International Action Center
A New Year's Message from Ramsey Clark
Jan. 1, 2006
Dear friends,
The year 2005 brought new hardships but also new hope to the
people of the world. Hope because the Bush administration has shown
itself before the world to be lawless, cruel and brutal but also inept
and incompetent. In Iraq the Pentagon has shown it is incapable of
repressing a growing resistance from the Iraqi people. Meanwhile the
government has been caught running torture camps inside Iraq and
outsourcing torture around the world.
The people of the U.S. have decided the war is unjust and not
worth the price in Iraqi lives or the sacrifice of our youth. Young
people are refusing to enlist in the military in sufficient numbers to
carry on the illegal occupation and continuing assault on the Iraqi
people. In New Orleans the government did nothing for a week while the
city drowned. Now more than four months later tens of thousands remain
homeless. More and more of the population is outraged by the crimes
emanating from the White House and are enlisting in the campaign to
stop those crimes.
Under these conditions the International Action (IAC) has been a
major organizing force. The IAC has persevered in mobilizing
opposition to these policies, not only in their work this past year,
but for the last 15 years it has consistently worked to oppose
criminal and immoral U.S. military adventures.
In August 1990 when the murderous sanctions against the Iraqi
people were adopted, those now active in the IAC, still resisting the
U.S. assault on Panama, mobilized to stop the anticipated U.S.
aggression. This work accelerated during the 1991 U.S.-led war against
Iraq, and led to the IAC's founding.
Since that time, the IAC has mobilized, held meetings, and
educated millions, produced videos and books--translated to many
languages--and helped to organize massive demonstrations in coalition
with others to oppose U.S. aggressive actions against Iraq. It has
organized international campaigns against the use of illegal
radioactive depleted uranium weapons and rallied broad campaigns
against the death penalty.
The IAC is a unique organization of activists and educators. It
has developed a worldwide reputation for its brave opposition to U.S.
war, militarism and interventions from Venezuela to Haiti and Cuba,
from Palestine to Yugoslavia and now Iran and Korea. It has stood up
when others were afraid of being demonized and isolated by the most
powerful propaganda machine the world has ever known.
Now we must do more. Our plans for 2006 are bold and challenging.
An initial focus is March 18-19, 2006 which will mark the third
anniversary of the start of the Bush administration's criminal war and
occupation of Iraq, which has taken the lives of over 100,000
defenseless women, men, and children, and continues to bring
devastation of untold magnitude. The IAC is committed to peace actions
in New York City, and in cities across the country, coordinated with
movements and countries around the globe. All in concert on March
18-19 will call for all U.S. troops to be brought home from Iraq
immediately.
We must stop the Bush Administration from stealing Iraqi oil
through oil production-sharing agreements with the U.S. puppet
regime-- giving the lion's share of oil profits to U.S. oil companies;
this is the real reason for the U.S. occupation and regime change.
To preserve our Constitution, we must impeach President Bush and
his principal cohorts in crime. This is a big agenda on which the
peaceful and humane future of our country depends.
Working together to end this criminal war must be our New Year's
Resolution for 2006--our challenge and our commitment. The IAC will
continue this work tirelessly in the coming year.
We depend on your help. Together we shall overcome.
Ramsey Clark
http://www.iacenter.org
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