Dear Chelsea Neighbor, friend and supporter
May 25, 2010 · Tuesday, May 18, 2010 marked five years plus two weeks that Chelsea Stands Up Against The War has been taking place each and every Tuesday from 6 until 7 pm at the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 24th Street. So if you were concerned that we haven't been able to continue, don't worry that hasn't been the case yet.

It was a remarkable evening partly because the driving gusts of wind made the heavy rains that more intense. Trucks and cars and taxis were honking their horns, people gave us the peach sign and thumbs up at we struggled to keep the banner open. It was too wet and windy for us to distribute fliers or put out buttons and petitions on our table. A man walked up to us in the driving storm and pressed some money into one our our hands and said, "I was in the 101st Airborne, I know what this is about."

Others stopped and thanked us for being there. A few stopped and applauded. The thoughtfulness by the passersby were greatly appreciated by us. The "us" this past week was made up of Roberto Rodriguez, Hillary Weiss and Chuck Zlatkin.

While the news media, the dawn of the 2010 election cycle, the elevation of the Tea Party, pressing issues like finance reform, charter schools, health care, and the criminal oil spill in the Gulf have pushed war from center stage, the importance of resistance to permanent war (the Bush-Obama years) has never been more urgent.

Billions more to be spent, more lives to be lost, families decimated as "progressives" do back-flips trying to justify the escalation under Obama, means that protesting war is needed now more than ever.

Please consider joining us on any Tuesday that you can. We are getting into the summer months where some of our regulars are looking to take some vacation. We need you to help out. Even if you an come by once for just 15 minutes or so it will be a meaningful assist.

You weren't wrong. Going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan made no sense It is a waste of lives and resources. It is no more justifiable with Barack Obama as president then it was when George W. Bush was president. Stop the funding, stop the wars.

People say, "Where is the anti-war movement?" Well part of it is on the northwest corner of 8th Avenue and 24th Street in NYC every Tuesday from 6 until 7 pm.

Join us. You might feel better, I know for sure that we will.

Peace,

Chuck for
Chelsea Neighbors United to End the War

Chelsea Neighbors United To End The War
P.O. Box 821
JAF Station
New York, NY 10116-0821
212-726-1385
http://www.chelseaneighborsunited.org
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