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Chronicle of the event in Jerez for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan


On Friday, February 20, at 19 h. pm, a demonstration took place in Jerez for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, with the slogan "For Peace, work and a sustainable world without military bases." About 80 people participated in it. The protest ended at the headquarters of the PSOE. No media covered the event.

On Friday February 20 at 19 h. pm, a demonstration took place in Jerez for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, with the slogan "For Peace work and a sustainable world without military bases. " Convened by twelve different organizations participated in the protest 80 people, which criticized the deployment of more troops to the war in Afghanistan and reiterated that the military mission is in fact an invasion with the aim of controlling a key geostrategic area. Although the weather was not (it rained at times), a large group of people chanted slogans against the army and true peace.

The demonstration passed through the center of Jerez, starting in the Plaza del Arenal, continuing along Long Street and Alameda Cristina, to finish off the local headquarters of the PSOE in the street Sevilla. The / the protesters wanted to withdraw so that the PSOE is the main responsible for the English State is involved in a war that has claimed thousands of civilian deaths and devastated the Asian country. Although this conflict has been presented so far as "humanitarian mission" and civilian deaths have been considered as "collateral damage", the truth is that it is an unjust war and all, because there is no just war.

Protesters tried to deliver a statement at the headquarters of the PSOE, but when closed, refer to the group stayed in town through the registration of City Hall. No media covered the event.

The groups that convened the protest were Labour Confederation (CNT), Izquierda Unida (IU-CA), Acción Solidaria Oppressed Peoples (ASPO), Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos (APDH-A), Communist Party of Andalusia (PCA ) Organic Consumers Association The Souk, Cultural Association Animal Farm, Ecologists in Action-Jerez, Barrio Utopia, Collective and Social Education Buenaespina Nonviolence, Anti-Capitalist Left, Student Assembly of the UCA.

Source: http://www.patalata.net/noticia.php?id=3040

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