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Help Unwelcome NATO on Its 70th Anniversary!
Plan now to join in events
March 30 - April 4 in Washington, DC!
Trump is using NATO as his vehicle for military expansion, but now is the time we can call public attention to Trump's deadly and ill-conceived adventures overseas and the price at home of bloated defense spending! WILPF and WILPFers will join many organizations in anti-militarism activities March 30 to April 4, responding to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nations' foreign ministers coming to Washington, DC to "celebrate" NATO's 70th year on April 3 and 4.
Go to www.No2NATO2019.org for a schedule of March 30 - April 4 events, with information on individual cities, plus times and places where buses will leave for DC. Information on lodging is here and here
Join the Mass Mobilization March & Rally
Oppose NATO, War, and Racism!
Demand No US War on Venezuela!
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 pm
Lafayette Park, across from the White House
Other DC Events:
Saturday, March 30, 7:30 pm: Songs of Struggle
Sunday, March 31, noon - 10:00 pm: Concert for Peace and Ending War
Sunday, March 31, 3:00 - 7:00 pm: Anti-NATO Conference hosted by U.S. Peace Council
Monday, April 1, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm: Meeting of the International Network "No to War - No to NATO" at the AFSC Office, 1822 R St., NW
Tuesday, April 2, 9:30 am - 6:00 pm: No to NATO - Yes to Peace and Disarmament Counter-Summit
Wednesday, April 3: No to NATO - Yes to Peace Festival (more details below) and planning for April 4
Thursday, April 4, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Black Alliance for Peace program at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, 5301 N Capitol St., NE: "No Compromise, No Retreat in the Fight to End Militarism and War"
Additionally, during the April 3 & 4 Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, attend these very important DC events. Here's what NATO is doing in DC
Wednesday, April 3, DC Activities
8:00-9:00 am Gather at the Shepherd Statue in Freedom Plaza, 13th & Pennsylvania Ave., to greet NATO foreign ministers as they enter the offices of the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) at 1275 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC.
Publicly, we are calling for folks only to gather for a "Special Event." Please forward this information to like-minded family and friends, but please don't otherwise publish anything regarding CEPA, their address, or the foreign ministers meeting there.
We'll be exposing CEPA's Ministerial Forum: NATO at 70 https://www.cepa.org/nato-70-anniversary
CEPA will mark the grand opening of its new Washington headquarters by hosting a Ministerial Forum in celebration of NATO's 70th Anniversary. Join the foreign ministers and many others, including Special Corporate Guest Stars: Lockheed Martin Corporation, Raytheon Company, Bell Helicopter, and BAE Systems.
Here's how CEPA is funded and their International Advisory Committee.
Afterward, we'll walk 12 blocks down Pennsylvania Ave. to gather from 10:00-11:00 am for a rally with special European speakers at the Peace Monument, 1st St. and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, while the NATO General Secretary prepares to address a joint session of Congress at 11:00 am.
Folks will proceed from there (by metro) to the PEACE FESTIVAL, noon to 10:00 pm at St. Stephen's Church, 1525 Newton St, NW, Washington, DC
The schedule of activities include sign making, screen printing, art exhibits and activity booths, keynote speeches, biting comedic entertainment, spoken word, and live music.
Please sign up for the April 3 planning session for the April 4 events
Thursday, April 4
8:00 am - Gather at the Albert Einstein Memorial, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, near where the NATO foreign ministers will meet. We'll decide then on a location to hear speakers and musicians, protest NATO, and greet meeting attendees.
10:00 am - Rally at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial with speakers and musicians.
WHY NO to NATO and YES to PEACE? NATO, founded in 1949 with 12 partner countries, now has 29 member countries. It's shocking that NATO is expanding into Latin American with Colombia as the first "global partner." Brazil may be next, after President Bolsonaro's recent visit at the White House. This NATO expansion seriously threatens the stability of this entire region.
Visit and scroll down for history of NATO and additional events taking place March 21-April 7 in Europe and Canada.
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www.wilpfus.org
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