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Daily Fact & Act #33
Tuesday, October 22 1991*
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*This is 1991, right? Recession, war on Iraq, lower markets, low employment, low job creation, weak dollar, a "president" who is out of touch-- "It's the economy stupid" --with the people, lies and rumors being touted by politicians and the press as truth, government actions causing mass protests in the streets.
Action
New Petitions:
Iraq war resolution vote - Stronger opposition than expected
Write to Congress and your local paper online:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=677801&type=ME
Have you signed these?
Iraq Peace Pledge
http://www.peacepledge.org/
Don't Attack Iraq; Work Through the U.N.
A joint campaign of Progressive Portal and Global Exchange
http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/global/iraq/
No War on Iraq (moveon.org)
http://www.moveon.org/nowar/
Stop the Rush to War (Working Assets)
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/action.cfm?itemid=13739&afccode=IRQ001
Stop Bush's 'Wag the Dog' Invasion of Iraq!
http://democrats.com/elandslide/petition.cfm?campaign=iraq
US Citizens Oppose War on Iraq, Other Countries, and US Government Militarism
http://www.petitiononline.com/iraq/petition.html
Fact
LMNOP Ever-Growing List of Those Against the War.
http://lmno4p.org/articles_iraq.htm#lis
1). Conservatives do not want this war.
The administrationšs claim of a right to overthrow regimes it considers hostile is extraordinary and one the world will soon find intolerable.
Most Americans seem little concerned at the prospect of an American war on Iraq. This is surprising considering that, of Americašs friends and allies, only Israel openly supports it, while other states in the Middle East, including longtime rivals and enemies of Iraq, warn against it, and the Europeans view it with alarm and growing frustration. Those challenges to the planned war now being raised, moreover, tend to center on prudential questions whether the proposed attack will work and what short-term risks and collateral damage might be involved rather than on whether the war itself is a good idea.
Iraq: The Case Against Preemptive War
The American Conservative
http://www.amconmag.com/10_21/iraq.html
2). Professors do not want this war.
About 12,000 professors, including at least 30 in South Carolina, have signed an online petition opposing a U.S. invasion of Iraq on the grounds that it could destabilize the Middle East and claim many lives.
Professors Sign Anti-War Petition
http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2002/10/20/2002102030313.htm
3). More Americans do not want the war.
NEW YORK, October 21, 2002, 9:50 a.m. - Members of No Blood For Oil!, a coalition against the planned invasion of Iraq, have occupied the Security Council chamber at the United Nations. The activists have made the following demands:
* Immediate lifting of economic sanctions against Iraq.
* No U.N. permission at any time for an invasion of Iraq.
* Explicit U.N. condemnation of the new U.S. policy of anticipatory self-defense.
The activists have pledged to continue to occupy the Security Council chamber until these demands are agreed to.
Activists Occupy U.N. Security Council Chamber
http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/10/21/7766042
Books
LMNOP Books page
Sacred Space and Holy War: The Politics, Culture and History of Shi-Ite Islam
Juan Cole, 10/2002
The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein
Sandra Mackey, 5/2002
Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War
John R. MacArthur, Ben Haig Bagdikian, 9/1993
Calendar
Ongoing
Throughout the day, throughout the Bay
"Bowling for Columbine"
Showtimes
TODAY, Tuesday, October 22
12n-1p
Vigil to Oppose Sanctions and War Against Iraq. Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay Street, two blocks from 12th Street BART station
http://www.epicalc.org/
BART: http://bart.gov/stations/stationGuide/stationOverview_12ST.asp
6p, 8p, 10p
In Shifting Sands
The Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq
A film by Scott Ritter
Roxi - SF
http://www.roxie.com/Oct02.html#ShiftingSands
TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 23
4:30-6p
PROTEST TOM LANTOS' VOTE FOR WAR ON IRAQ
Tom Lantos' office
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 410, San Mateo
Map 6:30p
Berkeley Peace
Walk & Vigil
8p
SECRECY, FREEDOM AND EMPIRE
Lessons for Today from Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg, The Independent Policy Forum
Zellerbach Auditorium
Berkeley
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