“We will be organizing an open forum in the next week or two to spread awareness about issues the country is facing right now,” Gibson said, adding that the potential military intervention in Syria, which the group opposes, would be a good issue to start with.

Gibson described President Barack Obama’s call for military intervention in Syria as “American imperialism,” explaining that the U.S. “government has no moral basis” in participating in the Syrian war.

“The claim is that we’re stopping chemical weapons from being used on our citizens,” Gibson said, adding that U.S. citizens are not being told the actual truth about the reason for the intervention.

Daniel Katz, history, philosophy and sociology of science and religious studies junior is opposed to the intervention since he thinks that there isn’t a good side that the U.S. could be on in the war.

“It’s not in our own interest to fight,” said Katz, also a member of MSCL.

President Barack Obama had given a speech on Saturday saying that the U.S. is ready to strike in Syria at any time, explaining that he will wait on a vote by the Congress to approve military intervention there.

Obama said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria poses a threat towards U.S. national security.