Rochester Rallies Against Attack on Syria
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Demonstrators from across the political spectrum of left to right gathered at the Liberty Pole on August 29 to demand that the US call off its plans to bomb Syria. Polls show that less than 10 percent of the US population supports such an attack. Passing cars blew their horns in support of the protesters.
Later that day the British Parliament voted not to support a US attack on Syria. Many demonstrators carried signs calling attention to Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution. The article gives Congress the power to declare war on a foreign power. Two days later on August 31, President Obama said he would seek Congressional approval for the planned attack. Demonstrations across the country and the world no doubt weighed heavily on that decision. Unfortunately many mainstream media outlets are strongly in favor of war. Some of them are owned by corporations that have military contracts.
Congress returns on September 9. It is imperitive that anyone who wishes to prevent this attack on Syria, a country who has done nothing to the US or any US citizen, to contact their senators and representatives and demand a "no" vote on war with Syria. This could be one of our last chances at real democracy.
