peace Strike’, who campaigned for years alongside Brian Haw in Parliament Square, began a continuous picket outside the US Embassy this evening in protest at US plans for military action against Syria.

They are concerned that with the Government only narrowly defeated in the war vote last week, any action by the US may yet draw the UK in, as circumstances change.

They point out the hypocrisy of France’s position, having recently sold £800,000 worth of arms to the Assad regime.

‘Peace Strike’ as their name might suggest, are pressing for a peaceful intervention to prevent any further suffering, and they are not swayed by John Kerry’s recent propaganda speech. They call for stronger international law powers to prosecute war crimes and to push for a negotiated peaceful outcome.

Striking is a way to stop supporting the war machine, that relies on public tax in order to launch large-scale attacks. They plan to remain outside the Embassy indefinitely and welcome all peaceful support.

Tomorrow, they will be briefly joined by a ‘Stop The War’ vigil planned outside the Embassy in the early evening.

More info at  http://peacestrike.org

rikki
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We the people of Syria have suffered terribly under Assads' regime!

03.09.2013 09:29

We the people of Syria have suffered terribly under Assad's regime! Assad must be made to pay for his crimes even if that means invasion of Syria by western forces! The situation for ordinary Syrians cannot be made any worse by western invasion as we have already suffered so badly already, hundreds of thousands of us have been forced from our homes and tens of thousands of us have died. Most of us want the Assad regime to go so that we can return home and so the killing and suffering can stop. Please listen to us the people of Syria!
 https://www.facebook.com/BritishSolidarityforSyria?fref=ts

British Solidarity for Syria


People of syria

03.09.2013 15:23

You are NOT the people of Syria. You only speak for a section of syrians and not All syrians. In reality you are syria's scum floating around for petro handouts .

Fb


US Embassy Peace Picket Ends

08.10.2013 09:54

The 24hr on-going peace picket ended on Saturday 29th September.
We will keep monitoring the situation in Syria and will instigate further action should the situation change.
Many thanks to all who supported the strike action.
Peace Strike

Peace Strike
mail e-mail: mail@peacestrike.org.uk
- Homepage: https;//www.peacestrike.org.uk


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