Dear LA Area Community Activists, October 28 and 29, 2006 are available for LA area bookings of a panel of the authors of the new book "Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney" from Seven Stories Press edited by Dennnis Loo and Peter Phillips. The Bush/Cheney administration and the radical right wing forces that it represents constitute an extraordinary threat to the world. As events unfold this becomes painfully ever more evident: the appalling debacle of Katrina, the disastrous and immoral occupation of Iraq with no end in sight, murder of prisoners by American personnel in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo and covert rendition of prisoners to nations known for torture, Bushs admission that he secretly and illegally authorized spying on Americans and his brazen declaration upon being caught that he will continue to do so.
For October 28-29 event scheduling contact: Peter Phillips, Professor Sociology Sonoma State University, 707-664-2588, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney By Dr. Dennis D. Loo and Peter Phillips ¨ September 2006 ¨ Seven Stories Press ¨ISBN: 1-58322-743-1¨ Price: $14.95 ¨ With contributions from: Judith Volkart, Dahr Jamail, Jeremy Brecher, Jill Cutler, Brendan Smith, Larry Everest, Greg Palast , Nancy Snow, Barbara J. Bowley, Mark Crispin Miller, Kevin Wehr, Richard Heinberg, Lyn Duff, Dennis Bernstein, Bridget Thornton, Lew Brown, Andrew Sloan, Cynthia Boaz, Michael Nagler, Howard Zinn, Dr.Dennis D.Loo, and Peter Phillips This important volume, contributing powerfully to the campaign for impeachment, must be welcomed by anyone concerned for peace, justice, and a truly democratic nation. - Howard Zinn, author of Voices of A Peoples History of the US "In these desperate times, when lies and half-truths are official policy, when our young people and innocent Iraqi civilians pay with their lives for these lies, this book is a clear presentation of the crimes of Bush and Cheney. The chapters in this strong, thoughtful collection not only powerfully detail these crimes, they point a way forward for us all. I urge every thinking American to read this book." - Cindy Sheehan. anti-war activist and author of Dear President Bush More shocking than finding our government now openly endorsing and practicing torture is how easily they have accomplished thisand so many other egregious thingsand how paltry and ineffectual the opposition has been to these crimes by our political institutions and media. The gap between what the government and their apologists say theyre doing and what they are actually doing grows wider by the day. They can say that Homeland Security and FEMA are on the job, but New Orleans proves them wrong. They can claim theyre winning the war on terror and the war in Iraq, but everyday the facts belie their claims. They can assure us that theyre protecting our civil liberties and doing everything by the book, but nearly every week brings fresh revelations of their lawbreaking. These times call for nothing less than that the people take extraordinary measures to repudiate these leaders. An unprecedented mass popular upheaval is what must occur. -Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips, from the Preface and Conclusion 12 Reasons Why Bush and Cheney Must Be Impeached 1. Stealing the White House in 2000 and 2004 through outright voter fraud. 2. Lying to the American people and deliberately misleading Congress in order to invade Iraq. 3. Authorizing and directing the torture of thousands of captives, leading to death, extreme pain, disfigurements, and psychological trauma. Hiding prisoners from the International Committee of the Red Cross by deliberately not recording them as detainees and conducting rendition of hundreds of prisoners to black sites known for their routine torture of prisoners. Indefinitely detaining people and suspending habeas corpus rights. 4. Ordering free fire zones and authorizing the use of anti- personnel weapons in dense urban settings in Iraq leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians war crimes under international law. 5. Usurping the American peoples right to know the truth about governmental actions through the systematic use of propaganda and overt disinformation. 6. Building an imperial presidency by issuing signing statements to laws passed by Congress that negate Congressional intent. Hiding government decisions from public and Congressional view through subverting the Freedom of Information Act. Illegally spying on millions of Americans without court authorization and lying about it for years. 7. Undermining New Orleans capacity to withstand a hurricane prior to Hurricane Katrina; allowing New Orleans destruction by Katrina; and failing to come to peoples aid in a timely fashion, leading to the unnecessary deaths of thousands of Americans. 8. Denying global warming, disregarding peak oil, and placing oil industry profits over the long-term survival of the human race and the viability of the planet. 9. Violating the constitutional principle of separation of church and state through the interlinking of theocratic ideologies in the decision making process of the US government. 10. Failing to attempt to prevent the 9/11 attacks, despite a wealth of very specific evidence of a pending terrorist attack upon New York, and the World Trade Center in particular. Using this failure as a rationale for pre-emptive attacks on other countries and for the suspension of Americans fundamental civil liberties and our right to privacy. 11. Promotion of US global dominance of the world and the building and use of illegal weapons of mass destruction. 12. 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