[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Indict Bush for High Crimes

[Morton K. Brussel]

FYI

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> From: "Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience" <info at nion.us>
> Date: October 14, 2005 12:21:07 AM CDT
> To: brussel at uiuc.edu
> Subject: Indict Bush for High Crimes
> Reply-To: <bounce-live-964703354-31249799 at ezinedirector.net>
>
>
> How much would you give to see this regime publicly indicted for  
> high crimes in a way that cannot be ignored or dismissed? The first  
> session of the Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity  
> committed by the Bush administration will open in one week, and it  
> has to potential to bring together the voices who can do just that  
> -- if you help make it possible!
>
> This historic first session will set forth the indictments and  
> present the opening arguments and witnesses for the people on: Wars  
> of Aggression, Torture and Detention, denial of Global Warming, and  
> genocidal Sabotage of International Programs that protect people  
> from AIDS. Plus--a special session on the government’s response to  
> Katrina.
>
> In doing this we will ignite an discussion and debate that is long  
> overdue in this country: Is the administration of George W. Bush  
> guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity? How much would  
> you give to make THIS the raging debate of the day?
>
> Here are the four step you can take:
>
> 1) Make a serious contribution today at http://www.nion.us/NSOC/ 
> sign.htm. We still do not have the full amount needed to make this  
> happen. We have been speaking to former GIs from Iraq, ex- 
> government officials, victims of government detention, and eye  
> witnesses and survivors from New Orleans. It will take thousands of  
> dollars to bring them to New York from around the country to give  
> their testimony, and funds are urgently needed to make this happen.
>
> Checks can be made to Not In Our Name and mailed to NION, 305 West  
> Broadway, #199, New York, NY 10013.
>
> 2) Be there and bring your friends. You can register on line at  
> www.bushcommission.org/dateplace.htm or by calling 212-941-8086.  
> Admission can also be purchased at the door if space permits. (If  
> you can’t be there, register anyway to take a stand.)
>
> 3) Download and distribute materials from the Commission web site  
> at www.bushcommission.org/downloads.htm. These include posters, the  
> Commission charter, and public service announcement to play on  
> community and campus radio. Make sure everyone knows about this event.
>
> 4) Send to your whole e-mail list the information on the Commission
>
>
> Session I of the 2005 International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes  
> Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration of the United  
> States will be held
>
> Friday, October 21, 6 pm, and Saturday, October 22, 10 am in the  
> Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th Street, New  
> York City
>
> The Saturday session will include a major section on witnesses from  
> New Orleans who will give vivid testimony to how the people were  
> left to fend for themselves, how ordinary people heroically carried  
> out the rescue of thousands, and how in turn the were viciously  
> slandered as criminals and looters by racist governmental officials  
> who actually blocked aid efforts.
>
> As the Charter states: “When the possibility of far-reaching war  
> crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of conscience  
> have a solemn responsibility to inquire into the nature and scope  
> of these acts and to determine if they do in fact rise to the level  
> of war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
>
> Suggested admission of $30 includes both days of Session I.  
> Admission for a single day is $20. Sliding scale for students and  
> low income.
>
> Participants in the Commission proceedings include:
>
> James Abourezk, former United States Senator
>
> Amy Bartholomew, professor of law at Carleton University
>
> Rev. Luis Barrios, associate professor at John Jay College of  
> Criminal Justice & Anglican Priest
>
> Steven Bronner, professor of political science, Rutgers University
>
> Dennis Brutus, professor emeritus in the Department of Africana  
> Studies and South African poet
>
> Larry Everest, author of Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S.  
> Global Agenda
>
> Denis Halliday, ex-UN Assistant Secretary-General, former head of  
> UN Humanitarian Mission In Iraq
>
> Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst
>
> Camilo E. Mejia, member of Iraq Veterans Against the War
>
> Barbara Olshansky, Center for Constitutional Rights and coordinator  
> of Guantanamo detainee defense
>
> Malik Rahim, leader of the Common Ground Collective, New Orleans
>
> Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights
>
> Marcus Raskin, co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies and  
> member of The Nation's editorial board
>
> Jeremy Scahill, correspondent for Democracy Now!
>
> A special message from Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of  
> the United States
>
> plus survivors of Hurricane Katrina, former government detainees,  
> and video testimony from Iraqis under the occupation.
>
> New endorsers of the Commission include Phyllis Bennis from the  
> Institute for Policy Studies, commentator Michael Eric Dyson,  
> professor emeritus of international law Richard Falk, and literary  
> iconoclast Gore Vidal. For a complete list see the Commission Charter.
>
> The Commission’s web site is www.bushcommission.org. E-mail address  
> is commission at nion.us.
>
> * * *
>
> The Commission is sponsored by the Not In Our Name statement of  
> conscience.
>
> "No election, whether fair or fraudulent, can legitimize criminal  
> wars on foreign countries, torture, the wholesale violation of  
> human rights, and the end of science and reason."
>
>
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