Peace Activist League Favors End of Violence

To the Editors:

As I write this letter people are being killed by violence in Colombia, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and many more places. The United States is gearing up to expand its “War on Terrorism” to more regions of the world. People are being denied essential civil liberties within the United States in the name of “security.” Meanwhile, the IMF and World Bank continue to implement their harmful structural adjustment policies on countries too poor to deny their aid.
There is so much horror in the world it is sometimes hard to know where to begin to try to change things. Although no one can offer a quick and easy solution to these challenges, Oberlin Peace Activists’ League is mobilizing to take part in a mass convergence on Washington, D.C. on Apr. 19-22 to enable people to voice their dissent.
The convergence will include lobbying representatives and senators in congress on issues relating to U.S. intervention in Colombia as well as marches against U.S. military involvement in Colombia. Additionally, there are a number of demonstrations planned denouncing the effects of the “War on Terrorism” at home and abroad. Marches are also scheduled in opposition to the World Bank/IMF.
The Oberlin Peace Activists’ League will be holding a general interest and informational meeting for anyone interested in traveling to D.C. on Thursday, April 11 at 9:30 pm in Wilder TBA. We invite anyone interested in any or all of these issues to attend the meeting and become involved in the organizing of this event. For more information email Oopal@oberlin.edu or come to the meeting.

–John Durkalski
College first-year
Oberlin Peace Activists’ League