{"id":20486,"date":"2016-10-16T11:57:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=20486"},"modified":"2016-10-16T11:57:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T15:57:40","slug":"u-s-hands-off-syria-coalition-points-of-unity-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2016\/10\/u-s-hands-off-syria-coalition-points-of-unity-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Hands Off Syria Coalition \u2014 Points of Unity Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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U.S. Hands Off Syria<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

An Urgent Message for Peace on the Eve of Wider War<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We raise our voices against the violence of war and the enormous pressure of war propaganda, lies and hidden agendas that are used to justify this war and every past U.S. war.<\/span><\/p>\n

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, endorse the following<\/span> Points of Unity<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and will work together as an Ad Hoc Coalition to help put an end to the regime change intervention by the United States, NATO and their regional allies and the killing of innocent people in Syria:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. The continuation of the war in Syria is the result of a U.S.-orchestrated intervention by the United States, NATO, their regional allies and reactionary forces, the goal of which is regime change in Syria.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. This policy of regime change in Syria is illegal and in clear violation of the United Nations Charter, the letter and spirit of international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. This policy of forced regime change is threatening the security of the region and the world and has increased the danger of direct confrontation between the United States and Russia, with the potential of a nuclear catastrophe for the whole world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. War and U.S. and EU sanctions have destabilized every sector of Syria\u2019s economy, transforming a once self-sufficient country into an aid-dependent nation. Half the Syrian population is now displaced. A UN ESCWA report reveals these U.S. sanctions on Syria are crippling aid work during one of the largest humanitarian emergency since World War II. The one third of Syrians refugees in surrounding Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey have been hit hard by U.S. cuts to UNICEF. This forces desperate refugees to struggle to reach Europe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. No foreign entity, be it a foreign government or an armed group, has the right to violate the fundamental rights of the Syrian people to independence, national sovereignty and self-determination. This includes the right of the Syrian government to request and accept military assistance from other countries, as even the U.S. government has admitted.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Only the people of Syria have the inalienable right to choose their leaders and determine the character of their government, free from foreign intervention. This right cannot be properly exercised under the conditions of U.S.-orchestrated foreign intervention against the Syrian people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Our opposition is to forced regime change in Syria by U.S.-backed foreign powers and their mercenaries. It is not our business to support or oppose President Assad or the Syrian government. Only the Syrian people have the right to decide the legitimacy of their government.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. The most urgent issue at present is peace and putting an end to the violence of foreign intervention that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and the displacement of millions of Syrians both internally or as refugees abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Based on these Points of Unity, we, as individuals and organizations\u2014in an Ad Hoc Coalition\u2014agree on the following demands and commit ourselves to working together to help achieve them:<\/span><\/p>\n

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                  1. An immediate end to the U.S. policy of forced regime change in Syria and full recognition and compliance by the U.S., NATO and their allies with principles of international law and the U.N. Charter, including respect for the independence and territorial integrity of Syria.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. An immediate end to all foreign aggression against Syria, and serious efforts toward a political resolution to the war.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                      1. An immediate end to all military, financial, logistical and intelligence support by the U.S., NATO and their regional allies to all foreign mercenaries and extremists in the Middle East region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                        1. An immediate end to economic sanctions against Syria. Massive international aid for displaced people within Syria and Syrian refugees abroad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          Only in a peaceful and independent Syria, free of foreign aggression, can the people of Syria freely exercise their sovereign rights, express their free will and make free choices about their government and their country\u2019s leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          We invite all supporters of peace and peoples\u2019 right to self-determination around the world to join hands of cooperation in this effort to achieve these most humanitarian demands.<\/span><\/p>\n

                          We need jobs, healthcare, education and an end to racist police violence here at home, not U.S. wars abroad!!<\/span><\/p>\n

                          \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

                          Organizational Signers (in alphabetical order):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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                          1. Alliance for Global Justice<\/span><\/li>\n
                          2. Al-Awda \u2014 Palestine National Right to Return Coalition<\/span><\/li>\n
                          3. All-African People\u2019s Revolutionary Party (GC)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          4. Partido Laborista Estadounidense<\/span><\/li>\n
                          5. ANSWER Coalition<\/span><\/li>\n
                          6. Antiwar Committee \u2014 Chicago<\/span><\/li>\n
                          7. Antiwar Committee \u2014 Minneapolis<\/span><\/li>\n
                          8. Antiwar Committee \u2014 Tampa<\/span><\/li>\n
                          9. Antiwar Committee \u2014 Tucson<\/span><\/li>\n
                          10. Antiwar Committee \u2014 Utah<\/span><\/li>\n
                          11. Arab Americans for Syria<\/span><\/li>\n
                          12. Arab Women Progressive League<\/span><\/li>\n
                          13. BAYAN \u2013 Philippine Coalition<\/span><\/li>\n
                          14. Citizens of the World \u2014 Canada<\/span><\/li>\n
                          15. Coalition of Arab Canadian Professionals and Community Associations<\/span><\/li>\n
                          16. Columbus Campaign for Arms Control<\/span><\/li>\n
                          17. Dallas Left Alliance<\/span><\/li>\n
                          18. Ecumenical Peace Institute Clergy and Laity Concerned<\/span><\/li>\n
                          19. FLC-CGIL Trade Union University of Florence (Italy)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          20. Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          21. Hands Off Syria (Australia)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          22. Houston Peace Council<\/span><\/li>\n
                          23. Houston Communist Party<\/span><\/li>\n
                          24. International Action Center<\/span><\/li>\n
                          25. International League of Peoples Struggle \u2013 U.S.<\/span><\/li>\n
                          26. Los Alamos Study Group \u2014 AZ<\/span><\/li>\n
                          27. Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice<\/span><\/li>\n
                          28. Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) \u2014 Canada<\/span><\/li>\n
                          29. No Nukes No War \u2014 CT<\/span><\/li>\n
                          30. Northeast Iowa Peace and Justice Committee<\/span><\/li>\n
                          31. One State Assembly<\/span><\/li>\n
                          32. Orange County Healthcare For All!<\/span><\/li>\n
                          33. Peace Roots Alliance \u2014 Tennessee<\/span><\/li>\n
                          34. Peoples Organization for Progress<\/span><\/li>\n
                          35. Pittsburgh Anti-Imperialist League<\/span><\/li>\n
                          36. Popular Committee in Defense of Syria<\/span><\/li>\n
                          37. Peoples Opposition to War, Imperialism & Racism \u2014 POWIR (Florida)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          38. Queers Without Borders \u2014 Hartford CT<\/span><\/li>\n
                          39. Return Now Coalition<\/span><\/li>\n
                          40. Socialist Action \u2014 Ligue pour l\u2019Action Socialiste, Canada<\/span><\/li>\n
                          41. South Asian Fund For Education, Scholarship & Training (SAFEST)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          42. South Coast People For Peace and Justice<\/span><\/li>\n
                          43. Southern Human Rights Organizers\u2019 Conference \u2013 SHROC<\/span><\/li>\n
                          44. Students for Democratic Society \u2014 SDS<\/span><\/li>\n
                          45. Swedish Peace Council<\/span><\/li>\n
                          46. Syria Solidarity Movement<\/span><\/li>\n
                          47. Syrian American Forum<\/span><\/li>\n
                          48. Syrian American Will Association \u2013 SAWA<\/span><\/li>\n
                          49. Syrian Social Club Community in the UK (Dr.\u00a0Issa Chaer, Co-founder)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          50. The Expatriates Association of Syrians in Canada<\/span><\/li>\n
                          51. United National Antiwar Coalition \u2014 UNAC<\/span><\/li>\n
                          52. United Steelworkers Local 8751<\/span><\/li>\n
                          53. Unleashed (Anarcho-Liberation)<\/span><\/li>\n
                          54. Upstate New York Drone Action<\/span><\/li>\n
                          55. U.S. Peace Council<\/span><\/li>\n
                          56. Veterans For Peace Chapter 111, Bellingham, WA<\/span><\/li>\n
                          57. Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality<\/span><\/li>\n
                          58. Women Against Military Madness \u2014 WAMM<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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