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The
Wednesday after the nationwide Oct.17 protests, the Troy Labor Council
of Rensselaer County, N.Y., unanimously passed a “Resolution for a
National March on Washington for Peace, Jobs and Health
Care Justice.”
It
states in part: “The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, attacks on Pakistan, military aid to Colombia, Israel and many of the countries
that use US aid for repression of
indigenous and popular movements, are making the people of the US and the world less safe.
These wars and military aid are bankrupting the people of the US, who are already suffering
from staggering job losses, foreclosures and a broken health care
system.
“The
Troy Area Labor Council AFL-CIO calls upon the AFL-CIO to organize a
national march on Washington for Peace, Jobs and Health Care Justice,
to stop the wars and to use the resources freed up to end the jobs and
health care crisis here at home.”
Union
activists are discussing sponsoring similar resolutions in other labor
bodies. This effort, and the launching of similar ones in other social
movements, could be a key next step.
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