Action Alerts

ACTION ALERT: Stopping Rape as a Weapons of War (Irene Khan / Amnesty International)
Rape is a weapon of war in so many countries around the world, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia and Sudan. And one thing is clear — the problem of violence against women vastly exceeds the resources currently devoted to stopping it. Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women campaign is leading an effort to end this systematic violation of women's basic human rights. Support the International Violence Against Women Act.

ACTION ALERT: MAY DAY: A Call To Action (After Downing Street.org)
May 1st is shaping up to be a day of anti-war resistance, with strikes by the ILWU and other unions, plus immigrant rights rallies, and peace and impeachment activities — across the US and abroad.

ACTION ALERT: Cluster Bomb Ban: Paul McCartney Calling (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The world community is calling for a ban on cluster bombs. On May 19, representatives of more than half the world's nations will gather in Dublin, Ireland, to hammer out the final details of a treaty banning the use and export of all or most cluster bombs.

ACTION ALERT:
Unequal distribution of global resources, increasingly controlled by large multinational companies, global debt policy and unfair international trading practices ultimately could not be maintained without military security. The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 are increasingly used to justify systematic surveillance and the dismantling of constitutional rights.

ACTION ALERT: Condoleeza Rice Lied about Torture: Bush Now Admits He “Approved” It (Robert Greenwald / Brave New Films & Democrats.com)
Thanks to a new report from ABC News, we now know that Condoleezza Rice led White House meetings authorizing torture that were so detailed, "the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed." Sign the "Condi Must Go" Petition. George W. Bush also informed ABC that he personally approved the torture technique known as waterboarding. Bush should be impeached.

ACTION ALERT: Turn up the Heat on Condi: Complicit in Torture (True Majority.org)
Yesterday, ABC News reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chaired explicit White House discussions about which torture techniques should be used on prisoners. They "were so detailed" that "some of the interrogation sessions were almost choreographed — down to the number of times CIA agents could use a specific tactic." Given these new revelations, Condoleezza Rice can not continue as Secretary of State.

ACTION ALERT: A Responsible Plan for Iraq (TrueMajority.org)
There is a better plan to end the war but it needs your vote of support. A group of Congressional candidates have come up with a responsible plan to get our nation out of this nightmare, and scores of them have already agreed that if elected they will actually carry out the plan, not just keep holding hearings while continuing the war.

ACTION ALERT: Say No to a New Generation of Nuclear Weapons (CREDO Action from Working Assets)

Disgusting Profits by US Armament Companies (Matthew Rothschild / The Progressive)
Since the Iraq War began, aerospace and defense industry stocks have more than doubled. General Dynamics did even better than that. Its stock has tripled.

ACTION ALERT: Protest War: Tax Day Actions, Tuesday, April 15, 2008 (National Committee on War Tax Resistance)
Over $500 billion has been spent by the Pentagon for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the bill is still skyrocketing with an ongoing cost of over $700 million a day. Five years of a war built on lies is 5 years too many. More than 6 years of war on terror has led to more acts of terror worldwide. Get out on tax day and demand that our hard-earned money be used to help people, not kill them!

ACTION ALERT: Stop US Military Support to Countries Using Child Soldiers (Oxfam America.org)
Governments around the world are using children as young as 7 as frontline solders, porters, and spies. The UN estimates that 250,000 children are actively involved in armed conflicts.In many cases, the US is providing military financing, training, and weapons to the very governments that recruit and use child soldiers. A bipartisan bill to curb this military aid could reach the Senate this month. Your action today is critical.

ACTION ALERT: Petition against Czech Missile Bases (Nonviolence Czechoslovakia)
George W. Bush wants to build a missile base in Czech Republic but more than More than 80% of the Czech population are against this project. If you think it is only fair that the Czech people have the right to decide on such an important question by means of a referendum, please consider signing the international petition to "Stop Star Wars.}

ACTION ALERT: Stop Stop-Loss (CREDO Mobile Action / Working Assets)
or the past several years, the military has been using its stop-loss policy as a backdoor draft. This policy involuntarily extends service members' enlistment contracts, thereby preventing them from leaving the military — or coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan — after their term of enlistment has ended. Sign a petition to Defense Secretary Gates, demanding an end to enforced military service.

ACTION ALERT: Admiral Fallon Fired To Clear Way For WW3: Only Impeachment Can Save Us Now (The Pen)
Admiral Fallon, the man who famously said that an attack on Iran would "not happen on my watch" was just "retired". Now, he is no longer on the watch. And they White House is absolutely planning to start a war with Iran and World War 3, against all strategic wisdom. We have one and only one hope. Congress must immediately commence impeachment proceedings against both Dick Cheney and George Bush.

ACTION ALERT: Stop-Loss Congress; No Recess for Legislators while War Rages (Stop-loss Congress.org)
On Wednesday March 12, We will take nonviolent action on Capitol Hill, to ensure that, while thousands of Iraqis, Afghanis, and foreign invaders die and are injured for life, the members of Congress and their staffs do not go home but remain to DO THEIR DUTY, and immediately end the funding of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. No members of Congress goes home until THE TROOPS COME HOME.

ACTION ALERT: What Is War Tax Resistance? And How Can You Get Involved? (War Resistance League & No War Tax)
But before governments can buy weapons and hire soldiers, they must first raise the necessary money through taxes or borrowing. War tax resistance is refusing to pay some or all of those federal taxes that contribute to military spending. War tax resistance is a powerful way to say NO to nuclear weapons and weapons testing, military aid and arms sales, the ludicrous Star Wars missile defense system, covert CIA violence — to say NO to the militarization of the U.S. federal budget.

ACTION ALERT: End the War — Invest in America (MoveOn.org)
On March 19, the 5th anniversary of the war in Iraq, we'll honor the fallen and call on our leaders to stop squandering billions in Iraq—and start investing here at home instead. This year, we're marking the anniversary by gathering at hundreds of "New Priorities" Vigils to call for an end to the war and send a clear message to Washington: to heal our ailing economy, we need to end the occupation in Iraq. Follow the links to find a Vigil location in your neighborhood.

ACTION ALERT: Join Opposition to US Missile Defense in Czech Republic and Poland
The US is attempting to place military bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. Despite the strenuous efforts of the Czech and US governments, Czech public opinion remains strongly against the radar, with 70% opposed. These next several weeks are critical, since the Czech parliament will likely be voting soon on accepting the radar.

ACTION ALERT: Bush's Latest Signing Statement Is Grounds for Impeachment (United for Peace and Justice)
On Jan. 25, 2008, George Bush released a signing statement claiming the right to violate four sections of the National Defense Authorization Act, which he had just signed into law. Among the measures Bush wants to ignore: establishing a commission to investigate US contractor fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan, expansing whistleblower protections, requiring US intelligence agencies respond to congressional requests for documents, and bannig permanent bases in Iraq.

ACTION ALERT: Conyers Says He's on Edge of Starting Impeachment (David Swanson)
Chairman John Conyers' House Judiciary Committee met for an hour and 15 minutes with two members of Code Pink to discuss impeachment. Conyers expressed fear of what might happen following an impeachment. et's push Conyers over the edge by flooding his office with phone calls, faxes, and Emails on Monday and Tuesday.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress: Reject Bush's Cuts to Public Broadcasting Budget
If you enjoy the programming carried by your local public radio and television stations, it's time to tell Congress: save public broadcasting from Bush's budget axe. Once again, George W. Bush has proposed deep budget cuts for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In previous years, Congress has heard overwhelmingly from their constituents and restored this funding; can we count on you to chime in again this year and save public broadcasting?

ACTION ALERT: Military Budget Has 12 Zeros (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
or the first time in history, the total 2009 U.S. military budget proposed by the president will surpass one trillion dollars. The military budget has increased by 70 percent since President Bush took office, according to the White House. FCNL calculates that the increase may be closer to 100 percent.

ACTION ALERT: The "Great Mystery" of Iraq's WMDs? CBS Ignores Evidence from its Own Show (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR))
A January 27 report on 60 Minutes asked the question: “Why didn't Saddam Hussein tell the world he had no weapons of mass destruction?” CBS ignored the fact that, in an earlier interview with Dan Rather, Saddam Hussein had clearly stated: “Iraq no longer has the weapons.” Why is CBS ignoring its own reporting to distort history? Contact CBS officials and demand honesty in broadcasting.

Colleges “Strike Against War” Returns (Darwin BondGraham / The Daily Nexus)
Last February, thousands of UCSB students, staff and faculty marched against the Iraq war, sporting “Environmentalists Against War” T-shirts and holding signs that exclaimed “Drop tuition, not bombs!” UCSB’s “Strike Against War” inspired at least 27 other major anti-war protests at colleges across the nation. UCSB students are planning a sequel on Feb. 12 to he continuing occupation of Iraq and the prospect of a war against Iran.

We Need a Nonviolent Revolution: Resist in March (Malachy Kilbride & Pete Perry / Washington Peace Center)
We are about to pass into our sixth year of the illegal Iraq War. We have worked long and hard to end this crime against peace. We have written, faxed, e-mailed and lobbied, we have marched and demonstrated, signed petitions and held vigils, and yet this illegal military occupation of Iraq continues. We must not be fooled, lied to, and lulled into a false sense of security with hopes for a positive electoral outcome. Prepare to march in March.

US Biowar Experiments Have Begun at Livermore Lab:: Lawsuit Filed (Tri-Valley CAREs)
Yesterday, ignoring public concerns and without the required notification or circulation of its environmental analysis for public review and comment, the Department of Energy (DOE) opened a bio-warfare agent research facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The new facility, housed in a prefabricated (i.e., portable) building, has now begun dangerous experiments with lethal pathogens such as live anthrax, plague, Q-fever and tularemia.

ACTION ALERT: Defend Free Speech, Free Assembly and the National Mall (ImpeachBush.org)
A free speech battle brewing between the Bush Administration and those who seek to preserve the National Mall as a traditional site for mass protest. The National Park Service is undertaking an initiative (similar to that launched to ban protests from New York City's Great Lawn) that would restrict protest gatherings on the National Mall. Every day that Bush stays in office, we can expect new assaults on civil liberties and the Bill of Rights.It is incumbent upon us all to take action.

Darkness over Gaza: World Condemns 'Collective Punishment' (Al Jazeera and Agencies)
Hamas claimed Sunday night that five patients died because of the cutoff of electricity in hospitals resulting from the Israeli blockade. The Hamas leadership pleaded with Arab leaders and the rival Palestinian Authority, asking them to forget their differences and help the beleaguered Gazans. Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa said that what was happening in Gaza was a "war crime" and urged the West to bring pressure on Israel.

ACTION ALERT: Call-in Day on Impeachment (Democrats.com)
Congressman Robert Wexler is organizing his colleagues to ask House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers to begin Cheney impeachment hearings. We are also asking congress members not on the committee to send their own letters to Conyers. Please Email your Congress Member here

ACTION ALERT: January 11 — Shut Down Guantanamo! (Witness Against Torture)
WAT Statement: "We declare January 11, 2008, six years after the first prisoners arrived at Guantanamo, an International Day of Action to Shut Down Guantánamo. In Washington, DC we will hold a permitted demonstration at the National Mall followed by an orange jumpsuit procession to the Supreme Court."

ACTION ALERT: (Heinrich Buecker / War Is Illegal)
The annual global military expenditure has risen to more than $1,000 billion dollars. Militarism now threatens global biological security. This following one-page declaration spells out the dangers of militarism and lists several actions that can be taken to restrain the proliferation of the international arms industry. The statement has been translated into several languages Feel free to add your name and the name of your organization to the list of people who already signed

ACTION ALERT: Impeach Dick Cheney — 100,000 Signatures and Growing! (A Message from Congressmember Ron Wexler)
100,000 people have signed Congressman Wexler's petition supporting his call for the impeachment of Vice President Cheney. The New York Times and Washington Post refuse to print Wexler's op-ed articles but his support in Congress is growing and the petition campaign is starting to sweep the nation.

ACTION ALERT: Bush Loses on Illegal Wiretapping: How You Can Fight Telecom Spying (MoveOn.org & People for the American Way & CREDO Mobile)
After tens of thousands of phone calls started pouring in from all over the country Sen. Chris Dood, Russ Feingold and Harry Reid stood up to the White House and Telecom giants and refused to grant ATT&T, Verizon and others "immunity from persecution" for illegally spying on the communications of American citizens. There is a phone company that defends the First Amendment. If your phone company has betrayed your trust and spied for the White House, consider switching to CREDO Mobile.

ACTION ALERT: Vote this Week — Say No to Iraq War Money (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
This week, your senators will vote on whether the US should give the president another $70 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with no strings attached. Call your senators today and let them know your position on providing more money for war.

ACTION ALERT: US Faith Leaders Protest Human Rights Abuses, Urge Restrictions on Military Aid to the Philippines (Ecumenical Advocacy Network On The Philippines)
Some 277 leaders of faith-based organizations, labor rights groups and Filipino-American associations have sent a letter of concern to members of Congress protesting human rights abuses in the Philippines and calling for restrictions and conditions on all military aid in the Omnibus spending bill currently before Congress.

ACTION ALERT: Senate Bill 1959 Would Define Dissent as 'Homegrown Terrorism' (Editorial / Workers World & Steven Yates / News With Views & Chris Strohm / CongressDaily)
Earlier this fall Congress passed the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” ostensibly to study what “radicalizes” people and how to prevent it. The Senate version, S.B. 1959 would criminalize thoughts, blogs, and books, spelling an end to free speech across America. It could allow the US government to arrest and jail any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, the Iraq war, or any government agency. The ACLU is opposing the bill.

ACTION ALERT: House Judiciary Trio Calls for Cheney Impeachment Hearings (John Nichols / The Nation)
Three senior members of the House Judiciary Committee have called for the immediate opening of impeachment hearings for Vice President Richard Cheney. Democrats Robert Wexler of Florida, Luis Gutierrez of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin argue that impeachment is required because of the administration's "abuse of power that, if proven, may well constitute high crimes and misdemeanors under our constitution."

ACTION ALERT: Bush Lies, Hides Truth while Threatening "World War III" (Peter Baker and Robin Wright / Washington Post & Hon. Harry Reid / US Senate)
George Bush warned that a nuclear-armed Iran might lead to World War III at least a month after he had been told that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program. US Senator Harry Reid notes this is "the same type of misinformation that got us into the Iraq war." Sen. Reid is calling for "10,000 letters to the editor by Monday," demanding that Mr. Bush and his allies don't spread any more lies designed to mislead us into to a war with Iran.

ACTION ALERT: Demand a Halt to Bush's Lies on December 13 (MoveOn.org)
It's Iraq all over again. Bush is willing to ignore intelligence and lie to move us towards another war. We can't let him get away with it again. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper reminding folks that we've heard this story before, that Bush is misleading America on Iran just as he did on Iraq.

ACTION ALERT: Senate to Vote on Global Warming Bill (Hon. Barbara Boxer / US Senate)
After more than 10 months of hearings, testimony from hundreds of scientists and experts, and hours of debate, the US Senate’s Environment & Public Works Committee may be only a few days away from sending the most far-reaching global warming program in the world. America's Climate Security Act, S. 2191, would cut greenhouse gases below 1990 levels by 2020 and cut emissions by nearly 70% by 2050.

ACTION ALERT: Oil Money for Refugees (Iraqi International Initiative on Refugees)
More than 4.5 million Iraqis — a fifth of the population — have been displaced inside and outside their country due to the sectarian policies of the occupation and the governments it has installed since the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003. The international community has the moral obligation to act now. UNSC Resolution 986 of 1995 established that Iraqi oil revenue is for all Iraqis. As Iraqi citizens, Iraqi refugees have equal rights to share in the wealth of Iraq. Act to support this campaign.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Rape as Weapon in Congo War (CARE)
The New York Times and The Washington Post recently reported disturbing evidence of the increasing "normalcy" of rape in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Tell Congress to pass the International Violence Against Women Act now.

ACTION ALERT: Bill Calls for Contractors To Exit Iraq (Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post)
An Illinois congresswoman may have come up with a piece of legislation that could bring an end to the endless US occupation of Iraq. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has authored a bill calling for the rapid withdrawal of 180,000f armed security contractors (wokring for companies like Blackwater USA) who provide protective services for the State Department in Iraq. The loss of these mercenary forces, would reduced the US' armed presence by more than 50%. Ask your representatives to support Scakowsky's bill.

ACTION ALERT: Bill Calls for Contractors To Exit Iraq (Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post)
An Illinois congresswoman may have come up with a piece of legislation that could bring an end to the endless US occupation of Iraq. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has authored a bill calling for the rapid withdrawal of the hundreds of armed security contractors (wokring for companies like Blackwater USA) who provide protective services for the State Department in Iraq. The loss of these mercenary forces, would reduced the US' armed presence by more than 50%. Ask your representatives to support Scakowsky's bill.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Used of Child Soldiers in Darfur (Breeana L. / Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team)
Every day over 70 children under the age of five are dying across Darfur. One million others seek refuge in temporary camps, where they struggle with disease, malnutrition, violence and rape. At least 7,000 children could be linked to various armed forces and groups in the region

ACTION ALERT: Send 10,000 Letters to Nancy Pelosi (After Downing Street & Steve Bhaerman)
Nancy Pelosi said that if she got 10,000 hand written letters from constituents, she'd put impeachment back on the table. Would she actually do it? Only one way to find out. You can either create your own letter or you use an online print-it-yourself postcard.

ACTION ALERT: Governor Schwarzenegger Ready to Terminate Nuclear Weapons (US Action.org)
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently offered his help in addressing the threat from nuclear weapons. He endorsed a “vision of a world free of nuclear weapons” and promised to use his power and influence to further that vision.

ACTION ALERT: Massive Impeachment Acton Kit (Will Thomas Online.net)
The GOP has gone on record supporting the impeachment resolution against Dick Cheney. Why aren't the rest of the Democrats standing up with the other 22 courageous members of Congress who have already signed onto House Res. 333, the Impeachment Resolution. See who is upholding the Constitution; see who is backing the Bush regime; see who is straddling the fence. And then tack action to make your feelings known.

ACTION ALERT: Kucinich Calls for Cheney's Impeachment (US House of Representatives & Fox News)
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) offered a privileged resolution on the House floor today, that brought a vote on articles of impeachment against the Vice President, Richard B. Cheney. Below is his statement, as prepared for the press. Watch the historic 27-minute speech on YouTube. See houw your representative voted. Contact your representative to indicate your position on this issue and contact Rep. Kucinich.

ACTION ALERT: Demand End to US Support for Dictator Musharraf (Avazz.org)
Pakistan is on the brink: unpopular president General Pervez Musharraf has imposed a state of emergency, sacked the Supreme Court, shut down the media and basic freedoms, and imprisoned democratic opposition leaders. You can act by signing a petition demanding strong US action against Musharraf’s dictatorial, anti-democratic actions.

ACTION ALERT: No Waterboarding. No Dictatorship. No Mukasey. (Democrats.com)
The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Michael Mukasey's suitability to serve as US Attorney General on Tuesday, November 5. All 9 Republicans will support him, so all 10 Democrats must oppose him. Joe Biden, Dick Durbin, and Sheldon Whitehouse already do, but the others are undecided (Ben Cardin, Russ Feingold, Ted Kennedy, Herb Kohl, and Pat Leahy) or leaning towards Mukasey (Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer).

ACTION ALERT: Torture Is Un-American (Brigadier General David R. Irvine, USA (Ret.) / EndTorture08.org)
Commentary: "I taught prisoner of war interrogation for 18 years to US Army soldiers. Neither I nor the Army taught torture: it's morally wrong, it endangers our own troops who may be taken prisoner, it undermines our values, and it does not produce reliable information. I've listened to some of our current leaders say that we should use torture — what they call "enhanced" interrogation techniques — to combat terrorism. Abandoning our principles is never the answer. An expert interrogator needs to be clever, not inhumane.

ACTION ALERT: Global Day of Action to Ban Cluster Bombs: November 5 (Friends Committee on Federal Legislation)
Cluster munitions pose a danger to civilians during and after conflict. In the last 10 years, the U.S. has used cluster bombs in civilian-populated areas of the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. arsenal includes nearly 1 billion bomblets. The time to ban US cluster bombs is now. Urge your senators to ban cluster bombs.

ACTION ALERT Cluster Bomb Senate Call in Day Nov. 5 (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The US has a stockpile of nearly 1 billion cluster "bombies," the sub-munitions that a cluster bomb contains. You can help keep these bombs out of the hands of children. On November 5, tens of thousands of people around the world will be urging their governments to ban cluster bombs. Contact your representatives on November 5.

ACTION ALERT: Watch the "Film that Has the White House Spooked" (Bob Fertik / Democrats.com)
Democrats are trying to find a way to end the occupation of Iraq, but George Bush wants to keep the occupation going... forever. That's why it's essential for all of us to see No End in Sight, a remarkable and powerful film that will give you the facts you need to demolish Bush's latest lies.

ACTION ALERT: Why We Marched. And What to Do Next (National Mobilization to End the War in Iraq)
On Saturday, October 27, tens of thousands of Americans marched across the country to end the disastrous War in Iraq and prevent an even more disastrous one in Iran. Tell your Representatives to join the 90 Members who will only provide funds for Iraq to bring our troops safely home. Don't Attack Iran: Sign the petition demanding that the US "obey both international and US law, which forbid aggressive attacks on other nations."

ACTION ALERT: No Nukes! No Wars! (No Warming!) (No Nukes! No Wars! No Warming!)
The Bush Administration cowed many into supporting the invasion of Iraq on the false pretext that Iraq had an active nuclear weapons program. Yet no nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons were found in Iraq. Now, the scenario seems to be repeating itself as Washington threatens Iran.

ACTION ALERT: Peace Action on October 27 (Peace Action)
Save the date to mark the 50th anniversary of the largest grassroots peace network in the United States, Peace Action. If you cannot make it to any of our anniversary events you can still share in the celebration by taking advantage of our matching gift opportunity and standing up for peace and justice in Iraq on October 27th

ACTION ALERT: Beating the Blank Check Pre-Bailout for New Nuclear Reactors (Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Graham Nash & Harvey Wasserman)
A single sentence slipped into the Energy Bill without debate would use taxpayers' dollars to subsidize construction of 28 nuclear reactors in the US. Congress is about to vote on whether to give the atomic energy industry at least $50 billion in loan guarantees for a "new generation" of reactors. Wall Street won't advance the loans because existing reators are underperforning, breaking down, and leaking radioactive pollution. Contact congress. See the Petition below.

ACTION ALERT: Stop President Bush's Cover-Up & Say No to Illegal Government Spying (The MoveOn.org Political Action Team & Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The nation's biggest phone companies, "working closely with the White House, have mounted a secretive lobbying campaign to get Congress to quickly approve a measure wiping out all private lawsuits against them" for helping the Bush administration illegally wiretap innocent Americans. Contact your Representatives.

ACTION ALERT: Help Iraq’s Civilian Refugees (Amelia Templeton / Human Rights First)
Millions of Iraqis have fled their country or been forced into internal exile. Meanwhile, the United States has admitted only 1,608 Iraqi refugees this year. Human Rights First has been a forceful voice urging US officials to bring more refugees to safety. A major fund-raising effort is underway and ends this Wednesday, October 10.

ACTION ALERT: Imagine Peace on John Lennon's Birthday, October 9 (A Message from Yoko Ono)
This year, John Lennon's birthday will be celebrated by the unveiling of the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on the isle of Videy, Reykjavik, Iceland. Please visit the site, have a look around, IMAGINE PEACE and send your wishes to join over 495,000 others buried in capsules around the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, dedicated to my late husband: musician, poet, artist and peace activist, John Lennon.

ACTION ALERT: Prominent Americans Risk Jail; Call for US Military to Refuse Illegal Orders (Don't Attack Iraq.org)
Scores of prominent Americans have signed a letter asking the Joint Chiefs of Staff and all US military personnel to refuse orders to launch an aggressive war on Iran. Under the Patriot Act, the following signatories now risk fines and imprisonment: Willie Nelson, Gore Vidal, Cindy Sheehan, Daniel Ellsberg, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Thom Hartmann, Rabbi Michael Lerner and the editor of this Web site.

ACTION ALERT: Keep Space for Peace Week: October 4-13 Local Actions ( Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
Keep Space for Peace Week begins October 4 with actions around the world. This year, as the US space domination program grows ever more dangerous, we hope many more people will participate, educating themselves and their communities. Information on Pentagon's military master plans for full spectrum domination, resistance to US missile defense bases in Europe, extensive files on weapons and nuclear power in space, and much more are available on the GNAW&NPS web site.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Congress for Action on Myanmar (USAlone.com)
On October 2, 2007, the House of Representative dusted off and quickly passed a concurrent resolution on Myanmar, which had been languishing in inactivity. Sadly, that resolution doesn't actually DO anything, and makes no reference whatsoever to the massacres and ongoing horrors taking place in that country now.

"Arrest Bush" Protesters Arrested outside United Nations (The World Can't Wait)
700 protesters gathered outside the United Nations to send a message to the world about Bush, his regime, his program. Delegations had carried coffins as part of a a symbolic effort to “arrest Bush” for war crimes.

ACTION ALERT: Sign a Petition to End US Torture (End Torture '08.org)
More than three years after the shocking revelations of abuse at Abu Ghraib, we have an important decision to make: will we be a torturing nation? You are one click away from being heard by the presidential candidates. 100,000 voices united against torture. Join this extraordinary movement. Add your voice today!

ACTION ALERT: Support the Peace Process and Demobilization in Colombia (The Mercy Corps)
The House passed a foreign-assistance bill that takes a significant step toward improving US aid to Colombia by better balancing military aid with social and economic assistance vital to helping 3.8 million Colombians — los desplazados — who were forced off their lands by Colombia's long-running conflict. The Senate is now considering a similar bill that includes includes $15 million for economic-development activities benefiting Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.

ACTION ALERTS: Block the Lieberman-Kyl War Amendment & Support the Biden-Brownback-Boxer Resolultion to End the Iraq War (USAlone.com & United for Peace & Justice & Hon. Barbara Boxer / US Senate)
During recent Senate hearings, Joe Lieberman pressed General Petraeus for an attack on Iran. Lieberman has now introduced an amendment to the defense bill that would authorize exactly that. Lieberman's language would constitute a "declaration of war" and he is reportedly hoping to press for a vote "as fast as possible." We need to absolutely flood the Capitol with phone calls and email.

ACTION ALERT: To End the Funding for the Iraq War (USAlone.com & Democrats.com)
Despite the glowing testimony of Gen. Petraeus, the truth (according to every impartial judge, including the GAO) appears to be that there has been NO reduction in violence and the situation continues to deteriorate. Now, there is a growing movement in the House, to finally have Congress demand an end to Bush's endless, unwinnable occupation. As of today, 81 Congressmembers have signed on to a letter by Reps. Woolsey, Lee, and Waters, to the White House, declaring that they will appropriate no more funds for this war except to redeploy and protect our troops.

ACTION ALERT: Pro-Peace, Anti-Bush Rally on Sept. 25. Newspapers Censor Anti-war Ads (The World Can't Wait)
F YOU LIVE IN NYC: Spend the next days organizing everyone you know and people you don't know to come out on Tuesday to show the world that we refuse to go along with what Bush has in store for the Middle East and the rest of the world, and we intend to stop it! Call the World Can't Wait office at 866-973-4463 to hook up with organizing efforts.

ACTION ALERT: Diplomacy and Law Must Resolve US-Iran Confrontation (Middle Powers Initiative)
An important Appeal by the Middle Powers Initiative calls on all parties to resolve the US/Iran confrontation peacefully by diplomatic means rather than by a US military attack on Iran. We urge you to read the Appeal, sign on and pass it along.

ACTION ALERT: Administration Source Confirms Cheney's Determination to Attack Iran (US Alone.com)
Commentary: Only impeachment can save us now. Only impeachment can remove Cheney from office before he executes the final solution leading inevitably to all out nuclear war and to the end of civilization. We do not have time for the next election to save us.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Your Senators: Vote Yes to Restore Habeas Corpus (Will Easton, Manager / Act for Change, Working Assets)
Indefinite imprisonment without judicial review is unconstitutional — and fundamentally un-American. It's a hallmark of fascist dictatorships, not constitutional democracies like ours. Fortunately, there is movement in Congress to restore this fundamental consitutional right. On September 17, the Senate is expected to resume debate on the Department of Defense Authorization bill and vote on S.185, the Specter-Leahy amendment to restore habeas corpus.

ACTION ALERT: A People’s Campaign to Defund the War (War Tax Boycott.org)
It’s time for taxpayers who oppose this war to join together in nonviolent civil disobedience and show Congress how to cut off the funds for this war and redirect resources to the pressing needs of people.

ACTION ALERT: Navy Declares War on Hawai’i (Cathy Garger / MyTown.ca)
The US Navy is planning on expanding its war games in an area of 235,000 square nautical miles around Hawaii! The Navy is proposing a major upgrading and expansion to do more research, development, testing, and evaluation of 140 different military weapons systems, including even the use of Directed Energy Laser Weapons. Public Comments can be submitted until September 17.

ACTION ALERT: No More Money for Endless War; Only Money for Ending the War (Democrats.com)
In July, US Representatives Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey, and Maxine Waters sent a letter to Bush that stipulates that Congress should halt funding for an unwinnable war and only provide funding to insure "the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office." Some 77 Members of Congress have signed this "Peace Pledge." Tell your Representatives to join them.

ACTION ALERT: Ending the War Could Be as Easy as 1234 (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / US House of Representatives)
On February 28, 2007, Congressmember Dennish J. Kucinich introduced a bill spelling out a plan for ending the illegal US occupation of Iraq and bringing the troops home within three months of the passage of HR 1234.

ACTION ALERT: National Call-in Day, Sept 6 (United for Peace and Justice)
Join the nationwide effort of United for Peace and Justice member groups to flood the offices of our member of Congress with calls demanding an end to the US war in Iraq and no new war with Iran. Call your Representative and both Senators on Thursday, September 6th.

ACTION ALERT: National Call-in Day, Sept 6 (United for Peace and Justice)
Join the nationwide effort of United for Peace and Justice member groups to flood the offices of our member of Congress with calls demanding an end to the US war in Iraq and no new war with Iran. • Call your Representative and both Senators on Thursday, September 6th.

ACTION ALERT: Do We Have the Courage to Stop War with Iran? (Ray McGovern / Former CIA Analyst)
On the eve of Labor Day, veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern warns that our country may soon be at war with Iran: "It is going to happen, folks, unless we put our lawn chairs away, take part in some serious grassroots organizing, and take action to prevent a wider war— while we still can."

ACTION ALERT: Administration Source Confrims Cheney Plan to Attack Iran (USAlone.com & Time Online)
As reported by Time magazine online, an administration official has declared unilaterally that: "There will be an attack on Iran" based on the totally bogus assertion that they are the source for the improvised explosive devicess being used in Iraq. USAlone.com argues that the only way to stop another illegal and unnecessary US war is to impeach the Vice President immediately.

ACTION ALERT: FOX Wants War with Iran (Robert Greenwald / Brave New Films)
It's almost too ridiculous to believe, but it's shockingly real. We've already compiled over 4 hours of FOX footage just in the last few months... the same images, sound effects, yelling and threatening that led the U.S. to invade Iraq is happening right now to sell a war with Iran. They are saying the exact same things!!

ACTION ALERT: Bomb Blasts Planned near San Francisco (Loulena Miles / Citizen’s Watch (Tri-Valley CAREs' Newsletter))
The Livermore Lab east of San Franacisco, is seeking permission to conduct large, open-air bomb blasts at a site near Tracy, California. The detonations will occur on four outdoor "firing tables" at Site 300. No air pollution control technology of any kind will be used. All of the material in the bomb blasts will be released into the air. Local residents oppose the plan. Make your voices heard.

ACTION ALERT: 36 Members of Congress Supporting Impeachment Call (Impeach Cheney.org & After Downing Street)
On April 24, 2007, Rep. Dennis Kucinich introduced H. Res. 333, which proposes articles of impeachment against the Vice President Dick Cheney. As of early August 34 members of Congress had become co-sponsors of the resolution to impeach Cheney. A campanion bill, H Res 586, callis for Congress to begin impeachmenet proceedings against Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

How Congress Will End the Occupation (David Swanson / After Downing Street.org)
Commentary: Seventy members of Congress have called for cutting off war funding in 17 months but this says nothing about the US contractors and mercenaries or who gets to keep the oil or what happens to the 75 military bases the US has built. When you "redeploy" troops from Iraq, do any of them get to come home, or are they all redeployed somewhere? This is the one point we will need to keep a careful eye on.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Torture at American Psychologists Convention (The World Can't Wait Coalition)
The crime against humanity of torture is the focus of a heated controversy inside the American Psychological Association. A growing movement of APA members has been denouncing the APA for condoning the participation of psychologists in military interrogations and torture at Guantanamo and elsewhere. These psychologists challenge the APA policy as a violation of ethics and are demanding that it end.

ACTION ALERT: Halt Mideast Arms Deal (Barbra Bearden / Peace Action & Peace Now)
The Bush Administration wants to send $65 billion in weapons to the Middle East. Saudi Arabia will pay $20 billion to the arms dealers with the Pentagon acting as middleman our government will take a 3% cut from the deal. But Congress has the power to stop it.

ACTION ALERT: Hiroshima Memorial: Reflection and Action
In the Shadow of the Bomb, a memorial ceremony and nonviolent direct action at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab will mark the 62nd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Through poetry, music and spoken word, we will recall the history of that terrible day and the ongoing effects of nuclear weapons use, production and testing.

Anti-Nuclear Renaissance Marks 62nd Anniversary (United for Peace and Justice)
Twenty-five years after a million people gathered in New York City’s Central Park to demand global nuclear disarmament, an anti-nuclear renaissance is underway. Peace, environmental, faith-based and social justice groups will mark the August 6th and 9th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with more than 80 commemorations, rallies, film screenings, and vigils in 25 states.

ACTION ALERT: Only Five Days Left to Save the Internet: (Timothy Karr /Save The Internet.com)
We have only five days left to defend a free and open Internet at the FCC. The agency needs to hear from you about Net Neutrality — the principle that stops AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from controlling where you can go online.

ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to Change Course on Iraq! (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
We are making progress toward persuading Congress to set the US on a new course in Iraq that would make serious regional diplomacy, negotiations with Iraq's warring factions, and US troop withdrawals unavoidable.

Senate Panel Bans Clusterbombs; Congress Blocks Bomb Plants (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
A key Senate committee has approved legislation to ban exports of US cluster bombs, a weapon with a particularly deadly record of killing and maiming civilians. The legislation must still be approved by the full Senate and reconciled with a House version. Meanwhile, Congress has refused to provide funding for the Bush administration's proposal to build a new nuclear weapons facility.

Air Force Targets Outspoken Chaplain (After Downing Street)
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. did not endear himself to the Pentagon when he delivered a sermon entitled "Who Would Jesus Bomb?" Now the US Air Force is about to usher him out of uniform for conduct that is "inconsistent with the interest of national security."

Writ of Mandamus: Another Path to Impeachment: (Barbara G. Ellis)
Commentary: "For the last 18 months we’ve tried just about everything to “depose” our Edward II—petitioning, bannering, demonstrating, emailing, writing snail-mails, calling, teach-in, and voting in those we thought would support and defend the Constitution. So let’s all get our second wind in activism by trying something new: A Writ of Mandamus filed in your rep’s district. It’s a quick and easy way to get impeachment back on the table.

ACTION ALERT: (Darcy Scott Martin /)
The Bush administration is adamant about building a new generation of nuclear weapons called the "Reliable Replacement Warhead" (RRW). There's still a chance to kill this costly and dangerous idea, but it's up to the Senate.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Genocide of Iraqis and the Ecocide in Iraq! (Creating A Sustainable Future)
In the words of a USMC General, war is the oldest, the most profitable and the most vicious racket—one in which the profits are measured in dollars and the losses in body bags. Here is a list of the global merchants of terror — the world corporations who profit from the ma nufacture and sale of weapons of mass destruction. To the War Profiteers, the only enemy is peace.

ACTION ALERT: Global Protest of Isreal's Occupation (Kevin M. Martin / Peace Action)
On June 10 and 11, people around the world are joining together in a global Day of Action as "The World Says No to Israeli Occupation" to mark the 40th year of Israel's illegal military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Bombplex. No Funds for Nuclear Weaponry (Kevin Martin / Peace Action & Nuclear Watch New Mexico)
On June 6, 2007 the White House will present a budgeting item to fund Complex 2030. Part of the purpose plan would create a “Consolidated Plutonium Center” capable of creating 125 to 200 plutonium pits, the triggers that are at the heart of modern thermonuclear weapons, annually. This would mark a drastic increase in the US production of nuclear weaponry and is in clear violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act. Act Today!

Rollings Stones Set to Perform as Rabbi Calls for Carpet-bombing Civilians (Matthew Wagner / Jerusalem Post & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel)
Israel’s former Sephardi chief rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu has written in a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arguing that all of Gaza’s civilian population is “collectively guilty” for the rockets aimed at Isreal and, quoting the Old Testament, called for their “eradication.” Meanwhile Palestinian activists are appealing to the Rolling Stones to reconsider a planned concert in Isreal.

Carter Calls Bush 'Worst in History' (The Associated Press)
Former US president Jimmy Carter has called President George W. Bush's administration "the worst in history" in international relations, criticizing the White House's policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy. Meanwhile, in a national poll, more han 99% of those participating support calls for the impeachment of Dick Cheney. ACTION ALERT: Link to impeachment petition.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose New Bio-War Lab in California
URGENT: The Livermore National Labs located to the east of San Francisco Bay, could become the site of a major bio-warfare facility. The Labs, which have already contaminated the region with radioactive fallout, are located on an active earthquake fault. Letters of concern are needed or before Friday, May 11, 2007.

ACTION ALERT: Hawaii Contaminated: Test the Island for DU Poisoning (Project Hawai’i)
In August 2005 depleted-uranium rounds were discovered on Schofield Barracks, Oahu despite the militay's claims that they NEVER used depleted uranium in Hawai'i. In April 2007 HB 1452 (which called for testing for DU contamination in Hawai'i) passed in both State of Hawai'i Houses. Yet, the bill failed to pass into law. This action has convinced many islanders that the Pentagon has left Hawai'i grossly contaminated with DU.

ACTION ALERT: Iraq Is Dying: End the Occupation (Avaaz.org)
On May 3rd, US, Iraqi, Syrian, and Iranian leaders will meet for the first time to debate Iraq's future. Join thousands of Iraqi Avaaz members sending messages telling these leaders to follow a NEW course: negotiations and the withdrawal of US troops.

ACTION ALERT: Iraq Is Dying: End the Occupation (Avaaz.org)
On May 3rd, US, Iraqi, Syrian, and Iranian leaders will meet for the first time to debate Iraq's future. Join thousands of Iraqi Avaaz members sending messages telling these leaders to follow a NEW course: negotiations and the withdrawal of US troops.

ACTION ALERT: Emergency Protests on the day Bush Vetoes Supplemental Appropriations Bill! (The World Can't Wait.org)
Congress' Supplemental Appropriations Bill gives Bush $124 billion more for the Iraq war, with a timetable to begin withdrawing troops Oct. 1st. Bush is expected to veto this bill this May Day, Tuesday May 1st. AND check out the online trailer for HIGH CRIMES AND ATROCITIES, is a 28 minute video that graphically depicts the illegal and immoral actions of the Bush administration.

ACTION ALERT: Tell the President the US Needs a New Policy in Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
FCNL writes: "Congress has just approved the first legislation requiring the US to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq by a certain date. The president has said he will veto this legislation. We believe that the president is not in touch with reality. Please write to President Bush today to appeal to him to face reality and to urge him to reconsider his promised veto."

ACTION ALERT: Support Kucinich's Call for Cheney's Impeachment (Impeach Cheney.org & Democrats.com)
Congressmember Denis Kucinich has called for the impeachment of Dick Cheney for (1) manipulating intelligence to fabricate a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, (2) manipulating intelligence to fabricate a relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda and, (3) openly threatening aggression against Iran absent any real threat to the US. If you agree with the Articles of Impeachment, ask your Congress Member to support impeachment proceedings against VP Cheney.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Dangerous Bio-Warfare Agent Research at California's Livermore Lab (Tri-Valley CARES)
URGENT: Letters needed by May 11! The Departments of Energy and Homeland Security are preparing to buid a major bioweapons laboratory alongside a nuclear weapons facility located east of San Francisco. The site lies on an active earthquake fault and the existing Lawrence Livermore Labs have a long history of radioactive leaks and accidents. Local citizens are leading a campaign to block the Bio-Warfare Research Lab.

Military Families Say: Fund Our Troops and De-fund the War (Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson / After Downing Street.org)
Both the House and the Senate have passed Supplemental Funding bills. The House version has a “deadline” of August 31, 2008 for withdrawing US troops from Iraq. This is completely unacceptable and would mean the deaths of over 1,000 more US troops and tens of thousands of Iraqi children, women and men. To make matters worse, the bill has a provision that would allow the President to keep tens of thousands of troops in Iraq even beyond that unacceptable deadline.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress We Need Stronger Gun Laws (PeacceTeam.net)

ACTION ALERT: Tax Day Protests and Refusing to Pay for War (National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee)
Post offices, federal buildings, and IRS offices will be the site of leafleting and vigils during the last days to file 2006 taxes on April 16 and 17. Demonstrators will declare "YES" to funding for human needs and "NO" to continued funding for war.

ACTION ALERT: Feingold Introduces Bill to End the War (AfterDowning Street.org)
US Senator Russ Feingold introduced legislation today to effectively end US military involvement in Iraq. The bill, supported by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, requires the President to begin safely redeploying US troops from Iraq 120 days from enactment, as required by the emergency supplemental spending bill passed by the Senate.

USS Nimitz Sails for Persian Gulf: Russia Warns of Impending US Attack (Agence France-Press & Defense News & Global Research & RIA Novosti & Citizens for Legitimate Government)
Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz set sail April 2 to support US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US Navy said, amid a spike in tensions over Iran’s seizure of 15 British marines and sailors. With the release of the sailors, the Nimitz should be ordered to "stand down." But Russian military and intelligence warn that the US is preparing for a massive, unprovoked air attack on Iran, perhaps as early as Good Friday. Contact Congress to express your concern.

ACTION ALERT: US Attack on Iran within Days (The Jerusalem Post & Rense.com & Welcome to Potterville.blog)
Reports about a planned US attack on Iran on Good Friday, April 6, that surfaced several weeks ago and were bolstered by stories in the Russian press have now been reported in the mainstream media. The Jerusalem Post, quoting Russian sources, reports that the US is prepared to launch a missile attack on Iran's nuclear facilities within days, perhaps "from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 6." Contact your elected representatives to express your concern!

ACTION ALERT: 10 Steps to Restore Moral Authority (Human Rights Watch)
in a letter sent to Congressional leaders, a coalition of human rights, civil liberties and religious groups called on Congress to adopt a 10-step plan to reverse the Bush administration’s policies on secret prisons, kidnapping, torture, detention-without-trial, and brutal interrogation policies, and miliary tribunals that can sentence detainees to death on the basis of hearsay.

ACTION ALERT: Congress Must Act to Stop Bush Attack on Iran (David Krieger / Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
Communicate with your friends and Congress about taking action now to prevent another preemptive war of choice. We remain deeply mired in the current illegal war of aggression, and do not need to add another one.

ACTION ALERT: War Opponents Occupy Congressional Offices (Mike Ferner / The American Muslim)
From Alaska to Washington, D.C. yesterday, peace activists escalated their tactics and occupied Congressional offices, demanding elected officials vote against George Bush's request of $93,000,000,000 to extend the war.

ACTION ALERT: Lt. Watada Is Putting the Iraq War on Trial (Paul Rockwell / AlterNet)
First Lt. Ehren Watada is facing court-martialed — not for lying, but for telling the truth; not for breaking a covenant with the military, but for upholding the rule of law in wartime. The first commissioned officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, Watada has been accused of "conduct unbecoming an officer" and the "use of contemptuous words for the President." Watada has dared to challenge the lies that were used to propel the country into an unnecessay and illegal war. Read how to support this soldier of conscience.

ACTION ALERT: 911: The Case Isn’t Closed. Demand Congressional Investigations (Sander Hicks / AlterNet)
A Zogby poll shows that over 40 percent of Americans now think there has been a "coverup" around 9/11. A Scripps-Howard/University of Ohio survey found that more than a third of the people polled believed top Bush officials knew of the impending 9/11 attacks and allowed them to happen to create a pretext for war. It is time to call for Congressional investigations to ask why the FBI was muzzled, why the official record was censored, and to follow the money trail that connects the Bush Family, the Bin Ladens, the Saudis, the Muslim Brotherhood and the CIA's BCCI Bank.

ACTION ALERT: Impeachment by the People (Howard Zinn / The Progressive)
A leading US historian calls for the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney and argues that the American people will have to take the lead because "courage is in short supply in Washington, DC."

ACTION ALERT: March to End the War: From DC to SF (United for Peace and Justice)
Unlike past marches, the Corporate Media is already covering this event, including the Washington Post. Better yet, we've created our own powerful progressive media on the Internet since 2003 - this Revolution will be Blogged and YouTubed!

ACTION ALERT: Virtual March on Washington (United for Peace.org)
This Saturday, January 27, will be the largest anti-war protest since the war began on March 19, 2003, with a big march in Washington DC. To mark the occasion, Rep. Jim McGovern will introduce new legislation, "The Safe and Orderly Withdrawal Act of 2007," calling for the safe and orderly withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq within 30 days of enactment to be completed within 180 days.

ACTION ALERT: Soldiers, Top Iraqi Official, US Congress Challenge Escalation (The Daily Press & BBC World News & Progressive Democrats of America)
Active members of the Armed Forces have joined peace activists to call for an end to the war in Iraq. An "appeal for redress'' petition, signed by more than 1,000 active duty soldiers and sailors nationwide was delivered to Congress. In Iraq, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim criticized a controversial US attack iin Irbil as "attack on Iraq's sovereignty." A bill to "End the Iraq War" has been introduced in Congress and, in Israel, soldiers are publicly speaking out against the brutal occupation of Palestinian land.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Bush's Illegal Plan to Attack Iran (StopWarOnIran.org)
Contrary to the history of the US, UK, Germany, Japan, France, Russia and Italy, Iran has not initiated a single war against any nation on earth in the last 250 years. Join US Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; Harold Pinter; historian Howard Zinn; George Galloway MP; former UN Assistant Secretary-General Dennis Halliday; Tony Benn, and 20,000 more signers to say No War on Iran!

Stop Iran Invasion — Impeach Bush (Paul Craig Roberts / Global Research)
A Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration has charaacterized George W. Bush as "an insane war criminal... who is destroying all chances for peace in the world and establishing a police state in the US." And, he adds: "Americans don’t have much time to realize this and to act before it is too late."

ACTION ALERT: Gitmo Turns Five (The Nation & Amnesty International USA)
For the past five years, the US has held hundreds of men from over 45 countries in Guantanamo Bay. Not a single person has been convicted of a crime and three men died of apparent suicides. Today marks five years began holding prisoners in indefinite and arbitrary detention. Five years of lawlessness is enough. Amnesty International USA is demanding that Gitmo be shut down.

ACTION ALERT: Bush's Escalation Provokes Constitutional Crisis (Democrats.com)
Showing his utter contempt for the will of the American people, George Bush is moving ahead with his plan to escalate the War in Iraq by 20,000 troops, starting by January 31. At long last, a broad progressive movement is gearing up to stop Bush beginning with a January 11 National Call-in, a January 27-29: March for peace and impeachment, right through to a March 17-19 Nationwide Peace Demonstration to mark four years of Iraq War.

ACTION ALERT: Confront Bush's Plan to Escalate an Illegal War (The Peace Team & The Congressional Record)
You will never go broke betting that George Bush is not telling the truth. George Bush decided to send more troops to Iraq months ago and not a thing has changed his mind since. In a speech at the National Press Club, Kennedy, D-Mass., the No. 2 Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, said he and Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., would introduce legislation later in the day aimed at forcing Bush to gain congressional consent for his new Iraq strategy.

ACTION ALERT: End Washington's Outlaw Position on Clusterbombs (Frida Berrigan / San Francisco Chronicle)
Ninety-eight percent of those killed or injured by cluster bombs are civilians. Cluster bombs have been used in every major conflict in the last 60 years, ensuring that bomb clearers the world over will have work for decades — even centuries — to come. Last year, the Senate voted on an amendment to "Protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions." Seventy senators voted it down.

ACTION ALERT: Gift of the Magi: No Nukes (Peter G. Cohen / Nuke-free World.com)
There are few gifts for children that last a lifetime, but the gift of living in a nuclear weapons-free world is one of them. In this Holiday Season we have an opportunity to join with the wise men who have spoken out against these weapons by taking a significant step toward getting rid of them. Washington is soliciting public opinion on the creation of a new giant facility to handle plutonium - including the plutonium cores for a new generation of nuclear weapons.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Bombplex: No New Nukes: Green the Lab (Marylia Kelley / Tri-Vally CARES)
On December 12, a broad range of Livermore Lab neighbors, Lab scientists, sick workers, and Northern California peace and environmental advocates will meet at two locations near San Francisco to oppose the Dept. of Energy's (DOE) plan to build new bomb plants in Livermore, California.he driving force for Complex 2030 is the controversial Reliable Replacement Warhead program to re-design every nuclear weapon in the enduring US arsenal and build 125 new nukes each year.

ACTION ALERT: Honor Human Rights Day — Dec. 10: Act for Impeachment (After Downing Street & World Can't Wait)
Wear orange to commemorate International Human Rights Day and attend one of more than 60 impeachment events being held across the nation on Sunday, December 10. "If War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity are not reason enough to impeach the Bush Administration what is? "

ACTION ALERT: We Must Prevent Permanent Bases in Iraq (David Swanson / After Downing Street)
Congress passed a law banning permanent bases in Iraq and the Baker-Hamilton Report suggests that Bush state we don't have long-term plans — meanwhile, construction continues. Recommendation 22 of the Iraq Study Group Report says: "The President should state that the United States does not seek permanent military bases in Iraq." But the Iraq Study Group apparently supports permanent bases in Iraq, and so to — judging by other remarks and actions — does Bush.

Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act in House (US Campaign to End the Occupation)
The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act imposes draconian economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote in legislative elections earlier this year. The US says that it is committed to promoting democracy. If that is the case, it is inappropriate for Congress to advance legislation that would punish people when the result of an election is not to the liking of the United States.

Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act Vote in House (US Campaign to End the Occupation)
The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act imposes draconian economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote in legislative elections earlier this year.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Bush's Nuclear Bomblex (Alliance for Nuclear Accountability & Tri-Valley CARES)
The Department of Energy wants to start building 125 new Nuclear Weapons every year at a new "Bombplex" facility to be built in Lilvermore, Californai. The Bush Administration plan would drain at least $150 billion from the US treasury and would constitute a blatant violation of Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which obliges the US to engage in effective multilateral efforts leading to nuclear disarmament.

ACTION ALERT: National “Mandate for Peace” Call-in Day, Dec. 4 (Progressive Democrats of America)
The first “National Call-In Day” since the election will be Dec. 4. The death toll and carnage in Iraq is increasing at an alarming rate. Our soldiers are caught in the middle of a civil war You can participate by placing a call to your representative and senators asking that they support H.R. 4232, the End the War in Iraq Act of 2005 — a bill to “Stop Funding War” and bring our troops home

Germany War Crimes Trial for Rumsfeld? (Center for Constitutional Rights)
Today, CCR filed a criminal complaint in Germany under their universal jurisdiction law charging Rumsfeld, Gonzales and other high-ranking officials in the Bush administration with war crimes. The complaint was filed on behalf of 11 former detainees who were victims of beatings, sleep and food deprivation, hooding and sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib, and one detainee at Guantánamo Bay.

ACTION ALERT: Americans Demand Impeachment Inquiry. Action on November 11 (Hon. Elizabeth Holtzman & Vote to Impeach.org)
Even if impeachment is "off the table," according to Democratic leaders, recent national polls and impeachment-ballot initiatives in San Francisco, Berkeley, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., and elsewhere, show it is on Americans' table. According to a Newsweek poll, 53 percent of Americans favor impeachment. Civic actions are planned for November 11 — and after.

ACTION ALERT: Mission Accomplished. Democrats In; Rumsfeld Out. What’s Next? (FCNL & Moveon.org & PFAW & True Majority & Progressive Majority)
he midterm elections this week were, more than anything else, a referendum on the failed US war and military occupation of Iraq. The people of this country have spoken. The voters in this country are saying they will not sacrifice the lives of their loved ones for a failed war in Iraq. Across the country, 76 new progressive activists were elected to office. Here are some more steps you can take to promote progressive change for peace.

ACTION ALERT: Say No to Building a Biological Weapons Agent Lab (Tri-Valley CARES)
The University of California Regents have applied to the Department of Homeland Security to build one of the world's largest biological warfare labs on the high explosive testing range at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. The facility (approximately half a million square feet ) would extend over 30-100 acres of earthquake-prone land and would house some of the most deadly diseases on the planet.

ACTION ALERT: Vote for Peace (Peace Action.org)
As the "war on terror" becomes more deadly, costly and counter-productive, a growing majority of citizens want to see a change of course in Iraq and US foreign policies. With mid-term elections approaching, Peace Action's Peace Voter 2006 campaign is bringing the occupation of Iraq and other key foreign policy issues to the forefront of the electoral debate — with a focus on three key races.

ACTION ALERT: National Video Teach-in Set for October 30 (The World Can't Wait)
There is a national emergency in the US but the issues of truth and freedom are not being addressed in the run-up to the November election. In response a national teach-in has been called by the Bush Crimes Commission to raised the issues that need to be discussed. Find out how to tune in via cable on via your computer.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Navy's Ocean Sonar (Mark Palmer / International Marine Mammal Project)
The US Navy is proceeding with plans to expand its Low Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar, a device that can injure and kill whales and marine mammals. The Navy wants to void the current injunction resulting from a federal lawsuit in order to build two more LFA Sonar ships. Washington is prepared to give the Navy permission to kill any whales or dolphins that get in the way.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose Illegal Attack on Iran (Democrats.com)
While North Korea is dominating the headlines, the threat of an "October Surprise" US attack on Iran has not diminished. With ta naval strike force set to arrive off Iran on October 21, Pentagon planners have moved from routine "contingency" war plans to "second-stage" war plans." Bush's neocon supporters are urging the use of "tactical" nuclear weapons. No more unconstitutional wars without congressional sanction.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Bush's Signing of Torture Act — Wear Orange! (World Can't Wait)
On Tuesday, October 17 at 9:35 a.m., President Bush will sign the Military Commissions Act (S. 3930) at the White House. In response, Tuesday is No Torture In Our Name! Day.

ACTION ALERT: Iraqi Government Kidnaps Woman Journalist (Committee to Protect Journalists)
An Iraqi reporter named Gulshan Al-Bayati has been arrested by the Iraqi security forces. News from inside the notorious women's prison in Tikrit says that she was cruelly tortured. Her whereabouts are now unknown. The Committee to Protect Journalists and The International Federation of Journalists have issued calls to the Iraqi governmenet to release Al-Hayat correspondent Kalshan al-Bayati.

ACTION ALERT: Impending War with Iran: What You Can Do. (The Network of Spiritual Progressives)

Cluster Bombs Continue to Kill in Lebanon (Bruce Taub / PDA & The New York Times)
Since the war between Israel and Hezbollah ended in August, nearly three people have been wounded or killed each day by more than one million cluster bombs that Israel dropped in the waning days of the war. UN officials now say it will take more than a year to clear the region of them. Take action to resist militarism by supporting a bill to end funding for the Iraq War.

ACTION ALERT: Sign Petition Opposing an Attack on Iran (After Downing Street.org)
The petition urges the White House "to obey both international and US law, which forbid aggressive attacks on other nations. We oppose your proposal to attack Iran." Nuclear-capable US warships are now heading toward the Straight of Hormuz. H. Con. Res. 391 expresses "the sense of Congress that the President should not initiate military action against Iran with respect to its nuclear program without first obtaining authorization from Congress."

ACTION ALERT: Stop the War on Iran before it Starts! (Stop War on Iran.org)
Spread the Word! Tell Bush and Congress: No War against Iran! Add your name to the thousands of people who are taking a stand against another illegal war. Sign the Online Petition

ACTION ALERT: No War with Iran (Democracy in Action.org)
As unbelievable as it may seem, our sources in Washington warn that the Bush Administration is making further preparations for a military strike against Iran, and their "prepare to deploy" orders for the USS Eisenhower are part of those plans.

ACTION ALERT: October 5th a "National Day of Resistance" (Not In Our Name)
October 5th is a "National Day of Resistance" called by "World Can't Wait — Drive out the Bush Regime." Demonstrations are scheduled to occur in more than 150 US cities. For details on actions in your area, go to the World Can't Wait website.

ACTION ALERT: War on Iran? Peace Movements Must Act Now! (Ken Coates / BrusselsTribunal)
Sam Gardiner, a retired Air Force Colonel, has been evaluating the prospects for a military onslaught on Iran. Gardiner warns that the consequences of an air strike on Iran can be incalculable. But, ominously, the latest news is that a significant “Strike Group” of ships is heading for the Persian Gulf. They will be in place for an attack on Iran BEFORE the November elections. His conclusion is very chilling.

ACTION ALERT: Day of Mass Resistance: October 5 (The World Can't Wait / USA Today)
The following ad appeared in the September 20 issue of USA Today. "On October 5, people everywhere will walk out of school, take off work, and come to the downtowns and town squares and set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to join us — making a powerful statement: "THIS REGIME DOES NOT REPRESENT US!"

ACTION ALERT: Stop the White House Power Grab (Human Rights First & Amnesty International)
George W. Bush is trying to legalize torture — not just to exempt CIA interrogators from the law, but also to exempt himself. That's because, under current law, George Bush could be tried for approving torture under the War Crimes Act of 1996 and face the death penalty. Bush wants the power to jail any US citizen without charge. Please Act Now to Defend our Freedoms.

ACTION ALERTS: Don't Pardon Bush & Stop Torture (Friends National Committee on Legislation &)
This week, the Senate will vote on whether to pardon George W. Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans. You can sign a petition opposing this partisan move. Congress may be asked to vote in the next few days on legislation proposed by President Bush that would legalize the use of secret prisons and torture.

Celebrating the UN's 25th International Day of Peace — Sept. 21, 2006
2006 Marks the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations' International Day of Peace. Over 900 organizations from 175 countries will hold Peace Day events including parades, fasts, conferences, festivals, gatherings, films, service projects, ceremonies, childrens activities, parties and peace vigils.

ACTION ALERT: Say 'No' to US Torture Camps (Reuters & The Observer & Human Rights First)
The European Union has condemned the detention of terrorism suspects by the US in secret overseas prisons. Britain's Attorney-General has warned the US that treatment of al-Qaeda suspects must not breach the Geneva Convention. Join Human Rights First and other organization to demand that the Senate say 'No' to torture.

ACTION ALERT: No Permanent Basis in Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Talk of permanent US military bases inside Iraq confirms the fears of many people in their country that the US plans to stay indefinitely. This suspicion helps recruit new people to join the anti-US insurgency. Support the STEP (Sensible Transition to an Enduring Peace) proposal to persuade Congress to go on the record opposing a permanent US military presence in Iraq.

ACTION ALERT: End Funding for Iraq War (Progressive Democrats of America)
Congress has appropriated more than $300 billion for US military operations in Iraq. Simply stated in monetary terms, estimates are that we are spending $8 billion per month in Iraq with no end in sight. That equates to $2 billion per week, or $267 million per day, or $11 million per hour. Support HR 4232 to end funding for Bush's illegal, unnecessary, mismanaged war.

ACTION ALERTS: Stop Illegal Detentions & Honor the Rule of Law (Center for Constitutional Rights & People for the American Way)
George W. Bush wants the power to arrest anyone without charges and hold them in jail indefinitely. Call your Senators to protect the fundamental right of habeas corpus. The White House argues that the rule of law – and the Constitution – threatens our safety. The "terror card" has been used to justify repeated attacks on civil liberties and the principle of checks and balances since 2001. S. 2453, S. 2455, H.R. 5825 would give the White House near-dictatorial powers.

Action Alert: New York Times Rewrites Iraq War History (Fairness and Accuracy in Media)
A New York Times article (9/6/06) on George W. Bush's September 5 speech concerning terrorism and Iraq included a striking revision of Bush's reasoning for going to war: "The possibility that Saddam Hussein might develop 'weapons of mass destruction' and pass them to terrorists was the prime reason Mr. Bush gave in 2003 for ordering the invasion of Iraq." Don't let the Times rewrite history. Contact the paper today.

ACTION ALERT! Demand Passage of the 9/11 Commission Reforms (Hon. Nancy Pelosi / US House of Representatives)
Five years after 9/11, our nation is not as safe as it should be. Our first responsibility is to keep the American people safe and Congress must pass legislation to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations.

ACTION ALERT: Rumsfeld Vote Cancelled (True Majority.org)
Senate Republicans blocked a debate on whether Defense Secretary Rumsfeld should be forced to resign. Look at the transcript of the debate to easily find your senators' words and call to let them know if you agree with what they said.

ACTION ALERT: Protest ABC's "Path to 9/11" (Working for Change / Working Assets)
ABC claims that its drama, "The Path to 9/11," is "based on the 9/11 Commission Report." In fact, the film is a deeply-biased account that blames President Clinton for the attacks while whitewashing the Bush administration's approach to terrorism. The events leading up to September 11, 2001 are too important to play politics with the facts. Act now. Tell ABC to tell the truth about 9/11.

An Open Letter to the Middle East
EAW has joined more than 120 coalitions and organizations that have signed a letter of solidarity with people in the Middle East suffering from the impact of US and Israeli actions. The first signatory was United for Peace and Justice, the largest anti-war coalition in the United States, with over 1,400 member groups.

ACTION ALERT: Petition for US Jewish Solidarity with Muslim and Arab Peoples of the Middle East
This statement was drafted by US Jews committed to stopping and holding accountable Israel for its destructive policies and practices — most immediately for a halt to the current attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. The goal is to publish this statement in the New York Times and other publications.

ACTION ALERT: A Call to All Jews of Moral Conscience (Adam Goldberg / Indybay.org)
Ninty years ago, the Arabs of Palestine owned 97.5% of the land, while Jews owned only 2.5% of the land. Now the Jews own more than 80% This is a call to all Jews of moral conscience to stand with the following Jewish organizations in opposing Israeli apartheid terror and helping to preven the next world war.

ACTION ALERT: US/Israel Selecting Targets for Cruise Missile First-Strike Attack (Bruce K. Gagnon / Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
Pentagon personnel responsible for selecting targets for cruise missile first-strike attacks have been sent to Israel. This indicates that US and Israeli military strategists are now likely planning a join attack on Syria and/or Iran. The Persian Gulf war and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq both began with cruise missile attacks from US Naval ships. Contact your representatives.

ACTION ALERT: August 9 Nagasaki Day Protest
The anniversary of the US bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, is also the UN declared International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Since their earliest stages, nuclear weapons and the people who profit from them have caused untold suffering to indigenous peoples around the world.

ACTION ALERT: August 6, Hiroshima Day Demo at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab
It has been 61 years since the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and another nuclear tragedy looms dangerously close. With the Bush Administration’s policy of creating lower yield, more “usable” nuclear weapons, now is a more important time than ever in calling for the abolition of all weapons of mass destruction and war.

ACTION ALERT: Military Catastrophe in Sri Lanka (Mel Duncan / Nonviolent PeaceForce)
Almost unnoticed by the international community, heavy fighting has broken out in Eastern Sri Lanka. In Mutur, the entire civil infrastructure has collapsed and the civilian population is seeking refuge in mosques, churches and schools. Both the hospital and one of the schools where people sought shelter have been hit by shells.

ACTION ALERT: August 5 — National Day of Action against War (International Action Center Coalition)
Demonstrations calling for a cease-fire in Lebanon and a withdrawal of US troops from Iraq will be held in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston. Detroit, Buffalo, Denver, Philadelphia, Tucson , Washington DC, Raleigh, Atlanta. San Diego, Rochester, and dozens of other cities

ACTION ALERT: The Senate to Call for Immediate Cease-fire in Lebanon (US Alone.org)
If we do not do the right thing in this situation, it may fairly be said by much of the rest of the world, that all Americans have become war criminals. Dennis Kucinich in the House had over 20 co-sponsors for his resolution to have an immediate cease-fire. But the Republican majority was too busy pushing for their estate tax giveaway for it to be heard. TOLL-FREE PHONE NUMBERS: 888-355-3588 OR 800-828-0498

ACTION ALERT: C-SPAN Broadcast — 9/11: Inside Job (C-SPAN, Aug 1, 2006. 6:10 EDT)
It is incumbent upon all Americans to watch this program and to consider the evidence analyzed at the BYU Physics Department that proves the 9/11 attacks were an “inside job” by way of the controlled demolition of the three World Trade Center buildings. Tell your friends to become part of the viewing audience.

ACTION ALERT: Cease-fire on Civilians (Bill Goodman / Center for Constitutional Rights)
Any objective assessment of the facts on the ground must lead to the conclusion that Israel’s conduct cannot be equated in any way with that of its enemies but is vastly superior in its catastrophic consequences. Israel is using US-supplied weapons (including cluster bombs) illegally by attacking civilians and civilian infrastructure, not for its internal security or legitimate self-defense.

ACTION ALERT: Israel's Bombing of Civilians Is a War Crime (The Brussells Tribunal / GlobalResearch.ca)
States are obliged to protect Lebanon, militarily if necessary, lest international law become a travesty. If the Security Council won’t act, the General Assembly can and must.

ACTION ALERT: Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter: Israel Central to World Unrest (Genevieve Cora Fraser)
On July 6th, Harold Pinter's name appeared along with 300 prominent members of the Jewish Community in Britain in a full page ad published in the Times of London condemning Israel's massive assault on Gaza. Sponsored by Jews for Justice in Palestine, the ad asks, "What is Israel doing?" and laments""We watch with horror the collective punishment of the people of Gaza."

ACTION ALERT: Call for Ceasefire as US Sends Bombs to Israel (The Oakland Institute & The New York Times)
With Isreal calling up its reserves in preparation for a ground invasion of Lebanon and the Bush administration rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, it is imperative for the UN to act and broker a cease-fire. Isreal's 1982 invasion of Lebanon not only failed to resolve tensions — it lead to the creation of Hezbollah.

ACTION ALERT: Call for Ceasefire as US Sends Bombs to Israel (The Oakland Institute & The New York Times)
With Isreal calling up its reserves in preparation for a ground invasion of Lebanon and the Bush administration rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, it is imperative for the UN to act and broker a cease-fire. Isreal's 1982 invasion of Lebanon not only failed to resolve tensions — it lead to the creation of Hezbollah.

ACTION ALERT: Bohemian Grove Protest, July 22 (A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition et al.)
The secretive annual meeting of America's ruling "establishment" is set to reconvene at the Bohemican Grove north of San Francisco. While the most powerful men in the US meet inside the well-guarded retreat, social justice and anti-war groups will be on hand to protest.

ACTION ALERT: Israel Violates Law on US Weapons in Mideast (Thalif Deen / Inter Press Service)
Section 4 of the (US) Arms Export Control Act requires that military items transferred to foreign governments by the United States be used solely for internal security and legitimate self-defense. Isreal is breaking US law by using American weapons to wage war on civilians.

ACTION ALERT: Urge Congressional Action to Curb Israel's Disproportionate Violence (Stacey Tallitsch / USAlone)
Over the weekend an ad hoc group of Jewish leaders in Los Angeles denounced Israel's collective punishment attacks on civilians and their infrastructure. It is time for Congress to do the same thing, and to back it up with a threat to cut off all military aid and foreign assistance to Israel.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Offshore Oil Drilling! (Mark J. Palmer / International Marine Mammal Project)

ACTION ALERT: Block Haynes Appointment (Jill Savitt / Human Rights First)
When Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld authorized the abuse of prisoners in US custody – keeping them naked, in stress positions, and using dogs to terrify them — he acted on the advice of William J. Haynes, the General Counsel to the Department of Defense. This week Mr. Haynes is being considered for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge.

ACTION ALERT: After My Son's Death (Nadia McCaffrey / San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Last month, after two years of requests, I finally received the Army's report on how my son, Patrick, died. Some of the information I already knew, through some of Patrick's brave soldier friends who were with or near him when he died. They told me much of what was in the report. They told the truth, and the government reprimanded them for doing so. ACTION: Support the World Service Corps.

ACTION ALERT: Hardship Intensifies in Palestine (LIFE & War Times & Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi & The Daily Star)
Israel's military assault on the bridges, powerplants and water supplies of Palestine threaten an imminent humanitarian catastrophe. Here is one way you can help the beleaguered residents of Palestine.

ACTION ALERT: Toronto Activists Protest Canada's Role in Gaza Assault (Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid)
The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid contends that the Canadian government is complicit in policy of starvation and sanctions targeting the Palestinian people. CAIA’s Canadian members held a protest vigil in front of Isreal’s consulate in Toronto on June 30.

ACTION ALERT: "Got Democracy?" to Air Today and Tomorrow (Ecological Options Network)
EON’s recently released thirty-minute documentaryGOT DEMOCRACY? will lead off an upcoming Election Integrity Series that will be repeating on LinkTV in the coming weeks. GOT DEMOCRACY?, a report on the electoral crisis in the US, is based on the First National Teach-In on vote rigging held in Oakland, California February, 2005, which was organized by the Wellstone Club, Mainstreet Moms and EON.

ACTION ALERT: Senate Bars Permanent Bases in Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
We are in the middle of a long legislative struggle to persuade Congress to change the course of US policy in Iraq. The Senate decision to reinstate the ban on permanent US military bases is just the first step. The Iraqi government has proposed a 28-point program that calls for an end to US military offenstive in Iraq and a timeline for the withdrawal of all foreign troops.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Bush from Overturning Nuclear Test Ban (Marylia Kelley / Alliance for Nuclear Accountability)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) has introduced Amendment 4267 to the Defense Authorization Bill, which is designed to encourage the President to "unsign" the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and open the way to resume nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. This would "send a message to the world" that a new nuclear arms race is about to begin.

ACTION ALERT: Fathers' Day Reflections on a Lost Son... (Michael Berg on Father’s Day)
Commentary: “Of all of the holidays a grieving father can be confronted with after the death of his child, Fathers' Day is for me the most difficult. I want to make sure no father suffers the loss of their son or daughter in Iraq or a future illegal war of aggression. I urge all those who oppose the military occupation of Iraq and do not want to see future wars of choice to sign the Voters' Pledge for Peace.

ACTION ALERT: Save NPR and PBS — Ågain! (Moveon.org & Rich Klein / The Boston Globe)
What could be more undemocratic than attempting to stifle the only avenue to commercial-free public expression available on "the people's airwaves"? If the Founding Fathers were alive today, they would be grabbing their quill pens to fire off passionate letters in defense of public broadcasting. This is supposed to be a country "of the people, for the people, and by the people" and our public airwaves should reflect that standard.

ACTION ALERT: National Call-In Day against War. June 7 (United for Peace)
The people of Iraq want their nation back; they understand that the departure of US troops will be the first step toward quelling the violence that has overtaken their country. Call Congress! Meanwhile, highschool seniors risk graduation to protest war and Latino ROTC cadets protest militarization of US border.

ACTION ALERT: National Call-In Day against War — June 7 (United for Peace)
The people of Iraq want their nation back; they understand that the departure of US troops will be the first step toward quelling the violence that has overtaken their country. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, 14 Honokaa High School students, wore black armbands to their graduation to protest the Iraq war. They announced that the meaning of the cloth was important enough to risk getting kicked out of their graduation ceremony.

ACTION ALERT: Tell NATO: Remove 480 US Nuclear Weapons (Greenpeace International)
The UN commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction has called for the removal of 480 nuclear weapons from Europe. With NATO undergoing "modernization," this is the time to take steps to see that "NATO in the 21st century should be free of 20th century nuclear weapons and doctrines." Click on the link to send a message to NATO.

Join Groups Opposing Planned US Attack on Iran
George W. Bush and the neocons have begun preparations for a miitary attack on Iran. Such an attack Iran could occur soon or it could be timed to take place closer to the November elections, to sway votes toward toward the Republicans. If you or your group is not yet working on this issue, hopefully you will be soon! Here are some contacts.

The 'al-Jazeera Memo' FOIA Request (BlairWatch.org)
The British government has admitted that it has a memo in which George W. Bush approaches PM Tony Blair with a plan to bomb the Qatar-based al-Jazeera news network. Blair reportedly rejected the plan but has now treatened to jail any journalist who dares to publish “the al Jazeera Memo.” In response, hundreds of bloggers around the world have signed a list pledging to publish the document, should it ever be released.

Stop Killing Iraq's Academics (Academics & Artists for Peace)
Many of the world's leading academics, authors and artists — including four Nobel Prize Winners — have signed a petition calling for an end to the bloodshed that has taken the lives of too many teachers and artists in Occupied Iraq.

Time to Call Bush on Lawbreaking (Jesse Jackson / Chicago Sun-Times)
George W. Bush claims the right to make war without a congressional declaration; to surveil Americans without warrant; to arrest us without probable cause; to hold us without a hearing; to deny us the right to counsel or even to hear the charges against us if the government decides, on the basis of evidence they need not produce, to tag us as accomplices in the war on terror.

ACTION ALERT: House Demolition/Forced Eviction (Amnesty International)
Injustice breeds anger. The Jerusalem Municipality is preparing to forcibly evict a Palestinian couple from the house where they live with their six children, one of whom is severely disabled. The home would then be demolish. The family has almost no income, and would be left destitute. Please act to stop home demolitions.

ACTION ALERT: Hang Up on Big Brother (Michael Kieschnick / Working Assets & Gar Smith / EAW)
Working Assets believes that the warrantless monitoring of phone conversations ordered by the Bush administration is illegal and unacceptable. Act now to send a message to ATT, Verizon and Bell South. AND to send an even stronger message, refuse to pay your next month's phone bill and then switch your service to a provider that respects your Constitutional freedoms.

ACTION ALERT! Exxon's Profits: $64,102-a-Minute (Pat Barile / People's Weekly World Newspaper)
Exxon-Mobile's first-quarter profits average out to $3.85 million/hour but Wall Street said that didn’t meet Wall Street’s expectations, so, Exxon Mobil stock went down! The oil companies say high costs are OPEC's fault but crude oil stockpiles are the biggest in eight years. It’s the Wall Street speculators and oil monopolies which raise prices every day. They are allowed to do so at least once a day by law.

Controversial Experimental Weather Modification Bill in US Congress (Rosalind Peterson / GlobalResearch.ca)
US Senate Bill 517 and US House Bill 2995, a bill that would allow experimental weather modification by artificial methods and implement a national weather modification policy, does not include agriculture or public oversight, is on the “fast track” to be passed in 2006.

The Motherhood Manifesto (Joan Blades, Co-Founder, MoveOn.org)
There's a lot of talk about family values in this country, but isn't it about time that we actually started supporting families and mothers? The Motherhood Manifestohas been published in paperback to make sure it's very affordable — under $10 at most places. And all royalties go to the MomsRising campaign.

ACTION ALERT: World's War Resisters to Gather in Washington DC (Operation Refuse War)
From May 11th to 16th, US conscientious objectors (CO's) and CO's from around the world will gather in New York City and Washington DC for Operation Refuse War, a week of conferences, demonstrations, and actions in celebration of International Conscientious Objectors Day, May 15th.

ACTION ALERT: Bush Seeks Funds for Anti-Satellite Weapons (Women's Action for New Directions)
The US hegemony needs to be able to control satelites in order to carry out their "War In Space." The time to stop it is now. Tell your Member of Congress: Don't fund testing a system designed specifically to attack a satellite.

ACTION ALERT: House Ignores Public, Sells Out the Internet (SavetheInternet.com Coalition)
A growing Right-Left Coalition is gaining momentum as it looks to Senate tas the last hope to save Internet Freedom from the corporate Telecom Cartel. Net Neutrality means all online activity must be treated equally, and companies like AT&T must allow Internet users to view the smallest blog just as easily as the largest corporate Web site.

ACTION ALERT: Now War on Iran! No Nukes! (United for Peace and Justice)
United for Peace and Justice opposes any military action against Iran, as well as covert action and sanctions. We reject the doctrine of "preventive war." All diplomatic solutions must be pursued. Sign on to petitions to the US and the UN.

ACTION ALERT: No Attack on Iran (Progressive Democrats of America, After Downing Street and others)
A petition to Bush and Cheney demanding that the US abandon plans to launch a military attack on Iran has grown to nearly 19,000 Signatures. Have you signed it? Has everyone you know? Activists plan to deliver the thousands of signaures and comments to the White House soon. Plus a list of links to help understand and oppose the the White House's latest threat to world peace.

ACTION ALERT: Don't Attack Iran (United for Peace & Justice:)
We write to you from all over the United States and all over the world to urge you to obey both international and US law, which forbid aggressive attacks on other nations. We oppose your proposal to attack Iran. Iran does not possess nuclear weapons, just as Iraq did not possess nuclear weapons.

ACTION ALERT: Please Sign Petition Opposing Attack on Iran (Gold Star Families for Peace, CODE PINK: Women for Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, Democrats.com, After Downing Street)
Sign a petition urging the serial law-breakers in Washington to respect international law and the right of sovereign nations not to be attacked. ALSO: The London Guardian reports: "a government consultant says Mr Bush believes he must do 'what no Democrat or Republican, if elected in the future, would have the courage to do' and 'that saving Iran is going to be his legacy.' As investigative report Seymour Hersh to CNN: 'The word I'm hearing is messianic.... Bush] really thinks ... this is his mission.'"

ACTION ALERT: FEMA Not Responsible for 'Dirty Bomb' Clean-up (Committee to Bridge the Gap / Sign Petition by April 12, 2006)
DHS rules proposed in January would waive any responsbility for cleaning up the site of "Dirty Bomb" attacks. Instead of protecting residents and restoring cities, FEMA's role would be to tell residents to return to dangerously radioactive cities. It is estimated that one-third of the people would die from radiation-induced illnesses

ACTION ALERT: Debate in Congress Over Iraq War Grows Louder (Steven Thomma, Tim Funki and James Juhnhenn / Knight Ridder)
The calls for an end to the Iraq occupation are growing stronger by the day with three Republicans in the House of Representatives endorsing a resolution calling for a robust and lengthy congressional debate on Iraq. ACT NOW. Rep. Neil Abercrombie's (D-HI) H.R. 543 demands a full debate and vote on the war.

ACTION ALERT: National Impeachment Movement Ignored by Corporate Media (Peter Phillips / CommonDreams.org)
Harpers Magazine, The Nation, Garrison Keillor, Richard Dryfuss, city councils, boards of supervisors, 32 members of Congress, thousands of newspaper letter-writers and 42-53 percent of Americans polled all believe George W. Bush and Dick Cheney should be impeached. So why is it the corporate media refuses to report the story?

US Troops, Iraqis Think US in their Nation to Stay
The Congressional Research Service reports that US spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is averaging about 44 percent more per month this fiscal year than last. These are not the actions of a country preparing to withdraw from Iraq. Are the Americans here to stay? Air Force mechanic Josh Remy is sure of it as he looks around Balad. "I think we'll be here forever." The Iraqi people suspect the same. The American people have an obligation to act.

An Appeal to the World to Save Democracy in the US (The International Endowment for Democracy)
Washington's "National Endowment for Democracy" is used to interfer in foreign elections to support US-friendly regimes. A new project — the International Endowment for Democracy — is turning the concept upside down and appealing to people around the world to raise funds to support a restoration of democracy inside the United States.

Argentina, Uruguay Abandon School of the Americas (SOAWatch Update / SOAWatch.org)
In a critical victory for human rights organizations across the Americas, Argentina and Uruguay have announced plans to sever ties with the Pentagon’s School of the Americas, a controvesial military training site at Ft. Benning, Georgia whose graduates have been tied to murders, rapes, abduptions and torture.

Iraqis Think US in their Nation to Stay (Charles J. Hanley / AP)
Are the Americans here to stay? Air Force mechanic Josh Remy is sure of it as he looks around Balad. "I think we'll be here forever," the 19-year-old airman from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., told a visitor to his base. The Iraqi people suspect the same.

Impeachment Calls Mount Nationwide (ImpeachPAC.org & AfterDowningStreet.org)
Brattleboro, Vermont, has joined nine other towns and cities, five state Democratic parties, and 19 local Democratic committees in passing resolutions urging the impeachment of President Bush and — in most cases — Vice President Cheney. Meanwhile, womething remarkable has happened. The New York Times finally ran a front-page story about the "White House Memo," which proves Bush was determined to invade Iraq no matter what.

New Mexico Democrats Call for Bush Impeachment (Sue Major Holmes / The Associated Press)
From California to Vermont, from Wyoming to North Carolina, from New Hampshire to New Mexico, impeachment resolutions are sweeping America! They are popping up in Town Meetings, City Councils, and Democratic Committees. The New Mexico Democratic Party is calling for President Bush's removal from office forf "abuses of power and corruption."

Protests Mark Third Year of US War and Occupation of Iraq

Protest Actions Planned on Third Year of US Invasion, Occupation of Iraq (Various Peace Organizations)
With the president on the road for a PR blitz during the three year anniversary of the war, we must remind the country that the Bush pre-emption doctrine has been a disaster in Iraq — making America and the world less safe. Learn about the demonstrations in your hometowns and join the people in the streets.

Tell the Security Council: No Military Options on Iran (John Hallam / Nuclear Weapons Campaigner Friends of the Earth / Australia)
The possibility of military action against Iran is being talked about more and more. Military strikes against Iran would not only be completely ineffective and counterproductive as far as preventing the emergence of a nuclear-armed Iran, but would set the entire middle east afire. Unfortunately these options are being increasingly spoken of by both Israel and the US administration.

ACTION ALERT: Support the National Guard (Gov. Bill Richardson)
Despite America's increased reliance on the National Guard, Republicans are actually trying to cut funding for the Guard and are planning to trim 45,000 members from it over the coming years. Tell the White House you won't wait for '08 to support the National Guard and strengthen homeland security.

ACTION ALERT: What Does the Government Know About You? (People for the American Way)
Not since the Nixon Era has a government been so steeped in secrecy. People For the American Way has launched a new Web tool to make it easy for you to assert your right to know what the government knows about you. The basic information needed to complete a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request is now online and takes less than a minute to enter.

ACTION ALERT: Hole Hearings on Warrantless Spying
On March 7, the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a vote on whether to investigate the domestic wiretaps that the president has already admitted were performed in defiance of the FISA court. Bush's defenders have threatened to restructure the Intelligence Committee to strip it of oversight responsibility if it dares to investigate the Bush's violations of the law.

ACTION ALERT: Say No to War on March 8 — International Women's Day (Code Pink)
Women For Peace is working to gather over 100,000 signatures on a Call To Say "No" To War, and it needs your help. On International Women's Day, March 8, these signatures will be delivered to US embassies, consulates, and federal offices around the world. ALSO: Four critical stories that underscore the need for action.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Rumsfeld to Produce an 'Exit Strategy' (US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA))
President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld can't continue to bury their heads in the sand about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Iraq. We need to urge Secretary Rumsfeld to develop a plan for getting our troops out of the middle of an Iraqi civil war -- and to share that plan with Congress. Sign my petition today!

US Sea Ports and Airports Face Security Threats (The Progress Report & American Working Group for National Policy)
The supposed "review" of a contracat that would permit Dubai Ports World, a company owned by the United Arab Emirates, to operate 21 US ports is "a sham compromise aimed at providing President Bush political cover, not protecting the national security of the US." Meanwhile the Open Skies proposal threatens an even larger breach of security and environmental laws — in the skies.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Deaths in US Military Jails (Jill Savitt / Human Rights First)
Nearly 100 foreign prisioners have been killed in US military custody but only 12 of the 98 documented deaths have resulted in punishment of any kind. The Washington Post has deplored the situation but the White House has refused to act. Take action to demand that George W. Bush respect the right to life and hold the killers accountable.

ACTION ALERT: Big Oil vs. Wind Energy (Kate Smolski / Greenpeace)
Representative Don Young, of Alaska, is trying to kill plans for the first offshore wind farm