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"I don't do it to change the country, I do it so the country doesn't change me." -- A.J. Muste, on a vigil at the White House during the Vietnam War ‘Make levees, not war’: 300,000 marchers say ‘End Iraq war’
By Tim Wheeler, People's Weekly World Newspaper, September 29, 1005 Protesters demand justice for hurricane survivors WASHINGTON — An estimated 300,000 antiwar demonstrators marched past the White House Sept. 24 chanting, “End the war now — Bring the troops home!” It was the mightiest peace outpouring since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 The naked truth about the power of protest today By Ronda Kaysen. Downtown Express. August 12-18
The March-on-Washington format has proven an ineffective strategy against the current administration. Ten million demonstrators marching simultaneously across the globe in 2003 — the largest protest in world history — did nothing to deter the Bush administration from invading Iraq. A week of sustained protests in New York City against the Republican National Convention last summer clearly did not oust George W. Bush from the White House.... When I first read about Sheehan, the bereaved mother camped out at Bush’s ranch, I assumed other angry mothers and wives and sisters of American soldiers would join her, that her bravery would launch a movement of its own. But so far, no one has taken up her cause. ...Sheehan will likely spend August camped out in the Crawford dust alone with only news-hungry reporters to keep her company. And if the current government will not listen to 10 million protesters, why on earth would it listen to one? Mothers Confront Bush on War By Tim Wheeler. People's Weekly World. August 13.
As grief-stricken families gathered in Ohio to mourn their Iraq war dead, mothers who lost sons in the war stood vigil on the road to George W. Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas, to demand that he bring the troops home now. The Pentagon announced that 48 soldiers have died since July 24. It pushed the overall death toll to 1,825 and the wounded to 13,769. Crawford Peace House We are mobilizing support for Cindy Sheehan's action in Crawford Texas. Come to Crawford! Join Cindy and thousands of others who have come to show their support for her and the other military families who stand with her. Coming Event: Peace Groups Organize Giant September Anti-War Protests in Washington, D.C. Over the past year, the U.S. peace movement has focused much of its energy on local organizing efforts. But anti-war groups are now planning for major protests this September in the nation's capital to give voice to the growing opposition to the war. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Leslie Cagan, national coordinator of United for Peace and Justice, who discusses the goals of the anti-war actions being organized by a coalition of peace groups for Sept. 24 through 26 in Washington, D.C. Sept. 24-26, 2005: End the War on Iraq! Massive Mobilization in Washington, D.C.
From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to bring our demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust war. These three days of actions will send a clear message to the White House and Congress: The Iraq war must end. It's time to bring all the troops home, leaving no U.S. military bases behind, and to stop the corporate theft of Iraq's resources....Our mobilization will coincide with the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, whose economic policies place corporate profits ahead of basic human needs worldwide. We will speak out against the corporate theft of Iraq's resources and the decimation of the Iraqi economy through privatization and "free trade." Virginia Anti-War Network and DC Anti-War Network Far too quiet on the homefront By Jerry Lanson. March 25, 2005. I can't tell whether America is in denial or despair over events in Iraq, but I suspect it's some of each. The denial comes amid a flurry of flag-waving that's followed Iraqi elections and the Bush administration's insistence that peace is breaking out all over because of its own aggressive actions. . . .The despair, I suspect, keeps many people who are bitterly opposed to this war at home - and deflates turnout at those underpublicized and undercovered antiwar rallies. Protests demand: End Iraq occupation By Leslie Feinberg. March 23, 2005.
A new anti-war movement is rising. People all over the globe took to the streets on the weekend of March 19-20 to demand an end to the U.S. war for expanding empire. Demonstrations took place in more than 40 countries. And in the U.S., the belly of the beast, demonstrations, rallies, meetings and vigils took place in more than 700 cities and towns. Take a stand on U.S.-sanctioned torture March 14, 2005. As an initial act, we are asking that all of our member organizations and constituents carry out a local ceremony prior to June 26, International Torture Survivors Day. Please pick a date that is convenient for you. We provide a simple written "indictment" which set forth the reasons for the coming trial, and our collective position on the issue of torture. A Turning Point for the Anti-War Movement? By Rick Jahnkow. Feb 24, 2005. American Friends Service Committee Peacework. this year may bring together a number of factors that will offer the antiwar movement an important opportunity to shorten the US occupation of Iraq and begin to reverse the decades-long growth of militarism in this country. However, to take advantage of this opportunity, the antiwar movement will have to think critically about its emphasis on symbolic war protest and look more closely at strategies for interfering with the flow of human resources needed for war, especially through counter-recruitment organizing. Church Folks for a Better America A Time Comes When Silence Is Betrayal.
An online initiative for peace. Founded by Dr. George Hunsinger of Princeton Theological Seminary. Call on the German Federal Prosecutor to Investigate Rumsfeld and Other U.S. Officials for War Crimes at Abu Ghraib The Center for Constitutional Rights and four Iraqis who were tortured in U.S. custody filed a complaint on November 30 with the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office against high ranking United States civilian and military commanders over the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and elsewhere in Iraq. We are asking the German prosecutor to launch an investigation because the U.S. government is unwilling to open an independent investigation into the responsibility of these officials for war crimes and the U.S. has refused to join the International Criminal Court. CCR and the Iraqi victims brought this complaint to Germany as a court of last resort. Several of the defendants are stationed in Germany. War Is Not the Answer in Iraq (11/18/04)  Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL). Even as more lives are lost to senseless killing, the U.S. remains determined to stay the course, capture Fallujah at whatever cost, and liberate Iraq through war. This approach will surely fail.... There is no military solution to the crisis unfolding in Iraq. War is not the answer. Write to your members of Congress. See and send a sample letter directly from FCNL’s web site. The FCNL is a not-for-profit, Quaker lobby in the public interest Oxford Research Group An independent non-governmental organisation established in 1982 which seeks to develop effective methods whereby people can bring about positive change on issues of national and international security by non-violent means. Peace Direct - War Prevention Works At the beginning of last century, 80% of those killed in conflicts were military. At the beginning of this century, 80% of those killed in conflicts are civilians. Military Families Speak Out Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people who are opposed to war in Iraq and who have relatives or loved ones in the military. We were formed in November of 2002 and have contacts with military families throughout the United States, and in other countries around the world. If you want peace, work for peace by Larry Seaquist. Dec 27, 2002 Of the new threats to peace, terrorists are the nuclear weapons: tiny groups injecting fear into the heart of our communities. But fearful as they are, terrorists pale in lethality when compared to demagogues....If you want to map the coming year's most deadly conflicts, map the demagogues. If you want to judge your own community's vulnerability, ask whether the politics of us-versus-them is replacing the politics of commonweal. Catholic antiwar activists join protests by Patricia Lefevere. New York. National Catholic Reporter Kairos member and veteran Plowshares activist Elmer Maas told NCR he was not marching just against the “preemptive” war in Iraq, but also against the array of weapons being planned and manufactured by the military to “ensure our global, our almost cosmic dominance of air and space.”...Dominican Sr. Arlene Flaherty said she believes the “incredible increase in poverty and its effects on our children” is directly related to the escalating costs of militarism and the Bush administration’s low regard for the welfare of the poor and of families. - Walk to Visit Thirty-Three Towns July 25-September 2, 2004 While politicians convene in Boston and New York this summer, family members of 9/11 victims will make a dramatic statement of solidarity with victims of terrorism, violence and war from around the world. From July 25 through September 2, they will walk from Boston to New York, pulling a 1400-pound granite memorial honoring the "Unknown Civilians Killed in War
- DNC and RNC protestsSeptember 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows supports the nonviolent protests planned to oppose the platforms presented at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and Republican National Convention (RNC) held this summer in Boston, MA and New York City, respectively. More than just a
display of the right to dissent, these protests highlight the gap between the strengthening anti-war movement and the two major U.S. political parties' failure to incorporate alternatives to war and violence in their political proposals.
- August 29, 2004: The World Says No to the Bush Agenda YC March and Rally. We march to promote a new way forward. The disastrous consequences of the Bush agenda are most dramatically visible in the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq. The first step toward a peaceful and secure planet is a foreign policy grounded in human rights, international law, environmental sustainability, and respect for the sovereignty of all nations. Democracy begins with an absolute commitment to the rights and civil liberties of all, especially immigrants and other vulnerable communities.
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