Mass Demonstration and Picket Called for Rep. Price's Office
CUT OFF THE FUNDING—THERE IS A PRICE FOR WAR!
Over the next few weeks, thousands of antiwar activists across the country will directly engage with their local representatives to demand a vote against Bush's supplemental funding bill for the war on Iraq and an immediate end to the occupation. (http://www.troopsoutnow.org; http://votenowarfunding.org). UNC Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society is calling for all students, youth, and progressive community members in the Triangle to mobilize for a mass demonstration on Friday, February 16 th, outside of Representative David Price's Chapel Hill office at 3 PM.
The Democratic Party won the 2006 midterm elections on the basis of mass opposition to the war. Now, three months later, they are betraying the anti-war mandate handed down by the people on November 7th and escalating this criminal war, which has already resulted in the deaths of over 650,000 Iraqis and 3,000 young Americans. Any politician who claims to be against the war has to prove it. We demand concrete, immediate, effective action - not lukewarm resolutions about "phased withdrawal" or "troop redeployment". We want all funding cut off and the troops out NOW, and we will hold the politicians' feet to the fire until the will of the people is met!
On February 5th, 2007, Bush asked for Congress for an additional $93 billion in supplemental funding to continue the criminal occupation of Iraq. While Big Oil companies rake in record profits, working people and students here at home are suffering. We've seen tuition hikes and cutbacks in social services across the board. It's clear that this is a war for the rich few who rule this country. We don't want another dime spent on this occupation--we should be rebuilding the Gulf Coast and funding jobs, education, and health care.
The choice is very clear for Representative David Price. Price voted against the war in 2002 only after a massive community campaign, culminating in a sit-in and demonstration by local activists, forced him to take a stand. Since then, he has voted in favor of every single Iraq War supplemental funding bill . Not surprisingly, in a recent meeting with 4th district constituents and phone calls to his home and DC offices, Price has avoided taking a stance on the upcoming supplemental funding vote, only insinuating that voting against the funding would not "support the troops." Real support for the troops means bringing them home NOW!
Power concedes nothing without a demand. We call on all progressives, every student, and every young person who is opposed to this war and wants it to end to join us on February 16th. Stand up and speak out -- demand that Price vote against the war funding!
END THE OCCUPATION—DEFUND THE WAR NOW!
UNC-Chapel Hill SDS
www.chapelhillsds.org
WHAT: Picket and protest outside David Price's Chapel Hill office
WHERE: 88 Vilcom Center Suite 140 Chapel Hill, NC 27514
WHEN: Friday February 16th at 3PM
Price is a voice of reason
Just because Price isn't out front on stopping th war dosen't mean he won't vote to cut funding. He jst wants to let everon have a say
Price is a voice of treason
Go out and talk to folks in the 4th district, we want out! Now look at his voting record on the war. Price has voted for every single war supplemental since this whole mess started. I am sick and tired of his 'don't rock the boat' policies which only function to massage ambitions of party leadership. Price must represent the will of the people and bring the troops home now!
Demonstration
Price is part of the problem. He's more interested in the status quo than in standing up for anything. Demonstrating for him is a waste of time and energy. The only thing anyone listened to the last time was when we took it to the streets. The best way to get these guys off their asses to cut off funding is to make it clear that we won't stand for any mor of this debate crap.