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Stop U.S. Moves Towards War
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Statement from Freedom Road Socialist Organization

The destruction of the World Trade Center, and the attack on the
Pentagon, is being used to fan anti-Arab racism and a march to
war. We call on all activists in the peace, justice, and
anti-intervention movements to resist this reactionary tide.

We believe all progressive activists should consider the
following points:

* Don't believe everything you hear. Right now it is not known
who is behind these events. We reject the assumption that it was
carried out by Arab or Islamic forces. Media speculation that
this or that country is responsible, is an attempt to build
pro-war sentiment.  Even when the U.S. does try to pin it on
somebody, we know that there is a past track record of these
accusations being false, for example the destruction of the
pharmaceutical plant in Sudan. The road to every U.S. war in
Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, has been paved
with lies.

* The U.S. government and reactionary forces will use this as a
pretext to attack people abroad and at home.  We need to plan now
and unite the U.S. peace and justice movement, to oppose
U.S. attacks anywhere in the world. We must also be prepared to
oppose anti-Arab violence here in the U.S. given the media frenzy
to blame Arab peoples for this attack.

* We share the grief of the relatives and friends of the victims
and we convey our condolences to them.  Also, we have to
recognize that this is a case of the chicken's coming home to
roost. U.S. foreign policy around the world creates a climate
that causes these events. Latin America is a checkerboard of U.S.
supported death squads, especially Colombia, Israel is carrying
out assassinations with U.S. backing and dollars, and one and a
half million people have been killed by sanctions in Iraq.

* This is no time for the peace and justice movement to be laying
low. We favor an active response to any measures taken by the
U.S. government. The peace, justice, and anti-intervention
movements are facing a great challenge. It is vital that we speak
out against racism, national chauvinism, any repressive measures
the U.S. government might undertake at home to undermine our
right to organize, protest and struggle for justice, and all
attacks against countries or forces outside of the U.S.

Over the past ten years many of us in the anti-intervention
movement have stood shoulder to shoulder in the face of
U.S. attacks and wars against Iraq, Sudan, Colombia, and
Yugoslavia. The U.S. war machine is now going into
hyper-drive. The tasks ahead of us are clear. The Bush
administration is planning war. We must do everything in our
power to stop them.  We must make it clear that violence and
harassment directed at the Arab and Moslem communities will not
be tolerated. Everything possible must be done to beat back these
attacks.

Freedom Road Socialist Organization
P.O. Box 582564
Minneapolis MN 55440
USA
www.frso.org
info@frso.org