[PAA-Discuss] FW: [codepinkhouston] FW: [ufpj-activist] Medea Benjamin in Cairo with protesters!

[Lee Loe]

Medea's eye-witness account of the nonviolent revolution of the Egyptian
people. Let's call Obama tomorrow -- 202 456 1111 -- with Medea's message
tomorrow; and don't forget to call about Bradley Manning! Same phone # of
course. Lee/Mom/Cuz/Grandma Lee

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From: ufpj-activist-bounces+leeloe=igc.org at lists.mayfirst.org
[mailto:ufpj-activist-bounces+leeloe=igc.org at lists.mayfirst.org] On Behalf
Of Joanne Landy
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 9:08 PM
To: 'ufpj-activist'
Subject: [ufpj-activist] Medea Benjamin in Cairo with protesters!


Dear Friend of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy,

           Medea Benjamin, the founder of the American peace group Code Pink
is in Tahrir Square to express the solidarity of the American peace movement
with the protestors. Medea, we believe with another Code Pink member, is in
this picture at flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/codepinkalert/5410443445/in/set-721576259620022
56/ 

        We understand that Code Pink plans to be at the entrance to the U.S.
embassy by the Simon Bolivar statue at 1pm Cairo time on Thursday, February
3. If you have press contacts covering the Egyptian events, please let them
know about this.

        Thanks to CODEPINK for their ingenuity and courage  they speak for
all of us.
Joanne    Tom
Joanne Landy    Thomas Harrison
Co-Directors, Campaign for Peace and Democracy. www.cpdweb.org
<http://www.cpdweb.org/> 
Below is the Code Pink press release:

Not Leaving Until Hosni Does
By Medea Benjamin
http://warisacrime.org/content/not-leaving-until-hosni-does 

Tonight our CODEPINK delegation in Cairo returned to Tahrir Square after the
terrible events of this afternoon, when Mubarak's thugs busted up their
peaceful protest with rocks, sticks and molotov cocktails. Hundreds have
been wounded--their hands, legs, arms wrapped in bloody bandages. Despite
the beatings, thousands of people are still camped out in the
square--absolutely determined to stay there until Mubarak goes.

Despite the danger on the streets, we went to the square carrying with two
big banners. One said "World Says Time To Go, Mubarak!" and the other said
"Solidarity With Egyptian People" in both English and Arabic. When the
people in the square saw us and discovered we were Americans, they erupted
into cheers. "Thank you, thank you," they cried. "We love you." We were
crying as well. It felt so good to help lift their spirits after such a
terribly violent day.

I saw a friend who is a professor at the American University in Cairo. He
had a big gash in his head. "Please, help us tell the world what is
happening. Tell them how we were viciously attacked," he said. "Tell them we
will die here if we have to, but we will NOT turn back."

I couldn't believe that after today's attacks, there were still women in the
square who planned to spend the night. A group of young women ran up to us
and started hugging and kissing us. "You don't know what your presence means
to us," one of the students said. " Please tell Obama that we need him to do
more to push Mubarak to go NOW, before more of us get killed."

One way Obama can send a stronger message to Mubarak is to announce that the
United States will cut off all aid to this regime. For 30 years the U.S.
government has been supporting this autocratic, repressive state. Cutting
aid now will send a clear signal that the U.S. government is finally
distancing itself from this regime.

Tomorrow, a group of us will go to the U.S. Embassy with this message. We
will sit outside the Embassy, despite the risks of being attacked by
government thugs, and call on our government to immediately stop all aid to
Mubarak's regime. Please join us by taking the same action back home.

Now is the time that the Egyptian people need our solidarity. Don't let
there be one more "Made in the USA" teargas canister hurled at these people.
Don't let there be one more U.S. bullet or U.S. weapon aimed at them.

The Egyptian people are writing a beautiful chapter in the history of
nonviolence revolutions. Let's show them we are on their side.

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