A-Infos (en) Resolutions Passed By Second Vermont People's Assembly Against The War

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> by Green Mountain Anarchist Collective (NEFAC Supporter)
Second People's Assembly held in Vermont at the Barre 
Labor Hall. Two resolutions were passed including one 
demanding that Vermonters serving in the military resist 
all orders to kill and harm iraqis curring the current 
imperialist U.S. invation Press Release
The PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly Against The War
Barre, Vermont, April 5th, 2003

On April 5th, 2003, a PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly 
Against the War was held in the working class granite town 
of Barre, Vermont. This assembly was a continuation of the 
first PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly, attended by more than 
250 common Vermonters, held in the State House of 
Montpelier immediately following the U.S. invasion of Iraq. 
This second assembly, open to any and all Vermonters, 
drew more than 50 common Vermonters, including 
teachers, blue collar workers, labor union members, 
Anarchists from the Free Society Collective and the Green 
Mountain Anarchist Collective (a NEFAC Support 
Collective), young and old alike. At said assembly, various 
strategies where discussed regarding how we, as common 
citizens, can come to stop the current war of aggression 
waged by the Bush administration against the people of 
Iraq. Furthermore, this assembly has adopted the two 
below resolutions. These resolutions where presented, 
discussed, debated, amended, and adopted by an open and 
directly democratic process.


First Resolution
Adopted by the Second PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly 
Against the War
as Discussed, Amended, and Voted on in The Old Labor 
Hall
in Barre, Vermont, On April 5th, 2003

We here the People of Vermont, as assembled today at the 
Barre Labor Hall, stand in full solidarity with the anti war 
resolution passed by the First PeopleâEUR^(TM)s 
Assembly which met in the Montpelier State House 
immediately following the imperialist U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Let it also be affirmed that we stand in full solidarity with 
the anti war resolution passed by representatives of over 
two million labor union members at the founding of U.S. 
Labor Against the War, and subsequently endorsed by the 
Vermont WorkerâEUR^(TM)s Center and the numerous 
member labor unions throughout the Green Mountains,

And let it further be resolved that:

Whereas the invasion of Iraq is illegal, unjustified, and 
immoral,

Whereas the people of Vermont have no quarrel with the 
Iraqi people,

Whereas governments are constituted by and for the 
people, making all tyrants and/or undemocratically 
empowered leaders an illuminate authority,

Whereas the current imperialist invasion of Iraq puts 
Vermonters currently serving in the U.S. armed services 
unduly in harms way,

We hereby resolve that all Vermonters currently serving in 
the U.S. armed services cease and desist from all activity 
which in anyway puts the lives and wellbeing of the people 
of Iraq and/or themselves in danger of harm.

Let it also be resolved that these Vermonters should take 
it upon themselves to carry out this resolution.

_The PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly,
Barre labor Hall,
Saturday, April 5th, 2003


Second Resolution
Adopted by the Second PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly 
Against the War
as Discussed, Amended, and Voted on in the Old Labor 
Hall
in Barre, Vermont, On April 5th, 2003

Whereas only the President of the United States had the 
authority on 9/11/01 to order the U.S. Air Force and the 
D.C. Air National Guard to supercede the standard 
operating procedures which include interception of any 
aircraft flying outside its flight path within minutes of 
notification by air traffic controllers,

Whereas air traffic controllers did notify the appropriate 
air force bases,

Whereas the President did order the stand down of all 
planes whose mission it was to intercept errant flights,

Whereas such orders to stand down constitute possible 
complicity in the 9/11 attacks,

Be it resolved that this assembly demands an immediate, 
independent investigation into any and all anomalies 
occurring in the standard operating procedure of our air 
defenses on 9/11.

_The PeopleâEUR^(TM)s Assembly,
Barre labor Hall,
Saturday, April 5th, 2003

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