The Peace Resource Center of San Diego has compiled this information about community events, actions you might take and various article relating to Syria. Please circulate/share widely.
EVENTS:
No War on Syria!
Monday, 9/9/13 Feinstein’s office!
12:00 Noon
750 B Street Suite 1030
San Diego, CA 92101
https://www.facebook.com/events/506647586079046/
Vigil to oppose strikes on Syria
Monday, September 9th
7:00 PM
7777 Girard Ave
La Jolla, CA 92037
http://www.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=139619&rc=fb&t=fb.3
San Diego Veterans for Peace — No Attack on Syria
Thursdays 4-6 p.m.
VFP is moving their weekly demonstration at General Atomics in Poway to Hillcrest, at the overpass at 6th Avenue and I-5
Overpass Light Brigade
Sunday, September 1, 7:15 p.m.
Come join us hold large illuminated signs over busy I-5 in opposition to an unconstitutional war in Syria.
Gather in one of our favorite spots, just west of Clairemont Drive next to I-5.
https://www.facebook.com/events/428850910558944/
LOCAL AND NATIONAL MEDIA:
Dozens gather in Balboa Park to protest U.S. action in Syria
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/aug/31/anti-war-protest-rally-syria-balboa-park/
Hundreds rally in LA, SF, San Diego Against attack on Syria
http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/09/01/39007/hundreds-rally-in-la-san-diego-against-attack-on-s/
Opposition Grows to Obama’s Planned Attack on Syria
http://www.christianpost.com/news/opposition-grows-to-obamas-planned-attack-on-syria-103488/
Anti-war protestors rally for peace in Syria
http://www.760kfmb.com/story/23309504/anti-war-protestors-rally-for-peace-in-syria
Possible US-led attack on Syria sparks rallies: Dozens gather at peace rally in Balboa Park
http://www.10news.com/news/u-s-world/possible-us-led-attack-on-syria-sparks-rallies-08312013
Anti-war protestors rally for peace in Syria
http://www.cbs8.com/story/23309504/anti-war-protestors-rally-for-peace-in-syria
Local Group Protests U.S. Military Action in Syria
ACTION:
Take Action on Syria: Suggestions from FCNL
http://fcnl.org/issues/middle_east/take_action_syria/
Prevent an Attack on Syria Now! RootsAction letter to your representative
http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8463
Tell President Obama: Don’t bomb Syria–Sign the Petition
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/obama_syria/?sp_ref=8755464.4.519.f.2170.2&referring_akid=8762.5945871.kegdSN&source=fb_share_sp
ARTICLES:
Syria Needs Real Help, Not American Bombs
Even if Assad used chemical weapons, the west has no mandate to act as a global policeman
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/28/chemical-weapons-west-global-policeman
San Diego’s Marjorie Cohn nails it again
Killing Civilians to Protect Civilians in Syria
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marjorie-cohn/syria-civilians-violence_b_3826961.html
Bomb What Exactly in Syria?
Looks like the U.S. is once again reverting to its foreign-policy default position: bombing.
http://fpif.org/bomb-what-exactly-in-syria-2/
Moral Obscenities in Syria
Phyllis Bennis and David Wildman
Lockheed Martin shares up amid news of chemical weapons pretext for war in Syria
http://21stcenturywire.com/2013/08/27/lockheed-martin-shares-up-amid-news-of-chemical-weapons-pretext-for-war-in-syria/
War on Syria: Twenty Pounds of Stupid in a Ten-Pound Bag
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18416-war-on-syria-twenty-pounds-of-stupid-in-a-ten-pound-bag