This Fall, We Declare Peace!
A Call By United For Peace & Justice
_http://www.UnitedForPeace.org_ (http://www.unitedforpeace.org/)
August 15th, 2006
_THIS FALL, WE DECLARE PEACE!_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3359)
Join United for Peace and Justice
in Raising the Political Costs of the War
It's time to answer fear with courage, to step out of our personal comfort
zones and take bold action to end the Iraq War.
_Join us in a week of nonviolent civil disobedience actions from September
21-28_ (http://www.declarationofpeace.org/) , and in pressuring pro-war
politicians all this fall through the _Voters for Peace pledge_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/voterspledge) .
* August 12-September 2: _Camp Casey_
(http://www.gsfp.org/article.php?list=type&type=21)
* August 29: 1st Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and Disaster FEMA
* Sept. 5-21: _Camp_ (http://www.campdemocracy.org/) _ Democracy_
(http://www.campdemocracy.org/)
* 5th Anniversary of Sept. 11th
* Sept. 21-28: _Declaration of Peace_
(http://www.declarationofpeace.org/) -- A Week of Nonviolent Civil
Disobedience
*
Ongoing: _Voters For Peace_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3298) and Candidate
Bird-Dogging More to come ...
It's time to answer fear with courage, to step out of our personal comfort
zones and take bold action to end the Iraq War.
_Join us in a week of nonviolent civil disobedience actions from September
21-28_ (http://www.declarationofpeace.org/) , and in pressuring pro-war
politicians all this fall through the _Voters for Peace pledge_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/voterspledge) .
Fear is in the air again. From Dick Cheney to Joe Lieberman, the proponents
of the Iraq War are once again playing the fear card to try to shore up
support for their failed policies -- policies that have only made us more
vulnerable to attacks like the one thwarted last week in England.
Neither their overheated rhetoric, nor their color-coded warnings, nor their
bloated and ineffectual "homeland security" apparatus are doing anything to
keep us safer. They're just designed to keep people in fear and keep pro-war
politicians in office.
Shameless Dick Cheney said Ned Lamont's victory in the Connecticut primary
might encourage "the al-Qaida types" who want to "break the will of the
American people in terms of our ability to stay in the fight and complete the
task."
Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman -- defeated at the polls last week because of
his support for Bush's war -- said, "If we just pick up like Ned Lamont wants
us to do, get out [of Iraq] by a date certain, it will be taken as a
tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in
this
plot hatched in England. It will strengthen them, and they will strike again."
It's time to answer fear with courage -- to step out of our personal comfort
zones and take more resolute action than ever to end the War in Iraq.
This fall, United for Peace and Justice and our many member groups and
allies are declaring peace. We are using a variety of tools designed to help
our
movement tap into the broad antiwar sentiment that exists in every corner of
the nation. There is an unprecedented opportunity to reach out more broadly,
bring more people into the work at whatever level of activity they are
comfortable with, and raise the political costs of the war.
(http://declarationofpeace.org/) DECLARATION OF PEACE
We will declare peace by putting our bodies on the line in a variety of acts
of peaceful resistance to the war, including with a powerful week of
nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action from September 21-28,
targeting
pro-war members of Congress and coordinated by the nationwide Declaration of
Peace campaign.
* _Check the calendar of activities_
(http://declarationofpeace.org/view/events) to see what's already being
planned in your city or town, and
find out how you can get involved.
* If you are planning something for that week, be sure to _list it on
the calendar_ (http://declarationofpeace.org/add-an-event-to-the-calendar)
as well.
* _Sign up to serve as the point person_
(http://declarationofpeace.org/organizing-resources) to help coordinate visits
or protests at the offices
of your members of Congress.
* Now is the time to start planning an action in your community for
Monday, September 25, when there will be local nonviolence civil disobedience
actions around the country, targeting pro-war members of Congress. _Click
here for more information._
(http://declarationofpeace.org/local-organizer-checklist)
* And begin making plans to join the national civil disobedience
actions scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, September 26 & 27, in Washington,
D.C.
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/voterspledge) VOTERS FOR PEACE
We will also declare peace by voting our consciences at the ballot box --
and refusing to support politicians from any party who will not take a clear,
public stand on ending the Iraq War. UFPJ is part of a nationwide effort
urging outraged voters to sign the Voters for Peace pledge: "I will not vote
for
or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy
end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public
position in his or her campaign."
You can join this effort by _signing the pledge on our website_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/voterspledge) and/or by _printing out pledge
forms and
encouraging people in your community to sign_
(http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/voterspledgeufpj.doc) . The more
signatures you collect, the greater
pressure we can put on all of the candidates for Congress, be they incumbents
or people running for the first time.
The policies of permanent, pre-emptive war and the empire-building agenda of
this administration have done nothing but waste thousands upon thousands of
U.S. and Iraqi lives, squander billions of U.S. tax dollars, and inspire more
hatred toward the United States.
Every step of the way, the Bush Administration has faced a vocal and visible
peace movement. We have taken to the streets time and again in massive
numbers to call for immediate withdrawal from Iraq. We have called and
petitioned
and lobbied our elected officials. We have challenged the media to tell the
whole story. And we have reached out to our neighbors and co-workers and
fellow students building this movement step by step.
Now, as the killing and devastation continues in Iraq and threats of new
wars emerge every day, we must go further. Now, is the time to expand our
efforts by taking part in peaceful acts of nonviolent civil resistance that
will
interfere with business as usual, and by making sure that those who support
the
war suffer the same sort of electoral defeat that Joe Lieberman experienced
last week.
You can also help move this work forward by making a much-needed financial
donation to United for Peace and Justice. Click here to _donate by credit card
online_ (http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate) , or call our national office
at 212-868-5545 to make a credit card donation by phone. You can also send a
check or money order by mail to UFPJ, P.O. Box 607, Times Square Station, NY
NY 10108.
Thanks for your support -- together we will end this war!
Peace No war Network is the Proud Member for the United For Peace & Justice
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