For decades, the U.S. government has wanted to overthrow the government of Syria. In recent years, Washington has funded, trained, and supported reactionary forces trying to overthrow the Syrian regime. Now the discredited, unpopular Trump administration has bombed Syria, using the pretext of recent civilian deaths there apparently caused by a chemical agent.
The civil war in Syria has claimed almost half a million lives. The country desperately needs peace and reconstruction--not an act of aggression by the most powerful imperialist country in the world. The racist, misogynist buffoon in the White House may find it in his interest to unleash more destruction and death on Syria, and to divert attention from the mounting scandals in his administration. But many people in the U.S. and throughout the world reject this brazen act of imperialist aggression.
An emergency demonstration against U.S. military attacks on Syria will be held on Friday, April 7, at 5:00 pm, at the corner of Westheimer and Post Oak in Houston. Protesters will demand: Stop the Bombing Now! Hands Off Syria! Smash U.S. Imperialism! This action is being organized by Houston Socialist Movement.