Organize and Speak Out Against Bush Administration War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity!
On
September 19, 20 and 21, The International Commission of Inquiry on
Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration calls on
all campuses and communities across the country to organize public
events to expose and denounce the Bush administration’s war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
The
Bush regime’s actions cry out for resounding calls of conscience by the
many, many people across the country who do not want these acts carried
out in our names. They call for hundreds of events, sending a loud “No,
not in our name!” far and wide.
Programs
could include class-walk-outs, protests such as those by Berkeley
students against John Yoo (one of the legal architects of Bush’s
torture policies) or photo exhibits. Students and/or professors could
organize street theater dramatizing Bush crimes. Teach-ins on the war,
torture, global warming, Katrina, or on abstinence-only, featuring
local academics and activists, could inform many thousands.
Think
about what the Bush regime has already done: illegal, immoral and
unjust wars; rapes and massacres by occupying US military forces;
torture, rendition and illegal detention; and now threats against
Iran. It’s assaulted efforts to curb global warming. It insists upon
potentially genocidal abstinence-only AIDS-prevention programs in
Africa. It left poor Black people to drown in Hurricane Katrina, then
blocked food and aid, and now leaves New Orleans in ruins.
Acts
of this regime are unconscionable on the scales of history. We have a
moral and political responsibility to bring these horrendous crimes to
a halt, and ensure they never happen again.
The
Bush Crimes Days follows the September 13 release of the Bush Crimes
Commission’s Verdict and Findings of Fact. This Verdict is based on
the testimony of 45 of the world’s foremost expert or eye-witnesses,
gathered at Commission hearings in October 2005 and January 2006.
This
evidence will be available at www.bushcommission.org in easily
downloadable and reproducible DVD or printed form. They can be used
to organize teach-ins, speak-outs, protests, vigils, and classroom
presentations. You don’t need to be an expert – these materials
contain the key facts and evidence. A few examples:
* Scott Ritter on Bush’s lies and fabrications leading to war on Iraq
* Brigadier General Janis Karpinski’s testimony on torture ordered from the top levels of the Pentagon
* eye-witness testimony from journalists from the killing fields of Iraq
* stories of survivors from New Orleans flooded Lower Ninth Ward
* devastating testimony on Bush policies on global warming and HIV/AIDS
*
former British Ambassador Craig Murray’s shocking testimony on CIA use
of torture, and his inspiring rejection of such “safety”: “I”d rather
die than have anyone tortured to save my life.”
Join us at the White House for the release of the verdict on September 13; join in across the nation on September 19-21!
Watch
www.bushcommission.org for easily downloadable organizer’s kits, which
will include basic information – in video and printed form — about the
Bush Crimes Commission; its Verdict and Findings; key facts and
evidence concerning Bush administration crimes on war, torture,
Hurricane Katrina, global warming, and global public health; and
suggestions for various actions and how to organize them.
Watch the testimony on torture.
Click here for more info and hold an event where you live.
The Bush Crimes Commission staff will be available to assist. Email: maryjo@bushcommission.org.
Find the full text of the Bush Crimes Commission verdict in PDF form here.
For more information visit http://www.bushcommission.org/
