A Recipe for Defeating BUSH'S WAR RESOLUTION Contact concerned citizens in your community immediately and organize small delegations of two to five constituents to visit the district offices of your Senators and Representatives. Be sure to target Members of Congress who have either not taken a position on the war resolution or have already expressed their support. (So far, at least 17 Members of Congress have publicly announced their opposition to the war resolution in its current form.) InnerSelf Magazine Thousands of articles on health, lifestyle changes, behavior, parenting astrology, and much more. Holistic Politics Social and political commentary, discussion forums, and thousands of news feeds. Natural Yellow Pages Listings of natural products and services worldwide. List your natural product or service. Article Index - Back Online Soon Links to related articles around the web. Share a link to your articles online here. InnerSelf Market Natural products sold and shipped by Innerself If no one in your group has had previous experience with civil disobedience, contact a local nonviolence trainer or peace organization (see below for links to RESOURCES for NONVIOLENCE TRAINING). It is essential to ensure that everyone planning to participate in this important action is properly trained and prepared to risk arrest. It is not necessary to schedule a meeting. Each delegation should simply walk into the office and ask to speak to the staffer who handles foreign policy or defense. Whether or not they meet with you, tell someone in the office that, as constituents, you would like a public statement from the Member of Congress declaring that they will vote against the war resolution in any form. Keep the request short and simple. Let them know that you and your delegation will wait until a statement is made. If the office refuses to provide a statement or tells you that they plan to support the President, politely inform them that you will not leave until the office complies with your request. Make sure that the media is aware of your action. You are essentially asking the Member of Congress to represent their constituents who oppose a war in Iraq. Furthermore, to authorize the President to take U.S. military action against Iraq at this time would represent a repudiation of the U.S. Constitution and the United Nations Charter, abandoning legal restrictions that have guided America for two generations. You are carrying out your civic duties in holding your elected representatives accountable. In a letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. instructed us: "In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action." For over 12 years, concerned citizens and organizations in the United States as well as throughout the world have documented the tremendous hardship, suffering and death that the people of Iraq have had to endure. Despite this, the grave injustice and indignity of U.S.-led military actions and international sanctions continue. When the Bush administration began to put our nation on the path to war in Iraq, these same concerned organizations and individuals petitioned Congress and the administration to reverse the course and allow the UN to settle the conflict through peaceful means. Our case has been made stronger by the collection of the facts. In short, the administration has been unable to provide any evidence that shows Iraq to be a clear and immediate threat to the United States. But despite all of this, our efforts to prevail upon our elected officials through negotiation have failed. Even Iraq's surrender to President Bush's demand to allow in UN weapons inspections "without conditions" seems to have had no effect in averting the collision course the Bush administration has set for us. And now Congress appears prepared to vote to authorize the President to use force against Iraq. We are left with no choice. It is time for each of us to prepare to take nonviolent direct action. Otherwise, we could lose our last chance to prevent our nation from making a devastating mistake. RESOURCES for Nonviolence Training CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE INDEX: (the following is an extensive list of support organizations) http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html The following are additional links that can assist you in locating a nonviolence trainer and/or recruiting others to participate in your action. DIRECTORIES of NONVIOLENCE TRAINER: [Nationwide Directory] http://www.warresisters.org/wrl_locals.htm-? New England States] http://www.donnellycolt.com/nonviolencetraining/ [Arizona] http://www.nvcaz.com/connect/trainers.htm LIST of CERTIFIED NONVIOLENCE TRAINERS in the U.S.: http://www.cnvc.org/trnrlist.htm#ust KNOW YOUR RIGHTS http://actupny.org/documents/demomanual/Demomanual.html For peace with justice, An Anonymous Gulf War Veteran *********************************** Contact information for US, UN, European Union, Canada, Israel and Media (CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN) CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!! CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!! CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!! Please contact your political representatives immediately and ask them to urge a cessation of hostilities on both sides. Also encourage them to urge the use of international observers, many of whom are currently in Ramallah and the surrounding area. You can easily find how to contact for your own U.S. Senators and Congresspeople at http://government.aol.com To begin, here are four important people to address in the United States. Use phone AND fax AND email: President George W. Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Phone: (202) 456-1111 -- Fax: (202) 456-2461 -- E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Vice President Dick Cheney (The White House, as above) Condoleezza Rice National Security Advisor (The White House, as above) Secretary of State Colin Powell U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Phone: (202) 647-6575 -- Fax: (202) 261-8577 -- E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it You can call the Capital switchboard toll-free: 1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress. --------------------------------------------- UNITED NATIONS Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Postal Address: 136 East 67 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 Phone: (212) 861-4900; 861-4901; 861-4902 Fax: (212) 628-0252 ---------------------------- Britain at the United Nations One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 28th Floor 885 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Tel: (212) 745 9250 Fax: (212) 745 9316 ---------------------------- Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan Address: 350 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016 Telephone: 212-655-6100 --- Fax: 212-634-7626 E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Permanent Representative and Ambassador Wang Yingfan Tel: 212-655-6191 Fax: 212-481-2998 Deputy Permanent Representative and Ambassador Zhang Yishan Tel: 212-655-6123 Fax: 212-481-2998 Political Affairs Section Tel: 212-655-6141 Fax: 212-634-7625 ---------------------------- Delegation of France to the Security Council Telephone : (212) 308-5700 Main Fax : (212) 421-6889 E-mail : This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ReprTsentant Permanent Permanent Representative S.E M.Jean-David LEVITTE ---------------------------- To also contact non permanent members. http://www.un.org/Docs/scinfo.htm --------------------------------------------- UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATION: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it EUROPEAN UNION: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it CANADA: Prime minister (Jean Chretien This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ) Bill Graham (Bill Graham This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ). ISRAEL: Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it -? or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Fax: +972 2 651 2631 Benjamin Ben Eliezer, Israeli Minister of Defense: Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs: Fax: +972-2-5303367 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Here is the phone number of the IDF Commander for the Ramallah area (from the US): 011-972-2-9970461 Mobile: 011-972-54-240-303 Voice your protest to him personally. 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