Impeach Bush for War Crimes – Resource Page

It is time for the people to put impeachment
on the table!

Iraq spins out of control.  Bush escalates and threatens still wider
war with Iran. 
The Bush program of torture and illegal detentions continues.  These are
war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Bush’s full program remains in effect. 
NSA Spying, the Patriot Act, the Military Commission Act: all continue.  And
all are illegal. The whole program of the Bush Administration must be
thoroughly repudiated by removing him from office before his term expires;
otherwise, the whole direction he has taken society will be condoned,
legitimated, and made permanent.

Resources: DVD’s (click on DVD to order): Featuring Daniel Ellsberg, Cindy Sheehan, John Nichols, Michael Ratner, Sunsara Taylor, & Gore Vidal. Held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 4th, 2007, the opening day of Congress. Get the evidence on why the Bush administration is guilty of war crimes and much more.   Flyer to distribute:  Side 1: the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Side 2: Stop the War Now! Impeach Bush for War Crimes! Poster: (sticker coming soon) Impeachment Books: “Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney,” edited by Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips, with an introduction by Howard Zinn, a wonderfully well written collection of essays organized around a list of 12 grounds for impeachment of Bush and Cheney. “The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders’ Cure for Royalism,” by John Nichols, a masterpiece that should be required reading in every high school and college in the United States, a history and portrait of the practice of impeachment. “Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush,” by the Center for Constitutional Rights, a short book that lists and explains four (multi-part) articles of impeachment. “The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens,” by Elizabeth Holtzman (former Congresswoman and member of the Nixon impeachment panel) and Cynthia L. Cooper, an excellent and readable book laying out five major grounds for impeachment of Bush, plus an extra section on Dick Cheney. “The Case for Impeachment,” by Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky, an amazingly popular and extremely readable book that explains the context while also setting forth six articles of impeachment against Bush, plus an extra section on Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales. “George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying,” by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, a book that not only collects the evidence but also tells us what Congressman John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, is thinking (the full text, minus a new introduction by Joseph Wilson, is available here.) “Verdict and Findings of Fact,” by the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration of the United States, a report that looks at five major international crimes and overlaps significantly with most lists of impeachable offenses (the full text is available at the link and can also be purchased for $10); “Impeach Bush: A Funny Li’l Graphical Novel About the Worstest Pres’dent in the History of Forevar,” a comic book account of Bush’s impeachable offenses – the crimes really are self-evident, but pictures don’t hurt. “Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration,” by Lewis Lapham, a collection of essays from Harper’s magazine, concluding with one called “The Case for Impeachment,” which focuses on Rep. Conyers’ report. “United States v. George W. Bush et al.,” by Elizabeth de la Vega, an indictment, a presentation to a grand jury charging Bush and gang with fraud — very well argued and documented, even entertaining. “The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America,” by Jennifer Van Bergen. Find out what the Bush Plan is and how it diverges from what the law and Constitution say.

A movement to Impeach Bush for War Crimes
can quickly advance the whole struggle; making ending the war and removing Bush
a reality.  As impeachment becomes imminent and his war options grow more
limited; the more his war crimes are exposed, the greater the impetus for
his removal and repudiation.

Come to the Emergency Summit to Impeach Bush for War Crimes Feb. 17-18

Below you can find crucial statements, articles, speeches, and resources to build a movement to Impeach Bush for War Crimes.

Must reads from World Can’t Wait:

Daring to Change Minds and
Move Millions: The Case for Impeachment Now
Speech by Sunsara Taylor 1/4/07

Why Demand Impeachment Now?
By Debra Sweet, World Can’t Wait national director, 12/11/06

Must read articles & speeches on the need for a movement to impeach Bush:

Howard Zinn: “Impeachment by the People” Published in February 2007 issue of The Progressive

John Nichols
Speech given 1/4/07

Michael Ratner
Speech given 1/4/07

Sean
Penn
Speech 12/18/06 upon receiving the 2006 Christopher Reeve First
Amendment Award

Daniel Ellsberg
Speech given 1/4/07

Cindy Sheehan
Speech given 1/4/07

Above: As the new Democratic majority started its first day in
Congress, with no plans to end the war, repeal the Military Commissions Act or
Patriot Act, and numerous declarations that “impeachment is off the
table”, hundreds of people came to Washington
DC to demand that Bush be
impeached for war crimes.  From a rally and
march outside the Capitol building, to an evening program at the National Press
Club entitled “Voices for Impeachment” featuring Daniel Ellsberg,
Cindy Sheehan, John Nichols, Michael Ratner & Sunsara Taylor, to a disruption
of Rham Emanuel’s press conference on “ethics reform” by anti-war
protesters, hundreds of people made clear their determination not to sit by and
allow the Bush regime to continue its crimes with the complicity of Congress.  [read more]

Above: On Saturday, Jan. 6, 1,200 people spelled out the word “IMPEACH!” in 100-foot-tall letters on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach.  Local
cabdriver and travel writer Brad Newsham organized the “Beach Impeach”
project, which stood as a rebuke to both President Bush and to new
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who represents the Congressional district
where it took place and has repeatedly declared “impeachment is off the
table”.