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Town
Cost of the Iraq War flyers for Connecticut and Massachusetts
Hiroshima / Nagasaki Remembrance
Wednesday, August 6th 2008 5:00 PM (tentative)
Hartford's Riverside Park
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more information, click => here
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Speaking Appearance of
Retired Colonel Ann Wright, Anti-war Activist
and the Screening of the
Film Finding our Voices |
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Ann Wright is one of three State Department officials to publicly
resign in advance of and to protest the Iraq invasion. A decorated Army
heroine; she became a career diplomat serving in many locations
including Kabul, Afghanistan, Micronesia, and former Soviet bloc
countries. After helping to evacuate 2500 persons from the civil war in
Sierra Leone, she received a heroism award. The reasons for her
resignation were that the US did not get UN Security Council approval to
invade Iraq, no effort was being made to solve the Palestinian problem
diplomatically, and that American civil liberties were being eroded.
Since leaving government service, she has worked with Cindy Sheehan to
set up Camp Casey outside the Bush ranch, testified on behalf of Lt.
Watada who refused to deploy to Iraq, and been arrested many times for
anti-war protests. Her book, Dissent: Voices of Conscience
profiles 25 government employees who have spoken out against the Iraq
War.
The film is a call to action for the American people and is narrated
by Martin Sheen. It demonstrates the importance of an individual taking
on the responsibility of fulfilling his civic duty by standing up for
what he believes, and chronicles the lives of a grieving grandmother,
three soldiers who served in Iraq, a peace activist, a diplomat, a
politician, and a minister, who took their anti-war activism to the
streets and made contributions to the greater good. It should be an
exciting evening!
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Didn't Get To Washington For Lobby
Day?
Then Call
or
Sign the Petition
- Participate in a phone lobbying effort on that same day - call
your Congress member and Senators.
- A new political strategy for Iraq should include:
Set a Date for U.S. Withdrawal: The U.S. should name a date certain
for withdrawal of all U.S. military forces and bases.
- Negotiate an Iraqi National Compact: One key to ending the war in
Iraq is bringing nationalist resistance fighters back to the
negotiating table. All Iraqis must a have a stake in the peace
process.
- Convene a Regional Process for Stability in Iraq: Success in Iraq
will depend on the engagement of its neighbors-including Syria and
Iran-in planning and implementing a successful U.S. withdrawal and
the stabilization of Iraq.
- Underwriting Reconstruction with U.S. Dollars: U.S. military
forces and bases must leave Iraq, but the U.S. should not abandon
the Iraqi people. The U.S. should work with Iraqis and their
neighbors to establish a plan for U.S. financing of the
reconstruction of Iraq.
To contact your Senators and Representative, click
=> here
For more information on FCNL, click => here
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The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) says "Just
Say No to Surge"
To Download
Flyer
What Can I Do For Peace Now
Click => here
| UFPJ has
identified H.R 508 as having virtually all the desirable
components.
H.R. 508, The Bring the Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty
Restoration Act, a comprehensive alternative to escalation
introduced by PDA Advisory Board members Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee
and Maxine Waters that would bring all US troops home within 6
months, while providing economic aid and a framework for stability
in Iraq and fully funding the VA health care system.
To see the actual text of the draft bill, click => here
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Petition Congress!
Tell Them ...
Use Your Power to Bring the Troops Home Now
We call on you, as our elected representatives in the U.S. Congress, to use
your power and take action to end the war in Iraq and bring all the troops
home. We call on you to:
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Vote for the immediate withdrawal of all
U.S. forces from Iraq;
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Vote for full funding of veterans benefits;
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Vote against any funds for military action
of any kind in Iraq, except for the safe withdrawal of all our armed
forces;
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Vote for aid to reconstruct Iraq under
Iraqi control;
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Vote to redirect our tax dollars for social
programs at home.
Sign the Petition => here
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Come to the
Inaugural conference of the
International Network for the
Abolition of Foreign Military Bases
Quito and Manta, Ecuador
March 5 to 9, 2007
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Remembering 3000 US Soldiers Killed in Iraq
A group of mourning citizens gathered on the New Haven Green
Monday to read the names of the 3,000 Americans killed in Iraq since the start
of the war.
It took three and a half hours to read the names. In a
symbolic statement of the reason for the gathering, a number if flag-draped
coffins were used to symbolize the toll the war was taking on the US military
and a number of black shrouded coffins were used to remember civilian casualties.
The mourners also read the names of a very abbreviated list
Iraqi civilians representing those who have been killed in the war.
The New Haven protest was just one of the many that took place
around the United States once the toll reach the 3000 milestone.
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| Unite
for change - let’s turn our country around!
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The times are urgent and we must act. Too
much is too wrong in this country. We have a
foreign policy that is foreign to our core
values, and domestic policies wreaking havoc
at home. It’s time for a change.
• No more never-ending oil wars!
• Protect our civil liberties &
immigrant rights.
• End illegal spying, government corruption
and the subversion of our democracy.
• Rebuild our communities, starting with the
Gulf Coast. Stop corporate subsidies and tax
cuts for the wealthy while ignoring our basic
needs.
• Act quickly to address the climate crisis
and the accelerating destruction of our
environment.
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| Our message to the White House
and to Congress is clear: either stand with us
or stand aside! We are coming together to
march, to vote, to speak out and to turn our
country around!
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Gotta Read These!
Opinion
Peaces
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