[Peace] We Stand for Peace & Justice petition

[mjohanne at uiuc.edu]

Dear Friends,
				
Please consider joining me in adding your name to the 
following statement. Thousands of people have already done 
so, including Ezequiel Adamovsky, Vittorio Agnoletto, Michael 
Albert, Tariq Ali, Patrick Bond, Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, 
Bill Fletcher, Eduardo Galeano, Susan George, Marta 
Harnecker, Boris Kagarlitsky, George Monbiot, Suren Moodlar, 
Hector Mondragon, Tanya Reinhart, Carola Reintjes, Arundhati 
Roy, Lydia Sargent and Howard Zinn.

If, after reading it, you like what it has to say, take a few 
seconds to visit http://www.zmag.org/wspj and add your name 
to the list of endorsers.

The statement was released on March 27, 2003, and already 
more than 14876 have signed on! Here it is...
				
"I stand for peace and justice. 

I stand for democracy and autonomy. I don’t think the U.S. or 
any other country should ignore the popular will and violate 
and weaken international law, seeking to bully and bribe 
votes in the Security Council. 

I stand for internationalism. I oppose any nation spreading 
an ever expanding network of military bases around the world 
and producing an arsenal unparalleled in the world. 

I stand for equity. I don’t think the U.S. or any other 
country should seek empire. I don’t think the U.S. ought to 
control Middle Eastern oil on behalf of U.S. corporations and 
as a wedge to gain political control over other countries. 

I stand for freedom. I oppose brutal regimes in Iraq and 
elsewhere but I also oppose the new doctrine of “preventive 
war,” which guarantees permanent and very dangerous conflict, 
and is the reason why the U.S. is now regarded as the major 
threat to peace in much of the world. I stand for a 
democratic foreign policy that supports popular opposition to 
imperialism, dictatorship, and political fundamentalism in 
all its forms. 

I stand for solidarity. I stand for and with all the poor and 
the excluded. Despite massive disinformation millions oppose 
unjust, illegal, immoral war, and I want to add my voice to 
theirs. I stand with moral leaders all over the world, with 
world labor, and with the huge majority of the populations of 
countries throughout the world. 

I stand for diversity. I stand for an end to racism directed 
against immigrants and people of color. I stand for an end to 
repression at home and abroad. 

I stand for peace. I stand against this war and against the 
conditions, mentalities, and institutions that breed and 
nurture war and injustice. 

I stand for sustainability. I stand against the destruction 
of forests, soil, water, environmental resources, and 
biodiversity on which all life depends. 

I stand for justice. I stand against economic, political, and 
cultural institutions that promote a rat race mentality, huge 
economic and power inequalities, corporate domination even 
unto sweatshop and slave labor, racism, and gender and sexual 
hierarchies. 

I stand for a policy that redirects the money used for war 
and military spending to provide healthcare, education, 
housing, and jobs. 

I stand for a world whose political, economic, and social 
institutions foster solidarity, promote equity, maximize 
participation, celebrate diversity, and encourage full 
democracy. 

I stand for peace and justice and, more, I pledge to work for 
peace and justice."

http://www.zmag.org/wspj