Demilitarize the U.S. & End Crushing Sanctions
Senators Dianne Feinstein & Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Please join San Francisco Code Pink in calling on California Senators Dianne Feinstein & Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to reign in the US war machine and focus our resources on building a more just, peaceful world at home and abroad. This year, the US is spending 3/4 of a trillion dollars on war-related activities a year while, at home, schools are shuttering, infrastructure crumbles, and people struggle to make a living wage and live with the dignity and security they deserve. Furthermore, sustained militarization exacerbates climate change, as the US military pollutes our planet more than the next 140 countries combined.
As our representatives, Senators Feinstein & Harris and Speaker of the House Pelosi must put an end to this madness by calling on their colleagues in Congress to:
- Create a GLOBAL CEASEFIRE in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,
- STOP FUNDING WAR,
- END THE ECONOMIC STRANGULATION CAUSED BY SANCTIONS,
- CLOSE ALL 800+ U.S. FOREIGN MILITARY BASES,
- HALT ALL WAR GAMES, and
- FUND HUMAN NEEDS.
LETTER TO SENATORS FEINSTEIN & HARRIS AND SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PELOSI DIRECTLY BELOW!
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Senators Dianne Feinstein & Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
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[Your Name]
On Memorial Day 2020, we implore you to:
REMEMBER not just the dead but those whose lives, both civilian and soldier, we can save by ending war. Let’s Honor the Dead by ENDING WAR!
REMEMBER the words of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that “war is a non-essential activity” and his call for a GLOBAL CEASEFIRE.
REMEMBER that with the additional $10.4 billion provided to the Pentagon as part of stimulus funding to address the coronavirus pandemic, the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2020 appropriated funding now totals over $756 billion, while the budget for the Centers for Disease Control is $11 Billion, or a mere 1.5% of the Pentagon budget. Excluding additional Pentagon funding from the most recent Stimulus Bill is a small but positive first step. Let’s STOP FUNDING WAR!
REMEMBER that the coronavirus pandemic has made it crystal clear that federal spending is dangerously misaligned with the need for global human security. End sanctions on other countries that they may obtain essential supplies to survive and all the world will be safer. SANCTIONS KILL. LET’S END SANCTIONS NOW!
REMEMBER that the United States has chronically underfunded human and environmental needs while, particularly in recent years, passing historically high Pentagon budgets that foster militarism, enable endless war, engender waste, and sow corruption. CLOSE ALL 800+ U.S. FOREIGN MILITARY BASES.
REMEMBER that the U.S. Military pollutes our planet more than the next 140 countries combined. War is Not Green. FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: END WAR NOW.
REMEMBER that global citizens are demanding that war games be stopped amid the pandemic, as we are poised to spend $340 Million on Defender Europe 2020 and $364 Million on Defender 2021 in the Indo-Pacific region. Keep our military personnel safe. Let’s HALT ALL WAR GAMES.
REMEMBER, Enough is Enough! FUND HUMAN NEEDS, Not Inhuman greed and war profiteering. FUND: Jobs for the Unemployed, Universal Healthcare, Housing for the Homeless, and Food for the Hungry.
Let's build a just, peaceful, and green economy.
We need your leadership to enact a swift change in priorities to save the people and the planet.
Respectfully,
SF Bay Area CODEPINK, and the Memorial Day Peace Caravan