<http://www.stopthesewars.org/?p=144> Take a Stand For Peace!
Make a Donation to Support the December 16th Veteran-Led Civil Resistance Against War in Washington DC! Not Another Day! Not Another Dollar! Not Another Life! President Obama, End These Wars Now! To Make a Financial Donation go to: https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/826/t/11420/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=6775 Support the action called by Veterans for Peace and others on Thursday, December 16th, 2010 in Washington DC. This action will be the largest veteran-led civil resistance to U.S. wars in recent history. After a rally at Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, many will engage in nonviolent civil resistance at the White House. Go to: www.stopthesewars.org for information. Below is the Call to Action, a list of Endorsing organizations and logistics of the action. Thursday, December 16th: Brief motivational rally at 10:00 AM in Lafayette Park (near the White House) with speakers: Daniel Ellsberg (of Pentagon Papers fame), subject of the documentary ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’; Brian Becker, National Coordinator, ANSWER coalition; Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan, Peace of the Action; Ray McGovern, retired CIA officer and former U.S. Army Intelligence officer; Mike Ferner, president, Veterans For Peace; Diane Wilson, environmental activist and author of An Unreasonable Woman; Debra Sweet, Director, World Can't Wait; Mike Prysner, Iraq vet, cofounder of March Forward!, Medea Benjamin, co-founder Code Pink and others. _____ CALL TO ACTION December 16 Veteran-Led Civil Resistance against War During the Vietnam War, Martin Luther King called our government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.” True then—and even more so today. A few years before that, in 1964 Mario Savio made his great speech at Berkeley; at the end he says, “There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even passively take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop. And you’ve got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you’re free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!” There are children being orphaned, maimed or killed every day, in our name, with our tax dollars; there are soldiers and civilians dying or being maimed for life, in order to generate profits for the most odious imperialistic corporate war machine ever, again in our name. How long are we going to let this go on? Until it is too late, until this destructive machine destroys all of us and the planet to boot? Wikileaks has revealed the documented horror of U.S. war-making, beyond what any of us imagined. It’s time veterans and others express our resistance directly and powerfully by putting ourselves on the line, once again—honestly, courageously and without one drop of apology for doing so. It is not we who are the murderers, torturers or pillagers of the earth. Profit and power-hungry warmongers are destroying everything we hold dear and sacred. In the early thirties, WW1 vets descended on Washington, D.C., to demand their promised bonuses, it being the depths of the Depression. General Douglas MacArthur and his sidekick Dwight Eisenhower disregarded President Herbert Hoover’s order and burned their encampment down and drove the vets out of town at bayonet point. We are today’s bonus marchers, and we’re coming to claim our bonus–PEACE. Join activist veterans marching in solidarity to the White House, refusing to move, demanding the end of U.S. wars, which includes U.S. support—financial and tactical—for the Israeli war machine as well. If we can gather enough courageous souls, nonviolently refusing to leave the White House, willing to be dragged away and arrested if necessary, we will send a message that will be seen worldwide. “End these wars – now!” We will carry forward a flame of resistance to the war machine that will not diminish as we effectively begin to place ourselves, as Mario Savio said, “upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus.” and we will make it stop. We believe that the power of courageous, committed people is greater than that of corporate warmongers. But we will only see our power when we use it collectively, when we stand together. With courage, persistence, boldness and numbers, we can eventually make this monstrous war machine grind to a halt, so that our children and all children everywhere can grow up in a peaceful world. Join us at the White House on December 16th! Endorsers of the December 16 Veteran-Led Civil Resistance Against War Veterans For Peace ANSWER Austin Center for Peace and Justice Backbone Campaign CodePink Courage to Resist Delaware Valley Veterans for America End U.S. Wars Fellowship of Reconciliation Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Grandmothers for Peace International Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia International Action Center Manhattan Local of the Green Party of New York State March Forward! National Assembly to End the U.S. Wars and Occupations National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth Office of the Americas Pax Christi Metro DC and Baltimore Pax Christi Pentagon Area Peace Action Peace Action Montgomery Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine Peace of the Action Progressive Democrats of America SOA Watch Stop $30 Billion to Israel (Albuquerque) United for Peace and Justice United National Anti-War Committee Voices for Creative Non-Violence Voters for Peace War Resisters League Washington Peace Center Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom World Can’t Wait For a World in Peace, Nic Abramson, Veterans For Peace; Elliott Adams, Past President, Veterans For Peace; Laurie Arbeiter, Activist Response Team; Ken Ashe, Veterans For Peace; Ellen Barfield, Veterans For Peace; Brian Becker, National Coordinator, ANSWER Coalition; Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder, CODEPINK for Peace; Frida Berrigan, War Resisters League; Bruce Berry, Veterans For Peace; Leah Bolger, Veterans For Peace; Elaine Brower, Anti-war Military Mom and World Can’t Wait; Scott Camil, Veterans For Peace; Ross Caputi, Justice For Fallujah Project; Kim Carlyle, Veterans For Peace; Armen Chakerian, Coalition to Stop the $30 Billion to Israel; Matthis Chiroux, Iraq War Resister Veteran; Gerry Condon, Veterans For Peace; Will Covert, Veterans For Peace; Dave Culver, Veterans For Peace; Matt Daloisio, Witness Against Torture; Ellen Davidson, War Resisters League; Mike Ferner, President, Veterans For Peace; Nate Goldshlag, Veterans For Peace; Clare Hanrahan, War Crimes Times; Mike Hearington, Veterans For Peace; Mark Johnson, Executive Director. Fellowship of Reconciliation; Tarak Kauff, Veterans For Peace; Kathy Kelly, Voices For Creative Nonviolence; Sandy Kelson, Veterans For Peace; Ron Kovic, Vietnam War veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July; Joel Kovel, Veterans For Peace; Erik Lobo, Veterans For Peace; Joe Lombardo, United National Antiwar Committee; Ken Mayers, Veterans For Peace; Nancy Munger, Co-President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Fred Nagel, Veterans For Peace; Pat O’Brien, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Bill Perry, Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Vito Piccininno, Veterans For Peace; Mike Prysner, Co-Founder, March Forward; Ward Reilly, Veterans For Peace; Laura Roskos, Co-President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Cindy Sheehan, Founder, Peace of the Action; David Swanson, author; Debra Sweet, National Director, World Can’t Wait; Debbie Tolson, Veterans For Peace; Mike Tork, Veterans For Peace; Hart Viges, Iraq Veterans Against the War; Father Louie Vitale, SOA Watch; Jay Wenk, Veterans For Peace; Linda Wiener, Veterans For Peace; Diane Wilson, Veterans For Peace; Col. Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace; Doug Zachary, Veterans For Peace LOGISTICS FOR DEC 16TH ACTION IN DC Here is an update on the veteran-led civil resistance at the White House Dec. 16. 1. Wednesday, Dec. 15: Evening gathering at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 1525 Newton St. NW (corner of 16th and Newton Streets), where we will go over plans for the next day's action. People can begin arriving at St. Stephen's by 5 pm and Food Not Bombs will provide a simple vegetarian meal that evening. Daniel Ellsberg and others who will be joining us on Thursday as well as some of the organizers will speak. People can sleep at St. Stephen's that night (bring sleeping bags) and also after 9:30 PM on Thursday night if necessary. 2. Thursday, Dec. 16: Brief motivational rally at 10 am in Lafayette Park (near the White House) with speakers. >From there we will do a silent vigil march to the White House to take our >stand for peace. At the White House, many of us will do nonviolent civil >resistance, the key word being nonviolent. We want peace but we need to demand >it in a dignified, determined and peaceful way. We expect everybody to observe >nonviolent guidelines that will be handed out at St. Stephen's the night >before and at the rally. There will be a legal support team and legal >observers on hand for the civil resistance. Visit the website at: www.stopthesewars.org or on Facebook join: "Take A Stand for Peace"! 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