May 1: End the War! Abolish Nukes!

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ACTION ALERT * UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
http://www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
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SUNDAY, MAY 1: END THE WAR! ABOLISH NUKES!
March and Rally Against the Iraq War & for Nuclear Disarmament
>> Assemble 11AM, 1st Ave North of 50th Street, NYC
>> March by the United Nations >> Rally in Central Park
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**Join us in New York City for a major peace demonstration on the day
before the U.N. reviews the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- a treaty
the Bush Administration is threatening to undermine, as part of its larger
empire-building agenda.**

Sunday, May 1, 2005
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Found in Iraq: 0
Nuclear Weapons Stockpiled by the U.S.: 10,350
Cost of the War in Iraq: Tens of Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars

In May, world leaders, mayors and people from around the world will
converge on the United Nations to decide the fate of the endangered Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Signed by 189 nations including the U.S.,
the NPT prohibits non-nuclear states from acquiring or producing nuclear
weapons, and requires nations that have nuclear weapons to negotiate their
elimination. Now, the Bush administration is on the verge of undermining
the NPT and generating a dangerous new nuclear arms race.

The Bush administration's posture toward nuclear proliferation has been
utterly hypocritical. It threatens war against nations such as Iran and
North Korea if they violate the NPT, while flouting the treaty itself. The
U.S. is legally obligated under the NPT to eliminate its nuclear weapons,
but in fact, the Bush administration is upgrading U.S. nuclear weapons
systems and infrastructure, seeking to build a new generation of
"battle-ready" nukes, and has even threatened first use of nuclear weapons.
These terrifying moves are part of the larger Bush agenda of aggressive
empire-building, the same drive for U.S. military and economic domination
that led to the disastrous Iraq war.

Nuclear weapons -- or rather, the fiction that Saddam Hussein was
developing them -- were a key pretext for the Bush administration's
invasion of Iraq. The whole world now recognizes this lie as an attempt to
justify a war to control access to Iraq's oil and enhance U.S. power in the
Middle East.

The war in Iraq rages on with mounting casualties and a country in ruins,
while here in the U.S., the cost of war translates into drastic cuts in
vital services in our communities, hitting people of color, the poor, and
working people the hardest.

The world has seen many horrific conflicts since the first and only use of
nuclear weapons in war 60 years ago when the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. Nevertheless, nuclear weapons have not been exploded in war
again. Now the Bush Administration is threatening to breach that "firewall"
by including nuclear weapons in its war-fighting plans.

On Sunday, May 1st, the day before the NPT Conference opens, United for
Peace and Justice and Abolition Now! are organizing a massive demonstration
in the streets of New York City. We will call for our troops to come home
from Iraq and for complete nuclear disarmament. Join us!

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MAY 1: END THE WAR! ABOLISH NUKES!
NYC March and Rally for Peace in Iraq and Disarmament Worldwide
Visit http://www.unitedforpeace.org for leaflets and more information
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