YOUR GOVERNMENT, on the basis of
outrageous lies, is waging a murderous and utterly illegitimate war in Iraq, with
other countries in their sights.
4 years
have passed since the start of this unjust war; 655,000 Iraqis lay dead, and
Bush’s escalation, now in effect, is widening the horror. The Bush regime is poised to launch an attack
on Iran, which could well
inflame the entire Middle East with
devastating global consequences.
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This weekend: distribute the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime [PDF] with this message from World Can’t Wait on the reverse side [PDF] at anti-war protests across the country marking the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war. Washington DC: March 17, March on the Pentagon Los Angeles: Saturday, March 17. World Can’t Wait contingent gathers from 10am-12pm at Hollywood & Vine (Metro Red Line stop). San Francisco: Protest Sunday, March 18, 12pm (noon), at Justin Herman Plaza Click here for a listing of protests across the country on UnitedForPeace.org |
What we
do now can make all the difference.
This whole global conquest for empire and the war crimes being committed
in our names must be stopped.
Waiting for
a savior from the Democratic Party in the ’08 elections is distracting and
demobilizing. Worse, too many are
squandering hopes and energies in what has become a permanent election
season. Every major, “electable”
Democratic presidential candidate has advocated going after Iran, keeping
all, including nuclear, options “on the table.”
Each of them preaches finding common ground with the fascists and
religious fanatics that dominate US politics.
We must not allow the political agenda that these Democratic Party leaders
deem possible, and/or desirable, to set the limits on what we think, demand,
and do.
2007 must
not be characterized by passivity and acceptance of each new outrage committed
by Bush, but instead must be the year in which millions decide that enough is
enough, and set out to change the course of history. Just as progressive change has been fought
for and won in the past – from the Civil Rights movement to the anti-Vietnam
war movement – today we must do the same, and all the more urgently.
If Bush is
not removed from office and his program repudiated, not only will the death and
destruction in the Middle East continue for two more years, but everything Bush
has done – torture, evisceration of habeas corpus, secret spying, a doctrine of
pre-emptive war, moves toward theocracy – will be legitimated and
continue.
So what are
you going to do over the coming months?