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SUMMARY:No War with Iran action hour
DESCRIPTION:BREAKING: The latest report indicates a massive U.S. military buildup in the Middle East\, with “a 90% chance” of war on Iran breaking out soon\, according to one Trump advisor. Now is the critical moment to stop war with Iran.  \nJoin NIAC Action Monday\, February 23rd at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT for a virtual “No War with Iran” action hour where we’ll mobilize together to demand Congress stop another unauthorized war before it starts. \nRepresentatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie and Senators Rand Paul and Tim Kaine have introduced bipartisan war powers resolutions to block unauthorized war\, they’ll be up for a vote soon\, we need every lawmaker to support them. \nThis event willl equip you with immediate action you can take to urge lawmakers to oppose war another unauthorized war. We will also be offering a brief “How to Advocate” 101 training to empower you to get face-to-face meetings with your lawmaker offices. \n RSVP now to receive the Zoom link and join volunteer leaders nationwide demanding organized solidarity\, not bombs. \nOnly registered guests who have RSVP’d and follow our Community Code of Conduct will be granted entry.  \nCo-sponsored by Peace Action\, Doctors Against Genocide\, MPower Action\, American Friends Service Committee\, Peace Action New York State\, Roots Action\, Hindus for Human Rights Action\, Brooklyn for Peace & World Beyond War
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-action-hour/
LOCATION:Online Event
CATEGORIES:Middle East Wars
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SUMMARY:Iran\, the US\, and Israel: How did we get here?
DESCRIPTION:The threat of war continues to loom over Iran. After more than two weeks of nationwide unrest that rocked the country\, the protest movement appears temporarily contained following an intense and coordinated security crackdown. Meanwhile\, outside actors openly brag about exploiting the situation for their ends\, and reports suggest a military strike by the Trump Administration might be imminent.  \nOn Friday\, Jan. 30th at 3 pm\, NIAC President\, Jamal Abdi\, will join journalist and analyst Negar Mortazavi and award-winning foreign affairs correspondent and author of All the Shah’s Men\, Stephen Kinzer\, in conversation. The panel will unpack the current situation inside Iran and the geopolitical landscape\, including U.S. and Israeli calculations following the 12-day war last June that killed hundreds of Iranian civilians\, and where we go from here.  \nNegar Mortazavi is an award-winning journalist and commentator\, editor and host of the Iran Podcast\, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP)\, and Nonresident Scholar at the Middle East Policy Council in Washington DC. She has been covering Iranian and Middle Eastern affairs as well as US foreign policy towards the Middle East for over a decade. She is a regular commentator for US and global media including CNN\, NBC\, NPR\, BBC\, France24\, Aljazeera\, among others. She has written for Foreign Policy magazine\, Politico\, The Intercept\, and The Independent. She holds a Master’s degree from Brandeis University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston.  \nJamal Abdi is the President of the National Iranian American Council and the executive director of NIAC Action. He has served in this role since 2018. Prior to joining NIAC as Policy Director in 2009\, he was a Policy Advisor on foreign policy\, national security\, and immigration issues in Congress. Jamal holds a B.A. from the University of Washington in Seattle\, majoring in Political Science with a focus on International Relations. He has written for The New York Times\, CNN\, Foreign Policy\, The Hill\, and USA Today and blogs at The Huffington Post.  He is a frequent guest contributor in print\, radio\, and television\, including appearances on Al Jazeera\, NPR\, BBC Radio\, and VOA. \nStephen Kinzer is an award-winning foreign correspondent who has covered more than 50 countries on five continents.  He was a New York Times foreign correspondent for 20 years and is now Senior Fellow at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs of Brown University and a Boston Globe opinion columnist.  His books include All the Shan’s Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror (2003). \nThe event will be online and presentations will be recorded.  Sponsored by NIAC and Massachusetts Peace Action Education Fund\, cosponsored by Veterans for Peace\, Just Foreign Policy\, About Face Northeast\, Center for International Policy\, Friends Committee on National Legislation\, and Military Families Speak Out. \n Register to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/iran-the-us-and-israel-how-did-we-get-here/
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SUMMARY:Letter Delivery to Katherine Clark
DESCRIPTION:Last week\, Congresswoman Katherine Clark tweeted that “I am horrified by the starvation in Gaza\,” yet she supports sending Israel the weapons it uses to deliberately starve Gaza. \nWe need to point out this contradiction and demand that Clark takes action to end our country’s complicity in Israel’s genocide. \nRight now there is bill in Congress that would do exactly that\, the Block the Bombs Act (H.3565). This bill would prevent the federal government from sending Israel some of the most destruction weapons being used in its genocide. \nSign this letter to tell Clark that tweets are not enough\, she must take immediate action to end our complicity in the genocide in Gaza. We are demanding Clark meet with her constituents to discuss legislation to stop the genocide and hold Israel accountable. \nWe will be delivering this letter to Clark’s office Thursday\, August 7th at noon\, carrying pots and pans to symbolize the starvation unfolding in Gaza. Meet at the Malden Center T-stop. \n  \nSponsored by the Arise & Resist Coalition\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, National Iranian American Council – MA Chapter\, Doctors Against Genocide\, About Face Veterans\, Veterans for Peace\, If Not Now Boston\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Boston Democratic Socialists of America\, Boston Interfaith Ceasefire\, Green-Rainbow Party Boston\, Arlington for Palestine\, Lexington for Palestine\, and Medford for Palestine
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/letter-delivery-to-katherine-clark/
LOCATION:Malden Center MBTA Station\, Commercial St. and Pleasant St.\, Malden\, MA\, 02148\, United States
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran - Emergency Rally
DESCRIPTION:President Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran is incredibly dangerous\, unnecessary\, and illegal. His unilateral action threatens to embroil the United States in another costly war in the Middle East\, just like George W. Bush did with his attack on Iraq. His unconstitutional action endangers people across the region and American service members dangerously deployed there. Congress must stop these illegal actions immediately.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-emergency-rally-2/
LOCATION:Park Street Station\, Tremont St and Park Street\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:No War with Iran - Emergency Rally
DESCRIPTION:Israel has struck Iran in an unprovoked attack on its civilian infrastructure in an attempt to drag the US into their senseless and dangerous wars in the Middle East. \nThe Israeli government has claimed this is a “preemptive” action\, but Iran was not attacking\, nor was it building a nuclear weapon. This strike was UNPROVOKEDand ILLEGAL under international law. It has needlessly put many innocent people in mortal danger. \nOn June 13th\, we will rally at the JFK Federal Building to demand an end to US and Israeli aggression for a return to diplomacy over military confrontation.   \nSponsors: National Iranian American Council\, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston\, Boston Coalition for Palestine\, Massachusetts Peace Action\, and more \n 
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-war-with-iran-emergency-rally/
LOCATION:JFK Federal Building\, Cambridge St at Sudbury St\, Boston\, MA\, 02108\, United States
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SUMMARY:No Arms to Israel!  Power Hour
DESCRIPTION:NIAC (National Iranian American Council)\, Peace Action and hopefully other organizations will host an Action Hour/Power Hour to rally support for Senator Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (JRDs) to stop $8.8 billion in new US weapons transfers to Israel. We’ll have a brief description of the JRDs\, then get on the phone to call our US Senators. Please plan to join us and invite others. \nBackground: \nSen. Sanders announced that he will force a vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval against specific weapons transfers to Israel\, probably April 2-4.\n\n\n“Next week\, the Senate will vote on two Joint Resolutions of Disapproval (S.J.Res.26 and S.J.Res.33) to block $8.8 billion of weapons to Israel\, including: \n* 35\,529 MK 84 or BLU-117 General Purpose bomb bodies; and 4\,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads (all are varieties of 2\,000-pound bombs)\, valued at $2.04 billion. \n* 2\,166 GBU–39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs); 2\,800 MK 82 General Purpose 500-pound bombs; 17\,479 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Guidance Kits; and 17\,475 FMU–152 A/B bomb fuzes \nThese weapons have all been used by Israel to commit apparent war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. With Israel having broken the ceasefire on March 17 by unleashing massive genocidal violence which has killed nearly 800 Palestinians since then\, it’s more important than ever to ensure that we block weapons deliveries to Israel. \n\nPlease join us\, and if you can’t\, call your senators at 202.224.3121.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/no-arms-to-israel-power-hour/
LOCATION:Online\, MA\, United States
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