HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will lead non-violent demonstrations at Hofstra University prior to the final
presidential debate Oct. 15 to demand two IVAW members be allowed to ask each candidate one question.
Should IVAW's demands not be met in full by 7 p.m., members of the organization are willing to risk arrest by entering the debate to have their voices heard by the candidates.
IVAW intends to "force the issue" that service members and veterans are not being heard or cared for by our leaders. The next president should make caring for our wounded military a top domestic priority, in addition to ending the war in Iraq.
"Right now there are veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan going homeless,
hungry, into debt and contemplating suicide," said Matthis Chiroux, an IVAW member from Brooklyn. "But the government says we don't have the money to care for those war heroes, so the V.A. continues its mission underfunded and understaffed. But now we've found almost a trillion to bail out banks? Where's the humanity in this?"
IVAW is currently working to contact debate moderator Bob Schieffer to make its demands known.
"I watched the first debate the other night, for which the topic was supposed to be 'foreign policy', yet it took 34 minutes before the words 'Iraq' or 'Veteran' left either candidates' mouths," said Kris Goldsmith, an IVAW member from Long Island. "I'm not convinced that either Obama or McCain care about what is most important to today's military and veterans. IVAW is committed to changing that."
IVAW was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 to allow servicemen
and women from all branches of the military a chance to come together and speak out against an unjust, unwinnable and illegal occupation. Today, IVAW has over 1,300 members in 49 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada, and on military bases in the U.S. and overseas, including Iraq.
Media Point of Contact: Matthis Chiroux, matthis@ivaw.org
If you are in New York Oct. 15th, here's your chance to stand with me and other IVAW members in person as we demand our voices be heard by the
candidates during the final Presidential Debate.
Here is the facebook event URL. Please RSVP if you can make it!
http://www.facebook.com/editevent.php?picture&eid=38964080038&new&m=1#/event.php?eid=38964080038
BANK BOYCOTT: Close all existing bank accounts and move to Credit Unions. Refinance loans through credit unions. (Or use small unknown banks.)
CONSUMER FAST: Only buy what you need. Always pay with cash. When Bush says to shop we must stop!
TAX PROTEST: Divest out of stocks and stock mutual funds, only fund 40lK up to the match your company gives you and only in cash reserves fund or tax free treasury fund, a ROTH is permanently tax free. Call your rep and tell them you refuse to get back in the market or participate in the economy until they repeal the bailout and Impeach. IMMEDIATELY increase your W2 Withholding to 3-4 so that you are not loaning this govt your money.
OCT. 11th Get off the net, I'll see you in the streets.
NOV. 2-5th No school, no work, no shopping.
RE-ELECT NO-ONE!
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