U.S. military whistleblowers will present this petition in Berlin to a German government that includes
members already very much concerned about the giant U.S. Air Base at Ramstein.
Ramstein is not just any base. It is the communications center for the drone wars. It is a main entry and return point for U.S. troops in Middle Eastern wars. It is home to the Air Force component of Africom and the headquarters of the Air Force in Europe. U.S. wars depend on Ramstein, and we should shut it down.
The first step is to sign the petition at this link.
Sahra Wagenknecht, co-chair of Germany's Left Party, told RootsAction co-founder Norman Solomon, as quoted in his new article in The Nation, "These extrajudicial killings are war crimes, and the German government should draw the consequences and close down the air base in Ramstein…. In my view, the drone war is a form of state terrorism, which is going to produce thousands of new terrorists."
Click here to add your name to the petition.
The petition -- addressed to Chancellor Merkel, President Obama, the German Bundestag, and the U.S. Congress -- will be delivered in Berlin at a presentation sponsored by RootsAction. The petition will also be presented to the U.S. government in Washington.
Please sign the global petition to close the Ramstein Air Base -- a vital step toward moving the world away from nonstop war.
Partners in this effort: Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, Code Pink, Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin, Danish Peace Academy, Gandhi Earth Keepers, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Peace Action New York State, RootsAction.org, Syracuse Peace Council, United National Antiwar Coalition, Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War Criminals Watch, Western New York Peace Center, WILPF-US, Women Against Military Madness, Women Against War, World Beyond War, World Can't Wait, Clearing Barrel Coffee House.
After signing the petition, please use the tools on the next webpage to share it with your friends.
This work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $3 now.
-- The RootsAction.org Team
P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.
Background:
> Norman Solomon, The Nation: “The Most Important U.S. Air Force Base You've Never Heard Of”
> Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept: “Germany Is the Tell-Tale Heart of America’s Drone War”
Ramstein is not just any base. It is the communications center for the drone wars. It is a main entry and return point for U.S. troops in Middle Eastern wars. It is home to the Air Force component of Africom and the headquarters of the Air Force in Europe. U.S. wars depend on Ramstein, and we should shut it down.
The first step is to sign the petition at this link.
Sahra Wagenknecht, co-chair of Germany's Left Party, told RootsAction co-founder Norman Solomon, as quoted in his new article in The Nation, "These extrajudicial killings are war crimes, and the German government should draw the consequences and close down the air base in Ramstein…. In my view, the drone war is a form of state terrorism, which is going to produce thousands of new terrorists." Click here to add your name to the petition.
The petition -- addressed to Chancellor Merkel, President Obama, the German Bundestag, and the U.S. Congress -- will be delivered in Berlin at a presentation sponsored by RootsAction. The petition will also be presented to the U.S. government in Washington.
Please sign the global petition to close the Ramstein Air Base -- a vital step toward moving the world away from nonstop war.
Partners in this effort: Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, Code Pink, Coop Anti-War Cafe Berlin, Danish Peace Academy, Gandhi Earth Keepers, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Peace Action New York State, RootsAction.org, Syracuse Peace Council, United National Antiwar Coalition, Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, War Criminals Watch, Western New York Peace Center, WILPF-US, Women Against Military Madness, Women Against War, World Beyond War, World Can't Wait, Clearing Barrel Coffee House.
After signing the petition, please use the tools on the next webpage to share it with your friends.
This work is only possible with your financial support. Please chip in $3 now.
-- The RootsAction.org Team
P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, Lila Garrett, Phil Donahue, Sonali Kolhatkar, and many others.
Background:
> Norman Solomon, The Nation: “The Most Important U.S. Air Force Base You've Never Heard Of”
> Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept: “Germany Is the Tell-Tale Heart of America’s Drone War”
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