The catholic worker movement continues to oppose war, 500 catholic workers gather on their 75th-- issue a statement to U.S. bishops on the church these points: -- call for prayer, fasting and non-violent civil resistence to immediately end the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
-- Advise all soldiers to refuse to participate in these wars.
-- Denounce and actively resist all plans to immediatly attack Iran.
-- Embrace the non-violent witness of Franz Jagerstatter,and actively support all concientious objectors.
-- urge congress and the military to offer appropriate care and support to returning soldiers.
-- Call for the immediate end to the use of torture.
-- Call for the closing of Guantanamo and other secret military prisons.
-- Call for the redirection of our resources from war making and exploitation, to meeting human needs and preserving life on earth.
-- Call for equitable redistribution of resources and simplification of our materialistic lifestyle.
-- Call for disarmament and abolition of all weapons of mass distruction.
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indymedia.org.nz/newswire/display/75732/index.php Good the the anti-war movement unites in all its forms and varieties. Unity is strength.