[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Today's Voice: ACTION ALERT: CALL TO ACTION FROM IRAQ

[Jay Mittenthal]

>x-esmtp: 0 0 1
>Reply-To: "Voice4Change" <info at voice4change.org>
>Organization: Voice4Change
>From: "Voice4Change" <newsletter at voice4change.org>
>To: "mitten at life.uiuc.edu" <mitten at life.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: Today's Voice: ACTION ALERT: CALL TO ACTION FROM IRAQ
>Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 00:01:00 -0800
>X-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>X-MailScanner-SpamScore: ss
>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by dagny.life.uiuc.edu 
>id h2V8bqn24718
>
>
>
>Voice4Change
>Changing Hearts and Minds
>http://www.voice4change.org
>
>March 31, 2003
>
>
>Dear mitten at life.uiuc.edu,
>
>
>
>CALL TO ACTION FROM IRAQ
>
>HOW  WE CAN STOP THE US WAR ON IRAQ
>
>Iraq Peace Team, Baghdad
>Thursday 27 March 2003
>
>
>Many US Americans are working to end the war.  Many seek to increase their 
>resistance, to up the ante.
>
>April 15 -- income tax day -- could not come at a more opportune 
>time.  Tax resistance, if perpetrated on a wide scale, could end  the war.
>
>Some US members of the Iraq Peace Team deliberately earn less than taxable 
>income.  Others refuse to pay part or all of our federal income tax.
>
>We do this because roughly half of that tax is used to fund the US war 
>machine.  Instead of being used for health, housing, schooling and other 
>humane services and infrastructure, US tax money is used to destroy life.
>
>There are now 33 IPT members in Baghdad.  We’re here for the duration of 
>this US-taxpayer financed war.  As we write, bombs fall nearby.  Some of 
>us are out in residential neighborhoods documenting yesterday’s 
>bombings;  others are visiting kids lying newly maimed in local hospitals.
>
>For the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030331~vitw.asp
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>
>An Appeal to Conscience
>
>
>In Support of Those Refusing to Pay for War on Iraq
>
>To all people of goodwill everywhere:
>
>“Let them march all they want, as long as they continue to pay their taxes.”
>—Alexander Haig, U.S. Sec. of State, June 12, 1982
>
>We stand in profound opposition to our government's waging full-scale war 
>against Iraq. The reasons for our opposition, in brief, include the following:
>
>Massive aerial bombardment puts millions of vulnerable Iraqi civilians at 
>risk of death and disease. This attack follows over a decade of continued 
>bombings and repressive sanctions that have already killed hundreds of 
>thousands of innocent Iraqis. Full-scale war greatly increases the 
>likelihood of terrorist attacks against the U.S., its citizens, and those 
>of any allies who join us. All-out war on Iraq needlessly puts at risk the 
>lives and health of young men and women in the U.S. military. The depleted 
>uranium used in U.S. munitions increases the risk of cancer for U.S. 
>soldiers as well as Iraqis, and it poisons the soil and water with 
>radioactivity. Full-scale war, followed by long-term military occupation 
>of Iraq, will cost tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars, thus 
>further diverting resources from addressing the hunger, homelessness, 
>unemployment, and other economic problems facing millions of American 
>families. Pre-emptive war against Iraq violates international laws, 
>including the Charter of the United Nations, which the U.S. Constitution 
>requires us to uphold.
>
>For the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030331~wrl.asp
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>May 3 2003 National Rally in Texas
>
>U.S. taxpayers over the next few years will be asked to support the 
>largest increase in defense spending since the height of the Cold War. 
>Most of those arms are Made In Texas, by George W. Bush's corporate 
>acquaintances.
>
>On May 3, 2003, thousands of people from across the nation and around the 
>globe will gather in Austin, Texas.
>
>DEMAND "TRUE" HOMELAND SECURITY
>
>Protect workers
>Protect the environment
>Protect citizens and immigrants
>Protect civil liberties
>Improve healthcare and education
>
>Plan now to travel to Austin for the May 3 2002 Showdown. Tell people in 
>your community about this event. Join a Military Reality Tour.
>
>For the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030331~afsc.asp
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>WE REFUSE TO KILL THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ IN THE NAME OF "DISARMAMENT"
>
>A statement from the Fellowship of Reconciliation condemning war against Iraq
>
>
>To the dismay of millions of American citizens and a vast international 
>community of peace and justice, and despite the efforts of the UN Security 
>Council to proceed with weapons inspections, the United States of America, 
>in partnership with Great Britain, has initiated a full-scale war against Iraq.
>
>Following an ultimatum for the surrender of the Iraqi President - an 
>ultimatum that Iraq rejected - untold numbers of missiles and bombs have 
>begun to explode in the cities and towns of Iraq, as hundreds of thousands 
>of troops prepare for an all-out invasion of that country.
>
>The government of the United States has attempted to justify this war as a 
>last resort to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction and to remove 
>Saddam Hussein from power. We have been "assured" that this is not a war 
>for Iraqi oil, and that the military attacks against Iraq will seek to 
>avoid "collateral damage" against Iraqi civilians.
>
>To see the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030331~for.asp
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>Take Action! Tell President Bush: Working Families Count on Overtime Pay.
>
>The Bush administration has proposed changes in federal overtime rules, 
>which would erode the 40-hour workweek--denying overtime pay to millions 
>of America’s workers. Please tell President George W. Bush, your senators 
>and representative right now that you oppose new regulations that would 
>reduce overtime protections and cut workers pay. Ask President Bush to 
>withdraw parts of his proposal that would lower workers’ paychecks.
>
>Take Action!: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/overtimepay/bniez278
>
>Bush Proposal Would End Overtime Pay for Millions of Workers
>
>The Bush administration proposed new rules March 27 that would erode the 
>40-hour workweek and deny overtime pay protections to millions of workers. 
>The proposed changes to Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations would 
>affect a wide range of the more than 80 million workers protected by the FLSA.
>
>
>For the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030331~jwj.asp
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>On-going Campaigns Get Involved!!
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>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!
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>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 at 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
>
>
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>MEDIA CHALLENGE !
>Three Week Action Plan : March 24, 2003 ­ April 11, 2003
>
>One Call a Day to Democratize Media - an action from Peace Coalitions
>It is time to take on the television companies! PLEASE READ BELOW AND ACT 
>AND ALSO EMAIL TO YOUR CONTACTS.
>
>Support for a war and for police state actions by tens of millions of 
>Americans can be directly traced to the misinformation, lack of 
>information and wildly unbalanced commentary they get from General 
>Electric (NBC), News Corp. (Fox), Disney (ABC), AOL-Time Warner (CNN) and 
>Viacom (CBS). PBS is little better. Fifty-eight percent of the public gets 
>its information solely from these sources; 85% are influenced by them. No 
>wonder we are at war.
>
>If democracy is to have any true meaning, it must be based on 
>a  well-informed public. These companies must be compelled to
>provide real journalism and commentary balance. Their roles as propaganda 
>arms of the Administration must end.
>
>For the rest of the story:
>http://www.voice4change.org/stories/showstory.asp?file=030327~scada.asp
>
>
>Warm Regards,
>
>Voice4Change.org
>http://www.voice4change.org
>
>
>
>You are subscribed as mitten at life.uiuc.edu
>
>To unsubscribe: Send a blank e-mail to subscribe at voice4change.org
>with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line
>
>To subscribe: Send a blank e-mail to subscribe at voice4change.org
>with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line