[Peace] Fwd: War is illegal - International Declaration

[Brussel Morton K.]

FYI. Perhaps AWARE should affix its name, as well as individuals.

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> From: email at hbuecker.net
> Date: April 23, 2008 10:21:07 PM CDT
> To: brussel at uiuc.edu
> Subject: War is illegal - International Declaration
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>  Please take a look at  war-is-illegal.org
> an international declaration initiated by shops and international  
> artists in Berlin
>
> If you would like to have your name added to the list please reply  
> to this e-mail
> send name or name of organisation - work or activity - city/country  
> - and a website address if you like
>
> Thank you very much
> Heinrich Buecker
> Coop Cafe,  Berlin, Rochstr.3
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> War is illegal
>
> Against a background of escalating ecological crises, and the fact  
> that large parts of the world´s population are being exposed to  
> extreme poverty, inhuman working conditions and increasing social  
> tensions, the annual global military expenditure has risen to more  
> than 1000 billion dollars.
> The military-industrial complex of just a few G8 countries is  
> responsible for the overwhelming part of this spending, causing  
> incalcuable social and ecological consequences.
>
> Unequal distribution of global resources, increasingly controlled  
> by large multinational companies, global debt policy and unfair  
> international trading practices ultimately could not be maintained  
> without military security. In many countries the military is used  
> to repress critical opposition.
>
> The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 are increasingly used to  
> justify systematic surveillance and the dismantling of  
> constitutional rights. Even European countries have helped to  
> establish Guantanomo-like secret prisons, where torture in all  
> probability takes place.
>
> Iraq was attacked based on falsified evidence causing the death of  
> hundreds of thousands of people, widespread destruction,  
> destabilization and contamination with cancer-causing depleted  
> uranium munitions.
> Now plans to attack Iran and the possibility of a new World War  
> have been made public, meeting resistance even from moderate  
> elements within the military due to the unforeseeable consequences.
>
> Faced with the choice between a war, that according to some western  
> leaders, will last for many years or a possible peaceful  
> transformation we support the following demands:
>
> 1) Impeachment proceedings against US President Bush and US Vice  
> President Cheney before the 2008 election, a demand raised in  
> solidarity with large parts of the US public and some members of US  
> Congress. Furthermore prosecution by the International Court of  
> Justice of G. W. Bush, R. Cheney and other officials from various  
> countries for waging wars of aggression contrary to international  
> law and committing crimes against humanity.
>
> 2) International investigation of the September 11, 2001 terror  
> attacks. They are used as the central justification for the "War on  
> Terror", but well documented evidence shows that the official  
> explanation of 9/11 cannot be correct. International personalities  
> in science, politics, and culture, including high-ranking military  
> veterans, have called for a new investigation.
>
> 3) Immediate military withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq, and no  
> attack against Iran. International prohibition of war as a means of  
> conflict resolution. Military intervention and export of weapons  
> should be criminalized.
> In a civilized society torture must be prohibited in any form.
>
> 4) Conversion of military industries to civilian purposes and the  
> development of ecological and sustainable energy resources.  
> According to the UN environmental agency, a fraction of the annual  
> global defence expenditure could ensure that all humans have access  
> to clean water and a basic supply of food and healthcare.
>
> This statement is based on a commitment to non-violence and  
> tolerance of all ethnic groups and religions. Two devastating World  
> Wars and historical catastrophes like the Nazi Holocaust must  
> always remind us of the worst consequences of nationalism, racism  
> and incitement to war.
>
> Sign this statement, pass it on, whatever we can do. It is up to us.
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> signed by 1200 groups, businesses and individuals:
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> to see websites of most signatories go to www.war-is-illegal.org
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> David Swanson - Co-founder Impeachment Coalition- USA
> Nina Hagen - Musician - Berlin/Germany
> Cynthia McKinney -US Presidential Candidate, Green Party 2008
> CODEPINK Women for Peace - co-founder Gael Murphy- USA
> Green Party of Washington State - Maryrose Asher, Chair - USA
> Dr. Axel Troost - Member of German parliament - Bremen/Germany
> Jonah House - Community/Nonviolence/Resistance - Baltimore/USA
> Ko Un - Poet and Writer -Ansong/South Korea
> Food Not Bombs - co-founder Keith McHenry- NM/USA
> Eckart Spoo - Editor of biweekly magazine "Ossietzky"- Berlin/Germany
> Felicia Langer - Alternative Nobel Prize Laureate - Tüb./Germany
> Nebraskans for Peace-Statewide peace & justice organization- 
> Lincoln, NE/USA
> Grassrootsamerica4us - Founder Tina Richards - USA -  
> grassrootsamerica4us.org
> Dr. Motte - Founder Loveparade, Musician, DJ - Berlin/Germany
> Michael Parenti Ph.D. - political author & scholar - Berkeley, Cal./ 
> USA
> Harold Barclay, PhD. - Prof. Anthropology University Alberta -  
> Edmonton/Canada
> The Internationale of Military Draft Resisters- Berlin/Germany.
> Combatants For Peace - Palestinian-Israeli Peace - Palestine
> Renate Bahr - Co-Founder of Green Party Austria
> Dr. Stefan Silber - spokesperson Pax Christi- Sailauf/Germany
> Carsten Labudda -politician, DIE LINKE -Weinheim/Germany
> Green Party of Delaware - David A. McCorquodale, Treasure - USA
> Karin Gaulke - Projectsecretary Women Center Marie e.V. - Berlin/ 
> Germany
> Inge Keller - honorary member Deutsches Theater Berlin - Germany
> Heike Haensel - Member of German parliament - Tüb./Germany
> Seasolarstore - Energy Alternatives Inc. - Barrington, NH/USA
> Ekkehard Sieker - TV-Journalist - Bad Hönningen/Germany
> Peace Not War Japan -Raising awareness about peace -Tokyo/Japan
> Freewayblogger - 3000 antiwar highway signs - California/USA
> Phil Burk - Restoring Democracy - USA
> Richard Sanders - Coalition to Oppose the Arms-Trade --Ottawa/Canada
> Hedva Shemesh- Artist, Art Curator- Jerusalem/Israel
> Coalition to Reaffirm and Extend the Geneva Conventions-Eugene, OR/USA
> Anas Karzai, Ph.D - Professor of Sociology - Barrie, Ontario/Canada
> Billionaires for Bush- Corporate Lobbyists - USA
> Hans Boës - Futurologist - Berlin/Germany
> Tom Santoni - Veterans For Peace - musician - Hastings, Florida/USA
> Barbara Waschmann - Documentary Film Festival - Vienna/Austria
> AlternaTees- Sweatshop-Free Tees for Peace - Brooklyn, NY/USA
> Peace Movement Aotearoa - Peace Organisation - Aotearoa/New Zealand
> Antinuclear.net - Christina Macpherson - Melbourne/Australia
> Olaf Brühl - Film Director - Berlin/Germany
> Querkopf e.V.- Homeless & Unemployed Newspaper Berlin/Germany
> TUC Radio - Independent Radio - San Francisco/USA
> Carlos Latuff - Cartoonist - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
> Indymedia Perth - Ray Grenfell, editor - Perth/Australia
> Unite - Union of Workers - Auckland/New Zealand
> Peace NO War Network - Lee Siu Hin - Los Angeles, CA/USA
> Consumers for Peace - Peekskill, New York/USA
> The Camp for Climate Action 2007- Leeds/UK
> Ole Lehmann - Comedian, actor - Berlin/Germany
> Charleston Peace - Anna Shockley - Charleston, SC, USA
> Art Voices Against Poverty - Anne Radstaak - Germany
> Wales Network for Peace & Nonviolence - Cardiff/UK
> Peacetaxseven - No taxes for financing war - United Kingdom
> SAWA - Support Association for the Women of Afghanistan - Australia
> Midwest Independent Film Festival - Chicago, IL, USA
>  agitart.org Artist/Activist collaborative - Los Angeles/Boston/USA
> Dr. Maximilian C. Forte - Ass. Professor, Anthropology - Montreal/ 
> Canada
> Dr. Matthias Beier- Psychoanalyst, Scholar of Religion -NYC/USA
> South Florida Raging Grannies-Promoting Peace, Justice, Equality- 
> Florida/USA
> Murat Karabey -Actor - Berlin/German
> Humanist Party of India -Sudhir Gandotra - Delhi/India
> Brian Willson - USAF VN Vet, Veterans For Peace -Arcata, CA/USA
> Permakultur Austria - Sustainable Living -Austria
> Kolahstudio - Iranian Urban Art Movement - Teheran/Iran
> Mondo Senza Guerre- Disarmo e Nonviolenza - Italy
> Workers Solidarity- Antonio Rus Serrano- Madrid/Spain
> Susan Dorothea White- Artist, Author - Sydney/Australia
> Joe Kincheloe- Professor (McGill University) - Montreal/Canada
> Kurt Daims- Vermont Town Petition to arrest Bush/Cheney -  
> Brattleboro, VT/USA
> Environmentalists Against War- Gar Smith, co-founder - Berkeley, CA/ 
> USA
> Farah Notash- Artist, Left Unity - Vienna/Austria
> Angie Zelter- Peace and environmental campaigner UK
> Ukhampacha Bolivia- Indigenous Journalism - La Paz/Bolivia
> Demokratische Linke - Landesverband Berlin/Germany
> Global Coalition for Peace - Bethesda MD, USA
> Elke Zwinge-Makamizile - documentary maker- Berlin/Germany
> Café Zapata - Club, Café - Oranienburgerstr. 55 Berlin/Germany
> Mohawk Nation News - Sovereignty for the Kanionke:haka
> Sebastian Reuter- sounddesigner - Berlin/Germany
> Ralf Mischnick - filmproduction - Berlin/Germany
> Dirk Szuszies - film- & theatre director - Berlin/Germany
> Middle East Children\'s Alliance - Barbara Lubin - Berkeley,CA/USA
> Maryland United for Peace & Justice-Annual Peace Conference - USA
> Norwich Stop the War Coalition- P. Offord - Norwich UK-
> Zion Train - Dub/Reggae Band - London/UK
> Dub Is A Weapon - Dave Hahn, musician- New York/USA
> Portland Radio Authority - Alternative Radio - Portland, OR/USA
> AVC Inc. -Trifon Haitas (Green Party) -Toronto/Canada
> Curare e. V. - human rights organisation- Köln/Germany
> Left Wing German Greens -Ralf Henze -Dannstadt/Germany
> Elizabeth Barger-Artist for Peace-The Farm, Summertown, TN/USA
> Hartford Catholic Worker Community -Christopher J. Doucot -Hartford  
> CT/USA
> Thomas Reinert - steering committee B90/Green Party KV Coesfeld -  
> Dülmen/Germany
> DAWN -DuPage Against War Now, Glen Ellyn-ClevelandIllinois/USA
> United-For-Peace.org -Network for Peace -Germany
> Malachy Kilbride -President  Wwashingtonpeacecenter.net
> Jenny Watson - member of Pais (War Resisters International)  
> Netherlands
> Vegan Society Austria -Felix Hnat -Vienna/Austria
> People for Peace and Justice of Utah - grassroots movement - UT/USA
> Carol Brouillet -Green Party candidate for Congress- Palo Alto, CA/USA
> The July 7th Truth Campaign -London, UK
> Else Tonke - Grandmothers against War - Berlin/Germany
> Australian War Criminal Watch -Sydney, Australia-  
> australianwarcriminals.jitgede.com
> SONAD- Organisation for Nonviolence & Development, Light Aganwa - 
> Khartoum/Sudan
> Elfriede Krutsch - Medical Doctor, member of ATTAC and IPPNW. -  
> Berlin/Germany
> Lynn Meadows - Green Party, Interfaith Council for Peace. -  
> Chelsea, MI, USA
> Nepal Peace Party- Chair Bolaram Pandey - Kathmandu/Nepal
> Robert Lewis - writer/filmmaker - Montreal, Canada
> Campaign to Make War History -London/UK
> Friendship and Peace Society - President Ellen Rosser -USA
> Matthew Buechler - 2008 March On Ottawa-Ottawa/Canada
> Bo Filter -Author, M.A., Psychology-Court.,  BC, Canada
> Hermesse Julie -antropologist- Brussels, Belgium
> Peter Bader- Verein der Deutsch-Balten Estlands - Tallinn,Estonia
> Ralf Pandorf - Redakteur LabourNet Germany - Bochum/Germany
> K. Bracken - Secretary Victoria Branch Maritime Union of Australia
> Geoffrey Hagopian - Professor of Mathematics - Palm Desert, CA, USA
> Mira Svartnes Thorsen - The Green Party Norway
> Heidi Kloor - secretary ver.di Union - Berlin/Germany
> Paul Craig Roberts -Former assistant editor, Wall St Journal - FL, USA
> European Agency for Safety at Sea - Anders Björkman - Beausoleil,  
> France
> Emmanuel Herchy - Professor for political science-Berlin, Germany
> Fritz Vilmar- Professor for political science - Berlin/Germany
> Women Against Military Madness - Polly Mann - MN, USA
> Jean-Claude Englebert - ECOLO (Belgian Greens) - Brussels/Belgium
> CONTEMPL8- Propaganda T-shirt Maker - MN, USA
> Cristina Gay- Speaker UNE AUTRE GAUCHE - Belgium
> Robert W. Halfhill- Green Party, Gay Activist-MN, USA
> Sabine Schwenk - DIE LINKE Kreisverband Alzey-Worms
> J. Benninger -Partner,  White Rose Coffeehouse - Canada
> Gillian Norman- Dir./Prod. Avante Films - Sydney, Australia -
> Will Thomas- Member of Veterans for Peace - Auburn, NH USA
> Stefan Dolge - Koordination Attac Essen - Germany
> Z-Bar - Bar, Art, Culture, Cinema  Berlin, Germany
> Florian Gross - Co-Founder, Reopen 911 - Geneva, Switzerland
> Robert Layton - Internat. Arbitrator - Lakeville, CT & NYC, USA
> Dissident Voice- Kim Petersen, editor dissidentvoice.org - Anyang,  
> Korea
> Marie Kullman - Coordinator for Buffalo War Resisters League - USA
> Rev. Robert Mills - Minister Logos Institute of Spiritual Humanism  
> - Oakland Ca USA
> Helene von Kolontay- DIE LINKE KV Daun - Germany
> Rachel Gardam -Photographer ICP - New York/ USA
> Peter Bürger-Catholic Theologian, Publisher-Duesseldorf, Germany-  
> friedensbilder.de
> Irina Sels - Director - European School Parents Association.-  
> Brussels, Belgium
> Dr. D. Fehrentz - chair Ass. of Victims of persecution by the Nazi  
> Regime VVN-BdA Heidelberg
> Adam Kokesh - Iraq Veteran, US Marines -Santa Fe, NM, USA
> Rick Pickett - Designer - Berkeley, CA, USA
> Peter Simpson- Co-founder, Futenma-Henoko Network-Okinawa, Japan- 
> www.fhan.org
> Bob & Adele DellaValle-Rauth- Missionaries to Haiti, Coord. Pax  
> Christi Virginia - USA
> Nancy O’Byrne- Coordinator, Pax Christi Northeast Florida - St.  
> Augustine, USA
> Rosemarie Pace- Director Pax Christi Metro New York - New York, NY,  
> USA
> Daniel Tillias - Peace Worker -Haiti
> John Downing -Pax Christi Pentagon Area -Arlington, VA, USA
> Klaus Hartmann -Chairman of German Freethinker Association
>
> now more than 1200 signatories online:
> www.war-is-illegal.org
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