>In a message dated 8/5/00 12:10:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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><< August 6 marks the 10th year of the U.N. economic sanctions against Iraq.>>
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>It's also Hiroshima Day. --jks
In Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Campaign for Arms Control & the
Interfaith Center for Peace will be holding an annual Hiroshima &
Nagasaki Remembrance Vigil on Sunday, August 6 (from 7:30 PM to 9:00
PM at Battelle Riverfront Park [downtown, just north of the Broad
Street Bridge, on the Scioto River]); this year, we'll be using the
event to call attention to effects of continued sanctions against
Iraq, Yugoslavia, etc.; environmental impacts of nuclear, DU, & other
weapons; protests against U.S. military bases in Okinawa, South
Korea, Vieques, etc.; & super-exploitation in the Third World made
safe for profits by imperial military power. Speakers include Mary
Hershberger (of SOA Watch); Greg Elich (local activist & journalist);
Chad Alger (OSU professor); Harvey Wasserman (of Greenpeace); &
Yoshie Furuhashi. (For more info, call Connie Hammond at 268-2637 or
Les Stansbery at 231-6954 or Mark Stansbery at 252-9255.)
We'll be also fundraising for the "Campaign of Conscience for the
Iraqi People" organized by the American Friends Service Committee &
the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
***** http://www.forusa.org/Campaign-Iraq/Contributions.html
Campaign of Conscience for the Iraqi People
Participant Form
(Please print this form and mail to the address at the bottom)
Enclosed is my contribution to the Campaign of Conscience for the
Iraqi People. I understand that these funds will be used for this
educational campaign and to purchase humanitarian aid and materials
to repair the civilian infrastructure of Iraq.
I support the American Friends Service Committee and the Fellowship
of Reconciliation in expressing their moral commitment to respond to
the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. I understand that AFSC and FOR will
apply for licenses to ship these goods to the people of Iraq, but if
denied will ship without a licenses, violating the US Sanctions. My
contribution might then be interpreted by the US government as a
violation of US law, which provides for civil fines up to $275, 000
per violation and criminal penalties up to 1 million and /or 12 years
in prison.
By my contribution, I am publicly associating with AFSC and FOR's
effort to end the economic sanctions against the people of Iraq. I
feel morally obligated to help alleviate the human suffering in Iraq
which is perpetuated by the destruction of Iraq's civilian
infrastructure: water purification, sewage treatment, and power
generation for schools, hospitals and homes.
I understand that a copy of this signed statement will be presented
by the Campaign of Conscience to the President, the US Ambassador to
the United Nations, and my US Senators and Representative, and that
my name may be used in public statements of support for the Campaign
of Conscience.
Signature*______________________________Date_________
Name (Please Print)__________________________________
Street Address_____________City_______State___Zip____
*Persons under 18 and those with immigrant status may face additional
legal problems and could contact the Campaign of Conscience before
signing a participant form or making a contribution.
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For Campaign of Conscience Use Only
Amount of Contribution
$______Phone____________Email________________________
__Please send me __brochures and/or __organizing packets to help
organize for the Campaign of Conscience.
__Please list me as a local coordinator for the Campaign of Conscience.
__I will write and/or meet with my US Senators and Representative
about my participation in the Campaign.
__I will publicize my involvement in the Campaign in my local media.
Please print this participant form and return to:
Campaign of Conscience
c/o AFSC
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
or c/o FOR, P.O. Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960 *****
Yoshie
