Wien: Women in Black Belgrade: STOP THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN AFGANISTAN! STOP THE REVENGE!

STOP THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN AFGANISTAN
STOP THE REVENGE

The attack against Afghanistan represents another crime against peace and
against humanity. This attack represents a part of patriarchal system of
vengeance. The cycle of vengeance started with the brutal attacks on New
York and Washington on September 11th 2001.
This is not an attack against Osama Bin Laden, nor against his terrorist
organization, this is an attack against the civilian population of
Afghanistan and the whole region. All the militarists speak and act in the
name of "higher national causes", and they actually misuse the interests of
the nation and they threaten the fragile peace in the world. As President
of the USA Bush explains, the fact that airplanes will be throwing packages
containing food and medications straight after they throw each bomb, is the
sign of friendship - which all together is the peak of cynicism. We know
that by this, Bush wishes to prove this intervention humanitarian and
moral, when he is actually justifying the increase of military budget and
military expenses, as well as of military industry. The same thing is being
done by the dictatorship regimes in Arab states.
The civil population, as in every war, is the biggest victim.
We are going out on the streets to express:
- Our nonviolent protest against attacks on Afghanistan
- Support, solidarity and tenderness to our Afghan sisters and friends from
feminist-pacifist organization RAWA, who have been nonviolently opposing
the taliban regime for years
- Support for peace initiatives, especially for civil society in the Middle
East, USA, Pakistan
- That we together seek the urgent end of attacks on Afghanistan.
We will protest in silence and wearing black, on October 9th 2001, on the
10th anniversary of our nonviolent women's resistance to war and
militarism.
We did not stop the war, but we will never stop making efforts for culture
of peace and nonviolence, for global solidarity of women, for creating a
world more just.
We will hold a protest in Belgrade, on Republic Square, from 15:30 to 16:30.
Women in Black
Belgrade, October 8th 2001

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Die Frauen und Der Krieg
Wien