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American Friends Service Committee — Part 25
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sands of peopic had taken such action instead of just a few dozen. .
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The war in Indochina has been “wound up" rather then “wound down" as
Actions liker this are already taking place. At the Naval Amr
Depot in Leonardo, N. J., people have beeun gs sustained carps
“BIGCRENe EET TTR ST DATS Caving tor VieTaan, On several
a flotilla of canoes, sailboats, and smali motor boats atteny
blockade ships; and others were arrested while holding a wor:
. vice on the railroad tracks which carry the munitions to the
In Bangor, Washington, people have attempted similar sea bloc
of munitions ships loaded with bonbs for B-S2s. And in Norfe
a few weeks ago, people attempted a sea blockade of the 5000.
aircraft carrier, USS America, which was to join 7 other car
the huge naval armada off the coast of Vietnam.
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clained by the Administration. Compared with the so-called “height”
of the war in '68-69, there are three times as many aircraft carriers
raining death on the Indochinese, more daily air sorties over North
Vietnsom, more destroyers pounding Vietnam from the sea, three times s
as many B-52s . . . and Haiphong has been mined. In a word, there is ” fh.
more killing, more destruction. ~ . ' . .!
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This massive escalation of the war was ordered ‘to obscure the failure.
of Nixon's Vietnamization policies. And by continuing.its support ~- -
for Thicu's military clique and by sabotaging the Paris Peace Talks,
the U.S. shows its commitment to 3 military solution which will only
prolong the misery of the Vietnamese people indefinitely.
. . .
Although the war has been escalated tremendously, the war ha
an invisible war, a forgotten war. It is fought with highly
cated ¢lectrenic equipment; it is fought from high in the sk
push buttons and 18M computers. The casualties are indochin
American. Yet every day from ports, train and truck depots,
bases across the country, the bombs and munitions are being
to Indochina secretly and anonyvacusiy. This éxnort of death
china must be made VISIBLE and pusIIC! People sust he pide
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the crines of war in which we Americans are decnly involved.
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The next five months are a most critical time for the Vietnamese people.
If Nixon Gr another candidate committed to a Thicu-type government
in Saipon is elected in November, the people of Indochina face another
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The PEOPLES BLOCKADE is a nationwide effort to blockade bombs
tions shipments bound for Indochina.
The PEOPLES BLOCKADE is nonviolent direct action against the
our bodies between the bombs and the Indochinese people.
The PEOPLES BLOCKADE allows all of us who are torn and frustr
government's war Crimes against some of the gentlest pco
face of the earth to prevent those crimes tarough a clea
act of conscience.
The PEOPLES BLOCKADE say's NO to our government; it says NO tc
against humanity; and it says that we will continue to s
through nonviolent direct action until the war ends.
office has materials, literature, posters, orga;
> to help your group organize a land or sea Peoples
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And we can help you make contact with experienced a
Write or catl us if you ure interested in deve- Q “a8 NY
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