[Peace] Fwd: Make your opposition visible now!

Wed Sep 11 13:16:45 CDT 2002

>To: mitten at life.uiuc.edu
>From: Campaign of Conscience <conscience at topica.email-publisher.com>
>Subject: Make your opposition visible now!
>Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:04:18 -0700
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>Campaign Update
>  In This Issue: Sept. 10, 2002
>•   Make your opposition visible now!
>•   Alternative hearings on Iraq held by Kucinich
>•   Peace Pledge: Developing Communitiy
>•   Military action may get peace movement rolling
>•   Congressional debates
>•   Contacting legislators
>  Make your opposition visible now!
>Compelling arguments against an attack on Iraq continue to be featured on 
>airwaves and in pages of the nation's newspapers. Military officials are 
>worried about an invasion without an exit strategy. Legislators have 
>expressed concerns about the cost of a U.S. war that would not be 
>subsidized by money or military forces from other countries. Former 
>government officials have warned of "backlash" in the Middle East and the 
>debilitating impact an attack would have on the region.
>
>These are some of the voices we have been hearing.
>We need to remain firm in our call that more war will not lead to peace 
>and security in the Middle East. We need to show that there is broad 
>public opposition to the war, and we must reiterate our concern about 
>deeper issues to which we are opposed.
>
><http://click.topica.com/maaawrfaaTvl4a3FWSZe/>Send a new letter to your 
>senators to oppose invading Iraq.
>  Peace Pledge: Developing Communitiy
>Lori Blanding from Massachusetts called a couple of weeks ago, asking to 
>be put in touch with people who planned to visit the home office of Senate 
>Foreign Relations Chair Joseph Biden in Wilmington, Delaware. She and a 
>friend decided to make the trip themselves and used the opportunity to 
>collect signatures for the Iraq Peace Pledge. Warmly received by 
>passersby, they gathered hundreds of names and faxed the sheets to Biden's 
>office. When added to the list at the AFSC, those signatures put the total 
>number at more than 13,000.
>
>This is but one tactic to publicize the growing community of people who 
>reject the current threat of war. To keep helping us add names to the 
>list, please remember to take the petition form to any events you attend 
>and send us the forms at: AFSC Iraq Program, 1501 Cherry Street, 
>Philadelphia, PA 19102-1479.
>
><http://click.topica.com/maaawrfaaTveNa3FWSZe/>Visit the Iraq Peace Pledge 
>website to find links to sponsoring organizations.
>  Congressional debates
>The House International Relations will hold hearings on September 19 and 
>20. The House Armed Services Committee are holding hearings as this is 
>written. The Senate Foreign Relations and the Senate Armed Services will 
>also hold hearings sometime this month.
>
>If the offices of Pennsylvania senators represent the offices of 
>legislators elsewhere, we know they are receiving overwhelming support to 
>abandon the call for war. To add your voice, here are names and telephone 
>numbers of two important places to be heard:
>
>Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Henry Hyde 
>(R-IL), telephone: (202) 225-4561; fax: (202) 225-1166
>
>Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Joseph Biden (D-DE), 
>telephone: (202) 224-5042; fax: (202) 224-0139
>
>  Alternative hearings on Iraq held by Kucinich
>On Friday, Sept. 13, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) will hold his third 
>alternative hearing on Iraq. Previous hearings have featured testimony by 
>Phyllis Bennis, Scott Ritter, David Courtwright, Edmond Ghareeb, and Denis 
>Halliday. Entitled "No War in Iraq," these hearings are open to the public 
>and have been an important forum for expert testimony urging alternatives 
>to war.
>
>Encourage your representative to attend. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. 
>on Friday, Sept. 13, in Room 2203 of the Rayburn House Office Building in 
>the capital area of Washington, D.C.
>
>  Military action may get peace movement rolling
>Los Angeles Times reporter Johanna Neuman penned the first 'mainstream' 
>analysis of the peace movement's response to the debate about war in Iraq. 
>Wide-ranging and inclusive, her article breaks the silence and strengthens 
>the message of national organizations and community groups. She encourages 
>people to learn more about our activities by giving contact information 
>for peace groups.
>
>She says, "Far from the mainstream, often connected only by the stealth 
>power of the unseen Internet or the quiet muscle of community activism, 
>the peace lobby--robust during the Vietnam War and highly visible during 
>the 1991 Persian Gulf War--has been on the sidelines of public debate."
>
>We need to answer that challenge.
>
><http://click.topica.com/maaawrfaaTvf6a3FWSZe/>See the complete article.
>  Contacting legislators
>If you know the names of your legislators, you can reach them through the 
>capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
>
>To reach President Bush, write to him at The White House, Washington, DC 
>20500; or call the White House Comment Desk at (202) 456-1111, fax: (202) 
>456-2461; or send e-mail messages to: president at whitehouse.gov.
>
><http://click.topica.com/maaawrfaaTvgQa3FWSZe/>Find the names of your 
>legislators.
>Campaign Updates are edited by Peter Lems and Melissa Elliott
>AFSC Iraq Peace Building Program
>1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102
>phone: 215-241-7170; fax: 215-241-7177
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