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March 18, 2003


Dear IndyMedia Readers,
Urgent Action: Stop the War on Iraq: The Uniting for Peace Resolution


The Center for Constitutional Rights is asking for your help in a very important action. We hope to create a movement in support of the adoption of a Uniting for Peace Resolution by the United Nations General Assembly to prevent an attack on Iraq by the United States, the United Kingdom and other nations. If even one country requests such a meeting, that alone can trigger this procedure.

While in the U.N. system the Security Council has the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security throughout the world, another procedure exists to ensure peace when the Council fails to do so. That procedure, the Uniting for Peace resolution, allows the General Assembly to meet to consider the threat to international peace and it can then recommend collective measures to U.N. Members to maintain or restore peace.

If one U.N. Member State requests that a meeting be convened to consider adoption of such a resolution and either seven Members of the Security Council or a majority of the Members of the General Assembly agree, an emergency special session will be called and the General Assembly will come together to discuss the threat to international peace. We are hoping to find the requisite support for the convening of such a session.

The United States and the United Kingdom have become increasingly vocal about their willingness to use force against Iraq without explicit Security Council authorization. Because of the veto power of these two countries, the Security Council will be stymied in its responsibility to maintain international peace and security in the Persian Gulf. In these circumstances, the General Assembly has the right and indeed the responsibility to assume this duty.

We urge you to contact your U.N. representative, other members of your government, and other governments to request that they write to the Secretary-General to call for an emergency special session under the Uniting for Peace Resolution. Please also circulate these materials to other groups and individuals and encourage them to do the same.

To send an e-mail all UN Member States go to:  http://www.voice4change.org/stories/mailUFP.asp


For the rest of the story:
 http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030318~v4c.asp


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A Letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush on the Eve of War


George W. Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC


Dear Governor Bush:

So today is what you call "the moment of truth," the day that "France and the rest of world have to show their cards on the table." I'm glad to hear that this day has finally arrived. Because, I gotta tell ya, having survived 440 days of your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure if I could take much more. So I'm glad to hear that today is Truth Day, 'cause I got a few truths I would like to share with you:

1. There is virtually NO ONE in America (talk radio nutters and Fox News aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on this one. Walk out of the White House and on to any street in America and try to find five people who are PASSIONATE about wanting to kill Iraqis. YOU WON'T FIND THEM! Why? 'Cause NO Iraqis have ever come here and killed any of us! No Iraqi has even threatened to do that. You see, this is how we average Americans think: If a certain so-and-so is not perceived as a threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want to kill him! Funny how that works!

2. The majority of Americans -- the ones who never elected you -- are not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We know what the real issues are that affect our daily lives -- and none of them begin with I or end in Q. Here's what threatens us: two and a half million jobs lost since you took office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no one knowing if their retirement funds are going to be there, gas now costs almost two dollars -- the list goes on and on. Bombing Iraq will not make any of this go away. Only you need to go away for things to improve.

For the rest of the story:
 http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030318~mm.asp


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If the U.S. Attacks Iraq, Take to the Streets!

United for Peace and Justice Call for Emergency "Day After" Anti-War Actions

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATES ON ANTI-WAR ORGANIZING
FROM UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
 http://www.unitedforpeace.org/email.php


War now appears imminent. If the bombs start falling, we call on you to join with United for Peace & Justice and other groups around the country in organizing emergency protests. However you choose to express your opposition to war - from silent vigils to loud marches to nonviolent civil disobedience - get out on the streets immediately and join with millions around the world in demanding an end to the bloodshed.

In every corner of the U.S. people are already planning protests the day a war begins, or the day after. We urge you to contact your local groups to find out what is planned and how you can help. If nothing is planned, it is not too late to organize something. The most important thing is that hundreds of anti-war protests take place in cities and towns all across the country!

You can use this website to list emergency response demonstrations in your community
 http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar_gxinput.php

or to view currently scheduled "day after" events:
 http://www.unitedforpeace.org/calendar.php?caltype=8&old=old

For the rest of the story:
 http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030318~ufp.asp


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Massive Human Slaughter
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Opinion

Sunday 16 March 2003

What George W. Bush and Tony Blair are planning is the greatest act of human slaughter since Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge orchestrated the Cambodian genocide in the mid 1970s. That act killing some 1.5 to 2 million largely defenseless and quite peaceful Cambodians.

Civilian Iraq is utterly defenseless and totally unprepared for the carnage that is about to be visited upon them. It is murder plain and simple, murder on an unimaginable scale.

There is no "war" looming, no "conflict" with Iraq, and no "standoff." What exists is a vast military force poised to inflict death and destruction on a major population center. Those who live there will attempt to defend themselves, but they will fail, and the dead will cover the ground like a fallen forest.

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Priest, Families of Sept 11th Victims Among Those at the Capitol Building


50+ People Arrested in Washington DC; 40+at the United Nations in New York City; 30+in San Francisco in Civil Disobedience Actions Calling for Peace

Priest, Families of Sept 11th Victims Among Those at the Capitol Building in Washington DC Protesting War in Iraq

Non-violent Direct Actions Planned All Week In Washington DC and Nationwide


Washington, DC - More than 50 people were arrested this morning outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC in an act of non-violent civil disobedience calling for peace and protesting a full scale war in Iraq. The demonstrators, many of whom had never been arrested before, sang 'God Bless America‚' 'We Shall Overcome‚' and songs of peace as they crossed a police line on the West Side lawn of the Capitol steps.

Among those arrested was Father Paul Mayer, and three members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, including 71 year-old Rita Lasar of New York City, whose brother's heroic story at the World Trade Center became famous when President Bush mentioned it during his National Cathedral speech.

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On-going Campaigns Get Involved!!
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Repeal the Patriot Act -- Do Not Expand It!

Send the following e-mail to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. If you have valid e-mail addresses for Senator Kyl, Grassley, Dewine, or Craig let me know and I will add them to this form. Feel free to edit the text if you wish. The most important thing is that we let them know that we will not surrender any more of our civil liberties. Please forward and repost the link to this form as widely as possible… We are out front on this, lets not wait for Ashcroft to send this legislation to the Hill, lets stop it NOW!

To send the E-mail go to:  http://www.voice4change.org/stories/mailJudiciary.asp


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No More Victims!

Voice4change and www.NoMoreVictims.org have launched an exciting campaign to make sure that George Bush see's the faces of the victims in Iraq. We will not allow him to see only the face of Saddam, he must see the innocent children and people of Iraq who are suffering and will suffer more if he escilates the war that is already taking place in Iraq.

1. Download the poster:  http://www.voice4change.org/redir.asp?url=http://www.nomorevictims.org/PosterDownloads.html and post it all over your Community.

2. Call the White House to tell them what you think (202) 456-1111

3. E-Mail the White House to Demand answers:  http://www.voice4change.org/stories/mailpresident.asp

4. Download Post Card:  http://www.voice4change.org/redir.asp?url=http://www.voice4change.org/alert/poster021101.asp send to the White House, your elected officials etc...

5. Use our send to friend script to get more people involved.

Educate Yourself and friends at www.NoMoreVictims.org

Flood the White House with e-mails, phone calls, post Cards. We must stop this war! for the children of Iraq!


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Calendar of Demonstrations for Peace

Many peace activists feel isolated because peace activities are not reported in mainstream media. In one effort to help to correct this, the WRL has set up this page to post events from around the country that have happened, will happen, or are happening on a continuous basis. If you know of such an event, please submit the form at the bottom of this page, or call (212-228-0450), fax (212-228-6193), e-mail ( nowar@warresisters.org) us.

Note, these events are listed as a public service and are not necessarily endorsed by the War Resisters League.

 http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=021022~wrl.asp


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Take The Pledge to Oppose War with Iraq

"A time has come when silence is betrayal. That time is now." Martin Luther King Jr.

To take the pledge:  http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=020624~for.asp


Warm Regards,

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