A Call for Global Unity & Struggle
Against U.S. Imperialist War and Aggression

March 20th, 2006 marks the 3-year anniversary of the imperialist “shock and awe” occupation of Iraq by the United States and its allies.

In these 3 years the peoples of the world have been shocked by the criminal conduct of the U.S. government and awed by its arrogance, greed, and total disregard for humanity. In these 3 years the world has witnessed the U.S. unleash senseless violence and destruction, and crush the civil liberties, self-determination, and other basic human needs of oppressed communities at home and abroad.

In these 3 years the peoples of Iraq have experienced a most staggering loss of innocent life, illegal military occupation and plunder, and the sham of U.S installed “democracy,” while in the U.S. people of color, the poor, and working poor suffered the preventable devastation of Hurricane Katrina and Rita, and the outright racist government neglect that goes on to this day.

As Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans committed to true global justice, VietUnity firmly and fiercely opposes the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq, and all acts of U.S. imperialism against Palestine, the Philippines, Latin America, and all oppressed peoples around the world.

As Vietnamese, we know that the consequences of U.S. imperialist war outlive generations and are completely irreparable. We know about Agent Orange – one of the deadliest toxins known to humankind – and how the U.S. sprayed it on the people and land of Viet Nam from 1962 to 1971. We know that although it has been over 30 years since the U.S. war on Viet Nam, Agent Orange victims in Viet Nam, S. Korea, the U.S., and throughout the world are still suffering and dying.

We are also aware of the use of depleted uranium – what some call the new Agent Orange – in Iraq against her peoples for the past 10 years, and we know that there will be long-term irreversible harm done to the lives of our sisters and brothers in the Middle East.

In international solidarity with all communities of color and third world peoples who have been and continue to be at the forefront of militant resistance and struggle against U.S. imperialism, VietUnity demands an end to the illegal military occupation of Iraq and to Bush’s permanent war against people of color, women, young people, queer and transgender communities, and the poor.

We call upon all our Vietnamese American sisters and brothers, all our sisters and brothers of color, and all our allies to not only be against war, but to unite and put our words into mass creative organized efforts. Our lives depend on it, because national liberation and self-determination cannot exist unless the U.S. Empire is defeated and dismantled by all justice and peace-loving peoples from around the world.

Hoa Binh va Doan Ket! (Peace & Solidarity!)

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