Statement from the World Can’t Wait National Steering Committee, 6/15/06
Haditha. Guantanamo. Unapologetic, illegal spying on a grand
scale. “Shoot to kill” orders issued at black people on rooftops
in New Orleans. The most basic rights of women and gay people – as
well as established scientific fact on a range of questions –
sacrificed to the passions and prejudices of religious fanaticism. The
devaluing and scape-goating of first this section, then that section,
of the people. And on it goes, relentlessly, with no end in sight.
At what point is it too much for you?
The Bush regime is setting out to remake society, very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come.*
It’s not going to just go away. And this fall’s election is offering no reprieve.
In official politics a pattern has been established: “shock” at
each new outrage quickly turns to conciliation and then to draconian
new norms – often with the architects of torture, spying, or
theocracy being given greater institutional power. Hopes placed in
official “opposition” and the Democrats lead to betrayal, then
demoralization, and finally – all too often – cynicism and
acceptance.
ALL THIS MUST HALT!
We must, and can, aim to create a political situation where the
Bush regime’s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is
driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking
society is reversed. We, in our millions, must and can take
responsibility to change the course of history.*
This summer the word must spread. Scripts must be departed from.
Principle must be asserted and fought for. Resistance must grow. And on
October 5 this must all come together in massive demonstrations, of an
unprecedented scope and scale, and these demonstrations must serve to
BRING THIS TO A HALT.
*Quotes taken from the Call for The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime.