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American Friends Service Committee — Part 25
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Iu the carly 1940's ther spre a few igstances of Eurupeans ing down
on railroad tracks to prvwent Jews from being taken to conc. <ration
canps, We con only jmagine what impact there would have been if thou-
sands of people had taken such action instcad of just a few dozen, .
Actions likes this are already taking place. At the Naval Amr
ia Leonardo, cople have becun i Sustained canna
e
. an STEN Ts_Teaving_ (67 VieTaa On several
: TotilTa of canoes i]boats, ahd sali motor boats atteny
ay Yee blockade ships; and others Were arrested while holding a wor:
Yy ty Sy vice on the railroad tracks which carry the munitions to the
In Bangor, Washington, people have attempted similar sea blox
of munitions ships loaded with bombs 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 cart
the huge naval armada off the coast of Vietnam.
The war in Indochina has been "wound up" rather then "wound down" as . :
clained by the Administration. Compared with the so-called “height”
of the war in '68-69, there are three times as many aircreft carriers
raining death on the Indochinese, more daily air sorties over North
Vietnam, more destroyers pounding Vietnam from the sea, three times a
as many B-52s . . . and Haiphong has been mincd. In a word, there is
nore killing, more destruction. ~ : ‘ .
‘ .
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 a military solution which wil) 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 high
cated electronic equipment; at is fought from high in the sk
_ push buttons and ISM 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 anonysously, This expert of death
. china must be made VISIBLE and PUBLIC! People rust he pide
the crines of war in which we Americans are det
PALA Ais ek Se ten LA Lhe :
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The next five months are a most critical time for the Vietnanese people.
If Nixon er another candidate committed to a Thicu-type government
in Saipon is clected in November, the people of Indochina face another
four years of bombs and napalm. The war must be made visible to the |]
ut I
arezican publicaw onde, aur Ha dnnetentand Umniricaw amore
. .
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
. 7 . government's war crimes against some of the gentlest pco
face of the earth to prevent those crimes through a clez
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.
Th: Feeples Blockade
her hinuals, ¢
Je
office has materials, literature, posters, orga:
kek ae to help your group organize a land or sea Peoples
gyheve sts.of possible targets - sea terminals, railroad
lets and tses. And we can help you make contact with experienced
cwes and trainers. Write or call us if ycu ure interested in deve- Q \
i Veoples Rlockade in your area: PEQPLES BLOCKADE, 160 N. 18th St.,
i, f nnittoe p2202 215-563-9372. (A preject of the American Friends
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