Portland Peaceful Response Coalition

Money for Jobs and Education, Not War and Occupation!

Rally, March and Teach-In
Saturday, October 9, 2010 11:00 AM
Park Blocks near Portland State University: Between SW Market and Clay

Check out the Bradley Manning Support Network website by clicking: HERE!

Mariam, Ammar and Mustafa suffer from birth defects. Birth defects have soared in Fallujah, which was the site of two major battles between the U.S military and insurgents after the invasion of Iraq according to Iraqi doctors. Click on the image to read the entire article.

The revelations about the US war and occupation in Afghanistan come at time when Congress is voting on $33 billion for this bloody, criminal war. Public opposition has delayed the vote. But it's going to take a lot more public outcry to stop this war. Use the links below to contact the President and your representatives in Congress! Tell them that the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld war has now had its Pentagon Papers moment ... and Obama and the Democrats must now end the killing, they must end the hemorrhaging of lives and treasure. CONTACT CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT TODAY! Tell them to END THIS WAR, BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!

Click here to hear the story on: Democracy Now!

Click here to see the British Guardian's coverage: AFGHANISTAN - The War Logs.

While the New York Times and other US commercial media soft-pedal the revelations, it's our job to make sure our elected officials and the Obama Administration get the message loud and clear: END THIS WAR! Call your representatives and call the White House today! And tell your friends, your family, your neighbors, we have another chance to end the Black Ops, to end the drone attacks, to bring the troops home now and begin the work of reparations to heal the devastation our country has wrought in Afghanistan.

PLEASE WRITE OR CALL TODAY!

United for Peace and Justice website

The President of the United States of America

President Barack Obama

Congressional Contacts:

Senator Ron Wyden

Senator Jeff Merkley

Congressman Earl Blumenauer

Congressman David Wu

Congressman Peter DeFazio

Congressman Kurt Schrader

Congressman Greg Walden

Generic "Write Representative" utility (requires your state and full zip code)

Generic "Write Senator" utility (select your state and follow the instructions)

EMERGENCY-Take Action: Israel Attacks Gaza Humanitarian Aid Flotilla

May 31st, 2010, revised URGENT ACTION from the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
(US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.)

In an international act of piracy and murder in international waters, the Israeli navy intercepted, boarded, and opened fire on humanitarian activists on a flotilla of ships attempting to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian Gaza Strip.

According to news reports, Israeli commandos killed as many as 19 humanitarian activists on board one ship, and have abducted all 700 passengers on board the six boats composing the flotilla who are in the process of being sent against their will to Israel for arrest and/or deportation.

EVENT: Protest of Israeli Military Assault on Humanitarian Aid Ships
TIME: 5:00 PM
DATE: Monday, May 31, 2010
LOCATON: SW Yamhill & Broadway, downtown Portland, Oregon

Contact: Portland Peaceful Response Coalition - 503-344-5078

Local human rights, solidarity and peace group organizers hold demonstration to protest Israeli assault on humanitarian ships.

Today, Monday, May 31st, at 5:00PM, there will be a demonstration to protest the Israeli military assault on the FREE GAZA humanitarian aid ships off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The protest will take place at the corner of SW Yamhill & Broadway at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, Oregon.

"This is shocking and tragic, but sadly, it is not unusual for Israeli policy," said Mazen Malik, of the Palestine Arab American Association, "I think Palestinians are in general, unfortunately, used to this kind of action, which is why it is not a surprise to us." "Our hope is for the US, which has the most leverage with Israel, to push Israel more towards recognizing the rights of the Palestinian people, and engage more seriously with the peace process."

Click on the above image for more information about the use of drones in the US wars in Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

WEEKLY FRIDAY RALLY TELLS US TO "END KILLER DRONE WARS" IN PAKISTAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST Friday, May 21, 2010, 5 PM Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Yamhill and Broadway.

This Friday, May 21, Portland's weekly rally for peace and justice will call upon the United States to "End Killer Drone Wars" in Pakistan and the middle east. The rally, which has been organized by Portland Peaceful Response Coalition every week at Pioneer Courthouse Square at 5:00 PM since November, 2001, will feature short speeches addressing the U.S.' increasing use of unmanned planes to target suspected so-called "terrorists," killing hundreds of civilians and causing Post Traumatic Stress in the people who operate the planes remotely in America. The rally is also to promote a talk by an expert on "robotic warfare" speaking that same night in Portland.

Click on the image above to find out more!

Click here to download a flyer for the March 20 action: > > >March 20 Action Flyer

General David Petraeus and General William Westmoreland explain to the US Congress how well the wars are going in Iraq and Vietnam.

Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12 Noon to 3:30 PM

Mini-rally and teach-in:

"Iraq, Seven Years Later: Change US Foreign Policy-Bring All the Troops Home!"

Terry Schrunk Plaza (SW 3rd&Madison) to First Unitarian Church (SW 12th & Main).

For more information, visit the Peace & Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group website:

Peace & Justice Works' website

Or call 503-236-3065 to volunteer or to add your organization's name to the list of co-sponsors or endorsers.

The day's events are being coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group and is cosponsored or endorsed by over 15 other organizations, including: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom-Portland; Portland Peaceful Response Coalition; Center for Intercultural Organizing; American Iranian Friendship Council; Women in Black; American Friends Service Committee; International Socialist Organization; Students United for Palestinian Equal Rights (SUPER); Metanoia Peace Community; Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility; Portland Central America Solidarity Committee (PCASC); Crosstrade Solidarity and War Resisters League-Portland (cosponsors) and IUPAT Painters Local 10; Workers Action (Endorsers).

Click here to listen to Howard Zinn speaking at Reed College on November 20, 1995: > > >You Can't Be Neutral On a Moving Train

Howard Zinn's website