-?-?-? A Recipe
for Defeating
BUSH'S WAR RESOLUTION
Contact concerned citizens in your community immediately and organize small
delegations of two to five constituents to visit the district offices of your
Senators and Representatives. Be sure to target Members of Congress who have
either not taken a position on the war resolution or have already expressed
their support. (So far, at least 17 Members of Congress have publicly announced
their opposition to the war resolution in its current form.)
If no one in your group has had previous experience with civil disobedience,
contact a local nonviolence trainer or peace organization (see below for links
to RESOURCES for NONVIOLENCE TRAINING). It is essential to ensure that everyone
planning to participate in this important action is properly trained and
prepared to risk arrest.
It is not necessary to schedule a meeting. Each delegation should simply walk
into the office and ask to speak to the staffer who handles foreign policy or
defense. Whether or not they meet with you, tell someone in the office that, as
constituents, you would like a public statement from the Member of Congress
declaring that they will vote against the war resolution in any form. Keep the
request short and simple. Let them know that you and your delegation will wait
until a statement is made. If the office refuses to provide a statement or tells
you that they plan to support the President, politely inform them that you will
not leave until the office complies with your request.
Make sure that the media is aware of your action.
You are essentially asking the Member of Congress to represent their
constituents who oppose a war in Iraq. Furthermore, to authorize the President
to take U.S. military action against Iraq at this time would represent a
repudiation of the U.S. Constitution and the United Nations Charter, abandoning
legal restrictions that have guided America for two generations. You are
carrying out your civic duties in holding your elected representatives
accountable.
In a letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. instructed us: "In
any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to
determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct
action."
For over 12 years, concerned citizens and organizations in the United States as
well as throughout the world have documented the tremendous hardship, suffering
and death that the people of Iraq have had to endure. Despite this, the grave
injustice and indignity of U.S.-led military actions and international sanctions
continue.
When the Bush administration began to put our nation on the path to war in Iraq,
these same concerned organizations and individuals petitioned Congress and the
administration to reverse the course and allow the UN to settle the conflict
through peaceful means. Our case has been made stronger by the collection of the
facts. In short, the administration has been unable to provide any evidence that
shows Iraq to be a clear and immediate threat to the United States. But despite
all of this, our efforts to prevail upon our elected officials through
negotiation have failed. Even Iraq's surrender to President Bush's demand to
allow in UN weapons inspections "without conditions" seems to have had no effect
in averting the collision course the Bush administration has set for us. And now
Congress appears prepared to vote to authorize the President to use force
against Iraq.
We are left with no choice. It is time for each of us to prepare to take
nonviolent direct action. Otherwise, we could lose our last chance to prevent
our nation from making a devastating mistake.
For peace with justice,
An Anonymous Gulf War Veteran
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Contact information for US, UN, European Union, Canada, Israel and Media
(CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN)
CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!
CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!
CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!
Please contact your political representatives immediately and ask them to urge a
cessation of hostilities on both sides. Also encourage them to urge the use of
international observers, many of whom are currently in Ramallah and the
surrounding area.
You can easily find how to contact for your own U.S. Senators and Congresspeople
at http://government.aol.com
To begin, here are four important people to address in the United States.
Use phone AND fax AND email:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1111 -- Fax: (202) 456-2461 --
E-mail:
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Vice President Dick Cheney
(The White House, as above)
Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
(The White House, as above)
Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-6575 -- Fax: (202) 261-8577 --
E-mail:
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You can call the Capital switchboard toll-free:
1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress.
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UNITED NATIONS
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Postal Address: 136 East 67 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021
Phone: (212) 861-4900; 861-4901; 861-4902
Fax: (212) 628-0252
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Britain at the United Nations
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
28th Floor
885 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
E-mail
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Tel: (212) 745 9250
Fax: (212) 745 9316
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Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan
Address: 350 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016
Telephone:
212-655-6100 --- Fax: 212-634-7626
E-mail:
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