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Really How to Help Syrians
By maudeaster on 2017-04-12 11:04:18
Trump’s missile strikes plunged the US more deeply into the Syrian conflict last week with seemingly no follow-up strategy
for achieving a political solution to end the violence -- which has already driven half the Syrian population from their
homes. If Trump is so concerned about innocent deaths in Syria, here are 3 steps he could take which would really help
prevent more deaths and displacement: [caption id="attachment_9455" align="alignright" width="174"]
Photo by Mabel Leon[/caption]
¢ Immediately convene all those parties feeding the conflict with arms shipments and personnel — Russia, Iran, the Gulf
States and the US — to establish an arms embargo and a ceasefire.
¢ Instead of trying to ban Syrian refugees from the US, increase [caption id="attachment_9456" align="alignright"
Refugees!
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resettlement of Syria’s displaced.
e Instead of planning to cut UN funding and foreign aid, increase US humanitarian aid to the UN and other agencies
working with war-displaced Syrians.
Photo by Mabel Leon[/caption] America’s shockingly low
The Trump administration needs pressure from each of us and from Congress to pursue this diplomatic path instead of even
considering more military intervention. The $60 million cost of the cruise missiles could be spent in much more effective
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ways to help Syrians. Please join me in signing this Code Pink petition to the White House and Congress. To
understand truly the urgency of choosing diplomacy over more missiles, I also invite you to attend the screening this Friday
April 14" of Jon’s Stewart’s powerful film on Syrian refugees, After Spring, showing one night only in the Capital District.
This is the film that should be shown in the Oval Office! After Spring shows at 7 PM at the First Unitarian Universalist
Society of Albany, 405 Washington Ave. The show is free, but the producers request that we RSVP to the film website. With
After Spring
the Syrian conflict now in its sixth year, millions of people ontinue to be displaced. After
Spring is the story of what happens next. By following two refugee families in transition — and the aid workers fighting to
keep their camp running, viewers experience what it is like to live in Zaatari, the largest camp for Syrian refugees. Everyone
must decide where they can rebuild their lives in a place that was never meant to be permanent. The film premiered to
acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2016. The film’s showing is organized by Women Against War in coordination with
the display of Humanize Not Militarize posters at the First Unitarian Universalist Society from April 7-16. The artists’
posters, a traveling exhibit of the American Friends Service Committee, examine the impact of militarism at home and
around the world. A post-film discussion will be
led by Maureen Baillargeon Aumand of Women Against War — activist, educator and actress.
