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American Friends Service Committee — Part 25

94 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jan 27, 1973 · Broad topic: Politics & Activism · Topic: American Friends Service Committee · 94 pages OCR'd
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o~ wet NP eee Oe It the carly 1940's ther on railroad tracks to priwent Jews from being taken to concer wane Nera a nt de SA OW BEV LSD IL 1 . igre a few igstances of Eurupcans ‘jins down ration canps, We can only imagine what impact there would have been if thou- sands of peopic had taken such action instead of just a few dozen. . Wee The war in Indochina has been “wound up" rather then “wound down" as Actions liker this are already taking place. At the Naval Amr Depot in Leonardo, N. J., people have beeun gs sustained carps “BIGCRENe EET TTR ST DATS Caving tor VieTaan, On several a flotilla of canoes, sailboats, and smali motor boats atteny blockade ships; and others were arrested while holding a wor: . vice on the railroad tracks which carry the munitions to the In Bangor, Washington, people have attempted similar sea bloc of munitions ships loaded with bonbs for B-S2s. And in Norfe a few weeks ago, people attempted a sea blockade of the 5000. aircraft carrier, USS America, which was to join 7 other car the huge naval armada off the coast of Vietnam. a? clained by the Administration. Compared with the so-called “height” of the war in '68-69, there are three times as many aircraft carriers raining death on the Indochinese, more daily air sorties over North Vietnsom, more destroyers pounding Vietnam from the sea, three times s as many B-52s . . . and Haiphong has been mined. In a word, there is ” fh. more killing, more destruction. ~ . ' . .! \ * “s her This massive escalation of the war was ordered ‘to obscure the failure. of Nixon's Vietnamization policies. And by continuing.its support ~- - for Thicu's military clique and by sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks, the U.S. shows its commitment to 3 military solution which will only prolong the misery of the Vietnamese people indefinitely. . . . Although the war has been escalated tremendously, the war ha an invisible war, a forgotten war. It is fought with highly cated ¢lectrenic equipment; it is fought from high in the sk push buttons and 18M computers. The casualties are indochin American. Yet every day from ports, train and truck depots, bases across the country, the bombs and munitions are being to Indochina secretly and anonyvacusiy. This éxnort of death china must be made VISIBLE and pusIIC! People sust he pide Le Ae Ad: Me : the crines of war in which we Americans are decnly involved. eee nee aE ES To nce ene ; } . . ° . . , . , The next five months are a most critical time for the Vietnamese people. If Nixon Gr another candidate committed to a Thicu-type government in Saipon is elected in November, the people of Indochina face another four ycars of bombs a1 arerican publican bg .. Th Feeples Blockade Rlane Ninuals, ete, Phe dade. Ke have i trees. and Ore and Beane Peel delpuia, Pa, "PV ACe Committees, ee Ree ee. air bises. "es and trainers, 4 leoples Klockade ) C in your area: PEOPLES BLOCKADE, 160 N. 18th St., 19302,.215-563-9372. (A preject of the American Friends d napalm. The war must be made visible to the H Krwr Ha dnnctertandk Gntrwew anorahh, | . . ¢ . : The PEOPLES BLOCKADE is a nationwide effort to blockade bombs tions shipments bound for Indochina. The PEOPLES BLOCKADE is nonviolent direct action against the our bodies between the bombs and the Indochinese people. The PEOPLES BLOCKADE allows all of us who are torn and frustr government's war Crimes against some of the gentlest pco face of the earth to prevent those crimes tarough a clea act of conscience. The PEOPLES BLOCKADE say's NO to our government; it says NO tc against humanity; and it says that we will continue to s through nonviolent direct action until the war ends. office has materials, literature, posters, orga; > to help your group organize a land or sea Peoples ists.of possible targets - sea terminals, railroad “ And we can help you make contact with experienced a Write or catl us if you ure interested in deve- Q “a8 NY /
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