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Help File Suit Against Iraq War

The Nattah Education and Legal Defense Fund is pursuing a civil suit against Bush and other defendants for damages due to the illegal Iraq War. The Fund is looking for summer interns willing to learn how to search for appropriate case law, prior legal knowledge not necessary. The plaintiff, Abdulwahab Nattah, was employed by a federal contractor as a translator during the Iraq War, where he was severely injured. The approach of the suit is three-fold; suing Bush, Cheney, and the Department of Defense for launching an illegal war; suing the Titan Group (a federal contractor) for fraud and forced service in Iraq; and suing the Iraqi National Congress (INC) under the False Claims Act for selling the US government false intelligence (see the Action on VPAN for more details).

Nattah filed suit in US District Court, with the purposes of challenging the legality of the Iraq War, challenging the policy of arbitrary detention, establishing the principle that military contractors must obey the law, and holding the INC accountable for its lies to bring the US into the war. The suit was dismissed in district court, but the Fund (one attorney) is preparing an appeal. The Fund desperately needs assistance in searching for relevant case law in this task (and donations would also be very welcome!). If you are willing to help, contact Michael Beattie, antiwarattorney@yahoo.com.

Posted on Jun 03, 2009 by Nattah Education and Legal Defense Fund


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Peace Movement Makes Plans for 5th Anniversary of Iraq Occupation

By David Swanson, CCPJ

The peace movement in the United States and in Virginia is making plans for a week and a half of activities, March 10-19, 2008, to resist the U.S. occupation of Iraq, to oppose new wars, and to demand the impeachment of Vice President Cheney and President Bush. Details of the national plans are posted at http://resistinmarch.org

The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (CCPJ) is asking people in Central Virginia to indicate which activities... [ more ]

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 by


Impeach Dick Cheney, If You Will

http://charlottesvillepeace.org/node/1240
Virginians created and may end the right of impeachment
By David Swanson, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star

CHARLOTTESVILLE-- A recent national poll on impeachment, conducted by the American Research Group last November, found that 52 percent of Americans believed Vice President Dick Cheney had committed impeachable offenses.

The numbers for President George W. Bush were only slightly lower.

The governor... [ more ]

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 by


Peace Movement: Bush's Latest Signing Statement Is Grounds for Impeachment

http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/node/1232
United for Peace and Justice
www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
P.O. Box 607, Times Square Station; New York, NY 10108

New York, NY -- United for Peace and Justice, the country's largest anti-war coalition with over 1400 member groups, condemns President Bush's continued arrogant and unconstitutional use of signing statements.

On Monday, Jan. 25, 2008, President Bush released a signing statement claiming... [ more ]

Posted on Feb 11, 2008 by



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Advocate TODAY! Help save MiND TV





Several months ago, we learned that Governor Rendell zeroed out funding for Pennsylvania's eight public television stations in his FY2010 budget. At that time, the stations began a campaign to mobilize the public to let the governor and all of the state legislature know that public tv plays a very important role ... [ more ]

Posted on PAActionNetwork by PA Action Network


Emergency Action Alert: Coup in Honduras!

[This action alert comes to you from the Alliance for Global Justice and its member projects, the Nicaragua Network, the Campaign for Labor Rights, the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, and the Respect for Democracy Campaign.]

EMERGENCY ALERT: COUP IN HONDURAS!
Demonstrate at Honduran Consulates or US Federal Buildings Sunday or Monday
[See list of consulates below!]

MOBILIZE YOUR COMMUNITY NOW!
Demand Obama Denounce the Coup and Demand Return of President... [ more ]

Posted on CRIpjen by American Friends Service Committee - CT (AFSC)


6/30 - 7/6/09 Peace/Justice Feature

Hi folks:

NOTE: The next two Features (July 5 and 12) will be put out by my intern Andrew Kimmel. So email events to him at andkimme@iupui.edu We are assuming that events for the first Sat. (July 4) will occur on the second Sat.;
let Andrew know if this is not so or if any monthly event is taking a summer hiatus.

The Peace/Justice Feature for this week (Tues-Mon) focuses on:

1) The Indianapolis Peace Institute and our community of students living... [ more ]

Posted on Network4Peace by Northwest Indiana Code Pink


OH UU posts CommUUnity in Challenging Times

The Economy has experienced a major meltdown in recent months. Savings and jobs continue to vanish and the recession feeds on itself. Congregations and congregants are and will be affected. Major restructuring is needed, and The Great Turning is an important part of that change!

As a part of that turning to Earth Community, what is the role of our community - our church - in helping to mitigate the impact of what is surely to come to some or many of us? How can we ensure that, ... [ more ]

Posted on OhioPeaceNetwork by Unitarian Universalist for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC)


19 NH community organizations elect Martin Luther King Coalition officers

The Martin Luther King Coalition is made up of 19 NH community organizations having missions that reflect the principles of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In addition to those listed above, the following organizations are members of the Coalition: the American Friends Service Committee-NH, represented by Arnie Alpert; the Arab- American Forum, represented buy Nabil Migalli; the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains, represented by Jess Riendeau; Global Citizens Circle, represented... [ more ]

Posted on NHVpjen by Martin Luther King Coalition - NH


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