Action Alerts

ACTION ALERT: Reject BLM's Call to Frack the Nation
The Obama administration just released its first major fracking policy -- the Bureau of Land Management's proposed rules for fracking on 600 million acres of public land. And it's even worse than we feared The Obama administration's rule for fracking on public lands is a major concession to the fracking industry. Please submit a comment telling the Obama administration to ban fracking on federal lands, not open them up to dangerous fracking.

ACTION ALERT: Tell John Kerry: Investigate Corruption in the KXL Pipeline Review (Friends of the Earth)
In March, the State Department issued its environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that Ignored the many studies warning the pipeline will accelerate climate change and endanger communities along its route. It has now been revealed that the firm hired by the State Department to write this flawed review is a dues-paying member of the American Petroleum Institute and sub-contractors hired to do the review have ties to the oil industry.

ACTION ALERT: Demand Accountability for US Drone Killings of Children (Brave New Films & Tabassum Zakaria / Reuters)
United States drone strikes have killed 178 children in Pakistan and Yemen. During a Senate hearing in April 2013, Farea Al-Muslimi, a writer, testified in an emotion-filled voice as he described the shock he experienced first-hand from a US drone attack that devastated his home village in Yemen. Al-Muslimi also described the angry blowback in public opinion from residents against the United States.

ACTION ALERT: Push Back Against the Media Drumbeat for War with Syria (Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio / Just Foreign Policy)
After twelve years of wars promoted by lies and claims of easy victory, the costly Afghanistan war drags on and Washington cuts Head Start, Meals on Wheels, and cancer clinics and threatens to cut Social Security and veterans' benefits. Yet, despite this dismal history, elite media are manufacturing a new drumbeat for war, this time with Syria, even though polls have shown the public is overwhelmingly opposed to US military intervention in Syria's civil war.

Palestinian Refugees from Syria Seek Shelter in Lebanon (American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) & Amnesty International)
More than 40,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have fled to Lebanon, with some 3,000 refugees arriving each month. Nearly half have sought shelter in refugee camps in southern Lebanon. As Palestinians, they are not eligible by UN mandate to receive UNHCR aid. UNRWA, which is responsible for aiding Palestinian refugees, is overstretched to serve their increasing needs. Meanwhile, Amnesty International is increasing it efforts to assist these families uprooted three times by war. 



ACTION ALERT: Close Guantanamo -- No Forced Feedings, No Illegal Detentions (Amnesty International )
Obama blames an uncooperative Congress for frustrating his effort to close Guantanamo, but he is not without options for doing the right thing, right now. For example, dozens of detainees have been cleared to leave and can be transferred under current US law. People like Shaker Aamer, who the UK government says should be free with his family in London. Resolving such cases can happen now and would be a positive step.



ACTION ALERT: President Obama: Close Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay (Col. Morris Davis (USAF, Ret.) / Change.org)
I served 25 years in the US Air Force, I was the Chief Prosecutor for the Terrorism Trials at Guantanamo Bay for more than two years. I personally charged Osama Bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan. And now I need your help. More than 160 men who have never been charged with any offense, much less convicted of a war crime, remain at Guantanamo with no end in sight. The Patriotic thing, the Human thing to do here is to Close Guantanamo.

ACTION ALERT: Restore Funding to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs (John Isaacs & Guy Stevens / Council for a Livable World)
The US bomb that devastated Hiroshima during World War II required only 55 pounds of highly enriched uranium, an amount about the size of a grapefruit and easily hidden in a backpack. In 2009, President Obama cautioned that terrorists are seeking to build, buy or steal a nuclear weapon. And yet, incredible as it may seem, programs to stop terrorists from obtaining dangerous nuclear materials are facing significant budget cuts this year.

Guantanamo's Death Row: A Plea to Save Lives and Build Peace (Tom Hayden / TomHayden.com)
Commentary: "Your Guantanamo choice -- to release the hunger strikers or let them die -- reminds me of Margaret Thatcher's similar choice in 1981 when "the Iron Lady," as her admirers called her, allowed 10 Irishmen to slowly starve to death because she would not recognize their most basic human rights.... There are 86 already designated for transfer, 56 of them from Yemen. You have the power, on a case-by-case basis, to release them."

ACTION ALERT: Last Chance to Stop Tar Sands Pipeline, Today -- Earth Day Deadline (Elijah Zarlin / Credo Action & James Hansen / The New York Times & Brad Johnson / Grist )
Monday -- Earth Day -- is the final day to speak out as part of the Obama administration's decision making process on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline which would mean "game over for the climate." Here's why the public's voice needs to be heard: The State Department's "don't worry" environmental impact statement for the proposed Keystone XL tarsands pipeline, was not written by government officials. It was written by a private company in the pay of the pipeline's owner.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Pentagon's Sonic War on Whales (Ted Danson / Oceana )
The Obama administration is considering allowing the use of deadly seismic airgun blasts to search for oil and gas under the ocean floor, the first harmful step toward expanding dangerous offshore drilling to the Atlantic. The US Department of the Interior estimates that 138,500 whales and dolphins will be injured and possibly killed along the East Coast if these tests are allowed to go through.

ACTION ALERT: 157 Held without Charge. Lives Are on the Line, Close Guantanamo Now! (The World Can't Wait / SF Bay Area Chapter )
In the jail cells at Guantanamo, 130 prisoners detained without charge (including many cleared for release) have been on a hunger strike since February 7 -- nearly 70 days in a collective challenge to the world's conscience. There seems to be no limit to the levels of the government's brutal assault against any rights or humanity of these "detainees" -- most of whom have now spent more than 10 years of their lives confined in Washington's Bush-era military prison.

ACTION ALERT: War IS the Answer? & National Tax Freedom Day (Jim Cason / Friends Committee on National Legislation & Benjamin Powell / The Independent & The Huffington Post)
If the question is where more than one-third of all your tax dollars go, then war is the answer. Today, our federal income taxes are due. For every tax dollar we pay, 37 cents go toward Pentagon spending for current and past wars. As a nation, we'll pay $2.76 trillion in federal taxes and another $1.46 trillion in state and local taxes. That equals 29.4 percent of all of the income US citizens will earn this year.

ACTION ALERT: NO US Interference in Venezuela Elections (Alberto Lovera Circula Bolivariano de New York)
Commentary: After the death of Venezuelan president Chavez, supporters of the Venezuelan leader are warning that "the imperialist nations of the world are preparing to attack the Bolivarian Revolution." As Venezuela prepares for a new presidential election on April 11, "the imperialists are intent to intervene and sabotage the election."

ACTION ALERT: Free 73-year-old Civil Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart (Ralph Poynter / Change.org & Dick Gregory)
A 73-year-old lawyer, suffering from advanced breast cancer faces a 10-year-sentence for the "crime" of offering legal defense services to a client deemed an "enemy" of the US. Despite her age and illness, Lynne Stewart is forced to wear 10 pounds of shackles and chains. Her plight has outraged First Amendment defenders. With her life in imminent jeopardy, Dick Gregory, Pete Seeger, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and 6,000 supporters are demanding Stewart's freedom.

ACTION ALERT: Tell the Senate: Pass Gun Background Checks (Gabby Giffords / Americans for Responsible Solutions )
A little over two years ago, a mentally ill young man shot me in the head, killed six of my constituents, and wounded twelve others. Your Senators are set to begin debate this week, but there are some who are threatening to filibuster any vote on the issue. That's unacceptable, and they need to hear from you. Will you stand with Mark and me and sign our petition urging the Senate to pass universal background checks for all gun purchases?

ACTION ALERT: Anti-Drone Protests Surge from Coast to Coast (Code Pink & Peace Resource Center of San Diego)
Join us by signing a letter to General Atomics CEO Neal Blue, urging him to stop manufacturing killer drones! Help us fill up his inbox by sharing this action with your friends!

ACTION ALERT: After 20 Years, the World Has an Arms Trade Treaty! (Amnesty International)
After weeks of intense negotiations at the UN Conference, including roadblocks put up by Iran, Syria and North Korea, a final treaty was adopted! The treaty prohibits the sale of arms used to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. We are now closer than ever to the golden rule: "Governments must prevent arms transfers where there is a substantial risk that they will be used to commit serious violations of human rights." Now, will the US ratify the treaty?

ACTION ALERT: Stop US Aid to Honduran Death Squads (Robert Naiman / SignOn.org & Mark Weisbrot / The Guardian / http://signon.org/sign/kerry-no-aid-to-honduran?source=c.url&r_by=1135580)
In Honduras, Reagan-era atrocities are back as the Obama administration funds a state implicated in murdering opponents. In a widely circulated surveillance video, two students are murdered in cold blood by heavily armed killers traveling in two large vehicles. The high level of professional training and modus operandi of the assassins have led many observers to conclude that this was a government operation. Were US funds or training involved in this crime?

PROTEST! Guantanamo Hunger Strike DAY 57: April 3, 2013 (The World Can't Wait )
At least 130 of the 166 prisoners confined at Guantanamo have been on a hunger strike for eight weeks. Many have lost 20-30 pounds. They are being denied clean drinking water and their lawyers have been prevented from seeing them. 52 days into the strike, bodily functions are shutting down and are rapidly reaching a point where recovery is impossible. On April 3, as these prisoners face starvation, President Obama will visit San Francisco for a fund-raising dinner at a millionaire's mansion.

ACTION ALERT: For Nuclear Security Beyond Seoul, Eradicate Land-Based 'Doomsday' Missiles (Democracy in Action & David Krieger and Daniel Ellsberg / Waging Peace)
With the US and South Korea engaged in a risky game of provocation with nuclear-armed North Korea, President Obama has the opportunity in his second term to put the world squarely on track to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons. Please take a moment to send President Obama a message today asking him to take three actions that will make the US and the world safer:

ACTION ALERT: Ban the Bomb; Balance the Budget (Jon Rainwater / Peace Action West & Chris Schneidmiller / Global Security Newswire)
For decades, our useless, good-for-nothing nuclear stockpile has just sat there, mooching off billions of taxpayer dollars. Finally, here's a chance for it to get off the couch and do something useful for a change. It can help us balance our budget. The Defense Department can save $50 billion by reducing nuclear arms spending through the coming decade even without cutting the size of the arsenal beyond levels set by a US-Russian arms control treaty, according to a new expert analysis.

ACTION ALERT: President Obama -- Keep Your Promise; Nuclear Disarmament Now! (Global Zero & Desmond Tutu / The Guardian )
"We cannot intimidate others into behaving well when we ourselves are misbehaving. Yet that is precisely what nations armed with nuclear weapons hope to do by censuring North Korea for its nuclear tests and sounding alarm bells over Iran's pursuit of enriched uranium. According to their logic, a select few nations can ensure the security of all by having the capacity to destroy all." -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

ACTION ALERT Support Gitmo Hunger Strikers (Andy Worthington & The World Can't Wait)
On March 14, 2013, 51 attorneys for prisoners at Guantánamo wrote to defense secretary Chuck Hagel to express "urgent and grave concern" about the mass hunger strike that has been taking place at the prison for the last five weeks, involving over a hundred of the 166 men still held -- and to urge him "to address the underlying causes of the strike and bring it to a prompt and acceptable end."

ACTION ALERT: Join Me to Kick Off a Mass Movement Against Gun Violence From Your Living Room on Saturday, March 23rd (Michael Moore / Michael Moore.com )
It is clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have "had it" with how we as a country have recklessly allowed the NRA and gun manufacturers to get away, literally, with murder. That is going to come to an end. On Saturday, March 23 MoveOn.org is sponsoring a national screening of "Bowling for Columbine," with me in New York City. Afterward, I will join you on the Web to take your questions and suggestions and we decide what we are all going to do.

ACTION ALERT: Democrats Set to Cave In on Gun Control (MoveOn & Huffington Post )
After months of promises that, in the wake of Newtown, "this time would be different," congressional Democrats, led by Majority Leader Harry Reid, are on the verge of caving on the three most critical gun violence prevention proposals: universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, and a ban on high-capacity magazines.

ACTION ALERT: Congress to Vote on Nearly $1 Trillion Pentagon Spending Cuts (Friends Committee on National Legislation & Progressives United)
Next week, your representative will vote for the first time in nearly two years on a proposal that would cut about $900 billion out of the Pentagon budget and invest that money in creating millions of jobs and rebuilding our infrastructure. While this plan will probably not win approval in the full chamber, the number of votes the plan receives will be an important signal to show support for cutting Pentagon spending and investing in renewing the US economy.

ACTION ALERT: Protect Internet Privacy: Stop CISPA! (Daniel Jabbour / Change.org & Emily Flitter and Stella Dawson and Mark Hosenball / Reuters)
Under the guise of cyber-security, CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is a bill that would grant corporations the power to share our emails, Facebook messages, and other sensitive online data with the government -- all without a warrant. At the same time, the Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all US spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country,

ACTION ALERT: Prevent the Transport of Plutonium Bomb Cores on Our Highways (The Petition Site & Tri-Valley CAREs)
The Department of Energy is planning to ship nuclear bomb cores through New Mexico, Arizona, and California in the back of trucks, from Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico to Livermore Lab in California. Nuclear watchdogs have called the plan "an unnecessarily dangerous, potentially unlawful" proposal.

ACTION ALERT: Why Jail Pushers But Not Bankers? Because, Attorney General Holder Explains, Some Banks Are Too Big to Prosecute (The Progressive Change Campaign Committee & Chris Good / ABC News & Robert Borosage / AlterNet)
Senator Elizabeth Warren had a question for financial regulators at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on money laundering: "How much money does a bank have to launder before people go to jail?" Yesterday Attorney General Holder stated openly what was already apparent. The Justice Department believes that Too Big to Fail Banks are Too Big to Jail. Any attempt to bring criminal indictments against banks or leading bankers might endanger the economy and thus are too big a risk.

How Sequestration Hits Military Families (Jon Soltz / Vote Vets Action Fund )
When Republicans rejected compromise solutions to avoid the "sequester," they ushered in a series of cuts that promise to hurt military families -- at home and in the field. Military families will see medical care, DoD-run schools, social services (including sexual assault prevention and treatment), tuition assistance, child care, and many other programs cut or even eliminated.

ACTION ALERT: Senate Vote on Gun Violence TODAY (MoveOn.org)
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on multiple measures to reduce gun violence, including a ban on military-style assault weapons -- like the gun used in Newtown. These are the first major Senate votes on gun violence prevention since the Newtown elementary school tragedy. If the bills pass the Senate Judiciary Committee, Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised to push for a full Senate vote. Please contact members of the committee using the link below.

ACTION ALERT: No Back Door to War (Rebecca Griffin / Peace Action West )
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) are planning to introduce a resolution urging the US government to back Israel, militarily if necessary, should Israel "be compelled to take military action" against Iran -- even if Israel strikes Iran first, with an unprovoked military attack. Such "pre-emptive" acts of aggression used to be called "the ultimate war crime." Contact your senators.

ACTION ALERT: The World's Biggest Gun Show: No Background Checks Needed (Michelle Ringuette / Amnesty International )
On March 18 - 28, 2013, world leaders will have a Final Conference to negotiate the first-ever treaty to will prevent weapons from ending up in the hands of tyrants and child soldiers. The Obama Administration bears heavy responsibility to lead efforts in establishing a strong, human rights-orientated treaty -- during the negotiation. Tell Obama the world needs a Robust Arms Trade Treaty NOW. Take action! Learn More.

Stop Korean War Games, Start Peace Talks (Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space & Russia Today)
The Korean War, known in the US as "The Forgotten War," has never ended. Every year, the US stages a massive joint war games with its ally, South Korea (ROK). These coordinated exercises are both virtual and real. The US-ROK "Key Resolve" and "Foal Eagle" annual war games, usually staged in March, typically last for months and involve tens of thousands of US abd ROK troops. We call upon the US and South Korean governments to stop the costly and provocative war games.

ACTION ALERT: Free Lynne Stewart and Dr. Aafia Siddiqui (The Committee to Stop FBI Repression & The World Can't Wait)
Lynne Stewart is a prominent civil rights attorney who, in 2005, was convicted of conspiracy to aid and abet terrorism after she defended Omar Abdel Rachman, an Egyptian cleric framed and imprisoned on "terrorism" charges. Despite suffering from cancer, Stewart has been shackled and held in chains. The government also refuses to release Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a US-educated neuroscientist and a graduate of MIT, who was abducted from Pakistan along with her family in 2003.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Senator Feinstein To Hold Hearings on Drones (Robert Naiman / Just Foreign Policy & The Huffington Post)
Since somewhere between 13 percent and 34 percent of the deaths resulting from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004 have been civilians, it would appear that there is indeed a risk of killing innocent people in the policy that has been pursued. The Senate Intelligence Committee, which is supposed to oversee the CIA, has never held a public hearing on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The time for Congressional oversight is long overdue.

ACTION ALERT: Beyond Sequestration: Rein In Pentagon Waste (Friends Committee on National Legislation & Progressives United)
Members of Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, are backing away from making significant cuts to the Pentagon budget. The Pentagon and some members of Congress claim that cutting $1 trillion over 10 years is too drastic. So we've put together a 90-second video that shows what those cuts look like.

ACTION Green New Deal for Climate (Jill Stein.org & Jenny Brown / Labor Notes & TruthOut)
The argument that unions must choose between jobs and the environment is losing its grip, as climate change becomes more evident. Nurses are demanding a "Robin Hood" tax on Wall Street to fund safe, green energy; auto workers are backing fuel-efficiency standards; taxi drivers are embracing hybrids. Because investment in renewable energy creates more jobs than investment in capital-intensive fossil fuels, people are calling for a Green New Deal to address climate change.

Sanders, Boxer Outline 'Gold Standard' Climate Bill (Hon. Bernie Sanders / The Guardian & George Zornick / The Nation)
Commentary: "Unless we take bold action to reverse climate change, our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to look back on this period in history and ask a very simple question: Where were they? Why didn't the United States of America, the most powerful nation on earth, lead the international community in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and preventing the devastating damage that the scientific community was sure would come?"

ACTION ALERT: A Call for Global Protests for Democracy, Solidarity and Justice (David Swanson / War Is a Crime & Natasha Lennard / Salon.com)
Ten years ago, millions of people around the world said "no" to war on February 15, 2003. Now, we say "yes" to peace; "yes" to demilitarizing, to having decent lives, including economic lives, determined by democratic principles. The lesson is we need more global protest and solidarity, not less. The same impulses that drove us to the streets in 2003 are still with us. The politicians who backed the Iraq war still dominate the US, UK and other foreign policy establishments.

Enviros -- including the Sierra Club -- Face Arrest over Tar Sands Pipeline (CBS Local & The Sierra Club)
More than 40 celebrities and environmentalists -- including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Julian Bond, Bill McKibben, Daryl Hannah and NASA climate scientist James Hansen -- were arrested after tying themselves to the White House gate to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune also was arrested. It was the first time in the group's 120-year history that a club leader was arrested in an act of civil disobedience.

A Policy Agenda for President Obama's Second Term (Friends Committee on National Legislation )
On the even of the president's State of the Union Address, the Friends Committee on National Legislation and 22 faith organizations have sent a document to the White House outlining "our shared foreign policy recommendations for President Obama's second administration."

ACTION ALERT: Take a Chunk out of Pentagon Spending: End the 'Gag Order' Against Cuts to Social Spending (Rebecca Griffin / Peace Action West )
If Congress doesn't break its stalemate by March 1st, automatic spending cuts will kick in. From discussions with congressional staff, it's clear they need to hear more public support for address critical social, educational, health and employment needs by slashing the Pentagon budget. Take action below to call for significant reductions in wasteful Pentagon spending.

First City in US Passes Resolution Against Drones (David Swanson / War Is a Crime & Natasha Lennard / Salon.com)
Shortly after 11 p.m. on Monday, February 4th, the City Council of Charlottesville, Va., passed what is believed to be the first anti-drone resolution in the country. The largely symbolic legislation aims to inspire further safeguarding of privacy as domestic drones proliferate.

ACTION ALERT: Dear President Obama: Honor Iran's Medical Needs (Monthly Review & Campaign for Peace and Democracy & Friends Committee on Legislation & Reuters)
“Iranian Mothers for Peace," in an open letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, have alerted the responsible world bodies and human rights groups to the critical shortage of vital medication due to the US/EU-led sanctions on Iran and their deadly impact on the lives and health of the Iranian people. "The everyday reality we observe on the ground in Iran has convinced us that the draconian sanctions are victimizing the very fabric of the society we intend to strengthen."

ACTION ALERT: Tell Washington: Terminate Development of Autonomous Killer Robots (Human Rights Watch)
Fully autonomous weapons, also known as "killer robots," would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention. Fully autonomous weapons do not exist yet, but they are being developed by several countries and precursors to fully autonomous weapons have already been deployed by high-tech militaries. Some experts predict that fully autonomous weapons could be operational in 20 to 30 years.

ACTION ALERT: Tell the Washington Post: 'Conduct a New Poll on US Killer Drone Policy (Just Foreign Policy )
A key reason many in Congress haven't spoken up against the drone strike policy is that many believe the public overwhelmingly supports the policy. A key reason many believe the public overwhelmingly supports the drone strike policy is that the Washington Post said so in February 2012. But the Post's poll question was highly misleading. It's time for the Post to conduct a new poll.

ACTION ALERT: Rally, March, and Die Against Drone Wars in Washington, D.C., on Monday (War Is a Crime)
What you can do to stop drone wars and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s opposition to militarism, racism, and extreme materialism. March, protest, raise your voice, demonstrate in Washington, DC -- and across the nation.

ACTION ALERT: No US War or Drones in Mali (Just Foreign Policy )
The Los Angeles Times has reported that the Pentagon is putting pressure on the White House to prepare for a significant US military intervention in Mali. So far, the White House is resisting this pressure. The last thing we need is another war. Help us help the White House push back against the Pentagon's pressure for a new war by writing to Congress.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Obama: Pardon CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (Brian Sonenstein / Firedog Lake.com & Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter)
President Obama has opposed waterboarding since the 2008 campaign -- so why is he sending the man who helped end that practice to prison? Former CIA officer John Kiriakou, who helped expose the torture program, is expected to receive a sentence of 30 months in prison. It's a cruel irony that the first agent connected to the CIA torture program to go to prison is the whistleblower who spoke out against the heinous practices of our government.

ACTION ALERT: No US Drone Strikes in Mali Without Congressional Approval ( Just Foreign Policy & The Washington Post)
France has undertaken a major military campaign in Mali. US officials are talking about the possibility of supporting the French military campaign with US drone strikes. Congress hasn't authorized US military intervention in Mali. In particular, Congress hasn't authorized US drone strikes in Mali. Urge your Representative and Senators to publicly insist that the Administration obtain explicit Congressional authorization before conducting drone strikes in Mali.

ACTION ALERT: Afghanistan Needs Trees, Not Troops (Afghanistan Samsortya )
"At Afghanistan Samsortya, we directly address the challenges of environmental degradation, recognizing that a healthy environment is crucial for economic and social well-being. As a grassroots organization directly involving communities in revitalization work, in 2009, we raised funds to establish a nursery that has now produced thousands of tree saplings."

ACTION ALERT: $1 Trillion in Pentagon Cuts Still on the Table (Friends Committee on National Legislation )
Congress did something extraordinary at the beginning of this year. Despite intense pressure from military contractors and billions of dollars spent by defense lobbyists, our elected officials left in place deep cuts in Pentagon spending. Now we need to keep up the momentum! Make sure that your member of Congress knows where you stand on Pentagon cuts.

ACTION ALERT: From 'I Have a Dream' to 'I Have a Drone' (The World Can't Wait )
Even if the White House doesn't know a target's name, he can still be marked for death. Obama has provided the CIA with authority to kill not only suspected militants, but unknown individuals it believes follow a pattern of militant activity, in what it terms "signature strikes." The drone program has killed an undisclosed number of civilians.

ACTION ALERT: Senators: Question Brennan and Other Admin Nominees on Drone Policy! (Just Foreign Policy & Human Rights Watch)
President Obama has announced his new national security team: Chuck Hagel at Defense, John Kerry at State, John Brennan at the CIA. Each of these officials will have a say in whether US drone strike policy will be further entrenched than it is today, or whether US drone strike policy will become more transparent and accountable, and be brought into full compliance with US and international law. JFP has created a petition calling for the Senate hearings to address the issues raised by the drone program.

ACTION ALERT: Petition President for Action on Fukushima Fallout in US (Kimberly Roberson / Change.org)
We are in the midst of an ongoing radiation crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex in Japan. Some are saying "this is not Chernobyl" and for that matter it may turn out to be worse. Now we are learning that the water pumped in from the ocean to cool the Fukushima reactors is flowing back to sea mixed with deadly plutonium. Particulates, radioactive iodine and other radioisotopes from Fukushima have traveled across the US as far as Massachusetts.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Shipments of Plutonium Bomb Cores on US Roads (Scott Yundt and Marylia Kelley / Tri-Valley CAREs' Citizen's Watch )
Plutonium bomb cores, often called pits, are Category I/II special nuclear material, requiring the highest level of security, however, the US Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration is currently planning to truck these plutonium bomb cores across three states to the Livermore Lab, a sprawling facility located near San Francisco, California.

ACTION ALERT: Two Petitions Against Gun Violence (Progressive Change Campaign Committee & MoveOn.org)
Hours before 20 children were tragically killed in Connecticut, a man attacked 22 school children in China. None of those kids died -- the attacker only had a knife. Guns kill people. Now's the time to say it -- and to promise kids in our communities that we will keep saying it until there is action.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress: Put the Nuclear Weapons Budget on the Table (Council for a Livable World )
The showdown on the so-called "Fiscal Cliff" in Washington has begun. On the table is $1 trillion in automatic spending cuts of equal parts domestic and Pentagon spending, as well as the expiration of the Bush tax cuts. And the deadline is December 31st. Congress and the White House are trying to devise a different deal. But with $1 trillion in cuts still needed, if we don’t cut the Pentagon -- and specifically the nuclear weapons budget -- that means more cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

ACTION ALERT: Grassroots to Obama: Jobs Not War -- End the Afghan War (The New York Daily News & War Is a Crime)
United for Peace and Justice, US Labor Against the War and 54 other groups have signed onto the Jobs Not Wars petition; they plan to send it to the White House and Congress around Inauguration Day. Jobs, not wars. That was the clear will the majority of Americans forcefully and democratically expressed last November with the re-election of Barack Obama.

ACTION ALERT: Nuclear Safety Oversight: Saving Dollars, Making Sense (Alliance for Nuclear Accountability )
The House FY13 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) makes several dramatic changes to our country's nuclear safety standards. These changes were hardly discussed and were made without the attention of most members. Now, the Senate has a responsibility to protect American lives and tax dollars by affirming the primacy of safety in America's nuclear enterprise through its FY13 NDAA.

ACTION ALERT: Help Protect Safety Standards at Nuclear Weapons Sites (Alliance for Nuclear Accountability )
The Republican controlled House Armed Services Committee included some really terrible things in their National Defense Authorization Act earlier this year. This week, the Senate is debating their version of the bill and next week a conference committee will write the final bill. This is the critical time to contact Congress and insist on essential improvements to the flawed NDAA.

ACTION ALERT: Let's Finally End the War in Afghanistan (Agence France-Presse & Council for a Livable World)
The US has announced that some 10,000 troops will remain in Afghanistan after NATO combat operations end at the end of 2014. The plan is in line with recommendations from General John Allen, commander of ISAF forces in Afghanistan to leave 60,000 US troops in the country through 2014. At the same time, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) has offered amendment No. 3096 to the defense authorization bill on the Senate floor to urge an accelerated withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: Cars vs. Land: Eco-activist Risks Death in Attempt to Halt Road in Trinidad (Trinidad Express & Trinidad Guardian)
Environmental activist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh is facing death in a protest fast, hoping to halt a $2.1 billion road that would destroy traditional agricultural land in Trinidad. As the Oxford-educated activist begins to suffer the onset of renal failure, heavy equipment has begun to remove the topsoil from acres of land. Residents of homes -- whose ancestors settled the land more than 100 years ago -- watched helplessly as their fruit trees and a forest were turned into open fields.

ACTION ALERT: An Urgent Appeal for Signatures to Save the Children of Fukushima (Fukushim-Syonei Blog)
One and half years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, more than 260,000 children remain in the highly contaminated areas. Although the parents are striving to protect their children, their protection measures cannot be the solution to prevent radiation exposure. Recent studies have found 43% of 42,000 children have abnormal thyroid growth. We demand of the government support collective evacuation of the children to a safe and healthy environment.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Korea's War on Whales (Patrick Ramage / The International Fund for Animal Welfare)
We only have two weeks to try to save endangered North Pacific minke whales from Korean harpoons. Please act now. At the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in July of this year, the Government of the Republic of Korea announced its intention to begin killing endangered North Pacific minke whales. The deadline to submit their proposal is December 3.

ACTION ALERT: No More Broken Promises (Suzanne Nossel / Amnesty International USA )
Commentary: "This is the moment that will define the future of the US' commitment on human rights. President Obama's second term will determine whether the post 9/11 stains on the US' human rights record are an anomaly or the 'new normal.' 
By taking bold steps to restore respect for human rights President Obama can help ensure justice, security and accountability here in the US and around the world. That's why he must take three bold actions immediately."

ACTION ALERT: President Obama -- Stop Blocking Global Ban on Depleted Uranium Weapons (Ban Depleted Uranium.org & International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons)
On November 5, 138 United Nations members supported a resolution calling for a precautionary approach to depleted uranium weapons. The United States (a producer and user of these weapons), together with the United Kingdom, France and Israel were the only four to vote against. They also sought to block similar resolutions in 2007, 2008 and 2010. The UN General Assembly will take up a final vote this December.

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama to Stop US Nuclear Muscle Flexing (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation & The Acronym Institute)
The US Air Force is at it again. They have scheduled a test of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile for the early hours of November 14. Minuteman III missiles are on hair-trigger alert in silos in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. They carry thermonuclear warheads at least eight times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

ACTION ALERT: Tell the Media to Cover Climate Change (Michael Kieschnick / CREDO Action & Michael Calderone / Huffington Post)
Hurricane Sandy provides a teachable moment to educate the public about the connection between extreme weather and oceans that are warming due to fossil-fueled climate change. But too many major news outlets and reports are still relying on hackneyed weather reporting -- windblown "reporters" with microphones on beaches -- rather than asking why storms are getting bigger and more dangerous

ACTION ALERT: 46 Groups Protest Plutonium Bomb Core Shipments to the San Francisco Bay Area (Letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu / Tri-Valley CARES and Concerned Organizations )
We, the forty-six local, regional, state and national organizations listed below (including Environmentalists Against War), write to express our collective concern about an unnecessarily dangerous, potentially unlawful proposal to transport plutonium bomb cores from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.

ACTION ALERT: Call for a Nuclear Weapons-Free Middle East; Reject Plans for a US Park to Honor Nuclear Bombs (United for Peace and Justice & Hon. Dennis J. Kusinich / US House of Representatives)
Iran has attacked no one, yet both the United States and Israel continue to threaten Iran with a military attack unless Iran agrees to halt uranium enrichment. Whether or not one agrees with Iran's interpretation of its rights under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, this is a matter to be resolved by diplomacy, not war. Meanwhile, Rep. Dennis Kucinich has led a successful bipartisan effort to defeat a bill to establish a new national park celebrating the Manhattan Project.

ACTION ALERT: In the Next Presidential Debate, Let's Get a Question on Drones (Just Foreign Policy )
During the last two presidential debates, the foreign policy discussion -- what little there has been -- has largely centered around the murder of four members of the US embassy staff in Benghazi. But while these four deaths were certainly grievous, the killing of hundreds of civilians in Pakistan from US drone strikes has so far been ignored -- and that's outrageous.

ACTION ALERT: In Next Debate, Let's Get a Question on Drones (Just Foreign Policy )
During the last two presidential debates, the foreign policy discussion -- what little there has been -- has largely centered around the murder of four members of the US embassy staff in Benghazi. But while these four deaths were certainly grievous, the killing of hundreds of civilians in Pakistan from US drone strikes has so far been ignored -- and that's outrageous.

ACTION ALERT: 50 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis, Time to Eliminate Land-Based Missiles (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation & The Acronym Institute)
Fifty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis had the US and Soviet Union at the precipice of nuclear war. Now -- 50 years later -- the US still keeps 450 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles on high alert. The missiles and the thermonuclear warheads that they deliver can reach nearly any place on Earth in 30 minutes or less, drastically raising the risk that -- in a time of crisis -- the missiles could be launched because of a false warning.

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Russia Appeals to US to Save Polar Bears (Frances Beinecke / Natural Resources Defense Council )
Action is needed by October 4 for US to act on Russian plea to join in calling for a ban on the killing of polar bears. Last Friday the Russian Federation sent a letter to the Obama Administration promising that Russia would support a resolution to ban the international polar bear fur trade if the US government introduces it.

ACTION ALERT: Mission to Pakistan to Challenge US Drone Killings (Robert Naiman / Just Foreign Policy and Common Dreams )
Just Foreign Policy's Robert Naiman is traveling to Pakistan as part of a peace delegation to protest US drone strikes. He will deliver this petition from to the US Embassy in Pakistan. Naiman explained: "I will join 34 other Americans in visiting Pakistan, meeting with the families of victims of US drone strikes, participating in a peace march against the drone strikes, and delivering a petition to US and Pakistani officials from Americans, calling for the drone strike policy to end.

ACTION ALERT: Bring Pentagon Spending to the Campaign Trail (Friends Committee on National Legislation )
Members of Congress have just cast what is likely to be their last vote before the election. Today, the Senate passed legislation to keep the government running through next March, matching what the House approved last week. With that critical piece of business taken care of, politicians are headed home to campaign. Make sure your candidates hear your concern about runaway Pentagon spending. And take action at the following link.

ACTION ALERT: Jeju Island Navy Base Controversy Divides Enviros (Koohan Paik / Save Jeju Now)
The IUCN, the world's largest and oldest conservation organization, is holding its quadrennial convention on Jeju Island, South Korea. But what conference planners weren't expecting was massive protests from the local community and international activists, against a gigantic US Navy base being built seven kilometers away. As a result of this controversy, an emergency motion to stop base construction has been drafted. It will be voted on this Saturday, September 15.

ACTION ALERT: Wake Up, World: Syrians are Dying (Amnesty International )
Amnesty International just completed a mission in Syria, where we met with residents caught in the bitter battle for control of Aleppo -- the country’s economic capital and largest city. Amnesty Crisis Adviser Donatella Rovera shot alarming video footage of families who are living amidst the bombings, executions and other atrocities being committed by government forces and militias working alongside the Syrian military. 



ACTION ALERT: Stop The Execution Frenzy in Gambia (Amnesty International )
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has set mid-September 2012 as a deadline for carrying out a sickening plan "to rid the country of all criminals." But he's already proven that he's not willing to wait long. 

The executions carried out last week were the first in 27 years -- effectively ending an unofficial moratorium! Gambia is now the first West African country to execute prisoners in recent history.

ACTION ALERT: Save Jeju Island (Bruce Gagnon / GNAWNPS & Roots Action)
A coordinated international campaign is trying to save South Korea's beautiful Jeju Island from destruction. The World Conservation Congress 2012 is being held on Jeju Island -- while just four miles away, in the island's Gangjeong Village, construction is beginning on a massive new naval base to be used by the US.

ACTION ALERT: War on Wolves: Endangered Grey Wolf Targeted (EarthJustice )
Wyoming's gray wolves may lose their endangered species protection. Many of those responsible for the anti-wolf policies in Wyoming today basically wish for the return of the days when virtually no wolves occupied the northern Rockies landscape. Take action.

ACTION ALERT: Block Arms Sales to Human Rights Abusing Governments (Peace Action West & Associated Press & Amnesty International)
Late night clashes with riot police in the divided Gulf nation of Bahrain have left a 16-year-old boy dead. Yousef al-Muhafedha, of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said Husam al-Hadad was beaten by security forces late Friday and died from his injuries. In May, the US authorized a new shipment of arms to Bahrain despite the fact that not a single senior official hase been investigated for the many documented acts of torture, imprisonment, and killings.

ACTION ALERT: UNESCO Sacrifices Wildlife Preserve for Uranium Mine (Rainforest Rescue )
UNESCO describes the Selous Game Reserve as an immense sanctuary “relatively undisturbed by human impact� and inhabited by “large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles.� Nevertheless, UNESCO has now accepted a boundary change of the Reserve that will permit the mining of uranium in the conservation area for supplying nuclear power plants.

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Call on NBC To Cancel Pro-war Reality Show, 'Stars Earn Stripes' (Jody Williams, Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi, José Ramos-Horta, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Rigoberta Menchú Tum and Betty Williams / The Guardian)
Commentary: As Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, it is our belief that this program [Stars Earn Stripes] pays homage to no one anywhere and continues and expands on an inglorious tradition of glorifying war and armed violence. Military training is not to be compared, subtly or otherwise, with athletic competition by showing commercials throughout the Olympics. Preparing for war is neither amusing nor entertaining. Real war is down-in-the-dirt deadly.

ACTION ALERT: Paul Watson Seeks Safest Harbor From Japan Extradition (Tom Hayden / Tom Hayden.com)
Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson skipped bail and went missing July 19 in Germany and now is the target of an Interpol global alert. Watson was arrested in May on a decade-old charge of disrupting illegal shark-finning activity in Costa Rica. Watson was out on bail pending a German decision on an extradition request. Sea Shepherd suspects Japan is behind the decade-old Costa Rican request and hopes to have Watson tried in Japan where he would likely be imprisoned.

ACTION ALERT: Veterans, Military Families, Peace Groups Protest NBC's Stars Earn Stripes (RootsAction.org, Just Foreign Policy, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out)
As part of the publicity campaign for its new "reality" show, Stars Earn Strips, NBC added the words "War Is Fun!" to a promotional photo. RootsAction.org, Just Foreign Policy, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out have launched a campaign at http://StarsEarnStripes.org targeting NBC's new program, "Stars Earn Stripes," which the network began advertising during its Olympics telecast. The show will debut on August 13th.

ACTON ALERT: End US Military Aid to Mexico (Presente.org & Democracy Now! & Ioan Grillo / Global Post )
Since 2008, the U.S. Government has given Mexico more than $2 billion in military aid, most of which goes to fight the failed drug war.2 Many agree that the current war on drugs is a complete failure. A new peace movement to end the U.S.-sponsored drug war begins with buses rolling and feet marching from the Tijuana–San Diego border on August 12 through 25 U.S. cities to Washington, DC, in September.

ACTION ALERT: Nuclear Free Future Month (Nuclear Free Future)
It's time to end the toxic legacy of the nuclear age and the threats posed by the existence of nuclear weapons and their evil twins, the 440 "peaceful" nuclear reactors desecrating our earth. Each one of these vulnerable reactors is a potential Fukishima waiting to happen, either by force of nature or human error. Similarly, the estimated 20,000 nuclear bombs on our planet are subject to catastrophic accidental or intentional use.

ACTON ALERT: Tell Congress to Expedite Renewable Energy (EcoWatch et al.)
This petition calls on Congress to expedite renewable energy. We can transition to a cleaner, renewable energy future, but Congress needs to pass the legislation to get us there. This petition unites the voices of Americans who demand our leaders take seriously the energy and climate crisis and immediately work to implement the policies to move our country toward a sustainable future.

ACTION ALERT: Stop US Sales of Assault Weapons, Stop Civilian Mass Killings in the US, and Stop Arming Mexican Drug Cartels (Brave New Films & Michael Moore)
Here is the brutal truth: 70 percent of the AR-15s and other guns used by drug lords, gangs, and kidnappers in Mexico come from the United States. Inside the US, guns are responsible for more than 80% of all the weapons deaths in the world's 23 richest countries combined. Guns kill an average 24 US citizens (two Aurora massacres) every day of the year. Sign the petition to control the sales of assault rifles and other tools of mass destruction.

ACTION ALERT: Stop NRA's Attempt to Halt Protections to Condors, Eagles (Democracy in Action & Kierán Suckling / Center for Biological Diversity)
The National Rifle Association has taken legal action to block the EPA from protecting wildlife and people from being poisoned by lead hunting ammunition left in the wild. Millions of birds are needlessly poisoned every year by toxic lead ammo left in the wild, including bald eagles, swans and endangered California condors. The NRA is determined to keep the EPA from protecting millions of birds who die every year from poisoned by lead bullet fragments.

ACTION ALERT: Reject Republicans' Billions-for-Bombs, Nada-for-Kids Budget (Murshed Zaheed / Credo Action & Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy)
Senate Democrats won't agree to any deal to avoid $1.2 trillion on impending defense and entitlement cuts without new taxes, according to Senate leadership member Patty Murray. Murray recently joined Senator Harry Reid in holding the line against House Republicans' efforts to undo mandated cuts to military spending, and to pay for it by cutting food stamps, school lunches and children's healthcare.

ACTION ALERT: Demand Reinstatement of Federal Ban on Weapons of Mass Destruction (Credo Action)
"The shock and trauma from the images and stories from Aurora are still very much with us, and it is impossible to put into words the pain being felt by families and friends of the victims.But that doesn't mean we shouldn't speak out. In the wake of this massacre, it's time to put aside politics and reinstate the federal ban on assault weapons."

ACTION ALERT: NBC Invents War-o-tainment (David Swanson / War Is a Crime & StarsEarnStripes.org)
If you've watched the Olympics, you've probably seen ads promoting an NBC war-o-tainment reality show co-hosted by retired US General Wesley Clark and co-starring Todd Palin. The ads brag about the use of real bullets but the chances are slight that any of the celebrities engaged in "war competition" on "Stars Earn Stripes" will be shot and killed. RootsAction.org and Just Foreign Policy want NBC to show the real cost of war, not a game-show fantasy.

ACTION ALERT: End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act; Stop Taxpayer-funded Modern Slavery (Bob Fertik / Walk Free & Democrats.com )
In Iraq and Afghanistan, private contractors working for the US government pocketed billions of dollars while filling jobs with slave labor. Almost 70,000 people have signed the petition calling on the US Senate to pass the End Trafficking in Government Contracting Act -- can you take a moment to add your name?

UN Meets on Global Treaty to Control Arms Sales (Amnesty International )
We're at a crucial point in the arms trade treaty negotiations. These talks will determine if weapons and ammunition can be kept out of the hands of the world's worst human rights abusers. the NRA is spewing a string of misrepresentations and lies in hopes you'll take your eye off what is really important -- protecting countless human lives. Sadly, the US -- the world's biggest exporter of arms --is likely taking a position that would make the NRA proud. 



ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama: Don't Give In To Warmongers (David Elliot / USAction & TrueMajority )
The next week is critically important for those of us who want to avoid an unnecessary and costly war with Iran. Iran has come to the table for negotiations about the future of its nuclear program. A new round of multilateral negotiations is taking place in Moscow right now. But the Obama administration is under tremendous pressure from warmongers who would abandon diplomacy and follow a path that would make war inevitable. We need to speak out now.

ACTION ALERT: No US War on Iran (Progressive Democrats of America )
It's astonishing, but even after wars of choice cost us dearly and ravaged the nations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the warmongers want more. They're running ads calling for more war. More destruction. More wasted lives and wasted resources. It's up to us to stand up for peace and diplomacy!

ACTION ALERT: The 2012 "Know Drones Tour" (Nick Mottern / War Is a Crime )
The purpose of the 2012 Know Drones Tour is to do sidewalk public education, working with other groups to help generate a citizens movement to stop US drone attacks and to stop further development and sale of killer drones and spy drones. The first phase of the tour was conducted between April 12 and May 27, when the tour team visited the home districts of five members of Congress who are on the Congressional Unmanned Systems (Drone) Caucus. Events continue through June and July.

ACTION ALERT: End Polluter Welfare (Credo Action & Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison)
How much money will you give to the fossil fuel industry today? A lot -- even if you don't fill up your gas tank. $30 million of our tax dollars go to oil, coal and gas polluters daily in the form of subsidies, tax breaks and loopholes. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Keith Ellison have introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act to end these giveaways. Tell Congress: It's time to end polluter welfare. Click below to automatically sign this petition:

Iraqi Trade Unionists Targeted by Oil Ministry Need Support (US Labor Against War )
Iraqi workers at the Maysan (Missan) Oil Company * organized a demonstration to demand their rights and to protest management corruption and abuse.** The workers had received permission to conduct the demonstration which was militant but entirely peaceful and then were punished for doing so. The Oil Ministry responded with warnings, reprimands, demotions, and reductions in compensation affecting 26 workers and three union officers.

ACTION ALERT: Support a Bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty (Amnesty International )

ACTION ALERT: Support a Bulletproof Arms Trade Treaty (Amnesty International )
Did you know that every year enough bullets are made to kill every person on this planet … twice? And that eight million new guns are manufactured to fire them? The arms trade is a booming and deadly business. But it's also an industry, which is not globally regulated. In order to help stop irresponsible arms transfers globally, Amnesty International has called for a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to hold irresponsible arms suppliers and dealers to account.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Reid to Stand Strong on Pentagon Spending (Ross Wallen / USAction.org & David Rogers / Politico)
When Congress failed to make a deal on the debt ceiling last year they promised to do something they've never done before -- cut over $50 billion from the Pentagon budget. But House Republicans are betraying their promise, and threatening to break the law by passing Military spending bills that not only shield the Pentagon from any of the cuts they promised to make, they actually increase spending on war and weapons by $8 billion. Don't let it happen.

ACTION ALERT: Free the Anti-NATO Nine (Committee to Stop FBI Repression )
Nine people continue to be held in jail in Chicago, arrested before or during the protests against the NATO summit. They face felony charges and even terrorism charges, while the NATO generals responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands have left town to return to their occupation of Afghanistan and plotting for their next war. Five activists were arrested without any evidence of their involvement in violence, other than the statements of undercover FBI provocateurs.

ACTION ALERT: Get US / NATO Nuclear Weapons Out of Europe (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation & The Acronym Institute)
After President Obama called for a nuclear-weapon-free world at the 2010 NATO summit -- and urged a reduction in reliance on nuclear weapons -- NATO members Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands called for US tactical nuclear weapons to be removed from Europe. The US refused. The Cold War ended over two decades ago, yet business as usual continues with more than 200 US nuclear bombs deployed in five European countries under a NATO nuclear sharing agreement.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Pentagon Wasting Taxpayer Money Subsidizing NASCAR (Hon. Betty McCollum / US House of Representatives )
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) expressed her outrage at the level of waste in the National Guard's recruitment budget. In 2012, the Guard is spending $26.5 million to sponsor Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car in NASCAR races for the purposes of recruitment. Over the past five years Earnhardt's racing team has received over $136 million in taxpayer funds from the National Guard -- making him the highest paid military contractor in professional sports.

ACTION ALERT: Counter Summit for Peace and Economic Justice in Chicago May 18-19 (NATO-Free Future & United for Peace and Justice )
Register to join the Counter-Summit for Peace and Economic Justice as NATO delegates gather to meet in Chicago on May 18-19. Twenty eight workshops will explore: NATO’s new role as a global military and economic alliance; organizing a grassroots movement to move the money from the Pentagon to fund jobs and human needs; preventing a war in Iran and ending the war in Afghanistan and wars for all time.

Veterans For Peace Calls for an End to NATO Veterans For Peace (Veterans for Peace)
NATO has always been a war-making institution lacking in accountability to the peoples of the nations it claims to represent. NATO has militarized the nations of Europe against the will of their people, now maintains hundreds of nuclear weapons in non-nuclear European nations in blatant violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and is threatening Russia with missile base construction on its borders.

ACTION ALERT: Stop New Nuclear Bomb Plants (Tri-Valley CARES)
Some members of Congress are currently pushing to build a huge plutonium facility for nuclear weapons at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, even though President Obama proposed postponing its construction for at least five years. There is no need for this bomb plant, yet it would cost over $5 billion to construct. On May 16, the House of Representatives will decide whether or not to authorize construction for next year.

ACTION ALERT: The EPA Can Stop Keystone XL from Being Rubber-stamped (Elijah Zarlin / CREDO Action )
News broke Thursday that TransCanada has secretly submitted its permit application for the Southern portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline to the Army Corps of Engineers. The Southern portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline is a major threat to America's land, water and climate. Don't let TransCanada evade a full review of its dangerous project. The Army Corps, which has an abysmal environmental track record, could approve the project in 45 days — or sooner — unless the EPA steps in.

ACTION ALERT: Keep Agent Orange Off Our Dinning Tables (Food Democracy Now)
Dow Chemical is petitioning the Department of Agriculture to approve a new genetically engineered corn that tolerates the extremely toxic chemical herbicide 2,4-D, a major component of the Vietnam War era defoliant Agent Orange. Numerous studies have linked 2,4-D to cancer, lowered sperm counts, liver disease and Parkinson's disease, reproductive problems and thyroid dysfunction. Act to prevent Agent Orange spraying on our farmlands.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Federal Budgets that Prioritize Weapons over Welfare (Ross Wallen / USAction & TrueMajority )
When the Soviet Union collapsed, a big part of the reason why was that they had been spending massive amounts of money on an arms race with the US. To afford more bombers, fighter jets, and nuclear missiles, the Soviets cut social programs, health care, education, and food subsidies. If Paul Ryan and GOP have their way, the US budget would follow the same Soviet priorities -- slashing social programs so we can buy more and more weapons we don't need.

ACTION ALERT: End the War in Afghanistan NOW (Sojourners)
After 10 years in Afghanistan, our relationship with the Afghan people continues to deteriorate: Witness the massacre two weeks ago by a U.S. soldier, the burning of Korans and resulting violence, and the Taliban pulling out of peace talks.

ACTION ALERT; End the War in Afghanistan NOW (Sojourners)
After 10 years in Afghanistan, our relationship with the Afghan people continues to deteriorate: Witness the massacre two weeks ago by a U.S. soldier, the burning of Korans and resulting violence, and the Taliban pulling out of peace talks. We must rethink why we’re still at war, and we must speak out as peacemakers. How many tears will be shed, how many prayers lifted up, how much violence will we both inflict and suffer before our nation repents from war?

March 21, 2012; National Day of Action to Stop Funding for Nuclear Bombs (Tri-Valley CAREs)
The U.S. Department of Energy wants Congress to give them MORE money for new bomb factories and bombs. On Wednesday, March 21, people all across America will have an opportunity to raise their voices together to tell the nuclear weapons makers "NO."

The Mysterious US Weapons Ship: Where Is It Headed? (Amnesty International )
A Dutch ship is transporting U.S. weapons and explosives to an unknown destination. Its cargo includes cartridges for weapons, fuses, detonators and other ammunition. Up until March 14, the destination was listed as Port Said -- ostensibly to supply the Egyptian military. This is shocking given the Egypt’s brutal repression, killing more than 100 protesters in the last five months. Now the Navy says the ship is not docking in Egypt, but it will not say where the ship is headed.

ACTION ALERT; Tell the FAA: Don't let aerial drones spy on Americans (CREDO)
Congress and President Obama recently enacted a law directing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue regulations that will open up the sky to the domestic use of unmanned aerial drones. Yet Congress failed to establish any rules to ensure that drones won't be used to spy on Americans. That's why CREDO is working to create a critical mass of public pressure to tell the FAA: Don't let aerial drones spy on Americans. Click below to sign the petition.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Obama to Reduce, Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
Every President gets one significant opportunity to revise and update US nuclear weapons strategy. Now President Obama has this opportunity and is developing guidance that will determine the role and the number of US nuclear weapons. Now is the time to press President Obama to make good on his pledge to "put an end to Cold War thinking" and pursue further, dramatic steps that would make us all safer from the threat of nuclear weapons.

No More Child Soldiers: No More Konys (Amnesty International )
A viral video exposing the horrors wrought by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has triggered an avalanche of attention, bringing awareness to tens of millions of people in just a week's time. Now Amnesty needs your help to transform unprecedented public awareness into meaningful action.

Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities (David Swanson / War Is a Crime )
"Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not self-enforcing and, whereas statement of the inherent dignity and of the equal and supposedly inalienable rights of all members of the human family achieves little without a struggle against greed, injustice, tyranny, and war," this new proclamation may guide us "to strive by energetic use of creative nonviolence to promote the actual observance of what have never been but indeed should be made universal, equal, and inalienable rights and freedoms...."

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Execution of Iranian for 'Cyber Crime' (Elise Auerbach / Amnesty International)
Yesterday, Iranians went to the polls for parliamentary elections. But many bloggers, students, journalists, and filmmakers were unable to vote. They were in jail. Canadian resident and web programmer Saeed Malekpour, faces a death sentence and could be executed at any time. Iran's 2009 law on "cyber crimes" allows the death penalty for "decadence on the Internet." Malekpour was sentenced to death in 2010 after a trial in a Revolutionary Court that lasted about 15 minutes.

Large Coalition Asks for Obama's Nobel Peace Prize to Be Rescinded (War Is a Crime.org)
The signers of this petition include an array of US peace groups and peace activists who wish to endorse the investigation that Stockholm's Administrative Board has reportedly begun to respond to allegations that the prize no longer reflects Nobel's will that the award was to diminish the role of military power in international relations. Honoring both nonviolent human rights advocates and mass murderers has compromised the prize's goal of encouraging world peace.

ACTION ALERT: Voices from Syria (Sanjeev Bery / Amnesty International USA )
You have heard the stories on the news -- Syrian cities are being besieged, and civilians are dying in droves at the hands of their own government. Just today, a US journalist and a French photographer were killed while covering the violence in Homs. Amnesty International is on the Syrian border, collecting stories for the world to hear.

ACTION ALERT: Encourage President Obama to Drastically Cut the Nuclear Arsenal (Democracy In Action)
The Obama administration reportedly is examining options for deep cuts in the US nuclear arsenal, including options for three levels of cuts in deployed strategic nuclear weapons: 1,000 to 1,100; 700 to 800; and 300 to 400. This would signal to the world that the US is finally serious about achieving the nuclear disarmament it is obligated to accomplish under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The same treaty that applies to Russia, the UK, France and China. Please contact the White House.

ACTION ALERT: Afghanistan's Starving Children (Emma Murphy / ITN & MSNBC Nightly News & John Cookson / RAWA)
The US has been in Afghanistan for more than 10 years and, today, the country has 15 million chronically malnourished children. Each year 30,000 children die of starvation. Those that survive grow up stunted, deformed and with lowered IQs. There are quick and proven ways to prevent mass child malnutrition -- including RUTF(ready-to-eat therapeutic foods). If the US has billions to fly drone missions, stage night raids, surely it can spare a few million to save Afghanistan's starving children.

ACTION ALERT: British Computer Geek Begins 10th Year in Prison for 'Hacking' US Military Computers (BBC World News & The Daily Record)
Gary McKinnon, a British citizen who has Asperger's syndrome, hacked into US military computer systems in 2002 while searching for information on UFO. He was sent to jail and fears extradition to the US. On the tenth anniversary of his confinement, McKinnon's mother and Shami Chakrabarti, the director of human rights group Liberty, appealed to Downing Street to show compassion and put an end to a McKinnon's "unfair" confinement.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress They Must Cut Military Spending (The New Priorities Network & The Pew Research Center)
Under last year's deficit deal, military and domestic programs are supposed to be cut equally over the next ten years. The Pentagon has barely been nicked. Its budget will shrink for one year, then start growing again. But domestic programs have suffered massive cuts. Now McCain wants to stop the clock, suspend next year's cuts, and establish the principle that military spending cannot be touched. It's up to us to say: NO!

ACTION ALERT: The SANE Act Would Cut the Nuclear Weapons Budget (Tri-Valley CARES)
On February 8, 35 congress members introduced H.R. 3974, a bill to cut $100 billion from nuclear weapons programs over ten years. The SANE Act (Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures) would eliminate funding for the CMRR-nuclear facility, the Uranium Processing Facility, the MOX plutonium fuel plant and the so-called "Life Extension Programs" for atomic bombs. SANE would also cut funds for ballistic missile subs, land-based missiles, and aircraft bombers.

ACTION ALERT: Award Pfc. Bradley Manning the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize! (FiredogLake & Wired Magazine)
Sign our letter urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award Bradley Manning with the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 and call attention to both his contributions to peace as well as his unjust treatment by the US government. President Obama won the prize in 2009 -- a few months before Manning was arrested in Iraq. This could be the first time one Nobel Peace Prize recipient has been inhumanely and unjustly imprisoned by a previous Peace Prize recipient.

ACTION ALERT: IRAN: Who Is the Real Threat? Take the Test (The World Can't Wait)
In 2007, when the Bush regime was threatening to attack Iran, (with substantially the same justification the US is now using to impose sanctions on Iran), World Can't Wait circulated a "history lesson" quiz on dozens of college campuses and street corners. Most people flunked. Students on the "elite" campuses also did terribly. Take the test: If you answer all 7 questions correctly, you'll win the first-ever World Can't Wait surprise quiz prize.

ACTION ALERT: The Invisible War: The Pentagon's 'Rape Problem' (Anu Bhagwati / SWAN (Service Women's Action Network) )
A new film, "The Invisible War," has spurred Representatives Mike Turner (R-OH) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) to form the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus to "provide a bipartisan forum for all Members of Congress to learn about the problem, work with the Department of Defense to shape policy and create legislative solutions that improve Servicemember morale and welfare."

ACTION ALERT: Constitutional Amendment to Take the Cash Out of Politics (Hon. Dennis Kucinich / US Congress & David Swanson / War Is a Crime)
Congressman Dennis Kucinich has introduced a Constitutional Amendment to address the Supreme Court's ruling that "Corporations are people" with the right to spend unlimited cash on political campaigns. The amendment says: "All campaigns for President and Members of the US House of Representatives and the US Senate shall be financed entirely with public funds. No contributions shall be permitted to any candidate for Federal office from any other source, including the candidate."

ACTION ALERTI: Repeal the Farce of 'Corporate Personhood' (Jim Hightower / Jim Hightower's Blog & Don Cavallaro / SeaCoast Online)
Commentary: The idea that corporations are "persons' with the Constitutional right to buy elections with bottomless troves of corporate cash is an absurd perversion. A person, after all, has a navel. Where's the corporate navel -- or its heart, brain, or soul? If corporations are the same gender and they want to merge, would that be prohibited in states that don't recognize civil unions? If you sue a corporation into bankruptcy, should that now be considered murder?

ACTION ALERT: Charlottesville, Va., City Council Passes Resolution Opposing War on Iran (David Swanson / War Is a Crime.org )
On January 17, 2012, the City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, home of Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, passed a resolution opposing the launching of a war on Iran, as well as calling for an end to current ground and drone wars engaged in by the United States and urging Congress and the President of the United States to significantly reduce military spending. This is believed to be the first such resolution in the country but other cities may soon vote on similar resolutions based on this draft.

ACTION ALERT: Honor Dr. King; Raise Your Voice Against Gun Violence (Dennis Henigan / Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once observed that "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that." On Sunday, the sad first anniversary of the Tucson shooting, many thousands of Americans joined together to light candles of remembrance and protest against the darkness of gun violence.

ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Legislators to Commit to Nuclear Disarmament (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
Help build a stronger network of legislators in the United States and around the world working for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), a global cross-party network of over 800 legislators in 80 countries, supports and enables legislators to take action on key initiatives.

ACTION ALERT: The Due Process Guarantee Act (Editorial / San Francisco Chronicle)
Due process is one of this nation's most cherished rights, a defining attribute of a free country. Yet President Obama recently signed a $662 billion defense bill that obliterates due process by giving the military the authority to detain terrorism suspects indefinitely -- even if they are US citizens. Now Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Rep. John Garamendi (D-Walnut Grove) have sponsored bills to guarantee that defense bill provisions will not usurp the right to due process for American citizens.

ACTION: Charlottesville City Council Prepares to Support Peace (David Swanson / War Is a Crime.org )
At the first meeting of the new Charlottesville, Va., City Council, four of the five city council members publicly expressed their intention to support a resolution asking Congress to reduce military spending. The resolution is likely to be discussed and voted on at the council's next meeting on the evening of January 16th, Martin Luther King Day.

Action Alert: Say 'No' to Dow Chemical's Plan to Spray Agent Orange on GE Corn (The Cornucopia Institute)
Dow Chemical is seeking USDA approval for a genetically engineered version of corn that is resistant to 2,4-D, an herbicide in the formulation of the highly toxic defoliant Agent Orange which was extensively used by the military to destroy forests and crops in Vietnam. The USDA posted the request in the December 27, 2011 edition of the Federal Register -- a well-established ploy to reduce media coverage and limit public response. The public now has less than60 days to comment.

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama to Veto Indefinite Detention (Laura W. Murphy / American Civil Liberties Union)
There are moments in America when our freedoms depend on the willingness of a President to act firmly and decisively to sustain our fundamental values. This is one of those moments. We cannot allow our leaders to cross that dangerous line. The future of American freedom rests in President Obama's hands. Let's make sure he's holding a veto stamp.

ACTION ALERT: Rep. Kucinich: 'Federal Reserve Has Captured Control of Our Government' (Eric W. Dolan / RawStory & Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / US Congress)
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for the US Federal Reserve to be reformed after Bloomberg reported the central bank secretly loaned nearly $8 trillion to financial institutions from 2007 to 2009. Kucinich has proposed legislation, called the National Emergency Employment Defense (NEED) Act, that would incorporate the Federal Reserve within the United States Treasury and thereby make it accountable to Congress.

ACTION ALERT: Key Senate Vote on Indefinite Detention (Chris Anders / ACLU)
The Senate is about to vote on an amendment that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans, and your senators need to hear from you now. There could be a vote TODAY on whether Congress will give this president -- and every future president -- the power to order the military to indefinitely imprison people anywhere in the world without charges or trials. The power is so broad that even US citizens -- even within our own country's borders -- could be swept up and held by the military.

ACTION ALERT: Key Senate Vote on Indefinite Detention (Chris Anders / ACLU)
The Senate is about to vote on an amendment that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans, and your senators need to hear from you now. There could be a vote TODAY on whether Congress will give this president -- and every future president -- the power to order the military to indefinitely imprison people anywhere in the world without charges or trials. The power is so broad that even US citizens -- even within our own country's borders -- could be swept up and held by the military.

ACTION ALERT: Supporting the War Is Betraying the Troops (Eric Newhouse / Truthout & James Kvaal / BarackObama.com)
More than half of America's soldiers (about 700,000 of the 1.3 million who have served, or 53 percent) have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan with medical and mental problems that need treatment. They also need the stability that comes from employment. A bill recently signed by the president provides tax credits for small businesses that hire unemployed veterans. Send the message that this is proof that Congress can still come together and act when Americans demand it.

ACTION ALERT: Shell Eyes Oil Reserves in Iraq; Turns a Blind Eye to Pollution in Nigeria (Reuters & Shell & Amnesty International USA )
Royal Dutch Shell has pulled out of oil-development talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government in an effort to protect its lucrative investments in southern Iraq. Shell has won a 44% stake in three major oil fields -- part of a $17 billion gas deal with the Iraqi government. Meanwhile, Shell has failed to clean up its legacy of pollution in Nigeria where two major oil spills in 2008, disrupted the lives of the 69,000 people in the Niger Delta. Shell has yet to take full responsibility for the spills or the clean-up.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Read the 99%'s Deficit Proposal (War Is a Crime & Kevin Zeese / October 2011.org & Occupy Wall Street)
After asking the Congressional Super Committee to tax the rich and cut military spending (and being arrested for that offense), the Occupy movement held its own 99% Super Committee Hearing with top experts and produced a specific list of solutions based on sound fiscal policies and popular demand. An aide to a co-chair of the committee called it "the first actual proposal" they'd received. SIGN THE PETITION in support of the "99%'s Deficit Proposal."

ACTION ALERT: Stop War on Iran Petition (Stop War on Iran Campaign)
Under cover of a bogus report by a UN agency, the US, Britain and Israel are laying the groundwork for a military attack on Iran. But a close look at the latest IAEA report reveals no new evidence. Rather it is a biased rehash of old charges with very little factual support. Even before the release of the "secret" report, Washington and its allies were using the IAEA document to threaten all-out war. Fact: The US possesses over 10,000 nuclear weapons; Israel has an estimated 300; Iran has none.

ACTION ALERT: Defend the Constitution Against Nationwide Police Crackdown on Peaceful Public Dissent (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / US House of Representatives )
"After two months of peaceful protest against the people and institutions that wrecked our economy, police officers under orders from the Mayor of New York City raided Occupy Wall Street and evicted protestors from Zuccotti Park. The First Amendment guarantees all of us the right to peacefully assemble and express our views. But similar nighttime raids executed by mayors in Oakland, Portland and Atlanta have cast a dangerous shadow over our liberties."

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Unthinkable (John Isaacs and Guy Stevens / Council for a Livable World & Robert Dreyfuss / The Diplomat)
Over the next two weeks, the Senate is scheduled to debate and vote on amendments to the Energy and Water Appropriations bill. This legislation sets funding levels for critical programs to keep dangerous nuclear and radiological materials out of the hands of terrorists and reduce the global threat posed by nuclear proliferation. Urge your Senator to support FULL funding for nuclear terrorism prevention and nuclear nonproliferation programs

ACTION ALERT: How Risky is US Nuclear Strategy? (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
How risky is our current nuclear strategy? Surprisingly, no one knows! If you agree that gaping hole in our national security needs to be plugged, join a former Director of the National Security Agency and other prominent individuals in asking Congress to authorize an objective study of the risk. Sign-on petition is available online.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress and the President to Read the Pact that Outlawed War (RootsAction.org & Jared Ball / Black Agenda Report)
November 11th was not consecrated to celebrate war or to "support the troops." Originally called "Armistice Day," the holiday began in 1918 to mark the end of World War I and promote the idea of ending all war. After a 10-year campaign, war was legally banned in 1928. "Wars produce veterans on both sides," Jared Ball notes. "Nat Turner was a veteran, as was Sitting Bull.... Let us commemorate their sacrifce, too."

ACTION ALERT: New Campaign Asks US and Israeli Air, Missile, and Drone Crews to Refuse to Attack Iran (Don't Attack Iran.org)
We are at an historic moment when decisions are being made in the United States and Israel on whether and when to attack Iran. These will be decisions by politicians and individual commanders and air, missile and drone crewmembers charged with the responsibility of raining down munitions in a strike that will likely kill hundreds if not thousands of Iranian people and potentially spread deadly nuclear contamination to millions in Iran and surrounding nations.

Fallout over Florida? NASA's Risky Gamble (Karl Grossman / CounterPunch )
Russia launched its Phobos-Grunt space probe Wednesday and it reached low Earth orbit, but then its engines failed to fire. As a result, the spacecraft has remained in low Earth orbit and "will come crashing down [to Earth] in a couple of weeks if engineers fail to fix the problem." The probe is loaded with 12 tons of "highly toxic fuel." A similar problem with NASA's Mars rover, could release 10.6 pounds deadly plutonium, which would be widely dispersed around the Earth.

ACTION ALERT: US Out of Afghanistan; No Escalation in Pakistan (Tom Hayden / The Peace and Justice Resource Center)
While monitoring possible deception during the Iraq pullout, it is important for the peace movement to engage in the effort to end the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Experience shows that a vibrant anti-war movement is a necessary element in ending these wars. All US troops out of Afghanistan by 2014. Demand the end of torture, and advocate peace diplomacy now. In Pakistan, block a further US escalation of ground troops and halt the rising number of US drone attacks.

ACTION ALERT: UK Preparing for US/Israel Attack on Iran (The Guardian )
British officials are reported to be considering contingency options to back up a possible US/Israeli military attack on Iran as concerns mount over Tehran's alleged intentions to use its peaceful nuclear energy program to build the same kind of nuclear weapons that Israel already possesses. Please contact the White House and your elected representatives to express your grave concerns over these reports.

ACTION ALERT: Stop US Arms Sales to Bahrain (Amnesty International )
Since February of this year, the military, security and police forces of Bahrain have used tanks, armored vehicles, small arms and projectile weapons to inflict deaths and injuries on protestors demanding greater political freedom. The US State Department is coming under fire for considering a $53 million arms sale to Bahrain's repressive regime the Department of Defense has proposed selling even more military equipment to those same armed forces.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Obama to Leave Afghanistan (John Isaacs and Guy Stevens / Council for a Livable World & Robert Dreyfuss / The Diplomat)
President Obama's has announced a decision to bring all US troops home from Iraq by the end of the year. In addition to thanking him for this decision, we should ask that he also end the US war in Afghanistan. For the first time, in meetings with Pakistani officials, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went on record as raising the question of a US ceasefire in Afghanistan. It may be recognition that there's no military solution to this decade-old conflict.

ACTION ALERT: Stop an Expanding US War in Pakistan (Tom Hayden / The Peace and Justice Resource Center )
Slowly but surely, the US is creeping closer to a disastrous war in Pakistan. The peace movement and its political and media allies need to be ready. There is a growing community of activists and journalists protesting the aerial drone wars over Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya. But the debate about drones cannot be isolated from the context of their use in the Long War as a substitute for US ground troops as a forward extension of Washington's military presence.

ACTION ALERT: Statement of Solidarity with 14,594 Occupiers in 1,868 Cities (The General Assembly at Occupy Wall Street & YES! Magazine )
A Statement of Principles from the OWS General Assembly: " As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies...." And read "10 Ways to Support the Occupy Movement" to see how you can become involved -- as a participant or a supporter.

ACTION ALERT: Wall Street Sit-In Goes Global Saturday (Alastair MacDonald / Reuters )
"For an October revolution, dress warm." That's the word going out -- politely -- on the Web to rally street protests on Saturday around the globe from New Zealand to Alaska via London, Frankfurt, Washington and, of course, New York, where the past month's Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired a worldwide yell of anger at banks and financiers. How many will show up, let alone stay to camp out to disrupt city centres for days, or months, to come, is anyone's guess.

ACTIN ALERT: Wall Street Sit-In Goes Global Saturday (Alastair MacDonald / Reuters )
"For an October revolution, dress warm." That's the word going out -- politely -- on the Web to rally street protests on Saturday around the globe from New Zealand to Alaska via London, Frankfurt, Washington and, of course, New York, where the past month's Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired a worldwide yell of anger at banks and financiers. How many will show up, let alone stay to camp out to disrupt city centres for days, or months, to come, is anyone's guess.

ACTION ALERT: Occupy Everywhere to Stop US Occupations of Other Countries (Debra Sweet / The World Can't Wait)
Hundreds of thousands of US military, support staff and private contractors are "occupying" two countries in the Middle East, in a mission to enforce, with a vengeance, US domination over the region, employing night raids, torture, and terror towards the civilian population. We've got to end those occupations! Videos document protests from San Francisco to Kabul.

US Political Prisoner and Peace Activist Helen Woodson Released after 27 Years (The Nuclear Resister )
In 1984, Helen Woodson, Larry Cloud Morgan, Fr. Paul Kabat and Fr. Carl Kabat -- the Silo Pruning Hooks -- used a sledgehammer and pneumatic jackhammer to disarm a nuclear missile silo in Missouri. Except for a few days of freedom, Woodson has been jailed since 1984. Her only crime: a nonviolent direct actions against nuclear weapons, war, and the desecration of the environment. She is one of scores of anti-war prisoners of conscience now imprisoned in the US.

Occupy Wall Street Sabotaged (Alliance for Global Justice)
On the eve of a major anti-war protest and in the midst of its support for Occupy Wall Street, the Alliance for Justice's Internet and phone connections were sabotaged and Authorize.net, the firm that handles online donations, announced it would no longer process OWS donations and was seizing $60,000 in contributions. Authorize.net is a division of CyberSource Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Visa -- a New York Stock Exchange traded company.

ACTION ALERT: On October 6 Let's Make Some Noise for Peace (Robert Naiman / Al Jazeera & Just Foreign Policy & Campaign for Peace and Democracy)
The US Congress' "Supercommittee" is seeking to cut the country's budget by $1.2 trillion -- and one option would be to end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to cut the military budget. On October 7, 2011, the United States will have been at war for ten years. Let's mark the occasion by making a clamor for peace so loud that Congress, the president, and big media will have to pay attention. Get ready to make some noise on October 6.

Abolition 2000 Envisions a World Without Nuclear Weapons (Jonathan Frerichs / World Council of Churches )
A coalition of some 2,000 organizations that want to abolish nuclear weapons met in Geneva on 16 September 2011. The program included a panel of civil society representatives hosted by the World Council of Churches (WCC) to examine prospects for nuclear disarmament. After years of little progress, support for abolishing nuclear weapons is growing. At the United Nations, 133 countries are now in favor of a Nuclear Weapon Convention.

ACTION ALERT: #OccupyTogether: The Best Among Us (Chris Hedges / TruthDig )
There are no excuses left. Either you join the revolt taking place on Wall Street and in the financial districts of other cities across the country or you stand on the wrong side of history. Either you obstruct, in the only form left to us, which is civil disobedience, the plundering by the criminal class on Wall Street and accelerated destruction of the ecosystem that sustains the human species, or become the passive enabler of a monstrous evil.

Hundreds Held in anti-Wall Street Protest (Al-Jazeera)
New York City police said about 700 protesters have been arrested after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours. Witnesses described a chaotic scene on the famous suspension bridge as a sea of police officers surrounded the demonstrators in orange mesh netting. Some protesters tried to get away as officers started handcuffing marchers.

ACTION ALERT: 700 Airline Pilots Join Wall Street Occupation. Call to Occupy DC on October 6 (Forbes Magazine & War Is a Crime )
Hundreds of uniformed pilots have joined the youthful Occupy Wall Street protesters, staging their own protest outside of Wall Street and holding signs declaring "Management is Destroying Our Airline." According to FltOps.com first year pilots make as little as $21,600 a year. Meanwhile people are flocking to the Occupation site, joining across race, age, gender, and culture. Labor unions are joining in a movement that was not begun by labor unions. Now a new occupation is planned for DC on Oct. 6

ACTION ALERT: Freeze the Nukes; Fund the Future (Marylia Kelley / Tri-Valley CAREs )
Congressman Ed Markey is asking his colleagues in the House of Representatives to sign onto his letter to the "super committee," tasked with identifying $1.5 trillion dollars in budget reductions over the coming decade. Instead of spending $50 billion a year on the US nuclear arsenal, the letter asks the Super Committee to cut $20 billion a year from the US nuclear weapons budget. "Cut Minuteman missiles," the letter states, "Do not cut Medicare or Medicaid." Ask your Rep. to sign on. Deadline: October 4.

Concerns Continue to Mount on US Bioweapons Violations (Janet C. Phelan, Contributing Writer / Activist Post )
Biological weapons pose a significant threat to all human life on our beautiful, besieged planet. The US is guilty of multiple violations of the international bioweapons treaty, the BWC. This article, which summarizes the violations. The BWC will be meeting in December in Geneva. ACTION: See the Alert on Google's apparent censorship of the ActivistPost Website.

A Message from Occupied Wall Street (Occupy Wall Steet.org)
Communiques from Occupied Wall Street. "On September 24th, 2011, the lie revealed itself. We live in a world where only 1 percent of us are protected and served." "A message to blue-collar police: Do not do what you are told. We are peaceful and you know this. We offer you coffee in the morning and water in the day. We are expressing the same frustration that you feel. You are the 99 percent." Protest police violence.

Tasers and Mass Arrests on Wall Street (Reader Supported News & Danny Schechter / In The Public)
Despite Internet interference, word is getting out: Occupywallstreet.org is reporting 55 arrests during today's community march. While the live feeds were up I witnessed a very powerful arrest of a law student whose parents were recently evicted from their home. He dropped to his knees and gave an impassioned plea for the American people to wake up! There are reports of police kettling protesters with a big orange net, at least five maced, and police using tasers.

Citizens Cuffed, Beaten, Maced and Arrested in America's Tahrir Square (CBS & New York Daily News and The Village Voice )
Despite having their headquarters in downtown Manhattan, the major TV broadcasters have failed to produce stories about the Wall Street protests that have been taking place in the nearby streets. Coverage appears to be limited to a few online reports and photos of the crowds of protesters and police arrests. Here is a sampling of some recent print reports from the New York-based media.

NYPD's Crackdown on the Protest: Live Blog (Kevin Gosztola / Dissenter & FireDogLake)
Fifty to eighty people have been arrested in New York City as part of the Occupy Wall Street protest. The NYPD is cracking down on those involved in the action and the NYPD is surrounding Liberty Park (Zuccotti Park) where people have been occupying for the past week. Suspicions are high with many believing those in the park will be forced to disperse or arrested.

Mayors for Peace Reaches 5000 Members in 151 Countries (Mayors for Peace)
Mayors for Peace is proud to announce that its membership has surpassed the 5,000 mark, making Mayors for Peace not only the fastest-growing association of local governments in the world, but also, by far the largest international, direct-membership association of local governments. See how your city can join in the global grassroots movement away from war.

ACTION ALERT: 70 Congress Members Ask 12 Congress Members to End the Damn Wars (David Swanson / War Is A Crime & Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post)
To date, the Afghan and Iraq wars have cost taxpayers at least $2.3 trillion, with an additional $884 billion in future costs for veterans and families. This adds up to a total of at least $3.2 trillion. By ending the wars and paying for a safe, orderly, and responsible redeployment of troops from both Afghanistan and Iraq, we can go a long way toward meeting our fiscal challenges while saving more than $1.8 trillion (from current law spending levels over ten years. Has your Rep. signed on?

Mayors for Peace Reaches 5000 Members in 151 Countries (Mayors for Peace)
Mayors for Peace is proud to announce that its membership has surpassed the 5,000 mark, making Mayors for Peace not only the fastest-growing association of local governments in the world, but also, by far the largest international, direct-membership association of local governments. See how your city can join in the global grassroots movement away from war.

ACTION ALERT: Cluster Bomb Ban Powers Ahead Despite US Absence (Trust.org & Human Rights Watch & Stop Cluster Bomb Munitions.org)
The new international convention banning cluster bombs is already having a powerful impact. Despite the absence of the United States, Russia, China and other major powers, 110 countries have signed and ratified a treaty calling for a ban on these indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction. At the meeting in Beirut, Afghanistan added its name to the treaty, despite pressure from the US government.

ACTION ALERT: Making 'Never Again' a Reality (Friends Committee on National Legislation )
Millions of people around the world live with the constant threat of armed conflict and human rights abuses. Eight percent of the people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have perished from the violence, hunger, and disease that have accompanied ongoing war there. In December 2010, the US Senate passed Senate Resolution 71 calling for the US to improve its ability to prevent genocide and mass atrocities. Congress now needs to pass binding legislation. Act today.

ACT TODAY to Cut the Nuclear Weapons Budget (Marylia Kelley / Tri-Valley CAREs )
Today, September 6, the Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee is deciding how much money should go to nuclear weapons. The House earlier cut funding for a new plutonium bomb plant. If built, this plant would enable the US to increase the number of plutonium bomb cores it produces from 20 per year up to 80 per year. We do not need more plutonium bomb cores! Contact the Senate and demand that budget cuts start with nuclear weapons!

ACTION ALERT: Preventing Climate Wars (Friends Committee on National Legislation )
Climate wars are not a thing of the future. They are breaking out around the world right now. Many countries already struggling with problems such as poverty, poor governance, and scarce resources are also experiencing water scarcity, rising sea levels, and extreme weather events. Climate change is deepening and magnifying societal tensions and instability around the world.

ACTION ALERT: 1,252 Arrested in 14 Days of White House Protests against Tar Sands Pipeline (TV News Lies & The Christian Science Monitor)
Protesters hope to persuade President Obama not to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Canada to Texas. But the State Department already says its safe, and supporters point to thousands of new jobs. Earlier this year, the pipeline was ordered shut down after charges that its continued operation would be hazardous to lives and the environment. In addition to creating a terrorist target, a pipeline spill could devastate the aquifers of the US heartland.

ACTION ALERT: Time to Disband NATO: A Rogue Alliance (Alice Slater / Common Dreams )
When the Cold War ended, many believed there would be a peace dividend, nuclear disarmament, and dismantling of the war machine with industrial conversion to peaceful technology. Instead, we've witnessed the aggressive expansion of NATO, to include the former Soviet Republics, right up to the Russian border, which should be a wake-up call to many living in the American Empire.

ACTION ALERT: Organize to Oppose War Spending (Brave New Foundation)
The debt-ceiling deal gives us our first real chance in more than a decade to make significant cuts to our country's out-of-control war budget. The war industry is already putting pressure on Capitol Hill to protect their profits. Members of the newly-announced deficit committee have together taken around $1 million in campaign and PAC contributions from military contractors since 2007, and these firms plan to "cash in" on these donations to stop cuts to their war contracts.

ACTION ALERT: Reject Another Two Years for US Troops in Iraq (Ashwin Madia
/ Vote Vets.org & David Dayen / FiredogLake)
When the President promised "all our folks are going to be out of [Iraq] by the end of the year," the dominant message to the American people continued to be that "the war is over" and it's just a matter of bringing the last men and women home. But this isn't true. And when the public finds out about this, you can expect a fair bit of outrage. Write Congress now and demand an end to any extension of Washington's military involvement in Iraq.

From Hiroshima to Fukushima to Livermore: Protests at California Bomb Plant (Tri-Valley CAREs)
As part of the national “Nuclear Free Future Month,� a broad coalition of San Francisco Bay area groups is organizing two events at the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory, one of the two principle US facilities engaged in nuclear weapons research and development.

ACTION ALERT: Nuclear-Free Future Month -- It's Time to Ban the Bomb (Nuclear Free Future)
August 6th and 9th mark the 66th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the wake of the catastrophic events in Fukishima, with over 200,000 people evacuated and radioactive toxins circling the globe and contaminating the global food supply; with workers risking their lives to stop the ongoing radiation at the six damaged nuclear reactors, let us use these August days of remembrance to continue our work for a Nuclear Free Future.

ACTION ALERT: Restore Independent Science Advice to Congress! Vote Due Today! Call Washington! (Michael Halpern / Union of Concerned Scientists)
The House is slated to vote to restore funding to the OTA on Friday, July 22. Help restore independent science advice to Congress by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and urging your representative to support the Holt amendment to the legislative branch appropriations bill.

ACTION ALERT: $6 Billion for Bechtel Nuclear Bomb Plant (Subhankar Banerjee / Truth-out )
When we have more than 45 million people living below the poverty line in the US and public services are being cut drastically, should the federal government be handing out $6 billion to build a new plutonium facility whose primary beneficiary would be Bechtel? It is not a New Mexico issue, it is a national and international issue.

Bike for Peace Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma (Bike for Peace)
Bike for Peace seeks to develop a concern for the local environment while creating an understanding of the national and global consequences of individual and community actions. The first campaign was run in 1978 in Northern Ireland. Bike for Peace, Norway, conducted a bicycle tour in Mayanmar from June 21 to July 2 with 10 people bicycling around 50 km per day. The former Prime Minister of Norway and the President of the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights were among the participants on this tour.

ACTION ALERT: Desperate Somalis Fill 'World's Largest Refugee Camp' (Nazinine Moshiri / Al Jazeera)
Doctors say more aid is desperately needed to help Somalis fleeing to refugee camps in Kenya. The international community has finally taken notice of Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp, but doctors say the situation is becoming increasingly worse, and that more aid is needed.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Senate Bill Authorizing Military Detention of US Citizens in the US (ACLU & Disappeared News & The New York Times)
Because of our collective action, the Defense Authorization bill is headed for the Senate floor without a provision that would have granted this and all future presidents a blank check to involve the US in a worldwide war without end. Unfortunately, the Senate bill includes several dangerous provisions that would erode our civil liberties by giving the military expanded powers to investigate and detain civilians both abroad and inside the United States.

ACTION ALERT: Livermore Lab: Perception versus Reality (Marylia Kelley / San Francisco Chronicle )
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco should really be called a Nuclear Weapons Laboratory -- some 89 percent of the $1.2 billion in 2012 federal funding requested for the Lab would be devoted to nuclear weapons activities. We need clean energy, environmental restoration, developing a "green" economy more than we need new nuclear bombs. The final bill goes to the president before Oct. 1. Demand a "green" lab budget.

ACTION: Tell Congress to End the War NOW -- Not in 2014 (USAction & TrueMajority & Roots Action & Firedog Lake)
President Obama has promised to bring home 30,000 of the more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan by next year. The other 70,000 troops will stay at least until 2014 -- and possibly longer. The president's plan marks important progress, and it proves that the debate is shifting from whether to end the war to how quickly we should end it. But that's not nearly enough. You can't 1/3 end a war. The time to end the Afghanistan war is NOW, not in 2014.

ACTION ALERT: Trillion Dollar Boondoggle: End the War on Drugs (The Drug Policy Alliance & The Alliance for Global Justice)
On the 40th anniversary of Nixon's declaration of the "war on drugs" -- a war that's destroyed countless lives and cost the American public more than $1 trillion -- Congress MUST finally act to end this shockingly wasteful, counterproductive campaign. To make sure they get the message, the Drug Policy Alliance has designed a trillion dollar bill -- to symbolize this staggering waste of money -- and is inviting Americans to petition Congress to put and end to this costly, unwinnable war.

US Mayors for Peace Call for Demilitarization and Disarmament (Jackie Cabasso / Western States Legal Foundation )
The Annual Meeting of the US Conference of Mayors (USCM) will be held in Baltimore from June 17 – 21. The meeting will be attended by activists representing Mayors for Peace. The USCM will be considering two anti-war resolutions: the Code Pink-initiated Bring Our War Dollars Home resolution and the Mayors for Peace Nuclear Disarmament resolution.

ACTION ALERT: End US Support for Bahrain's Repressive Government (The Campaign for Peace and Democracy / The Nation & Agence France-Presse)
Like many autocracies in the region, Bahrain has been a key US partner. It provides a home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, responsible for ships in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and the coast of East Africa. This is why Washington's response to the vicious repression in Bahrain has been so muted -- in contrast to forceful denunciations of repression in countries outside the US orbit, such as Iran and Libya. Democracy is no less precious for the people of Bahrain.

ACTION: 27 Senators Urge Major Afghan Troop Cuts by July (John Isaacs and Guy Stevens / Council for a Livable World)
Twenty-seven Senators sent President Obama a letter demanding "a sizable and sustained reduction of US military forces in Afghanistan, beginning in July 2011." President Obama is expected to make a decision on troop levels in coming days. Read the letter and check our list to see if your Senator signed. Let your Senators know how you feel about ending this never-ending war.

ACTION: Rescind Obama's "Transparency Award" Now! (David Swanson, et al / War Is a Crime)
On March 28, 2011, President Obama was given a "transparency award" from five "open government" organizations. Ironically -- and quite likely in response to growing public criticism regarding the Obama Administration's lack of transparency -- heads of the five organizations gave their award to Obama in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House.

ACTION ALERT: Honor Memorial Day; End the Wars (Drew Hudson / USAction / TrueMajority & George Zornick / The Nation Blog)
On May 30, Memorial Day, Americans will gather at parades, barbecues and family functions to remember our veterans and those we lost to war. But this Memorial Day, we've got a real reason to hope for a more peaceful future. A few days ago, we came within 11 votes of ending the war in Afghanistan. That's more support than ever before for ending the war and includes endorsements from some of the most powerful people in Congress, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

ACTION ALERT: Stop CEDA -- A "Clean Energy Bank" that Bankrolls Nuclear and Coal! (Nuclear Information and Resource Service & Union of Concerned Scientists)
A proposal by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) for a federal Clean Energy Development Administration (CEDA) would expose US taxpayers to excessive risk, eliminate proper congressional oversight, and fail to guard against undue industry and Wall Street influence. This "clean energy" bank would, in fact, provide lavish taxpayer-backed loans to private industry to build new nuclear reactors and certain coal projects.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Weapons Makers from Using Tax Dollars to Lobby for Bombs (MoveOn.org & Matea Gold and Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times)
Right now giant defense contractors like Lockheed-Martin, Halliburton, and Blackwater are allowed to funnel taxpayer money from government contracts into lobbying and secret political contributions for their friends in Congress. In a new video, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich calls on President Obama to go further and ban all political spending by corporations that get most of their business from government contracts.

ACTION ALERT: Libya -- How We End the War (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / US House of Representatives & Charlie Savage / The New York Times)
Lawmakers from both parties have accused President Obama of violating the US Constitution and the War Powers Resolution by continuing American participation in NATO's air war in Libya without Congressional authorization. If the President won't follow the Constitution and if he won't follow the War Powers Act, Congress will have to defund his intervention or take formal action to demand the President remove the troops.

ACTION ALERT: The Worst Bill Ever in Congress (David Swanson / WarIsACrime.org)
The "Defense Authorization" bill now before Congress, HR 1540, is arguably the worst bill ever considered likely to pass into law. It includes $118 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars a majority of Americans wants ended. This bill also includes $553 billion for other military waste. That's enough money to save and improve a lot of lives if it weren't being dumped into the war machine. But that's not why it's the worst bill ever.

Armed Federal Agents Declare War on ... Milk (Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle)
Pennsylvania Amish farmer Dan Allgyer has become a cause celebre for raw milk drinkers as the target of a Food and Drug Administration campaign -- using sting operations and guns-drawn raids usually reserved for terrorists and drug lords -- to eliminate unpasteurized milk. Allgyer has refused media requests for interviews on religious grounds, and is said to be reluctant even to hire a lawyer to defend himself out a belief in nonviolence.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose GOP's New Worldwide War Authority (American Civil Liberties Union & Alexander Higgins.com)
A few top congressional insiders are aiming to sneak new worldwide war authority in to a "must pass" piece of legislation: the Defense Authorization bill. This new war authority would override the US Constitution and give the president -- not Congress -- the power to unilaterally take our country to war wherever, whenever and however he or she sees fit. It would essentially declare a worldwide war without end.

ACTION ALERT: It's Time the US Became a Democracy: Scrap the Electoral College (John Diaz / San Francisco Chronicle)
Commentary: "The Electoral College was an anachronism even before the 2000 election when Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidency to George W. Bush. Frustration with the Electoral College led the California Assembly to vote 51-21 last week to support AB459 and join a growing national movement to bypass the Electoral College. Let's do it the straightforward way: The presidential ticket with the most votes wins. Put it in the Constitution."

ACTION ALERT: The Worst Bill Ever in Congress (David Swanson / WarIsACrime.org)
The "Defense Authorization" bill now before Congress, HR 1540, is arguably the worst bill ever considered likely to pass into law. It includes $118 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, wars a majority of Americans wants ended. This bill also includes $553 billion for other military waste. That's enough money to save and improve a lot of lives if it weren't being dumped into the war machine. But that's not why it's the worst bill ever.

ACTION ALERT: New Authorization of Worldwide War Without End? (American Civil Liberties Union & CREDO)
Do we really want to give the next President Bush the right to wage war without end? There's a reason the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war. Congress may soon vote on a new declaration of worldwide war without end and without clear enemies. A "sleeper provision" deep inside pending defense bills could become the single biggest hand-over of unchecked war authority from Congress to the executive branch in modern US history.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the War on Drugs (Bob Fertik / Democrats.com)
Since the declaration of a "war on drugs" 40 years ago, America has spent at least $1 trillion on the drug war. It cost US taxpayers at least $51 billion in 2009 at the state and federal level. That's $169 for every man, woman and child in America. If Congress wants to cut wasteful spending, this is a good place to start.

ACTION ALERT: Invoke War Powers Act to Halt Bombing Deaths of Civilians in Libya (International Action Center )
On May 19, the war against Libya will reach its 60-day mark. On that date, this criminal war will be in explicit violation of the War Powers Act. On May 13, NATO bombs killed 11 Islamic religious leaders and injured 47 others in an unarmed religious peace delegation. NATO bombs have hit numerous civilian targets including the Libyan Down's Syndrome Society, which serves disabled children. An air strike on a private home killed one of Col. Gadhafi's sons and three of his grandchildren.

ACTION ALERT: Urgent Appeal for Funds to Complete Film on Genocide in Central Africa (keith harmon snow / Water From the Roots of the Grass)
I will very soon travel for very important interviews and gather some much-needed footage for our documentary on genocide. This is a risky mission, and I cannot share too many details. But this trip is vitally important to gain access to top government officials and to shoot essential footage. In the past year, we collected over 60 hours of critical interviews, gathering personal testimonies of government and military officials, academics, and genocide survivors.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Law Now (All Out. org )
Conservative lawmakers in Uganda are working to advance a bill that would sentence lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to death. A conservative leader recently presented the Ugandan parliament with 2 million signatures in support of the law calling for genocide against the country's sexual minorities. Uganda's proposed "kill the gays" bill could come up for a vote in the next 72 hours if we don't act now.

ACTION ALERT: GreenScare: The New War on Environmentalism (Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair / Kickstarer)
Two established investigative reporters are hoping to raise funds to publish a book exposing government repression of environmental activism. Both spent two years crossing the country uncovering the events that have rocked the environmental community since 9/11. FOIA requests and interviews with dozens of activists reveal frightening new federal policies and tactics intended to destroy the radical environmental movement.

ACTION ALERT: With bin Laden Dead, It's Time to End the War (USAction / TrueMajority & MoveOn.org & Liz Halloran / National Public Radio)
With the death of Osama Bin Laden, it's time to end the war in Afghanistan and bring our troops home. President Obama has promised to begin a major drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan this summer. Now that bin Laden is dead, there's even more reason to end the longest war in US history. But not everyone agrees. Some Conservatives in Congress are already arguing that we should invest MORE troops, money and time in the region. Let Congress and the White House know what you think.

ACTION ALERT: Feed Hungry Kids? Or Build Nuclear Bomb Plants? (Peace Action West & Tri-Valley CAREs)
Republican Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) is threatening to take $500 million worth of food away from poor children because "we can't afford it." But Congress manages to find billions to spend on nuclear weapons every single year. I want to change those priorities, don't you?

ACTION ALERT: Ban Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon -- Wednesday Deadline (Elijah Zarlin / Credo Action & The New York Times & EarthWorks Action)
Uranium mining rips up huge tracts of land to extract radioactive material for use in nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants. The Bureau of Land Management is currently taking comments on a plan to grant 1,1000 mining claims for companies that want to excavate the precious lands and vital watershed of the Grand Canyon in search of a lucrative harvest of radioactive rock.

ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Prevent Further Radiation Poisoning of Japanese Children (Nuclear Information and Resource Service & Green Action Japan)
The Japanese government has made an unconscionable decision to increase the allowable radiation dose for children attending school in Fukushima Prefecture to 20 MilliSieverts/year -- or 2 rems/year. This is 20 times the allowable standard for the public in the US -- and 20 times above the previous allowable standard in Japan. Please sign the petition, which will be presented to government officials today, April 30, 2011.

ACTION ALERT: Bradley Manning Wins Reprieve: Civil Disobedience May Have Prompted an End to Torture of US Soldier (John Milburn / Associated Press & Scott Horton / Anti-War Radio)
Bradley Manning, the Army private suspected of releasing some of the unauthorized classified information disclosed by WikiLeaks, was recently moved from the Marine brig in Quantico, Va. to a Correctional Facility in Kansas. In Quantico, Manning had been stripped of his clothes and held in solitary confinement 23 hours a day. Following growing criticism over his treatment, Manning reportedly will now housed with other inmates.

ACTION ALERT: Not $1 More for War (Editorial / The New York Times & True Majority)
The GOP budget plan pushed through the House this month would spend $7.5 trillion on the military over the next dozen years. And that does not include the cost of actual war-fighting. The country cannot afford to spend that much, and it doesn't need to. Nonetheless, BOTH parties are still talking about increasing Pentagon spending. That's why we've launched the "Not $1 More" campaign -- to tell Congress to "put the guns on the table" and make the Pentagon live by the same budget rules as everyone else.

ACTION ALERT: This Tax Day, Make THEM Pay (Michael Moore / Reader Supported News & Credo Action & USA Action / True Majority)
The joke's on us, folks. GE and tons of other corporations will have a tax bill for 2010 of ZERO. GE had $14.2 billion in profits in 2010. Yet they will contribute NOTHING to the federal government while every last dime is soaked from us. Find out what you can do to protest the outlaw habits of the super-rich. Find a Tax Day demonstration near your home and join the protests on Monday, April 18.

ACTION ALERT: Balance the Budget; Cut the Pentagon (USAction & TrueMajority & President Barack Obama)
President Obama today proposed reducing the deficit through almost $800 billion in cuts. The biggest problem facing this country isn’t the deficit. It's the lack of jobs. But if we're going to address the deficit, the place where we need to cut first and most is not in the area of domestic spending, where the President proposes most of his reductions. No. The place we need to cut first is the Pentagon.

ACTION ALERT: End the Torture of US Soldier Bradley Manning (Bradley Manning Support Network & Avaaz)
To date, 425,000 people (and counting!) have joined the campaign to stop the torture of Private Bradley Manning who has been imprisoned and subjected to torture at a US military prison in Quantico, Virginia. Some 250 of the US's most eminent legal scholars have signed a letter protesting the treatment of accused Wikileaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning. When Manning's supporters attempted to leave flowers at Quantico base, they were restrained, assaulted and jailed.

Nationwide Protests from New York to San Francisco (WCBS Radio & ANSWER Coalition)
For the second time in less than a month, protesters have filled New York's Union Square to call for an end to US wars, a halt to the killing of innocent people and the redirection of foreign spent on foreign wars to help millions of American citizens who are out of work, losing their homes, and trapped in a society that offers little healthcare protections for millions of families.

ACTION ALERT: Afghanistan Needs a No-Fly Zone (Roots Action)
One reason people doubt the US government's noble motives is the constant killing of innocent civilians, many of them from the air. The president of Afghanistan has asked US forces to stop all operations that cause civilian fatalities. What Afghanistan urgently requires, as a first step, is a No-Fly Zone.

ACTION ALERT: This Weekend: March Against the Costs of War (Debra Smith / The World Can't Wait)
US occupations, bombs, and secret operations have wreaked havoc in the Middle East since 2001, sold to the public on the basis of being in the "US' national interest." The US occupation of Iraq has caused the worst humanitarian crisis of our time: over 4.1 million refugees; 1.2 million killed; the wholesale destruction of the infrastructure, agriculture, electrical, and educational systems. Some 50,000 US troops and tens of thousands of private mercenaries remain at 17 permanent bases.

ACTION ALERT: How Much Did YOU Pay for War this Year? (Derrick Crowe and Robert Greenwald / The Brave New Foundation )
Did you know that the Afghanistan War alone costs us roughly $2 billion per week? When you include the Iraq War and other military spending, it turns out that more than 27 percent of your income taxes will be spent on war. To find out how much of your money has gone to fund a war that’s not making us safer, visit our new Afghanistan War Tax Calculator.

ACTION ALERT: April 4, Honor MLK with an International Day of Action (We Are One.org & MoveOn.org)
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn., where he had gone to stand up for workers' rights. Join us to make April 4, 2011 -- and the days surrounding it -- a time to stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin and dozens of other states where corporate-bought politicians are trying to take away the rights Dr. King gave his life to defend.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Spending US Dollars on War in Libya (Roots Action & Richard Sisk / New York Daily News )
Without the authorization of Congress that the Constitution and the War Powers Act require, the President has taken the nation into yet another war. The taxpayers' bill for operations in Libya is headed to at least $1 billion in a conflict that Pentagon Chief Robert Gates said Sunday was not "a vital interest for the US."

Blessed Are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Jailed (Disarm Now Plowshares / Posted in accordance with Title 17, Section 107, US Code, for noncommercial, educational purposes.)
Two priests, a nun and two women in their 60s who cut through fences at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest submarine nuclear weapons were sentenced Monday to prison terms ranging from two to 15 months.. About 250 people gathered at the courthouse to support the Plowshares activists with their presence, song, and prayer.

A Petition Against Quagmire in Libya (Tom Hayden / The Peace Exchange Bulletin)
At least ten thousand Americans are expected to sign the following petition against a quagmire in Libya, which is to be delivered to the White House and by local activists to their elected representatives. The campaign against a Libyan quagmire flows out of continuing grass-roots pressure against the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

ACTION ALERT: March 19 Actions Against War (The World Can't Wait)
WE CANNOT BE SILENT as remote-controlled drones bomb civilians in rural Pakistan ... as whole villages are obliterated by 25 tons of bombs dropped in Afghanistan... as permanent bases are established in Iraq. Send a message to the people of the world on March 19, the anniversary of "shock and awe" on Iraq. A million civilians killed in Iraq? According to a 2006 Johns Hopkins/Bloomberg School of Public Health survey, that would seem to be the human impact of the US invasion.

ACTION ALERT: Critical Vote on March 10 -- Democrats Roll Out Climate Change Big Guns, Republicans Remain Immune (Suzanne Goldenberg / The Guardian of London & Common Dreams)
Democrats have attempted to get Republicans to confront the science on climate change, in an effort to halt moves to block regulation of greenhouse gas pollution. But it's not clear that the appeal to reason worked. California Democrat Henry Waxman described the Republican's bill as 'breathtakingly irresponsible'. Call Congress: Let the GOP know what you think about being held accountable to sound science.

ACTION ALERT: Public Tells Pollsters, 'Save Social Security, Tax the Rich and Halt Nuclear Loans' (Nuclear Information and Resource Service & The Wall Street Journal)
The Department of Energy's loan "guarantee" program would spend $10.2 billion for new reactor construction and another $2 billion for uranium enrichment plants. Why should Congress be cutting programs like Planned Parenthood, legal services for the poor, public broadcasting, college loans to enrich the nuclear lobby? According to a new Washington Post/NBC News poll, cutting nuclear loan subsidies is the most popular budget cut the American people would demand.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the GOP's War on the EPA and the Environment (EDAF & EPA & NRDC & EDF)
The US House of Representatives has passed a variety of "polluter earmarks" that will gut critical funding for America's landmark clean air programs that save lives and grow the economy. The fight now moves to the Senate where we need your help to hold the line and oppose this outrageous polluter assault.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the GOP’s War on Wildlife (Defenders of Wildlife)
This could be the week the Senate approves the most anti-environment, anti-wildlife legislation in the last 15 years. This is a bill that would deny protections for wolves, polar bears, walruses and scores of other species. It’s a bill that would slash conservation funding, mean dirtier air and water and effectively shutter national wildlife refuges for lack of funding. It’s a scorched earth, anti-environment bill and we need your help to stop it. Please contact your senators.

Campaign to Try Bush for War Crimes in Spanish Courts Gains Momentum in US (War Is a Crime.org & The Center for Constitutional Rights)
The Spanish government has shown a willingness to prosecute US war criminals. While President Obama claims the right to protect members of the Bush-Cheney administration from prosecution for torture, human rights groups spent Valentine's Day 2011 visiting the Spanish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and carrying flowers to Spanish colsulates around the US to honor the one country that is willing to work to prosecute former top Bush officials for torture.

The Next Global Revolution: The Uncut Movement Blows the Whistle on the Super-rich (Johann Hari / The Nation)
Imagine a parallel universe where a "Green Tea" Party of enraged citizens gathered in every city, week after week to demand the government regulate the behavior of corporations and the superrich, and force them to start paying taxes. The protesters sit-in and shut-down the shops and offices of the largest and richest tax scofflaws. The movement is called "Uncut." It's taken the UK by storm and now it's coming to the US.

ACTION ALERT: Target Corporate Tax Dodgers: Day of Action, February 26th (The DC chapter of US Uncut)
US Uncut is about taking action against unnecessary and unfair cuts to public services across the US. The GOP has made it clear that they are targeting Social Security, Medicare, education; health care reform; needed investments in infrastructure, climate change and job creation. Meanwhile nearly two-thirds of US corporations don't pay any income taxes. On February 26, US Uncut will turn the tables and target the corporate tax-dodgers.

ACTION ALERT: Target Corporate Tax Dodgers: Day of Action, February 26th (The DC chapter of US Uncut)
US Uncut is about taking action against unnecessary and unfair cuts to public services across the US. The GOP has made it clear that they are targeting Social Security, Medicare, education; health care reform; needed investments in infrastructure, climate change and job creation. Meanwhile nearly two-thirds of US corporations don't pay any income taxes. On February 26, US Uncut will turn the tables and target the corporate tax-dodgers.

ACTION ALERT: The Shame Of Being An American (Paul Craig Roberts / Antiwar.com & Just Foreign Policy)
Commentary: "The US government has overestimated the amount of shame that it and American citizens can live down. Does democracy really exist in a land where the media is incompetent and the government... lies through its teeth every time if opens its mouth?" An unnecessary and illegal war, conveniently based on 'Curveball's' lies, killed one million Iraqis, displaced 4 million, left 4,754 US troops dead and wasted $3 trillion of US resources.

ACTION ALERT: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Readies National Guard Against Unions (DisInfo.com & Mother Jones Blogs & Progressive Change Campaign Committee)
In a page out of the Mubarak/Gaddafi playbook, Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker has threatened to call out the National Guard in a show of armed force to intimidate growing mass protests by citizens angered over Walker's plan to deny workers their historic collective bargaining rights. This is particularly egregious since Wisconsin is known as the birthplace of the country's union movement for workers' rights.

ACTION ALERT: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Readies National Guard Against Unions (DisInfo.com & Mother Jones Blogs & Progressive Change Campaign Committee)
In a page out of the Mubarak/Gaddafi playbook, Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker has threatened to call out the National Guard in a show of armed force to intimidate growing mass protests by citizens angered over Walker's plan to deny workers their historic collective bargaining rights. This is particularly egregious since Wisconsin is known as the birthplace of the country's union movement for workers' rights.

ACTION ALERT: Army Vet and CIA Official Assaulted as Clinton Praises Human Rights (David Swanson / War Is a Lie.com & Robert Parry / Consortium News)
As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke in Washington, about the failures of foreign leaders to respect people's freedoms, a 71-year-old US veteran Army officer who spent 27 years in the CIA, turned his back in silence. He was then attacked and bloodied by Capitol police, wrestled from the meeting room and hauled off to jail. As he was ejected from the hall, Ray McGovern broke his silence, protesting. "So this is America?"

ACTION ALERT: Stop Military Rapes -- The Pentagon's War Crimes against Women (NBC NIghtly News & The Daily Beast & Service Women's Action Network)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, along with 14 current and former members of the US military were charged in a lawsuit that claims the Pentagon turned a blind eye to reports from women who were sexual assaulted and raped by fellow service members. There were 3,230 complaints of sexual abuse by members of the military during fiscal year 2009 -- up 11 percent from the previous year.

ACTION ALERT: Obama's $36 Billion Nuke-powered Giveaway (Harvey Wasserman / The Free Press)
Barack Obama's 2012 budget marks a major escalation in the nuclear war against a green-powered future. Amidst massive budget cuts for social and environmental programs, Obama wants $36 billion in loan guarantees for a reactor industry that cannot secure sufficient private "marketplace" financing for new construction. In the past decade, the reactor industry has spent at least $640 million lobbying for these massive taxpayer bailouts.

ACTION ALERT: Congressmembers Challenge Democrats to End the War in Afghanistan (Tom Hayden / The Peace Exchange Bulletin)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) is proposing that the Democratic National Committee officially commit itself to a policy of "prioritizing job creation and a swift withdrawal of US armed forces and military contractors in Afghanistan which must include a significant and sizable reduction no later than July 2011." The DNC will take up the resolution at its Feb. 24-26 meeting in Washington, DC. Call your representatives and tell them how you feel about this resolution.

VALENTINE'S DAY ACTION ALERT: Encourage Spanish Courts to Put US War Crimes on Trial (Roots Action & War Is a Crime & Code Pink et al.)
If you've wanted to be part of a powerful effort to bring Bush-era officials to justice for their crimes, now is your chance. We've joined a national effort to reach out to the people of Spain, whose courts are considering prosecuting six of Bush's lawyers under international law. Our campaign includes an open letter and ads in prominent Spanish newspapers and billboards. Demonstrations in SEVEN US cities on Valentine's Day.

Demand Al Jazeera: Counter the 'Sad State of US Media' (Al Jazeera & Katrina vanden Heuvel and Ryan Grim / Grit TV)
Available in more than 100 countries and nearly 220 million households around the world, Al Jazeera English is recognized as a valuable, groundbreaking network that provides unparallel coverage of some of the most important and under covered regions in the world. However, most cable companies refuse to offer Al Jazeera to viewers in the US. Meanwhile, in a video discussion, the Huffington Post's Ryan Grim and The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel lament the "Sad State of US Media."

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Media Blockade: Allow Americans to View Al Jazeera (Ryan Grim / Huffington Post)
Canadian TV viewers looking for the most thorough and in-depth coverage of the uprising in Egypt have the option of tuning into Al Jazeera English, whose on-the-ground coverage is unmatched by any other outlet. American viewers, meanwhile, have little choice but to wait until one of the US cable-company-approved networks broadcasts footage from AJE. What they can't do is watch the network directly. ACTION ALERT: Allow US Access to Al Jazeera newscasts.

ACTION ALERT: Mubarak Must Go (Jeff Cohen / Consortium News & David Swanson / War Is a Lie)
As a popular uprising challenges the pro-US dictatorship in Egypt, Washington's cynical strategy of talking about democracy while relying on repressive Arab regimes to maintain order is entering a dangerous moment. The course of this history could have been quite different, as Jeff Cohen notes. Action: contact the White House and encourage President Obama to take the side of Egypt's people and urge the Egyptian military to refuse illegal orders to attack civilians.

ACTION ALERT: 150 Leading Activists Challenge Obama to Become a Peace President (Via David Swanson / War Is a Crime)
We, the undersigned, share with nearly two-thirds of our fellow Americans the conviction that our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq should be ended and that overall military spending should be dramatically reduced.... We vow not to support President Barack Obama for renomination for another term in office, and to actively seek to impede his war policies unless and until he reverses them.

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama: Keep Nukes out of the State of the Union Address (Nuclear Information and Resource Service)
President Obama's State of the Union Address on January 25 may include a call for Congress to enact a "Clean Energy Standard" that would support new nuclear reactors and "clean" coal plants. A final decision has not been made and the issue is still the subject of debate within the Administration. Please tell the President that nuclear power and coal have no place in a "Clean Energy Standard."

ACTION ALERT: The Pentagon Desecrates a National Holiday (Brave New Films/Rethink Afghanistan)
The Pentagon sank to a new low this week in their attempt to sell the Afghanistan War to the American people. At their Martin Luther King, Jr., Day observance, a Pentagon official actually claimed that if King were alive today, he might support the war.

ACTION ALERT: 5 Steps Congress Can Take to Prevent More Shootings (DJ Jaffe/ Huffington Post & New York Post)
Now that someone with mental illness has shot one of Washington's own, maybe Congress will start to pay attention to its abysmal failure to provide care for the most seriously mentally-ill Americans.

ACTION ALERT: 5 Steps Congress Can Take to Prevent More Shootings (DJ Jaffe/ Huffington Post & New York Post)

ACTION ALERT: Violence and Threats Have No Place in Democracy (Keith Olbermann / 'Countdown' & CREDO Action)
A Special Comment on the attempted assassination of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords: "We need to put the guns down. Just as importantly, we need to put the gun metaphors away -- and permanently. This morning in Arizona, this age in which this country would accept 'targeting' of political opponents and putting bulls-eyes over their faces and of the dangerous blurring between political rallies and gun shows, ended."

ACTION ALERT: Stop the War on Wildlife -- Aerial Gunning of Wolves (Center for Biological Diversity)
Just when we thought the state of Alaska's war on wildlife couldn't get any more gruesome, the state is trying to kill wolves from helicopters on a national wildlife refuge. Alaska and Interior's rationale for the wolf killing is that Unimak Island's caribou herd is declining -- but there's little evidence that wolves are to blame.

ACTION ALERT: Two Years after "Cast Lead," Hold Israel Accountable (Josh Ruebner / US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation)
Two years ago on December 27, Israel launched an attack against the 1.5 million besieged people of the Palestinian Gaza Strip. In an all-out, 22-day assault Codenamed "Operation Cast Lead," Israel killed approximately 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians. US cables released by Wikileaks, reveal the US knowingly failed to hold Israel to the "single universal standard that applies to every country."

ACTION ALERT: Acute Danger of War over Korea (International Action Center)
The right-wing government in South Korea is once again threatening live-fire war "exercises" off the coast of North Korea. The DPRK has made it very clear that this would be an act of war to which it would respond vigorously. The US, meanwhile, has blocked an agreement to resolve the crisis during a day-long meeting of the Security Council at UN headquarters on December 19.

Hope, Real Hope, Is About Doing Something: The December 16 Protests (Chris Hedges / TruthDig)
On December 16, I will join Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern and military veteran activists outside the White House to protest the futile and endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of us will, after our rally in Lafayette Park, attempt to chain ourselves to the fence outside the White House. It is a pretty good bet we will all spend a night in jail. Hope, from now on, will look like this.

ACTION ALERT: Assange Jailed. Wikileaks Petitions: Defend the Internet
Julian Assange is being held without bail. He has pissed off some Serious People, and there have been a lot of attempts to prevent Wikileaks from posting what he says is killer information on Bank of America (it's assumed), Guantanamo Bay (Prison, it's assumed), and more.

ACTION ALERT: Arrest of "Merchant of Death" Shows Need for Global Arms Control (Oxfam International)
More than 740,000 people die each year as a result of the violence associated with armed conflicts and criminality. Viktor Bout, the Russian-born arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death," was able to operate freely for lack of any international binding rules on the sale of weapons. The legal vacuum that has existed for the past 20 years shows need for robust global arms trade agreement.

WikiLeaks: Israel's Security Concerns Often Clash With US Interests (Josh Ruebner / The Huffington Post )
WikiLeaks has done a great service by exposing the inner workings of how US diplomacy is drowning the region in weapons -- srming both Israel and it's Arab neighbors in a quest for regional control and profits from weapons sales. As President Jimmy Carter once said: "We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war."

ACTION ALERT: Stop These Wars in DC on December 16 (Veterans for Peace)
The wars that most Americans want ended are not ending, and the war machine that most Americans want cut back is growing. if the war machine continues on its current course, we will not survive it economically, environmentally, or with any civil liberties intact -- if a nuclear blowback or nuclear proliferation doesn't takes us out first. Which would you prefer: go to jail for a few hours or live with the certain knowledge that your children and grandkids are going to eventually be killed?

ACTION ALERT: Stop US Escalation of Tension between the Two Koreas (International Action Center)
On Nov. 23, the government of South Korea mobilized 70,000 troops for a week of military maneuvers off the border of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea. South Korean forces fired shells into waters off the DPRK in an area that the north has a longstanding claim to be within its territory -- a claim that had been accepted by prior south Korean governments. The DPRK responded to the provocation with a deadly and disproportionate attack. Conducting "war games" now risks further escalation.

ACTION ALERT: Military Starts Low-Altitude Training Flights in New Mexico (Seth Mosgofian / Peaceful Skies Coalition & Santa Fe New Mexican)
The Air Force has proposed low-altitude flights in and around Northern New Mexico to train for missions in Afghanistan. Local residents "strongly object to the noise, the pollution, the disturbance of the peace and the risk to our homes and lives these flights will present, as well as the alleged purpose.... This training is not for defense, it is for offense."

ACTION ALERT: Say NO to Four More Years in Afghanistan ( Kevin Zeese
 / Voters for Peace)
The Afghanistan War is currently costing the United States $8 billion in borrowed dollars every month. The Obama administration is now talking about a four-year exit plan, for what is already America's longest war. Four years! That is as long as the Civil War. That is longer than World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Drones and Challenge Obama's Illegal 'Kill List' (Brave New Films/Rethink Afghanistan & The Center for Constitutional Rights)
Drone strikes and other extrajudicial killings outside of war zones are skyrocketing under the Obama Administration -- and US citizens are on the kill list. Some estimates indicate that more than 90 percent of those killed in secret US drone attacks are civilians, a fact that increases hatred for America and puts our nation at risk. Meanwhile, the White House also insists it has the right to kill US citizens.

ACTION ALERT: 'War Is A Lie' -- Buy this Book and Stop the Next War (David Swanson / War Is a Lie.com)
WAR IS A LIE is a thorough refutation of every major argument used to justify wars, drawing on evidence from numerous past wars. This is a handbook to be used in debunking future lies before future wars have a chance to begin. ACTION: Let's push this book to the top of the Amazon best-seller charts -- by November 22 -- and topple the current No. 1 titles -- by George W. Bush and Glenn Beck.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association to Halt Investments that Support Violations of US, International Law (Jewish Voice for Peace)
On December 10th, Human Rights Day, as part of our ongoing TIAA-CREF campaign, groups around the country will be participating in actions to highlight Catepillar's complicity in Israel's violations of US and International law, and the inappropriateness of TIAA CREF -- whose tag line is "finance for the greater good" -- investing in them.

ACTION ALERT: Biden: Critical Opportunity to Reduce Nuclear Threat Is at Risk (BBC World News)
Vice-President Joseph Biden has warned the US that failure to ratify a new nuclear arms control treaty with Russia will "endanger our national security." Get up to speed on the debate over nuclear arms reduction and the new START treaty by reading the following background articles. And then get involved by contacting your representatives.

A Petition Against Four More Years of War (Tom Hayden / The Peace Exchange Bulletin)
The following petition is an overnight response to the sudden announcement that President Obama and his NATO allies are planning to maintain troops in Afghanistan beyond 2011 and well into 2014. Obama is testing the waters of public opinion with this proposal. Only a forceful and rational pushback by public opinion can keep the US from sliding further into an endless, unwinnable and unaffordable war.

ACTION ALERT: Pass the DISCLOSE Act This Year! (Disclose Act.com)
In January, the Supreme Court overturned more than 100 years of election law with a ruling that unleashed millions of dollars of secret, undisclosed corporate contributions used to influence this year's elections. To combat the new, unregulated influence over elections, the House of Representatives passed the DISCLOSE Act. It is time for the Senate to act on this critical piece of legislation.

ACTION: Thank You, Senator Feingold (Jim Dean /Democracy for America)
We lost a lot of bold leaders on November 2, but Senator Russ Feingold is in a class all his own. When other Democrats capitulated to George Bush and supported the Iraq invasion, Feingold voted against war. Two years later, he was the first Senator to call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Please consider sending the Senator a short message of thanks for all the work he's done for peace over the years.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Delivery of CAT D9 Bulldozers to Israel (US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation)
Caterpillar is delaying the delivery of tens of D9 bulldozers (valued at $50 million) to the Israeli military in the midst of a civil trial in Israel brought by the parents of US peace activist Rachel Corrie (who was killed by a CAT D9 bulldozer being used to demolish Palestinian homes).

ACTION ALERT: Stop Delivery of CAT D9 Bulldozers to Israel
Caterpillar is delaying the delivery of tens of D9 bulldozers (valued at $50 million) to the Israeli military in the midst of a civil trial in Israel brought by the parents of US peace activist Rachel Corrie (who was killed by a CAT D9 bulldozer being used to demolish Palestinian homes).

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama It's Time to De-Alert All Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation)
The US and Russia maintain about 1,000 nuclear weapons each on hair-trigger alert, ready to fire within moments of an order. This Cold War posture is outdated and extremely dangerous. Please take a moment write the president and ask him to take a bold step forward by working with Russian President Medvedev to de-alert US and Russian nuclear arsenals and declare a policy of No First Use.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Caterpillar & Washington: No More Militarize Bulldozers for Israel (Jewish Voice for Peace)
The Israeli press is reporting that Caterpillar is withholding the delivery of tens of D9 bulldozers -- valued at $50 million -- to the Israeli military. These weaponized bulldozers are used to illegally destroy homes of Palestinian families. One of these bulldozers killed Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old US peace activist. With a trial over Corrie's death now in progress, Caterpillar has suspended sales.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Proposed Naval Warfare Training Range in Pacific Northwest (Amber Jamieson / Wild California)
The US Navy has proposed increasing its warfare training operations over 134,000 nautical miles off of the Pacific Northwest. Land and ocean exercises will include ships, planes, rockets, drones, bombing missions, missile and torpedo firing, underwater detonations, undersea warfare training, high-frequency sonar experiments and the use of toxic chemicals like lead, mercury, cadmium, and white phosphorus.

WikiLeaks Wins Information War: New Torture, Civilian Casualties to Be Revealed (Peace and Justice Research Center & Al Jazeera & The London Guardian )
The discolsure of 400,000 documents by WikiLeaks reveals new cases of torture and higher numbers of civilian casualties in Iraq. US and UK officials have insisted that no official record of civilian casualties exists but the logs record 66,081 non-combatant deaths. More than 15,000 civilians died in previously unknown incidents. ACTION: Sign the petition to Defend Wikileaks.

ACTION ALERT: Washington Post Slanders Honduran and Nicaraguan Democracies (Alliance for Global Justice)
On Oct. 20, the Washington Post published an editorial misrepresenting the situation in Latin America. We don't think that ownership of a printing press entitles editors to tell deliberate lies. We urge people of good will to flood the Post with letters. If your local newspaper republishes the Post editorial, we urge you to send your letter to the local paper as well. Read the "Talking Points."

WikiLeaks Wins Information War: New Torture, Civilian Casualties to Be Revealed (Peace and Justice Research Center & Al Jazeera & The London Guardian & )
The discolsure of 400,000 documents by WikiLeaks reveals new cases of torture and higher numbers of civilian casualties in Iraq. US and UK officials have insisted that no official record of civilian casualties exists but the logs record 66,081 non-combatant deaths. More than 15,000 civilians died in previously unknown incidents. ACTION: Sign the petition to Defend Wikileaks.

ACTION ALERT: Investigate the Chamber of Commerce's Use of Foreign Funds in US Election Campaigns (Matt Lockshin / CREDO Action from Working Assets & Think Progress)
The US Chamber of Commerce is the poster child for corporate corruption of our electoral system. The Chamber has pledged to spend $75 million on ads attacking candidates who stand in the way of the biggest and wealthiest corporate interests. Now a Center for American Progress report reveals some of the corporate cash may be coming from foreign entities, a federal crime. Demand a DOJ investigation.

ACTION ALERT: The Tenth Year of War (Kevin Zeese / Voters for Peace)
Today, the 10th year of the Afghanistan War begins. This costly, counterproductive, unnecessary, damaging war is destroying one of the poorest countries in the world, killing Afghan civilians at horrific rates. The US holds thousands of Afghans in prisons without charges. Torture is reported. Robotic drones kill by remote control. Our country is made less secure by such acts. Write the President.

ACTION ALERT: Operation Recovery -- Heal the Troops and End the Wars (Kevin Zeese / Voters for Peace & Iraq Veterans Against the War)
As many as 12% of combat troops in Iraq and 17% of those in Afghanistan are taking prescription antidepressants or sleeping pills to help them cope with war trauma. By winning a soldiers' "Right to Heal", we will be withdrawing this 12 to 17 percent from the fighting force -- a reduction of force that could cripple the military's ability to continue the occupations.

ACTION ALERT: DC March for Peace & Jobs - October 2, 2010 (War Is a Crime / Progressive Democrats of America)
In just two days, tens of thousands of union members, community activists, students, entertainers, civil and human rights leaders, and concerned citizens will gather for peace, jobs, justice, and education for all Americans in the 10.2.10 One Nation Working Together March. PDA and our Medicare for All allies will demand, "Hands off Medicare and Social Security!"

ACTION ALERT: Protest Nuclear Waste on September 29 (Nuclear Information Resource Service)
Nuclear energy production is the number one producer of new radioactivity on Earth, followed by nuclear weapons production. Join us in sending a message: NO MORE! Sign a letter; send a photo to the government's Blue Ribbon Commmission!

ACTION ALERT: 2010 the Deadliest Year for Troops in Afghanistan, Surpassing 2009 Record (Kevin B. Zeese / Voters for Peace & Agence France-Presse & Reuters)
Another sad milestone was reached in Afghanistan this week. Even though it is only September, 2010 is already the deadliest year for our troops. More troops have been killed so far this year than in any previous year of this war, the longest war in American history. More and more Americans are saying the war is a mistake. Contact the White House to insist that we end this costly, unwinnable war.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Militarization of the DREAM Act (Change.org)
The DREAM Act has been promoted as a chance for undocumented youth to gain "legalization." It has been touted as an education bill. However, because college attendance rates are low for many undocumented immigrants and little is done to help undocumented youth go to college, this will force many youth to choose the military as their only choice for legalization. We believe this is immoral and an unfair choice.

ACTION ALERT: EAW's Letter to Michelle Obama and the White House Response (Gar Smith / Environmentalists Against War)
On August 1, EAW published text and videos detailing an unprecedented increase in cancers and deformed babies following the US attack on Fallujah. We sent copies of these postings, with a letter requesting action, to First Lady Michelle Obama, Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Congressmembers Pelosi and Lee. Today, we received a letter from the White House. Please copy and send the video to your representatives.

EAW's Letter to Michelle Obama and the White House Response (Gar Smith / Environmentalists Against War)
On August 1, EAW published text and video postings detailing the unprecedented increase in childhood cancers and deformed babies following the US attack on Fallujah, Iraq's "City of Mosques." We sent copies of these postings, with a letter requesting action, to First Lady Michelle Obama, Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Congressmembers Pelosi and Lee. Today, we received a letter from the White House.

Now Showing: Countdown to Zero (Hugh Gusterson / The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
It is unclear whether nuclear weapons will be abolished, but it is clear that the nuclear abolitionist movement is now being mainstreamed. Exhibit A in this process is the new general release film, Countdown to Zero, made by the same team that brought us An Inconvenient Truth. The movie's slogan: "More than a movie. It's a movement."

ACTION ALERT: Protest Government's Mass Killings in Sri Lanka (Muthamizh Vendhan / Change.org)
People from across the globe are condemning the Human rights violations of Srilankan government. And civilized society is fighting hard to establish the justice to the Tamils. Killing of nearly 140,000 innocents, war crimes, ongoing slaughter on the journalists, moderates, reformists, artists and having opposition leader behind the bars make the Srilanka as a criminal and a failed state.

ACTION ALERT: 97 Congressional Candidates Oppose War Spending (Coalition Against War Spending)
Ninety-seven congressional candidates and 34 national organizations are opposing any more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The 97 candidates are from 29 states and Washington, D.C., and include 32 Greens, 24 Libertarians, 22 Democrats, 7 Independent Greens, 5 Independents, 4 Peace and Freedom, 1 Republican, 1 Socialist, and 1 West Virginia Green. Eighty-four are candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, and 13 for the Senate.

ACTION ALERT: Use Pakistan's Military Funding to Flood Recovery (The Campaign for Peace and Democracy & Labour Party Pakistan)
The recent floods represent the worst disaster in Pakistan's history. The country has been devastated. The State, stripped of its capacity to meet peoples' needs by neoliberalism and militarism alike, has been found wanting. In addition to donating funds, people are invited to sign a petition calling for priorities that value people's over the demands of Pakistan's military.

ACTION ALERT: The Iraq Legacy: Tell It Like It Is (Medea Benjamin / OpEd News)
With the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq, the administration, the military and the media are trying to put a positive spin on this grim chapter of US history. But the bitter truth is that the US intervention has been an utter disaster for both Iraq and the United States. ACTION: Sign the "Iraq Debacle Petition!" to support the victims of this war -- at home and abroad.

ACTION ALERT: August 21-22 -- Protest 3rd Battalion's Deployment to Iraq (The World Can't Wait)
While the Pentagon and the Media celebrate the return of troops from Iraq, 5,000 soldiers with the 3rd Battalion based in Fort Hood, Texas, have been told they are to be sent to Iraq next week. Iraq Veterans Against War is holding a protest demonstration to draw attention to the fact that -- beyond the hype -- the war will continue to put the lives of young Americans -- and Iraqi civilians -- at risk.

ACTION ALERT: International Petition for Full Freedom for Mordechai Vanunu (Eileen Fleming / Arabisto.com)
All whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has wanted since he emerged from 18 years in a tomb-sized windowless cell on April 21, 2004, has been the right to leave Israel and fade into the world, to have a job, a home and family. Sign the petition demanding that the Israeli government cease its persecution of Vanuna and recognize his human right to travel freely in the world.

Video Evidence of Mass Killing by US/NATO (Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald / The Brave New Foundation)
US and allied forces in Afghanistan have denied they killed several dozen civilians in Sangin District of Helmand Province on July 23. But our new video exposes the truth about one of the worst civilian casualty incidents of the war. Watch our exclusive interviews with survivors and demand that your elected officials act to prevent future catastrophes like this.

ACTION ALERT: Rally for Bradley Manning August 8: Plus Video of WikiLeaks Confernce (The World Can't Wait)
The unified message of the Defense Department -- that leaking evidence of US war crimes is criminal, while committing them is not -- is being delivered to the media by Robert Gates and Michael Mullen. They both use the phrase, "Wikileaks might already have blood on their hands," which is a surety in the case of Gates and Mullen, two top military leaders who both served under the Bush regime.

ACTION ALERT!: Obama Warned Israel May Bomb Iran this Month (Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity)
Six top former US intelligence and defense officials write the White House to warn "the likelihood that Israel will attack Iran as early as this month. Israel's leaders would calculate that once the battle is joined, it will be politically untenable for [the US] to give anything less than unstinting support to Israel. This can be stopped only if you move quickly to preempt an Israeli attack by condemning such a move before it happens."

ACTION ALERT: Hiroshima Day Poem -- US and World Events (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
Join us to honor the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on this 65th remembrance of the use of atomic weapons and to work toward nuclear disarmament.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose US Military Bases & Neoliberal Economics in Latin America (Campaign for Peace and Democracy & Coalition Partners)
The goal of the continental campaign is to make Latin America a region of peace. We believe that Latin America should be a region of peace. Militarism and violence are obstacles to the development of a just society. We oppose the Colombia-US bases agreement.

ACTION ALERT: The Human Impact of Conflict in Pakistan (Christoph Koettl / Amnesty International USA)
Northwest Pakistan, including the Swat valley -- once known as the "Switzerland of Pakistan" for its scenic and natural beauty -- is now the center of a deadly triangle between the Taliban, Pakistani army forces and US drone attacks. Fighting has left millions homeless. The innocent men, women and children trapped in this violence are not acceptable casualties of war. We must draw a line now.

ACTION ALERT: Vote Against Afghan War Funding (Joanne Landy and Thomas Harrison / Campaign for Peace and Democracy)
US intervention in Afghanistan is facing increasing challenge, and this week's dramatic Wikileaks revelations -- the biggest US war expose since Dan Ellsberg's Pentagon papers -- make it all the more difficult for Congress to keep funding this horrific war.

ACTION ALERT: Two Important House Votes. Troops out of Pakistan; No More Funds for War (Hon. Dennis Kucinich / US House of Representatives)
This week Congress will consider two very important votes for the future of this country and the future of the world. The first deals with Pakistan -- House Concurrent Resolution 301 and a second that deals with $33 billion in supplemental funding to keep the War in Afghanistan going. Also, an honor roll of 88 politicians who are committed to voting against any further increase in war funding.

ACTION ALERT: Tuesday Vote Expected on War Escalation Funding (War Is A Crime & Brave New Films)
On July 1st, 162 congress members voted to require a withdrawal plan and end date for the occupation of Afghanistan, and 100 voted to fund only withdrawal, no continuation of war, while 25 voted to simply stop dumping any money into this war. Now all of them must vote yes or no, probably on Tuesday, on whether to fund a $33 billion escalation of the war in Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: Pentagon Waste: Cut Spending by Eliminating Waste (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The Pentagon wastes more money than some other cabinet agencies spend in a year. Yet when Congress and the president talk about cutting government spending, they start by saying "of course we should exempt the Pentagon from cuts." What?! The Pentagon is the first place to find savings at the level of billions of dollars. Why protect waste?

ACTION ALERT: The Human Cost of Moving Fuel in a War Zone (Brigadier General Steven M. Anderson, US Army (Retired) / VoteVets.org)
Moving fuel in a warzone. It's probably the most dangerous job in the world, costing over 1000 American lives. I should know. I was the Chief Logistics Officer under General David Petraeus in Iraq. The Senate is considering a clean energy climate plan, that will cut our dependence on foreign oil in half. Renewable technologies will help us here at home and save American lives abroad. Please sign our petition.

ACTION ALERT: Save War Crimes Whistleblower Patrick Manning (World Can't Wait & The New York Times)
A US soldier arrested on charges of leaking a video of a deadly American helicopter attack in 2007 has also been charged with downloading more than 150,000 highly classified diplomatic cables. Pct. Bradley Manning (who had the courage to leak Army videos of a war crime) faces court martial while the soldiers in the video -- and the commanders who ordered the massacre -- are under no arrest, no scrutiny, not even investigation.

Did You Get The Memo? America Is Now A TWO "War Party" System (The Pen)
When Michael Steele accidentally spoke the truth (while hypocritically trying to condemn President Obama for any possible reason) that "the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan," he was condemned by BOTH the Republican and Democratic leadership. Apparently he did not get the memo that BOTH major parties are now for endless, ruinous and vain foreign wars and occupations.

ACTION ALERT: Challenge War Funding (Coalition against War Spending & Kevin Zeese / Voters for Peace & David Rogers / Politico)
It was reported that Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, David Obey was blocking war funding over the failure to pass the economic relief bill which would extend funding to aid states and cities, extend unemployment benefits as well as provide tax breaks for individuals and business. This is an opportunity to thank Obey and urge him to continue to block funding of the wars.

ACTION ALERT: How to Cut the Deficit by $960 Billion (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
On June 11, 2010, Rep. Barney Frank presented a detailed plan to cut $960 billion from the Pentagon budget over the next ten years -- cuts that would reduce military spending by almost 20 percent while strengthen security. Urge your representative to sign a bipartisan letter to the President's deficit reduction commission.

A Plan to Cut Pentagon Waste by Nearly $1 Trillion (Peace Action)
A new report from the Sustainable Defense Task Force, formed by House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) identifies reductions in Pentagon spending while maintaining strong defense capabilities as the best response to the nation’s mounting fiscal restraints.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Israeli Attack on Gaza Freedome Flotilla (United for Peace and Justice & The Palestinian Center for Rapprochement)
Last night, the Israeli navy attacked humanitarian ships in international waters in the middle of the night. Reports indicate that 10-16 humanitarian activists were killed and 50-60 were injured. On board were 750 people from 40 different countries, including 35 international politicians. Please take action to demand that Israel accept responsibility and reveal the names of the dead and injured.

ACTION ALERT: H.R. 5353 -- A Bill to Freeze the Wars, Cut the Deficit, and Reduce Taxes (John Nichols / The Nation & Hon Alan Grayson)
"What George Orwell wrote about in 1984 has come true. What Eisenhower warned us about concerning the 'military-industrial complex' has come trues. War is a permanent feature of our societal landscape, so much so that no one notices it anymore. "The purpose of the 'War Is Making You Poor Act' is to connect the dots, and to show people in a real and concrete way the cost of these endless wars."

ACTION ALERT: Why Is It Legal for Terrorists to Buy Guns in US? (Mayors Against Illegal Guns & The Washington Post)
Under current federal law, the FBI can stop suspects on the terrorist watch list from boarding an airplane, but they cannot stop them from buying guns or explosives. Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg described this "a serious and dangerous breach of national security." America's mayors are circulating a petition to restrict weapons sales to terror suspects.

ACTION ALERT: Iraq: Bloody Policies and Criminal Authorities: Arrests, Assassinations, Deportation of Millions, Torture (The BRussells Tribuna)
Repression in Iraq takes multiple forms: deprivation of resources and services, arrests, assassinations, deportation of millions, torture of every kind, death squads, hanging and other death penalties, confiscating property and houses, blowing up residences, markets and groupings, killing at checkpoints and in the streets for no reason. Sign petition opposing execution of 900 Iraqi prisoners.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Killing in Iraq and Afghanistan (A Just Foreign Policy.org)
The number of Iraqis slain since the US invasion of March 2003 is shocking and sobering. It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on a scientific study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the US-led invasion and occupation. ACTION ALERT: Sign the petition demanding a timetable for withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: Capital Teach-In-- Vote No on Funding Escalation (Defend War & After Downing Street)
Funding an escalation of war in Afghanistan with $33 billion is: illegal, immoral, against the public will, economically catastrophic, counterproductive on its own terms, and a cynically motivated intentional failure. Call Congress at (202) 224-3121 and tell your representatives that you will vote against them if they vote to fund an escalation in Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: Lawsuit Settled in DC Mass Arrest: $18,000 for Each Arrestee. Must file by May 17 (International Action Center)
Ten years ago this month, the IAC initiated a demonstration against the Prison Industrial Complex in front of the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. After the rally ended, police closed the streets and arrested 700 protesters, along with members of the media and passersby. The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of those arrested and has just won a $14 million settlement.

ACTION ALERT: US Funding Colombia Repression? (Andrew Hudson / Human Rights First)
Exposing links between local politicians and paramilitary death-squads: does this sound like grounds for arrest to you? In Colombia it can be. Colombian activist Carmelo Agamez has been in prison for over a year on bogus charges -- targeted with trumped-up charges designed to stigmatize and silence human rights defenders.

ACTION ALERT: Don't Let US Get Away With Murder (Rethink Afghanistan)
On February 12, US and allied special forces attacked a baby shower in Gardez, Afghanistan, killing two local officials and two pregnant women. Instead of getting immediate medical treatment, reports indicate that the special forces focused on destroying evidence of their crime, going so far as to dig the bullets out of the bodies. Sign the petition demanding an independent UN investigation of this atrocity.

ACTION ALERT: Ban "Conflict Minerals" (Amnesty USA)
Minerals found in our cell phones and other electronics are fueling a vicious cycle of rape, war and other human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Help us bring down the multimillion-dollar conflict minerals empire!

ACTION ALERT: Ban the "Gun-Show Loophole" (Bob Fertik / Mayors Against Illegal Guns)
Eleven years ago this week, twelve students and one teacher were killed at Columbine High School. Two of the weapons used in that shooting were bought as a result of the Gun Show Loophole that enables firearms to be purchased without a background check. A coalition of more than 500 mayors dedicated to keeping criminals from illegally obtaining firearms -- is campaigning to demand that Washington block the Loophole.

ACTION ALERT: Afghanistan: A Chance to Stop the Killing (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The House plans to approve $33 billion more for the US war in Afghanistan. Yet, here on Capitol Hill, FCNL's lobbyists are finding support for proposals to end that US war responsibly. Changing the war mentality of Congress will not be easy. Thousands have signed FCNL's petition for a new US policy in Afghanistan, including a responsible withdrawal. We're delivering those petitions to members of Congress right now.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Militarism on Earth Day with Brown Bag Vigils (Progressive Democrats of America & Las Vegas Sun)
April 22nd marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. 40 years later, here in the United States, we find our leadership continuing to ignore the voice of reason and peace while lending an ear to the destructive council of the fanatical and uninformed. Instead of looking for innovative ways to conserve energy and promote health we continue to support the worst polluter in the world, the US Department of Defense.

ACTION ALERT: One Drop in a Sea of Blood (Michael Prysner / ANSWER Coalition)
The harrowing Apache footage released by WikiLeaks gives us a stomach-turning glimpse of war. Seventeen minutes of cold-blooded massacre in a war of more than seven years. A brief clip of one Apache video; a quick look at one part of one mission. Hundreds of those missions take place every day.

ACTION ALERT: What Are You Doing on Tax Day? (War Resisters League)
Over $1 trillion has been spent on the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan since October 2001. Nearly half of each tax dollar goes to the Pentagon and military contractors while cities and states are closing schools, cutting services, and furloughing staff. Thousands of civilians and soldiers have died with no evidence that the world is safer. Protest on tax day to demand and end to increasing military budgets.

ALERT: Solidarity Against Nuclear Threat: A Letter to 47 World Leaders (Project for Nuclear Awareness)
EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD 9 am Monday morning, April 12th at Peace House, 1233 12th St. NW, Washington, DC (3 blocks west of the Washington Convention Center where the 47-Nations' Nuclear Security Summit is happening April 12-13. Background: Transcript of press conference by Presidential Secretary Robert Gibbs on APril 6, 2010.

ACTION ALERT: Progress on Nuclear Weapons. Tell Congress to Follow Through (Ben Cohen / True Majority)
The country's stack of strategic nuclear warheads has stayed at the same crazy level for nearly 20 years. Until now. The new nuclear arms reduction treaty which President Obama plans to sign this week with Russia's President Medvedev will start cutting those stockpiles again. It's a fantastic step toward closing the book on the Cold War, at last. That is, IF the Senate approves the treaty.

ACTION ALERT: Disarmament Summer Campaign (Think Outside The Bomb.org)
April 5th marks the one year anniversary of President Obama's famous speech in Prague that ultimately won him a Nobel Peace Prize for his vision. We share a vision of a nuclear weapons free world and are working hard to achieve it. Call or email the White House today and let President Obama know that building new nuclear weapons factories is incompatible with a nuclear weapons free world.

ACTION ALERT: Support Progress on US-Russia Nuclear Disarmament ( Matt Holland / TrueMajority / USAction)
Last week, Russia and the USA signed an agreement to reduce their nuclear arsenals by a third. And next week, Obama is hosting leaders from 48 countries to talk about going even further in pursuit of a nuclear-free world. public support is crucial. Please sign this petition, which will be delivered to world leaders when they convene at the White House on April 12.

ACTION ALERT: Bring the Troops – and the Bucks – Back Home (Voters for Peace)
March 29, 2010 marked the anniversary of the last combat troops leaving Vietnam and ending US military involvement in the Vietnam War. Wars can be ended. Even wars that seem central to continuing American Empire become unnecessary wars if they are resisted.

ACTION ALERT: Pentagon Attacks Crusading Investigative Web Site (Michael Collins / OpEd News)
Since its launch three years ago, WikiLeaks -- founded by Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians and start-up company technologists, from the US, Taiwan, Europe, Australia and South Africa -- has produced more scoops than the Washington Post has in the past 30 years. Now, the Army Counterintelligence Center has concluded that WikiLeaks is a risk to US security and must be destroyed.

ACTION ALERT: US, Russia Reach Deal to Reduce Nucelar Weapons (Friends Committee on National Legislation & The Washington Post & The Guardian)
The US and Russia have reached a deal on their most extensive nuclear arms-control agreement in nearly two decades. The pact, which would cover an estimated 25,000 of the world's 26,000 nuclear weapons, appeared to represent President Obama’s first victory in his ambitious agenda to move toward a nuclear-free world. ACTION: Ask your senators to vote to ratify the START follow-on agreement when the president submits it.

ACTION ALERT: Indonesian Army, Implicated in Assassinations, Set to Get US Aid (Allan Nairn / Z Space)
According to senior Indonesian officials and police, the US-trained Kopassus special forces assassinated a series of civilian activists during 2009. The news comes as President Barack Obama is reportedly set to reverse longstanding US policy of restricting categories of US assistance to Kopassus, a force which, during its years of US training, has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians.

ACTION ALERT: Massive Peace Protest in DC. Hundreds More across US
Thousands of people are headed to the nation's capital to protest on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. More than 150 Iraq protests and demonstrations occurring across the country.

ACTION ALERT: March 20 Anti-war Demonstrations in Washington, DC (Michael E. Ruane / Washington Post)
A major protest, against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will begin with a noon rally in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House on March 20. A march will follow. Organizers said that the Afghanistan conflict has become "Obama's war." They criticized the continued fighting there and in Iraq, and said the president's war policies were just like former President George W. Bush's.

ACTION ALERT: Remember Rachel Corrie (Cindy Corrie / A Jewish Voice for Peace)
This month, a civil lawsuit in Israel in the case of our daughter Rachel Corrie will converge with the seven-year anniversary of her killing in Gaza. Rachel, 23, was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Force (IDF) Caterpillar D9R bulldozer as she tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian home.

ACTION ALERT: War in Afghanistan Privileged Resolution (Hon. Dennis Kucinich / US House of Representatives)
This week a privileged resolution will be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives in an attempt to get America out of the war in Afghanistan. This resolution requires the President to remove the troops within 30 days from the time the resolution is passed and no later than December 31st. Please, contact members of Congress. The vote will occur on Wednesday.

Action Alert: This Is How We Stop Blackwater (LiAnna Davis / CREDO Action from Working Assets)
More than 22,000 mercenaries are operating in Iraq and Afghanistan, and these unaccountable hired guns have shot civilians and participated in torture at Abu Ghraib and other detention facilities. The Stop Outsourcing Security Act, would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military.

ACTION ALERT: How Kucinich's Resolution to End the War Will Help Us End the War (David Swanson / After Downing Street)
On March 4, Congressman Dennis Kucinich plans to introduce a privileged resolution to end the Afghan War. The resolution requires that the House debate, within the next week, the continuing war in Afghanistan, now the second longest war in US history. While the resolution may not win a majority vote, it will put many congress members on record as to whether they support or oppose this costly war.

ACTION ALERT: No Funds for More Wars (EuroNews & Peaceteam & Campaign for Peace and Democracy)
US President Barack Obama’s presence in Oslo was not lost on environmentalists. “I think it does diminish the prize and it is a great disappointment and I think it undermines all of the work for peace and justice that really needs to continue happening,” said Frida Berrigan. Let the President know your thoughts. Take action by faxing, emailing, calling and writing to the White House. See the links and actions below.

ACTION ALERT: President Obama's Wars Meet Resistance in US and Afghanistan (Al Jazeera & Friends Committee on National Legislation)
For many Afghans, President Obama's strategy of even more troops does not fit into their vision of what will bring peace. Meanwhile, President Obama presents us with a historic opportunity to free the world of nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, our Senate stands in the way of that achievement. We have to persuade Congress to support Obama's agenda for a world without nuclear weapons.

ACTION ALERT: More Troops & Drones Get You the Peace Prize? (Debra Sweet / The World Can't Wait )
Commentary: When it was first announced that Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace, I asked "What about the Nobel prize for war-mongers?" Some people unsubscribed from this newsletter, offended that I was pointing out a contradiction that much of the world sees easily enough. On Saturday, December 12, there will be a demonstration across from White House in Lafayette Park from 11 AM to 4 PM/

ACTION ALERT: Obama's Escalation Will Be Immediately Opposed (Harvey Wasserman / The Free Press)
Tonight at 8pm EST President Barack Obama is set to announce his commitment to the worst blunder in US policy since Lyndon Johnson escalated the Vietnam War. There were those who knew the Gulf of Tonkin “incident” on which LBJ's war powers had been based was a complete deception. But it was not until the mass marches on the Pentagon and elsewhere in 1967 that one could say a truly national grassroots anti-war movement had taken shape. Find out about planned protests in YOUR neighborhood.

ACTION ALERT: Prepare to Protest Afghan Escalation (World Can’t Wait & Progressive Democrats of America)
On Tuesday, December 1st, President Obama will announce plans to expand the occupation of Afghanistan with 34,000 more troops. This is not a "good" war. Afghanistan is now really Obama's war. The richest country with the most powerful highly militarized empire is destroying one of the poorest countries.

ACTION ALERT: Saharan Peace Hero Fasts to Return to her West Saharan Home (Cindy Cooper / On the Issues Magazine & Giles Tremlett / The Observer & The Robert F. Kennedy Center)
Aminatou Haidar, known as the "Gandhi" of the Western Sahara for her advocacy for the human rights of her people, was stopped from returning home after returning from New York where she received an award for her nonviolent advocacy. On November 15, Haider began a hunger strike on a mat in the airport. Thousands of supporters (including filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar) have flocked to the airport to demanding justice for Aminatou Haidar.

ACTION ALERT: Bills to Stop the Afghan Surge (US Rep. Barbara Lee and The Peace and Justice Resource Center)
While thousands of peace activists flooded the White House with calls, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced her legislation, HR 3699, prohibiting taxpayer funds for more combat troops to Afghanistan.

National Call-in Against War Nov. 23-25 (Kevin Zeese / Voters for Peace)
For three days, people from every corner of the country will be flooding the White House with calls. We oppose sending more troops to Afghanistan; we want the troops that are there now to be brought home! If you cannot get through on Monday, call on Tuesday or Wednesday.

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama: No to Escalation in Afghanistan (Matt Lockshin / Credo Action)
Despite over $1 trillion in costs and the majority of Americans opposing escalation, President Obama continues to move towards increased military action in Afghanistan. Less than a 100 members of Al Qaeda remain in the country. American activities are believed to be a destabilizing force in neighboring, nuclear-armed Pakistan. A corrupt Karzai government is being propped up by American intervention. The cost of escalation is estimated to be another $100 billion.

ACTION ALERT: Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan (Friends of Alexis and Courage to Resist)
Take action to protest the treatment of single mother, Specialist Alexis Hutchinson who has stated: "It is outrageous that [the US Army] would deploy a single mother without a complete and current family care plan. I would like to find someone I trust who can take care of my son, but I cannot force my family to do this. They are dealing with their own health issues."

Realities of War Conference: Nov 8, 2009. in San Diego (University of California at San Diego Student Groups & Supporters)
Realities of War Conference with Congressmember Bob Filner, USMC Veteran Cpl, Rick Reyes, TV/radio host Bree Walker, more. The day's events and workshops will be followed by a sunset vigil "Bring their Buddies Home" along N Torry Pines Rd "We wil provide each participant with a memorial page to wear bearing the name of a US military fatality in war."

War and Health Care: The War Resolution Reconsiders and a Health Care Petition Offered (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / House of Representatives)
When you hear people say: "If only we had known then what we know now," remember, some did know of the false case for war against Iraq. Since so many know now we should not have invaded Iraq, why are we still there? AND a petition: Whereas Universal Health Care was proposed by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 and nearly 100 years later, 87 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured, economic justice demands passage of single-payer health care reform.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Military Rapes in Guinea (Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH / CARE)
The atrocities in Guinea are just the tip of the iceberg. In many countries, an often-unseen cycle of sexual violence against women lurks beneath the surface. According to the US State Department, 36 women and girls are raped every day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is the world's shame.

ACTION ALERT: President Obama Wins Nobel Prize. Send a Message (President Barack Omama & Avaaz & World Can’t Wait)
President Obama has called the Nobel Prize "to give momentum to a set of causes." The president deserves to hear our congratulations — but also our message to be bolder. Let's do our part to define the challenge this Prize poses to our president — let’s flood Obama with a million messages of encouragement pressing him to turn hope into action on nuclear disarmament, climate, and peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: Dear Mr. President. Congratulations on the Nobel Peace Prize. (Drew Hudson / TrueMajority / USAction)
Just nine months after taking office, President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. While we remain mired in two wars right now, many of us share the Committee's hope and expectation that Obama will end these conflicts, and lead our country and the world towards a more peaceful future. Let's congratulate President Obama today and remind him that while there's more to be done.

Eight Years On: A 'Quaker Colonel' Reflects on the Afghan War (Col. Dan Smith (Ret.) / Quakerscolonel.blogspot.com)
October 7/8 will mark the eighth anniversary of the opening salvo on the “Taliban” faction of the ruling Afghanistan government, institutions, and people. At that point, there will be only 123 days – almost exactly one third of a year — before the White House, the Pentagon, and the American public find that the nation’s escalating involvement in Afghanistan has surpassed the length of another U. conflict — the American Revolutionary War.

Resisting the Push to War in Afghanistan and Pakistan (National Priorities & Tom Hayden & Rep. Barbara Lee)
The Obama Administration is in the process of preparing a set of benchmarks which will be used to gauge the progress of US military and civilian operations in Afghanistan. It has been widely reported that as a result of this assessment, Gen. McChrystal may request that as many as 45,000 additional US troops be sent to Afghanistan.

Rethinking Afghanistan and Surge the Resistance (Democracy Now! & World Can't Wait )
Eight years have passed since Laura Bush declared that "because of our recent military gains, women are no longer imprisoned in their homes" in Afghanistan. For eight years, that claim has been a lie. (See the video clip.) The truth is that American military escalation will not liberate the women of Afghanistan. Instead, the hardships of war take a disproportionate toll on women and their families.

ACTION ALERT: Jews Call on Israel to Release Palestinia Peace Advocate (Sydney Levy / Jewish Voice for Peace )
On September 22, Palestinian Peace Activist Mohammad Othman was arrested by Israeli soldiers on the Allenby Bridge Crossing, the border from Jordan to Palestine. He was returning from a trip to Norway, where he was advocating for Palestinian human rights. Jewish Voice for Peace is calling on peace activists around the world to write US President Obama, asking that he press Israel for Mohammad’s release.

ACTION ALERT: Demand Release of G-20 Detainees! Drop All Charges and End Repression NOW! (Bail Our the People)
ign the online petition to Federal Officials, Congressional leaders, the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation, the Pennsylvania Legislature, the Mayor of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Police Chief, Pittsburgh city officials, Pittsburgh business leaders, the Allegheny County Council and local and national media demanding an immediate release of all detainees, that all charges be dropped, and calling for an independent investigation.

Anti-War Protest to Shut Down Army Experience Center at Philadelphia Mall (The World Can't Wait)
Protesters will gather at the site of a pilot project where the US Army uses violent video games and simulated war exercises to attract youth into military service. The Pentagon is committed to establishing Experience Centers in malls across the country.

ACTION ALERT: OpEdNews Journalist and Six Protesters Charged With Criminal Conspiracy After Arrest (Linda Milazzo / OpEd News & Rob Krall / OpEd News)
Six members of various anti-war groups and an OpedNews journalist were arrested at a protest organized to shut down the Army Experience Center, located in Philadelphia's Franklin Mills Mall. Reporter Cheryl Biren was rough-handled by an arresting officer and held in two different jails for a total of 14 hours before being released at 5 AM without even the opportunity to use her cell phone to call for a ride home.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress "We Need an Exit Strategy for Af/Pak War" (Tom Hayden / The Huffington Post)
August was the cruelest month for US forces in Afghanistan, with at least 49 killed. The numbers exceeded the previous high of 43, as a result of the new escalation of fighting approved by President Obama. At the current rate, more than 1,000 additional American soldiers will be killed in the next two years. We, the undersigned, believe the US military interventions in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are quagmires that threaten a without end.

ACTION ALERT: Boycott Ahava (Nancy Kricorian / AlterNet )
The Hebrew word “Ahava” means love, but there is nothing loving about what the company is doing in the Palestinian territory of the West Bank. AHAVA, an Israeli cosmetics company, has situated its main manufacturing plant and showroom at the Israeli Jewish settlement Mitzpe Shalem in the Occupied Palestinian West Bank. Moreover, Ahava’s capture of Palestinian natural resources from the Dead Sea is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Idaho’s War on Wolves (Defenders of Wildlife)
On August 24, the department began selling an estimated 70,000 permits to hunt and kill wolves in Idaho. That’s 70 guns for each wolf in Idaho! This could be the worst wolf massacre in the Lower 48 United States since the 1930s. Hundreds of defenseless wolves will be shot, with many surviving wolf pups left to starve to death. Unless we stop it.

Action Alert: Congess Must Reassert Itself On War Powers Now, BEFORE We Get Worse Than Bush (Peace Team)
Even in appointing a special counsel to look into torture, Eric Holder essentially directed him to IGNORE whether a crime was committed in ordering torture. The only mandate lifelong Republican prosecutor John Durham has been given is about whether personnel EXCEEDED the instructions. The fact is that NO member of these agencies could have believed in good faith that torture techniques condemned when used by every other totalitarian regime were suddenly acceptable behavior.

Action Alert: Where Is the Afghanistan Debate? (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR))
With new polls showing the American public becoming increasingly critical of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, the Sunday morning network talkshows turned primarily to Pentagon officials and war boosters to discuss the issue, continuing the media marginalization of critics of the escalation of the war.

ACTION ALERT: Remembering Ted Kennedy (Friends, Family and Colleagues)
“Edward M. Kennedy—the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply—died late Tuesday night at home in Hyannis Port. We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism, and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever."

ACTION ALERT: President Obama Blasts Pentagon Spending on Useless Weapons (Associated Press & True Majority)
President Obama chastised the defense industry and a freespending Congress yesterday for wasting tax dollars on weapons and strategies better suited to fight Soviet armies on the plains of Cold War Europe than insurgents in the mountains of Afghanistan. Take action to support Obama’s Call to Defund Unneeded, ‘Exotic’ Weapons

Action Alert: Protest Attack Against Offices of Vía Campesina (Vía Campesina in Honduras)
Last night at 11:23 pm, during curfew which began at 10pm, unknown individuals driving a cream colour Toyota Turismo with the license plate PCA1981 fired bullets at the office of Vía Campesina located in the Alameda neighbourhood of Tegucigalpa. In addition to the recent attack on Vía Campesina, a bomb capable of killing 15 people went off in the building of the Beverage Workers Union. Both organizations are part of the National Front Against the Coup. Please take acton.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Israel to Free Ezra Nawi (Cecilie Surasky / Jewish Voice for Peace & Ethan Bronner / The New York Times)
Nawi, a Jewish Israeli of Iraqi descent, is a threat to the settlers and the Israeli government because he has brought international attention to efforts to illegally remove Palestinians from the Hebron region. His crime? He tried to stop a military bulldozer from destroying the homes of Palestinian Bedouins in the South Hebron region. Join Naomi Klein, Neve Gordon, Noam Chomsky and thousands of others and tell Israel not to jail Ezra Nawi, one of Israel’s most courageous human rights activists.

ACTION ALERT: Bombs Will Kill Women in Afghanistan (Sonali Kolhatkar / Afghan Women's Mission)
Eight years have passed since Laura Bush declared that "because of our recent military gains, women are no longer imprisoned in their homes" in Afghanistan. For eight years, that claim has been a lie.

ACTION ALERT: Tell President Obama to Make Drastic Nuclear Cuts
The Moscow Summit between President Obama and President Medvedev demonstrated improved US-Russian relations, but very modest progress on nuclear disarmament. President Obama promised “dramatic” cuts in nuclear arsenals in a new agreement with the Russians. The announcement that a new US-Russia treaty will seek to limit each side’s nuclear warheads to between 1,500 and 1,675 represents some progress, but it is far too modest. Send a message.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Funding for the F-22 (Matt Holland / TrueMajority / USAction & The New York Times)
Despite the objections of the Air Force, the Secretary of Defense, and you, the Senate is on track to pass a defense authorization bill that includes billions in extra spending on F-22 fighter jets we don't need. The full Senate will begin review of the bill right after this week's recess, and if we convince them to take the planes out, we can avoid an ugly confrontation.

ACTION ALERT: Nuclear Weapons: The Only Solution (Avaaz )
The only real solution to the proliferation crisis is the elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide. Take action and sign the petition calling for "Global Zero" and bring a powerful democratic voice to the US-Russia summit next week.

ACTION ALERT: Denounce the Human Rights Abuses in Honduras (COFADEH & School of the Americas Watch)
The situation in Honduras turned violent when over 10,000 people gathered in the streets to protest the coup Monday evening. Using tear gas, high-powered water and guns (it is still not clear whether soldiers were armed with rubber bullets or otherwise) many people were wounded and there has been one confirmed death in the capital, Tegucigalpa. In the capital, pro-coup marches are occurring, defended by the police and national guard.

ACTION ALERT: Israelis Attack Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
Last night, Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel.

ACTION ALERT: Condemn Honduran Coup and Restore Honduran President Zelaya (International Action Center / Centro de Acción Internacional)
Demand that the Barack Obama administration and the US Congress unequivocally condemn the unconstitutional and anti-democratic military coup in Honduras and insist that the military regime and the newly appointed but illegitimate president of Honduras restore President Zelaya to office, free all the imprisoned popular leaders and remove the curfew.

ACTION ALERT: Honduran Coup (Campaign for Labor Rights)
President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya confirmed he is in Costa Rica, as he was kidnapped by Honduran military officers, who dragged him from his residence. Zelaya's supporters are asking people to defend democracy by calling the State Department and White House to demand: A cut-off all military aid to Honduras until Pres. Zelaya and Chancellor Rodas are safely returned to office and support any international movements to bring the coup plotters to justice.

ACTION ALERT: Demand Afghanistan Exit in "Defense: Authorization Bill (David Swanson / After Downing Street)
Rep McGovern's amendment (HR 2404) to the Defense Authorization bill calls for an "exit strategy" to end US military involvement in Afghanistan. Although the right strategy remains to collect co-sponsors for the stand-alone bill, it is this amendment that will actually be voted on. Increasing the number of co-sponsors for HR 2404 will help raise visibility of the issue and make it more politically safe for Members to vote in favor of the amendment. Vote due today: Thursday!

ACTION ALERT: June 25 Torture Accountability Action Day
On June 25, demonstrations, vigils and actions will be held across the USA — in Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Anchorage, Pasadena, Bryn Mawr (Philly Area), Tampa, Thousand Oaks , Boston, and San Francisco — to demand that the individuals who debased our country by authorizing torture of foreign detainees and US citizens be held accountable for their actions.

ACTION ALERT: Only 3 More Votes Needed to Stop War Spending Bill (Voters for Peace & Democrats.com)
According to Democrats.com: "All 178 House Republicans plan to vote against the $100 billion Iraq/Af/Pak War Supplemental to protest $5 billion for the International Monetary Fund. That means 39 Democratic opponents could defeat the bill. 36 Democrats promised to vote no, so we only need 3 more." See below for action links and phone numbers.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the $106 Billion War Spending Supplemental
The Virtual Phonebank is a new tool that will connect your phone to each key office and even let you leave a message after hours. Ask all the fence-sitting congress members to vote No on the $106 billion war supplemental.

ACTION ALERT: Another Act of Domestic Terrorism (Kate Stayman-London / CREDO Action )
The deadly shooting at the Holocaust Museum underlines the urgency of finding ways to stop thes courge of gun violence in America. One action Congress can take is to close the gun show loophole that allows criminals and corrupt gun sellers to avoid the background checks required by the Brady Bill. Contact your representatives to let them know about your concern over the circumvention of gun legislation.

ACTION ALERT: Fire Casey: We Need a New Top Dog in the Army! (Winograd for Congress & PeaceTeam.net)
The headlines read — "Army Chief Says US Ready to be in Iraq 10 Years." Did General George Casey, the Army Chief of Staff, somehow miss the message of the Presidential election? Marcy Winograd, 36th congressional district candidate, reminds General Casey that the American people voted for a President who promised to get us out of Iraq, not to prolong the agony of occupation.

ACTION ALERT: June is Torture Awareness Mont (National Religious Campaign Against Torture)
The fight to end US-sponsored torture is not over. At noon on June 11, the National Religious Campaign Against Torture will sponsor a major religious public event in front of the White House asking President Obama to create a Commission of Inquiry. A broad community of religious organizations have made Torture Awareness Month resources available online. See below.

ACTION ALERT: Investigate Cheney's Iraq-Torture Scandal (Democrats.com)
Just five days after 9/11, Dick Cheney announced his plan to work "the dark side" on Meet the Press. For the next seven years, he fulfilled his promise through torture and other war crimes. Still, most of the Corporate Media refuses to cover the biggest scandal in American history. It's time for Congress to investigate the massive Iraq-Torture Scandal — and for the Department of Justice to prosecute Dick Cheney for creating it.

ACTION ALERT: Repeal the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (Center for Constitutional Rights &)
Last week, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Civil Liberties Defense Center and civil rights attorneys moved to dismiss the federal indictment against animal rights activists for "conspiracy to commit animal enterprise terrorism." Charges against the "AETA 4" include protesting, chalking the sidewalk, chanting and leafleting, and the alleged use of "the Internet to find information on bio-medical researchers." These actions are clearly protected by the First Amendment.

ACTION ALERT: National Protests Against US Torture on May 28 (Was Criminals Watch.org)
There is abundant evidence that war crimes were committed by the Bush Administration. Indeed more evidence appears on an almost daily basis. The question is very simple: Will any officials of the Bush administration who are responsible for the “war on terror” be indicted and held accountable for those crimes?

ACTION ALERT: National Protests Against US Torture on May 28 (Was Criminals Watch.org)
There is abundant evidence that war crimes were committed by the Bush Administration. Indeed more evidence appears on an almost daily basis. The question is very simple: Will any officials of the Bush administration who are responsible for the “war on terror” be indicted and held accountable for those crimes?

ACTION ALERT: KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers (Jeremy Scahill / The Nation)
The Department of Defense paid former Halliburton subsidiary KBR more than $80 million in bonuses for contracts to install electrical wiring in Iraq. The award payments were for the very work that resulted in the electrocution deaths of US soldiers, according to Department of Defense documents revealed today in a Senate hearing. ACTION: Sing a petition protesting the expenditure of taxpayer dollars to a company whose shoddy work is responsible for the deaths of US soldiers.

ACTION ALERT: Vets and Voters Oppose War Spending and Afghan Surge (Farah Stockman / The Globe Staff & Voters for Peace)
President Obama's $94.2 billion war-funding bill would support 21,000 additional combat troops and military trainers for Afgrhanistan. Representative James McGovern of Massachusetts — who has launched the only effort in the US House to oppose President Obama's plans for the Afghan war — received an unexpected boost of support yesterday from a group of Afghan and Iraqi war veterans, who raced around Capitol Hill lobbying for his bill. See ACTION ALERT in second story.

ACTION ALERT: US Military Fires an Arabic Linguist for Being Gay (Lieutenant Dan Choi / CREDO Action)
"I am gay." As an infantry officer, an Iraq combat veteran and a West Point graduate with a degree in Arabic, I refuse to lie to my commanders. I refuse to lie to my peers. I refuse to lie to my subordinates. As a result, the Army sent a letter discharging me on April 23. The letter is a slap in the face. It is a slap in the face to me, and it is a slap in the face to the soldiers who I have commanded and served with over the last decade.

ACTION ALERT: The Torture Testimony that Cheney is Trying to Drown Out (Sharon Kelly / Human Rights First)
Why is Dick Cheney suddenly making such a loud case for torture? His side of the debate is trying to drown out new evidence that torture actually weakened American security. Urge President Obama to set up a nonpartisan inquiry on torture to evaluate the full cost of abuses, look at how we got there, and come up with safeguards so we don't repeat the same mistakes.

ACTION ALERT: Help Stop the Sri Lankan Bloodbath (Avaaz.org)
Tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in a shrinking 3-square-kilometer conflict zone — bombarded by government artillery and used as human shields by Tamil Tiger rebels. The Japanese government, Sri Lanka's largest donor and closest regional partner, has the power to help stop this humanitarian disaster. Send a message to Japan´s Foreign Minister Nakasone demanding that Japan act to prevent further civilian deaths.

ACTION ALERT: Keep the Pork out of the Pentagon Budget (Matt Holland / True Majority)
The full Pentagon budget hasn't even been drafted yet. But some members of Congress are already trying to slip billions of dollars of pork-barrel weapons projects into the supplemental budget request for Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force doesn't want the C-17, and the Secretary of Defense explicitly asked to *cut* the planes from the budget. The only people who still want the planes are the contractors — and the politicians who accept the money of the weapons-makers lobbiests.

Pete Seeger Deserves One More Honor — the Nobel Peace Prize (Peter Dreier / Common Dreams)
More than 15,000 admirers celebrated Pete Seeger's 90th birthday with him at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, which included a greeting from President Barack Obama. Seeger's admirers have launched a campaign to nominate him for he Nobel Peace Prize. A petition signed by more than 28,000 individuals appears on a website designed to promote the singer/activist's nomination for the Nobel honor. It is well-deserved.

Hold Motorola Shareholders Accountable! (US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation)
After a year of the Hang Up On Motorola boycott campaign, Motorola's management still doesn't understand that they are responsible for their products systematically being used to violate Palestinian rights.

ACTION ALERT: Putting the Military to Work for the Environment (Green Living Tips)
If your green support group is planning an activity such as a local clean-up day or plant-a-tree activity, it's often quite easy to get some extra help from local military bases. All you have to do is draft a press release for the event, along with an invitation for all military members to attend.

ACTION ALERT: Impeach Torture-Memo Judge Jay Bybee (Kevin Zeese / Voters for Peace & Vincent Warren / Center for Constitutional Rights)
Bybee was the primary author of legal memoranda justifying torture during the Bush administration. When he was confirmed for the federal bench this information was denied. Now that Bybee's fundamental role is known, how can he remain a judge in the US federal courts? His lifetime appointment will continue the legacy of torture under President Bush, rather than put it behind us.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress: Fund Aid, Not War (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Next week, the House will consider President Barack Obama's request for billions of dollars to fund the war in Iraq and expand the war in Afghanistan. Although the president has laid out a strategy in Afghanistan that includes diplomacy and development, the vast majority of the funds in this war supplemental bill will be focused on military troops, guns, and ammunition.

A People’s Campaign to Defund the War (War Tax Boycott)
The War Tax Boycott was initiated in September 2007 by the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee. Last year more than 500 people around the US joined the War Tax Boycott ending April 15, 2008. They redirected more than $300,000 to humanitarian programs ranging for relief to survivors of Hurricane Katrina, support for Iraqi refugees in Jordan, and free food for hungry families in the US.

ACTION ALERT: Obama Proposes $83 Billion War Budget — Bigger than Bush (BBC News & Voters for Peace)
President Barack Obama is reportedly seeking $83.4 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year at the same time the US is facing an economic crisis unlike any it has seen 80 years. President Obama has introduced a military budget that is $21 billion larger than the Bush military budget. On top of this he is preparing to ask Congress for more war funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan — an additional $75.5 billion is expected. Please contact Washington at the link below.

ACTION ALERT: Protest US Arms Transfers to Israel (Amnesty International)
Amnesty International researchers visiting Gaza and southern Israel during and after the fighting found evidence of war crimes and violations of international law, some involving US weapons. Amnesty researchers this week confirmed a massive shipment of US weapons to Israel on March 22, despite clear evidence of Israeli human rights violations, some amounting to war crimes, including the use of US-made white phosphorous munitions. Contact the White House and State Department.

ACTION ALERT: What Happened to Obama's Campaign Promise of Peace? ( Josh Mitteldorf / OpEd News & Kevin M. Martin / Peace Action)
President Barack Obama has announced his plans to send another 21,000 troops to Afghanistan. This poorly conceived strategy continues failed Middle East policies where military engagement serves as the primary tool. The war weary American publics increasingly thinks that the Afghanistan war was a mistake. Take Action.

ACTION ALERT: US Opposes "Water as a Human Right" (Wenonah Hauter / Executive Director, Food & Water Watch)
We've flooded Congress with more than 17,000 messages objecting to the actions by US representatives at the World Water Forum in Turkey, which removed language declaring water as a human right and public good from the final ministerial document. Help us get to 50,000!

ACTION ALERT: Investigate Cheney's Personal "Assassination Ring" (The Pen & The Peace Team)
Remember when former Vice President used to claim that he constituted a peculiar fourth branch of government unto himself, claiming executive privilege as part of the executive branch? Now we learn that Dick Cheney reportedly ran his own private worldwide "assassination squad," reporting only to himself. Congress must launch its own investigation. The staggering criminality of the previous administration cannot be swept under the rug.

ACTION ALERT: Ask the President for a New Policy on Foreign Wars (Peace Action)
Six years ago today the US invaded Iraq. It is staggering to reflect on the losses both Americans and Iraqis have suffered. A million Iraqis have died in the past six years; and, according to the United Nations another 4.2 million have been displaced. We must remind our new President that it is not enough to shift away from the failed policies of the former administration and that he promised a completely new direction — a new path for American foreign policy and he can start with Afghanistan.

ACTION ALERT: March on the Pentagon This Weekend (Peace Action et al.)
The war in Afghanistan is escalating with 17,000 troops. More war will create greater instability and more threats to US national security. The U.S. has more effective tools to resolve these conflicts. Please join us this Saturday, March 21, 2009. Gather at 12 noon in Washington, DC for a rally followed by the march to the Pentagon, and then to the offices of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR (the former Halliburton subsidiary).

ACTION ALERT: Obama Posed for Decision on Afghanistan & 10 Reasons to End the Occupation of Afghanistan (Kevin B. Zeese / Voters for Peace)
President Obama is expected to make a final decision on his Afghanistan strategy next week. He is faced with widespread evidence of failure and a history of a country that has proven time and again to be "the grave yard of empires." It is time to bring US troops home.

ACTION ALERT: Prepare for Iraq War Anniversary on March 19 (Voters for Peace)
Voters for Peace is working with activists in the San Francisco Bay Area on a project to reduce the military budget by 25% as a first step toward putting the necessities of the American people before weapons. The goal of the campaign is to begin to cut the bloated U.S. military budget which makes up more than half of federal discretionary spending and equals the spending of the whole world combined. The initial goal is a 25% cut in the military budget.

ACTION ALERT: Criminal Prosecution and Accountability of Bush & Cheney (ProsecuteBushCheney.org)
Overwhelming evidence of probable cause for prosecutions is in the public realm, in some cases including public confessions and other evidence of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. No one should be denied a fair trial, but no trials should be delayed which are already compelled by the evidence. A prosecutorial investigation would be the most effective tool for producing additional evidence.

ACTION ALERT: US Still Fighting Two Wars (Voters for Peace)
The United States continues to find itself embroiled in two wars that are draining the strength of the country, already weakened by economic collapse and years of war. Iraq and Afghanistan present different challenges for the peace movement but both need our immediate attention.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Nightly Invasions of Palestinian Villages in the West Bank (Haggai Matar / New Profile & Anarchists Against the Wall)
"The following item provides detailed information on the current military onslaught against West Bank Palestinian villagers peacefully resisting the theft of their lands and livelihoods by Israel's "separation wall." It was compiled and circulated by activist Haggai Matar of Anarchists Against the Wall and New Profile."

ACTION ALERT: Demand a Truth Commission to Investigate Bush/Cheney Crimes (Jim Dean / Democracy For America)
Remember the last time a Republican President broke the law? Congress established the Church Commission to investigate Richard Nixon and Watergate. Presidential abuses that go unchecked and unquestioned, become legally-accepted precedent. Only if Congress takes action can we protect our country and the world from a lawless American President in the future.

ACTION ALERT: March 3 DC Demo — Why I’ll Get Arrested to Stop the Burning of Coal (Bill McKibben / Yale Environment 360)
Make history March 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Be part of the largest mass civil disobedience for the climate in US history. Environmentalist Bill McKibben will join demonstrators who plan to march on a coal-fired power plant in Washington DC. In his article for Yale Environment 360, McKibben explains why he’s ready to go to jail to protest the continued burning of coal.

ACTION ALERT: End the Recruitment of Child Soldiers (Larry Cox / Amnesty International USA)
Around the world today, children are not only war's victims, but also its combatants. Help us expose and bring to justice those who recruit and use child soldiers.

ACTION ALERT: Save our Economy: Cut the Military Budget (Progressive Democrats of America)
With the economy in awash in debt, there a major step that can be taken to help stem the tide — cutting wasteful military spending. Outdated weapons, weapons that don't work, hundreds of overseas military bases, and so on. Ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will save $162 billion. We can cut this budget by 25% and still maintain the most powerful military in the world. It's time to foucs on domestic needs. Send an email to Congress and the president. Take action now

ACTION ALERT: Request A Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney (Voters for Peace)
The US is a nation that holds that no one is above the law. If war crimes were committed, accountability is required. The world knows the US government violated international law in recent years. How does the US demonstrate adherence to the rule of law without investigating allegations of such violations and holding responsible those who have ignored the law? Please join the call for empowering a special prosecutor to examine these crimes as a means of restoring US respect for international law.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Sec. of State Clinton to Investigate Potential War Crimes in Gaza. (Amnesty International)
An Amnesty International research team recently found evidence of US-made weapons were used in Israel’s attack on the civilian residents of Gaza, including the misuse of white phosphorus munitions. Amnesty is urging concerned Americans to contract Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to demand that she immediately call for an investigation into Israel’s use of US weapons of mass destruction in Gaza.

ACTION ALERT: Obama’s Surge of Troops to Afghanistan (Peace Action & Credo Action)
President Obama was right when he said we need to focus more resources on Afghanistan. But rather than completing an examination of all available options, he has decided to deploy 17,000 more troops without a clear plan for turning things around. Sec. Gates and Obama announced plans to deploy an additional 17,000 troops — a 50 percent increase — despite the fact that the Pentagon has not determined a long term strategy for the conflict, including exit strategy.

ACTION ALERT: Help for the Congo (Mercy Corps)
21-year-old Elizabeth Aziza lives in a tent pitched at an orphanage on the outskirts of Goma, a city in eastern Congo that has seen its population swell by a quarter-million people over the last few months. Nearly all escaped their villages as they were attacked. Most lost their homes. Many saw their loved ones killed.

ACTION ALERT VICTORY! Nuclear Bailout Stripped from Stimulus Package! (Michael Mariotte / Nuclear Information and Resource Service)
After a deluge of public oppositions, including more than 10,000 letters to Congress in one week, the $50 Billion in taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors and "clean coal" plants has been stripped from the final economic stimulus bill. "Your actions made a huge difference," says Michael Mariotte, Executive Director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service.

Action Alert: No A Bailout for the Nuke Labs (Council for a Livable World)
Help prevent $1 billion in funding for nuclear weapons infrastructure programs. When the House of Representatives created its version of the economic stimulus bill, no funding for the nuclear weapons complex was included.

ACTION ALERT: Reject Nomination of Raytheon Lobbyist William Lynn (Voters for Peace)
The nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense, the chief operating officer of the Pentagon, is a lobbyist for Raytheon. William Lynn, is due $1.5 million in payouts for his work lobbying for the defense industry. This revolving door has to stop. We need to break the military-industrial complex and stop having defense contractors and their lobbyists working on the inside of the Pentagon.

ACTION ALERT: Sign the Treaties on Landmines and Cluster Bombs (Ban Mines USA & Friends Committee on National Legislation)
On December 3rd, as half of the world’s governments signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo, a spokeswoman for the Obama Transition Team said that the next president would “carefully review the new treaty.” Contact the White House to encourage swift action on signing this international treaty.

ACTION ALERT: No Taxpayer Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Reactors! (Michael Mariotte / Nuclear Information and Resource Service)
On January 27, the US Senate Appropriations Committee snuck in a late-night provision to the President's economic stimulus package that would allow as much as $50 BILLION tax dollars to be used as loan guarantees for constructing new nuclear reactors. This would be on top of the $18.5 Billion taxpayer dollars already authorized by Congress during the Bush administration. ALERT: Send letters to the Senate about this proposal.

ACTION ALERT: Jews for Gaza (Jews in Solidarity with Palestine)
Nearly a thousand women, men and children killed by US-made Israeli bombs. Thousands more wounded.1.5 million under siege for the past 18 months, without food, water, medicine, fuel. Collective punishment for resisting occupation; emergency aid blocked. Massive violations of international law. Apartheid wall. Racist oppression. Homes and land stolen. Forced into refugee camps. 60 years of occupation, from the river to the sea. We Say Enough!

ACTION ALERT: Join the Obamas and the Bidens for a Day of Service in Honor of Dr. King (Mercy Corps & Global Citizen Corp)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of freedom and justice for all. He knew that when people join together, they can make the world a better place.This Monday, January 19, please answer President-elect Obama's call to service. Join one of the many groups leading service projects to bring Dr. King's dream to life. Volunteer in your own community, or go online and lend your skills to those in need thousands of miles away.

US Prevents UN Condemnation of Israel; Jewish MP Compares Israel’s Attacks to Nazis (Yitzhak Benhorin / YNet & Sir Gerald Kaufman / House of Commons & George Galloway / House of Commons & Lynn Pollack / Jewish Voice for Peace)
Israel and the US succeeded in preventing a UN announcement condemning the Jewish state for its strike on a UN compound in Gaza. Meanwhile, Sir Gerald Kaufman, a member of Britain's a member of the Jewish Labour movement compared the actions of Israeli troops in Gaza to the Nazis who forced his family to flee Poland. Kaufman called for an arms embargo against Israel.Finally, Lynn Pollack of Jewish Voice for Peace, praises the Daily Show for speaking truth to power.

ACTION ALERT: Join the Obamas and the Bidens for a Day of Service in Honor of Dr. King (Mercy Corps & Global Citizen Corp)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed of freedom and justice for all. He knew that when people join together, they can make the world a better place.This Monday, January 19, please answer President-elect Obama's call to service. Join one of the many groups leading service projects to bring Dr. King's dream to life. Volunteer in your own community, or go online and lend your skills to those in need thousands of miles away.

ACTION ALERT: Canada's Shame: Conservative Government Stands Alone in Votes against Human Rights (Canadian Peace Alliance)
On January 12, 2008 the United Nations Human Rights Council voted to condemn the "massive violations of human rights" by Israel in Gaza. Thirty three countries voted in favour of the resolution and, shamefully, Canada was the only country to vote against. ACTION: Send a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

ACTION ALERT: Cast your Vote for the Global Elimination of Nuclear Weapons by 2020 (Change.org)
The Social networking site Change.org is hosting an open forum to determine the top 10 policy recommendations to the Obama administration. Please cast your vote calling for US Leadership to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Globally. The Final Round of Voting ends on Thursday, January 15.

ACTION ALERT: Want to End the Violence in Gaza? Boycott Israel (Naomi Klein / The Nation)
It's time. Long past time. The best strategy to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to apartheid in South Africa.

ACTION ALERT: CEASE FIRE NOW! (Gush Shalom / Haaretz & Avaaz & Toni O'Loughlin / The Guardian)
Israel's preeminent peace group writes: "The killing of hundreds of Palestinians and the destruction of the infrastructure of life in the Gaza Strip are abominable acts. Those who hope to reap electoral profits from them are greatly mistaken." Avaaz petition calls for Cease Fire in Gaza. And Israel's supreme court orders the government to allow the international media into Gaza to report on the effect of the air strikes on Palestinians.

ACTION ALERT: Peace Activists to Deluge White House with Tossed Shoes Wednesday, Dec. 17 (Code Pink & Shoes for Bush)
In solidarity with an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush at a Baghdad press conference Sunday, peace activists will gather outside the White House with bags of shoes representing Iraqis and U.S. soldiers who have died since the Bush Administration’s illegal invasion of Iraq. If you can't get to DC, you can mail shoes to the White House.

American Woman among 18 Abducted at Gunpoint by Israeli Troops in Gaza (Window to Palestine.blogspot.com)
Darlene Wallach, a human rights observer from San Jose, California, was among eighteen persons abducted off the coast of Gaza on November 18, 2008. All eighteen were fishing in Gaza waters in zones authorized for Palestinian fisherman by the Oslo agreements of 1993 and 1994. They were abducted at gunpoint by Israeli frogmen and taken to Israel, along with the fishing boats.

ACTION ALERT: Petition to Oppose a Bush “Self-Pardon” and Ten Reasons to Impeach Bush & Cheney (Bob Fertik / Democrats.com)
Democrats.com asked Americans to launch a massive movement against the possibility of the Bush administration issuing executive “self-pardons” to the president and top government officials — current and former. A petition to this effect was signed by more than 46,000 citizens and Congress took notice. On November 21, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) introduced H.Res. 1531 urging President Bush not to pardon senior administration officials for crimes the President authorized.

ACTION ALERT: Closing Guantanamo; Ending Torture (Human Rights First & Amnesty International & Virginia School of Law)
More than 65,000 people joined Human Rights First's call on the presidential candidates to declare that they would end torture. We won: President-elect Obama has clearly and repeatedly stated his opposition to torture. Amnesty International has set a human rights challenge to President Obama for his first 100 Days in office to set a closing date for Guantanamo Prison, issue an executive order banning torture and ensuring accountability for human rights violators.

ACTION ALERT: Letters to President Elect Obama: Support Troops, Honor Veterans (Peace Action & VoteVets.org)
Peace Action asks that Americans "remember Armistice Day and our Veterans by taking action to bring US troops home from the failed war on terrorism and support them when they are here. Sing the No Soldier Left Behind plan." Vote Vets writes: "Now is the time for President-Elect Obama to show the nation that he recognizes it is important to bring our greatest veterans into his administration. One way he can do that is to name Max Cleland and Tammy Duckworth to a role in his administration."

ACTION ALERT: Obama Plans to Close Guantanamo as Amnesty Action Calls for Public Pressure (Matt Apuzzo & Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press & Amnesty International)
President-elect Barack Obama's advisers are crafting plans to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and prosecute terrorism suspects in the US a plan that the Bush administration said was easier said than done. Meanwhile, Amnesty International has announced a "100 Days Campaign" to restore America's commitment to human rights by (1) closing Gitmo, (2) banning government torture, and (3) creating a commission to investigate human rights crimes committed by the government.

ACTION ALERT: Send a Million Messages to Brack Obama (Avaaz.org)
This is a time for celebration of democracy, but already the sharks are starting to circle — oil companies, war contractors, conservative lobbyists, and the powerful neo-con clique that brought us the war in Iraq are looking for ways to dim the prospects for change. Obama has promised national unity, and these interests will ask a high price for that unity. Global messages of hope and and an invitation to work with the new President — will be displayed on a giant wall in Washington.

ACTION ALERT: Condemn Expanded US War on Syrian and Pakistan (International Action Center)
All who want to stop the Bush White House from starting another war should immediately protest the unilateral, unjustifiable and criminal October 26 U.S. assaults on Syrian and Pakistani sovereignty. Don’t let Bush get away with expanded war crimes in the Middle East. Condemn his efforts to hand a wider war to the next administration.

ACTION ALERT — On Oct. 27: Protest AFRICOM at the IPOA Summit in DC (Resist Africom.com)
The meeting of the International Peace Operations Association (IPOA) follows on the heels of the Pentagon's October 17 commemoration ceremony for the newly established US Africa Command at AFRICOM's headquarters — at a US base in Stuttgart, Germany. An African Union representative pledged support for AFRICOM's agenda and Mali announced plans for FLINTLOCK, a joint-US military exercise set for November 3-20.

ACTION ALERT: Why the Bailout Vote May Fail Help Make Sure it Does! (David Swanson / OpEd News.com & Michael Moore)
oday's vote on the Paulson Plunder Act of 2008 may fail. It should. You should help block it by phoning your representative and promise to vote for them in November only if they vote NO on this grand larceny today. We do have a chance at winning on this and blocking this bill. Here's why.

ACTION ALERT: 9/11 War Crimes Tribunal: The Truth Can Move Us Forward (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich / US House of Representatives)
America must move from the errant, retributive justice of 9/11 to a healing, restorative process of truth and reconciliation. Before the Congress adjourns, I will bring forth a proposal to establish a National Commission on Truth and Reconciliation, with the power to compel testimony and gather official documents to reveal not only the underlying deception which has divided us, but in that process of truth-seeking, set our nation on a path of reconciliation.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the India/US Nuclear Weapons Deal (Andrew Lichterman / Disarmament Acticist.org)
The imminent US/India nuclear weapons agreement will undermine an already shaky Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) regime by giving a country that developed nuclear weapons outside the Treaty the benefits of international nuclear trade. In general, the deal reinforces the legitimacy of nuclear weapons and weakens global rule of law. Write to Congress today.

ACTION ALERT: Impeachment Advocates Meet in Andover (David Swanson / Global Research & Afterdowningstreet.org)
Next weekend in Andover, Mass., a group of attorneys, academics, and activists will gather to plan the prosecution of Dick Cheney, George Bush, and the lawyers and advisors who, together with them, are responsible for war crimes. The conference is open to the public and expected to be well attended. For details, see: http://war-crimes. Info

ACTION ALERT: Stop the War on Freedom in the Streets of Denver (Troops Out Now Coalition)
In the past few days, Denver police have engaged in deliberate provocations and violence against activists. On Monday night, they began beating and pepper spraying protesters and engaging in illegal mass arrests. On Tuesday, they clubbed and arrested Denver activist Carlo Garcia and Code Pink member Alicia Forrest. The only acts of violence taking place in Denver are being committed by police trying to silence dissent. Check out the online videos.

ACTION ALERT: Conyers Calls Special Hearings on Evidence Cheney Faked WMD Evidence and Bush Lied (Ralph Lopez / Impeachment Left to Right & Ron Suskind / The Huffington Post)
House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers has taken the unusual step of calling his committee back from summer recess to investigate charges that the Bush administration forged a letter falsely linking Saddam to WMDs and 9/11. ACTION ALERT: Call congress; contact the media; deliver ONE MILLION signatures to Congress by September 18 urging them to exercise their Constitutional authority and "mandate to hold this President - and all future Presidents accountable."

ACTION ALERT: Nuke Bombers Seen Refueling over US; Massive US Naval Armada in Gulf (Robert N Smith (USN Retired) & Stop War on Iran)
A retired military officer expresses alarm at the sighting of a nuclear-capable B-52 refueling at unusually low altitude over eastern Tennessee — with air-to-surface missiles clearly visible on its wings. Meanwhile, the US and Britain are assembling the largest military armada since WWII as the US increases its threats over Iran's nuclear energy program. ACTION: Copy and send the list of US warships in the region to your representatives and demand an accounting of this Washington's plans.

ACTION ALERT: Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembrance Events Nationwide
August 6th and 9th will mark the 63rd anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Expanding the traditional anniversary period will allow more opportunities for groups to plan and organize events focusing on all aspects of the nuclear issue. Activities are scheduled across the country, from the Livermore nuclear weapons lab in California to Washington DC. For a complete list of events, check the Nuclear Free Future Web site.

ACTION ALERT: August Declared Nuclear-Free Future Month (Western States Legal Foundation)
August 6th and 9th 2008 will mark the 63rd anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Expanding upon the traditional anniversary period, United for Peace and Justice, the largest anti-war coalition in the country, has declared August "Nuclear-Free Future Month."

ACTION ALERT: August Declared Nuclear-Free Future Month (Western States Legal Foundation)
August 6th and 9th 2008 will mark the 63rd anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Expanding upon the traditional anniversary period, United for Peace and Justice, the largest anti-war coalition in the country, has declared August "Nuclear-Free Future Month."

ACTION ALERT: Pelosi 'Would Impeach' Bush Given 'Evidence' of Crimes. Like Iraqi 'Prisoner Boxes'? (David Swanson / After Downing Street & The Memory Hole)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told "The View" today that she'd impeach George W. Bush if anybody knew of a crime he'd committed. Please fax copies of Hon. Dennis Kucinich's articles of impeachment to the House Speaker. Many other document detailing Bush's crimes against international law and the US Constitution are readily available on the Internet. See below for additional resources.

ACTION ALERT: Protest War and US/Israel Plans to Attack Iran
The threat of a US/Israeli attack against Iran is growing — but so is grassroots opposition. What we do in the next few days and weeks can make a difference. In Congress, support is growing for House Resolution 362 and Senate Resolution 580, both of which call for a air, sea, and land blockade of Iran — an act of war. On July 22, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned that Iran had two weeks to halt its development of nuclear energy. That deadline expires on August 5. Prepare to act on August 2!

ACTION ALERT: CBS Fakes News to Cover Up McCain's Errors (Moveon.org)
CBS let down the public by covering up John McCain's lack of understanding about Iraq. CBS should correct the record by airing what McCain actually said and explaining why he was flat-out wrong. Watch the side-by-side CBS coverage, which substituted an edited response in place of McCain's actural, error-ridden, reply to a question from CBS anchor Katie Couric. Sign the petition demanding that CBS acknowledge the falsification and pledge to present the news unaltered.

ACTION: COINTELPRO Comes to My Town: My First-Hand Experience With Government Spies (Dave Zirin / Op Ed News)
I have been a target of state police surveillance for activities — in my case against the death penalty — that were legal, non-violent, and, so we assumed, constitutionally protected. In classified reports compiled by the Maryland State Police and the Department of Homeland Security our seditious crimes, as reported by a police infiltrator named "Lucy," involved such acts as planning to set up a table at the local farmer's market and writing up a petition.

ACTION ALERT: Congress to Vote on New Impeachment Resolution (Vote To Impeach & Democrats.com & Impeach for Change)
More than a million citizens have signed a petition supporting a Congressional resolution to impeach George W. Bush. The resolution has seven cosponsors and has been endorsed by several Republicans. Growing pressure has forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconsider the "Constitutional remedy." Pelosi recently warned that the deepening political crisis "is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate."

ACTION ALERT: Congress to Vote on New Impeachment Resolution (Vote To Impeach & Democrats.com & Impeach for Change)
More than a million citizens have signed a petition supporting a Congressional resolution to impeach George W. Bush. The resolution has seven cosponsors and has been endorsed by several Republicans. Growing pressure has forced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to reconsider the "Constitutional remedy." Pelosi recently warned that the deepening political crisis "is, in many ways, more serious than the Constitutional crisis surrounding Watergate."

ACTION ALERT: Stop Plans for Attack on Iran (Friends Committee on National Legislation & Stop War on Iran.org)
The battlefield for a U.S.-Iran war is being prepared, but, with your help, we can still prevent an all-out war. 221 representatives in Congress are on record supporting a U.S. partial land, sea, and air blockade of Iran. A blockade, even a partial one, is an act of war. Find out if your representative is a cosponsor of H. Con. Res. 362: http://action.fcnl.org/r/16230/45326/ .

ACTION ALERT: A Resolution Opposing War on Iran (No War on Iran Coalition-Chicago)
BE IT RESOLVED, That the City Council of the City of Chicago does hereby urge the Illinois Congressional delegation to clearly express the will of the people of Chicago in opposing any US attack on Iran, and urging the Bush Administration to pursue diplomatic engagement with that nation. This model resolution could be submitted to city councils across the nation.

ACTION ALERT: Conyers: Stop the War Crimes (Gordon Prather / AntiWar.com)
The House of Representatives has voted to refer the Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush to the House Judiciary Committee. There is still time for Rep. John Conyers to hold nationally televised hearings on Article VI to indict Bush for "invading Iraq in violation of the requirements of HJ Resolution 114 – and on Article VIII" and for ‘"invading Iraq, a sovereign nation, in violation of the UN Charter" and US law." Encourage Conyers to take action.

ACTION ALERT: Former US Attorney-General Calls for Impeachment of Bush-Cheney (Hon. Ramsey Clark & ImpeachBush.org & Vote to Impeach.org)
Ramsey Clark writes: "Impeachment is not a political question. Impeachment is a constitutional duty. George Bush has deliberately, falsely and systematically mislead the Congress and the American people concerning the most criminal, costly and harmful acts of his administration, leading us to war, tragic loss of human life, the devastation of Iraq, military expenses reaching trillions of dollars, disruption of the economy that will take decades to overcome."

ACTION ALERT: World Cant Wait on Impeachment (Debra Sweet / The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime)
On June 9, Dennis Kucinich introduced 35 articles of impeachment for President Bush. Robert Wexler co-sponsored. Kucinich introduced articles of impeachment on Vice President Cheney in April 2007. contact everyone you can about the need to repudiate these criminals. We want a situation where no president, and no government can get away with what the Bush regime has done, because people living in this country will not accept it!

Veterans for Peace Demand Impeachment of President Bush and Protest in John Conyers' Office (After Downing Street)
On June 11, 2008, members of the Veterans for Peace (VFP) organization held a press conference, at 1 PM, on Capitol Hill, demanding the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The event took place in room 1629 of the Longworth House Office building.

Veterans for Peace Demand Impeachment of President Bush and Protest in John Conyers' Office (After Downing Street)
On June 11, 2008, members of the Veterans for Peace (VFP) organization held a press conference, at 1 PM, on Capitol Hill, demanding the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The event took place in room 1629 of the Longworth House Office building.

Veterans for Peace Demand Impeachment of President Bush and Protest in John Conyers' Office (After Downing Street)
On June 11, 2008, members of the Veterans for Peace (VFP) organization held a press conference, at 1 PM, on Capitol Hill, demanding the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The event took place in room 1629 of the Longworth House Office building.

Veterans for Peace Demand Impeachment of President Bush and Protest in John Conyers' Office (After Downing Street)
On June 11, 2008, members of the Veterans for Peace (VFP) organization held a press conference, at 1 PM, on Capitol Hill, demanding the impeachment of President George W. Bush. The event took place in room 1629 of the Longworth House Office building.

ACTION ALERT: Support Rep. Kucinich's Call for Impeachment (Democrats.com & Raw Story & Reuters)
History is in the making: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is on the floor of the House reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush. We've waited years to find one Member of Congress brave enough to stand up for our Constitution. Kucinich, a former presidential candidate, accused Bush executing a "calculated and wide-ranging strategy" to deceive citizens and Congress into believing that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.

How to Make a Citizen's Arrest of a War Criminal (After Downing Street.com)
A 7-point guide to identifying, tracking down and arresting more than a dozen Bush administration war criminals. Among the tips: "Apprehend and handcuff the war criminal. Read the war criminal their rights, rights they have denied others." But be aware that a person who makes a citizen's arrest risks exposure to possible lawsuits or criminal charges.

ACTION ALERT: Close Down Guantanamo
n January 11, 2002, the US transferred the first detainees to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Five years later, despite widespread international condemnation, hundreds of people of more than 30 nationalities remain there. Amnesty activists all over the world will mobilize to call for the closure of the prison facilities at Guantánamo.

ACTION ALERT: Why In the World Would They Destroy Hawaii...On Purpose? (Cathy Garger / OpEd News)
Please read below about the Army's and Navy's plans to do their training and "play war" inside Paradise, while only further destroying the natural resources and life forms within the Pacific Ocean and Hawaiian Islands. Then please help educate others in your own circle of influence about what is going down in the land of Aloha.

ACTION ALERT: Czech Hunger Strike over US Radar Base Spreading around World (Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space & UFPJ)
In Prague, Jan Tamas and Jan Bednar (who is now suffering kidney failure) are into their second week of the hunger strike as part of an effort to give voice to the 70% of Czech citizens who oppose the deployment of the US Star Wars radar. The hunger strike has now spread throughout Europe and other parts of the world including the US. Bruce Gagnon who coordinates the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, joined the hunger strike on May 24.

ACTION ALERT: US Mayors Call for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament (Mayors for Peace)
The US Conference of Mayors will be holding its annual meeting in Miami June 20-24. Mayors for Peace is asking cities across the US to support resolutions "Opposing Military Intervention in Iran" and "Supporting Elimination of Nuclear Weapons."

ACTION ALERT: Hunger Strikers Face Death to Protest US ‘Occupation’ of Czech Republic (NonViolence.cz & EuropeForPeace.eu & No Bases Initiative)
Jan Bednar's health conditions are deteriorating. He is on his 13th day of hunger strike against the military occupation of the Czech Republic by the United States, part of the Star Wars project. The medical team, his friends and family and sympathizers from all over the world have pleaded with him to stop. Nevertheless he is determined to continue.

ACTION ALERT: Demand US Health Care for Women Veterans
Thousands of female veterans are routinely denied appropriate physical and mental health care as well as treatment for rape and sexual trauma suffered in the course of war at the hands of their male counterparts and commanding officers. The Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2008 (S.2799), introduced in the Senate last month, will dramatically increase the care available to our women veterans.

ACTION ALERT: Conyers to Bush: Iran Attack = Impeachment (Hon. John Conyers / US House of Representatives)
Please call your Congress Member and ask them to co-sign a letter to President Bush from House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers threatening impeachment if Bush attacks Iran. Below is a note from Conyers asking his colleagues to co-sign. Below that is the letter to Bush.

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 in America. And he’s not stopping there — he’s trying to ban ALL offshore wind farms within 1.5 miles of any shipping lane, even though oil platforms can be built within 500 feet of shipping lanes. Act Now and Tell Congress block Big Oil's efforts to sabotage wind energy.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Navy Noise. Feb. 21 Deadline (International Marine Mammal Project, Earth Island Institute)
The US Navy is again taking aim at our oceans, asking for special permission to conduct their annual Anti-Submarine Warfare training exercises off the coast of Hawai'i this summer, called RIMPAC (Rim of the Pacific). This is important marine mammal habitat, especially for endangered humpback whales and the Hawai'ian monk seal.

ACTION ALERT: Defend the Constitution from NSA Spying and PATRIOT ACT Abuses (American Civil Liberties Union)
As the Debate on the US PATRIOT Act nears a finish, the battle to defend traditional Constitutional rights and liberties continues as Americans demand answers on the NSA's unwarrented spying on US citizens. Meanwhile, new photos of torture at Abu Ghraib underscore the need for a Special Prosecutor. And, the VA charges a nurse with "sedition" for an editorial criticizing George W. Bush.

A Global Petition for a Nuclear-Free Middle East (Abolition 2000, Mayors for Peace & Others)
An appeal from the world's parlimentarians and civil society to leaders in Washington, Teheran, Europe and the UN. The proliferation of nuclear weapons is possibly the single greatest threat to civilisation. Nations that possess large nuclear arsenals cannot consistently or credibly call for others to eliminate or cease the pursuit of nuclear weapons arsenals of their own while not moving to eliminate their own nuclear weapons. Please read and sign the petition.

ACTION ALERT: Women's Call for Peace (Anuradha Mittal / The Oakland Institute Reporter)
From now until March 8, International Women's Day, we will be gathering over 100,000 signatures on the Urgent Call for Peace in Iraq. On March 8, we will deliver the signatures to the UN, US embassies, consulates, and federal offices all over the world. This is your opportunity to unite with women everywhere to voice your opposition to the illegal war in Iraq.

ACTION ALERT: Call to Investigate Illegal Spying (The MoveOn.org Political Action Team)
It now appears that President Bush conducted illegal wiretaps on American citizens. We're calling for a special prosecutor to investigate. Can you help reach 250,000 signers before Congress holds hearings on this matter in early February?

Iraqis, US Bishops, Walter Cronkite Call for US Withdrawal (Act for Change & LA Times & Associated Press)
In a remarkable concensus, leaders of Iraq's new government, a coalition of US Bishops and former CBS News icon Walter Cronkite have all called for the US to end its occupation and withdrwal from Iraq. At the Arab League Conference, Iraq's representatives declared that opposition forces in Iraq have a "legitimate right" to oppose the US occupation.

ACTION ALERT: Save Iraq's Academics (Petition Online.com)
A little-known aspect of the tragedy engulfing Iraq is the systematic liquidation of the country's academics. Even according to conservative estimates, more than 250 educators have been assassinated, and many hundreds more have disappeared.

ACTION ALERT: Out of Iraq Actions in 130 Cities on January 7
Local organizations have planned over 130 Out of Iraq events around the country on or about January 7th. Most of the events are town hall forums, and several will feature members of Congress.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Jan. 7 Plutonium Rocket Launch Plan (The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
A demonstration is scheduled for January 7 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to protest NASA’s planned launch of the New Horizons space probe that will carry 24 pounds of radioactive plutonium on a mission to Pluto.  NASA acknowledges that there is a 1-in-300 chance of an accident resulting in release of the plutonium that blanket a 60-mile radius of Central Florida.  Clean-up costs for a plutonium accident could hit $1.3 billion per-square-mile. 

ACTION ALERT: Jan. 7 Events to Support a Resolution to Investigate Impeachable Offenses (Hon. John Conyers, Jr. / US House of Representatives)
I am taking steps against the Bush Administration’s handling of the Iraq War and its collection of intelligence. I am going to need you to stand with me in fighting for accountability. Join Rep. John Conyers, Jr. to demand censure for Bush and Cheney and to call for the creation of a Special Committee to investigate impeaching the Bush Administration for its widespread abuses of power.

ACTION ALERT: 9/11 Treason Independent Prosecutor Act (AND 150)
A peoples' petition calling for the creation of an independent Special Prosecutor investigation of the role of government officials in the events leading up to the 9/11 attack. AND a list of more than 150 reported facts that provide grounds for such an investigation.

ACTION ALERT: Happy Blue Year: Vote with Your Wallet (Gar Smith / Common Ground magazine)
Here's a resource to help you stop supporting companies that don't support your values. Use the Buy Blue Web site to identigy and reward companies that have a triple bottom line: People, Planet and Profit.

ACTION ALERT: 9/11 Treason Independent Prosecutor Act (AND 150 "Smoking Gun" Facts that Justify an Independent Investigation)
A peoples' petition calling for the creation of an independent Special Prosecutor investigation of the role of government officials in the events leading up to the 9/11 attack. AND a list of more than 150 reported facts that provide grounds for such an investigation.

ACTION ALERT! Contact Bush Before His Sunday Speech to Nation (CPT Net)
George W. Bush will be making a rare address from the Oval Office this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to speak about his invasion of Iraq. The Christian Peacemaker Team has been active in Iraq (four of their members have been taken hostage) and, from their first-hand experience, they are suggesting some issues that Mr. Bush needs to address.

ACTION ALERT!: Last Chance to Stop PATRIOT Act (American Civil Liberties Union)
This week, the long-expected showdown over the Patriot Act may begin — and end — on the floor of Congress. The bipartisan outcry for real reform has never been stronger, but your phone calls are urgently needed today, to urge your Senators to stand fast and oppose the flawed bill now headed for a vote.

ACTION ALERT: Protest US Aid to Indonesian Military (East Timor & Indonesia Action Network)
In a surprising and appalling move, the State Department waived all legislated restrictions on US military assistance for Indonesia on November 22. For the first time in over a decade, the Indonesian military is now eligible to receive Pentagon weapons and training without any specific human rights or other conditions.

Save the Christian Peacemaker Team Hostages (American Society of Friends, and Many Others)
Four kidnapped members of the Christian Peacemaker Team — Tom Fox, James Loney, Norman Kember, and Harmeet Sadoon — who are currently being held by the Swords of Righteousness Brigade in Iraq. They face the possibility of execution in retaliation for the US detention of thousands of Iraqi citizens. Please send letters and sign the enclosed petitions.

ACTION ALERT: National Call-In Day on Iraq War — Tuesday, Dec. 6 (United for Peace and Justice & Win Without War)
On Tuesday, December 6, Congress will reconvene in Washington, DC — and United for Peace and Justice, in conjunction with Win Without War, is calling for a massive national grassroots call-in day against the war. On Saturday, December 10, leaders of the peace movement against the Iraq war from the US, the UK, and Iraq will meet to in London to strategize on coordinated campaigns to end the occupation.

A Call to Support the National Guard (Citizen Soldier Family Support Foundation)
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many National Guard forces returned home to after serving in Iraq to find their homes destroyed and their families living in shelters. Soldiers' families are sleeping on floors with only one or two outfits of clothes to wear. They have lost f their personal belongings amd ,ost have no jobs to return to. The Bush administration has failed to meet their needs. Now it is up to private charities like the CSFSF to provide aid and comfort.

ACTION ALERT: White House Hijacks Patriot Reform (ACLU — Calls Are Needed TODAY!)
All that is standing between a terrible Patriot Act bill and its imminent passage are the demands of ordinary freedom-loving Americans. A final vote is expected in the House and Senate THIS WEEK, so we need you to call your Members of Congress as soon as you can. Take action now and and tell them to vote NO on the Patriot Act reauthorization bill

ACTION ALERT: Students Face Repression: Arrested for Challenging Military Recruiters (Traprock Peace Center)
On November 14, Retired Chicago Police Officer Leon Bowens, now a Security Officer at Chicago’s Harold Washington College, forcibly dragged two students out of a Nov. 9 job fair for the crime of asking questions. Contact the university to demand respect for our First Amendment rights

Save Stan "Tookie" Williams from Execution (Save Tookie.org)
Tookie Williams, who the State of California wants to execute December 13th -- 5 short weeks away! Williams founded the Crips gang in LA the early 1970s, was convicted of murder. In prison, he experienced redemption and managed to broker a historic peace between waring gangs. He has written nine childrens' books advocating peace and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. State-sanctioned murder is no solution to violence.

Guantanamos in Europe? Washington Post Covers-up CIA’s ‘Black Sites’ (Der Spiegal Online & FAIR)
The Washington Post has reported that the CIA may be using secret locations in Europe to interrogate prisoners in America’s war against terror. Despite the illegality of this secret program, the Post announced that it was Pnot publishing the names of the Eastern European countries involved in the covert program, at the request of senior US officials." Contact the Post to request full exposure.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Navy’s Noise! (Mark J. Palmer / International Marine Mammal Project)
On November 16, the California Coastal Commission and the federal Marine Mammal Commission will consider permitting the use of high-powered Navy sonar systems off the Pacific Coast. These systems are known to harrass, injure and kill whales and other marine mammals. Letters from the public are needed by November 14.

ACTION ALERT: Nov. 9th Deadline Act Now To Expose the War Lies!
Rep. Kucinich's Resolution of Inquiry (H. Res. 505) would require release of key documents from the White House Iraq Group (WHIG). The House International Relations Committee, (H.I.R.C.) will vote on H. Res. 505 at 10:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 9th.

A People's Petition for an Iraq Peace Process (Progressive Democrats of America)
We have waited too long for the Bush administration to come up with an exit strategy. More than 2,000 Americans and more that 100,000 Iraqi civilians have died in this illegal war. Peace talks must begin now so that we can bring the troops home safely and soon.

Sacramento Council Votes: "Bring Troops Home!" (Phillip Reese / Sacramento Bee)
The city council of Sacramento, the capitol of the nation's most populous state, has called for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, citing the deaths of more than 2,000 soldiers and the diversion of billions of tax dollars spent on the war, "including an estimated $300 million from Sacramento alone." Cities for Peace reports that Sacramento joins more than 60 other cities, including Chicago and Philadelphia, in passing a Bring the Troops Home Now! Resolution. ACTION ALERT: See how to introduce a resolution in your community.

Breaking tradition, Carter Rips Bush's Policies (Chuck Raasch / Gannett News Service)
Former President Jimmy Carter said Thursday that "fundamentalism" under George W. Bush has resulted in a "dramatic and profound and unprecedented change" in American policy that threatens the United States at home and abroad. ACTION ALERT: Urge Congress to support a Resolution of Inquiry into the falsification of information used to mislead the nation into war. Vote Deadline: November 9th!

ACTION ALERT: Young Americans Gather on Non-Proliferation (Carah Ong / Nuclear Age Peace Foundation & Americans for Informed Democracy)
On November 5, students from across the United States will be assembling in Washington, DC, for a major conference at American University aimed at putting nuclear non-proliferation and other critical global security issues on the US agenda.

URGENT ACTION ALERT!!!: Save The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Act for Change)
In the next 24 hours, Congress will decide whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling for the first time ever. Will your senators and representative vote to preserve the crown jewel of our nation's wildlife sanctuaries? It's up to us to stop them -- and our great-grandchildren are likely to read about this decision in their history books.

ACTION ALERT: Resolution of Inquiry on White House Iraq Group (Marcia Martinez / Bellaciao)
ep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) has introduced a Resolution of Inquiry to demand the White House turn over all white papers, minutes, notes, emails or other communications kept by the White House Iraq Group, the little-known agency whose "hyped intelligence" was "critical in selling the Administration’s case for war."

ACTION ALERT: Torture Permission to be Slipped into Law? (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Supporters of the McCain anti-torture amendment to the military spending bill have no time to enjoy the amendment’s overwhelming 90-9 bi-partisan passage in the Senate. The president has threatened to use his first veto to secure his power to invoke torture as a political tool, despite domestic and international law.

ACTION ALERT: When the 2,000th Soldier Dies in Iraq (United for Peace and Justice, American Friends Service Committee, Gold Star Families for Peace)
The day is coming soon when the 2,000th US soldier will have died in Iraq. After Downing Street supports United for Peace and Justice, American Friends Service Committee, Gold Star Families for Peace, Military Families Speak Out, CODEPINK, and Global Exchange in calling for actions on that day.

ACTION ALERT: Demonstrate on 2,000th Death; Demonstrate on Nov. 2 (United for Peace & The World Can't Wait)
How many more US soldiers and Iraqis must give their lives before our government finally admits that the war against Iraq was wrong and it's time to bring our troops home now? United for Peace calls for demos on the day that the 2,000th US soldier dies in Iraq. AND a message from The World Can't Wait calls on signers of the “Statement of Conscience Against War and Repression” to prepare for nationwide demonstrations against the war and domestic injustice on November 2.

ACTION ALERT: US Air Base in Okinawa (Kelly Dietz / Futenma-Henoko Action Network.)
Negotiations over a controversial plan to build its 38th military air base in Okinawa — a massive offshore facility that would be constructed atop a coral reef in Okinawa's Henoko Bay — have reached a critical stage. Construction would cause irreversible destruction to the marine eco-system and fishing resources in Henoko Bay.

ACTION ALERT: Sign My Petition to Bring the Troops Home (Hon. Barbara Boxer / US Senate)
During the week of October 17th, I will knock on the White House door to deliver our petition calling on President Bush to level with the American people and provide an honest, credible success strategy for Iraq, with benchmarks to measure our progress and a target date for withdrawing our brave men and women in uniform.

ACTION ALERT: The 2020 Energy Plan (Hon. Harry Reid / US House of Representatives)
The Democrats have introduced a 2020 Energy Independence plan that will reduce our reliance on foreign oil over the next 15 years. Our plan will create innovative new jobs and build a cleaner, greener, and stronger America. You can read the details of our 2020 Energy Plan below.

ACTION ALERT: Block Bunker Buster Nuclear Weapon

Keep Space for Peace Week: Oct. 1-9, 2005 (Global Netowrk Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space)
The Bush administration is preparing to militarize space with lasers; attack vehicles that descend on targets from space; killer satellites; and tungsten rods fired from space platforms that would strike at speeds of over 7,000 mph to penetrate underground targets. A week of global proest has been organized to oppose these plans.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Your Rep. to Cosponsor the Iraq STEP Resolution (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
In the next few weeks, Congress will be voting to approve at least $50 billion in additional funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. FCNL’s Iraq STEP proposal, now has 25 cosponsors, 23 Democrats and two Republicans. But that is not nearly enough.

Conscientious Objection — It Takes Courage! (I Will Not Kill.org)
As a young person concerned about my future and the future of all young people, I pledge that: I WILL NOT KILL I will not go to war. I will not support war against other nations. I will resist recruitment into the military. I will encourage others to do the the same.

A Rising Storm of Opposition to War (Ron Kovic / International ANSWER)
ANSWER has secured the permit for a massive march that will go directly on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House for the first time in many years, and then onto the FBI and the Justice Department. Join the massive united action at the White House on the morning of the 24th.

Help Oppose Nuclear Ignition Facility (Marylia Kelly / Tri-Valley CARES)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Livermore) and Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Tracy) have written a letter to provide funding and support for the National Ignition Facility, a nuclear weapons design tool under construction at the Livermore nuclear weapons Lab. This is a dangerous move that must be protested.

ACTION ALERT: Help Build Bushville in DC on 9/11/05 (Bushville.org)
On 9/11, survivors of Katrina participated in a nonviolent act of Civil Disobedience by beginning the construction of an encampment on the Washington DC Mall. FEMA views Katrina survivors like diseased cattle. Bushville, DC will force politicians and reporters to see them every day. We may be few on 9/11, but Bushville, DC will grow.

ACTION ALERT: Flowers Not Landmines (Adopt-A-Minefield.org)
Organic Bouquet Uses Flowers to Help Fundraise for Adopt-A-Minefield® Efforts to A company called Organic Bouquet is using flowers to help fundraise for the efforts of Adopt-A-Minefield® to clear minefields, provide assistance to landmine survivors and raise awareness of the global landmine crisis.

ACTION ALERT: Support H Res 375 (Needed: A Congressional Investigation of the Downing Street Memo)
H Res 375 will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq." H Res 375 will be acted on in the International Relations Committee between today and Sept. 15.

ACTION ALERT: Help Camp Casey Help Hurricane Victims (Dennis Kyne / Vets for Peace)
When protestors left Camp Casey on the road outside George W. Bush's Texas ranch, they made sure that the leftover supplies were put to good use. While Mr. Bush was flying off to Washington, US vets were hauling Camp Casey's stockpiles of food, water and survival gear to hurricane victims in Covington, Louisiana. More help is needed.

ACTION ALERT: Help House Hurricane Victims (MoveOn.org & The Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign)
MoveOn.org has a web site that will show you how to help. AND: Over the summer, hundreds of thousands of people with life-threatening illnesses lost their health care coverage in Tennessee. It was the largest health care cuts in US history and the Bush administration wants to use this as the model for Medical cuts across the country.

ACTION ALERT: Petition and Ad — Tell Bush to Meet with Gold Star Mom (Moveon.org)
In support of Cindy Sheehan, the Gold Star Mom who is protesting her son's death in Iraq on the road to George W. Bush's Crawford Ranch, MoveOn.org is asking citizens to sign a petition calling on Bush to meet with Sheehan. MoveOn will publish the number of signers and the best comments in a full two-page spread in the Sunday newspaper nearest to Crawford. The deadline to sign on is 3:00 PM Friday.

Mr. Bush: Talk to Cindy! (Gold Star Mothers for Peace)
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, KIA at Sadr City on April 4, 2004, and a co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace. She has been camped on the road leading to George W> Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch demanding a face-to-face meeting with the man who says her son died for "a noble cause." Help send a message: "Meet With Cindy."

ACTION ALERT: August 6 Vigil and Action at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab (Tri-Valley CAREs / Western States Legal Foundation / Livermore Conversion Project)
On the 60th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima... ACT to abolish nuclear weapons and war PROTEST new, earth-penetrating nuclear weapons at Livermore Lab CELEBRATE your vision of a peaceful, just and nuclear-free world

ACTION ALERT: US Set to Resume Production of Plutonium-238 (Laurie Kirby / Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
Plutonium-238 is 270 times more radioactive than the plutonium used in atomic bombs. It's used as a power source ifor military spy satellites and NASA space missions such as the upcoming New Horizons mission to Pluto. An explosion at lift-off would be catastrophic. Is it needed? No. Can we stop it? Yes — if you act before August 29.

ACTION ALERT: No Nuke Dumps on Native Lands (Sacred Land News and Action Alert)
With an imminent final vote on a national energy policy, musicians Ani DiFranco and the Indigo Girls, actor James Cromwell and Native American political advocates Winona LaDuke and Margene Bullcreek will hold a Capitol Hill press briefing luncheon on July 25 at 11:30 AM to express their strong opposition to congressional efforts to resuscitate nuclear power with billions of dollars in federal tax subsidies.

Rep. Lee Introduces 'Resolution of Inquiry' on Downing St. Memos (After Downing Street.org)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Dem., Calif.) today introduced a Resolution of Inquiry which, if passed, will require the White House and the State Department to "transmit all information relating to communication with officials of the United Kingdom between January 1, 2002, and October 16, 2002, relating to the policy of the United States with respect to Iraq."

Downing Street House Parties on June 23 (Hon. John Conyers, Jr. / House of Representatives)
Across the US, Americans will be marking the July 23 anniversary of the Downing Street Memos. Rep. John Conyers will be hosting a special conference call for house party featuring Ambassador Joe Wilson and Randi Rhodes as his special guests.

New CD Marks Historic 60th Anniversary of US Atomic Bombings (Tri-Valley CAREs)
A new grassroots CD, “Seeds of Change: No Nukes! No Wars!” documents some of the voices, music and poetry of six decades of resistance to nuclear weapons. From folk to hip hop, rock to spoken word, these artists weave a fabric of alternative possibilities. The CD was released in advance of the Seeds of Change Rally and March to the Livermore nuclear weapons lab on Saturday, August 6. CD Release Parties with live music are set for SF (July 22) and Livermore (July 27). WHEN: Saturday, August 6, rally at 5 PM, march at 7 P

ACTION ALERT! Exxpose Exxon! Join the Boycott (Sierra Club / Union of Concerned Scientists)
For years, one company has led the charge to deny the existence of global warming and fund $15 million in junk science to cloud the policy debate. One company has refused to invest serious funds in clean energy technologies. One company has persisted in pushing to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. It's time for a citizens' boycott of Exxon.

ACTION ALERT: Downing Street Minutes to Hit House Floor June 28th (AfterDowningStreet.org)
Congressman John Conyers, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee are asking their colleagues in the House of Representatives to join them on the evening of June 28 to discuss the Downing Street Minutes on the floor of the House.

ACTION ALERT: August 6 March to Nuclear Labs (Tri-Valley CAREs)
August 6 and 9, 2005 mark the 60th anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States. Join with thousands of people at four central US nuclear weapons sites to call for an end to the development and production of nuclear warheads. Initial meeting in Livermore on July 6.

ACTION ALERT: Critical Battle over Energy Bill (Save our Environment & CNS News)
House Speaker Dennis Hastert is urging Senate Democrats to allow a quick vote on an energy bill, which the House already has passed but Democratic Senators are likely to press for provisions such as greenhouse gas caps that the GOP opposes. Environmentalists warn the energy bill "will lead us down the wrong path." Take action!

ACTION ALERT: GOP Blocks Downing Memo Hearing on Hill (After Downing St.org/ True Majority.org / UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!)
Planned hearings into the revelations of the Downing Street Memo have been denied access to the House of Representatives and have been moved to the offices of the Democractic National Committee. Half a million Americans and 94 members of Congress have demanded that Bush be held accountable for misleading the world. Check below for links to local "Memo Demos" on June 16.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose Pentagon Aid to the Indonesian Military (John M. Miller / East Timor & Indonesia Action Network)
The Pentagon and State Department want to remove all Congressional restrictions on military assistance to Indonesia's brutal security forces. Senators and Representatives need to hear from you that this must not be allowed to happen, especially now as Congress makes crucial legislative decisions.

Help Hold the Bush Administration Accountable for Their Crimes (PeopleJudgeBush.org)
Amnesty International, International Comittee of the Red Cross, and Physicians for Human Rights have issued statements condemning the Bush Administration's lawlessness.CNN, BBC, the Newspaper Guild, the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders have spoken out against the military's attempt to silence coverage of war crimes by directly targeting journalists. Only a Peoples' Movement can stop this criminal war! Actions you can take!

Leave My Child Alone! (Marca Bradt / Utne.com)
With Pentagon recruiters resorting to bribes and misinformation in attempts to maintain its supply of new military recruits, there are a number of campaigns to help parents learn how to safeguard teenagers from aggressive military recruitment. The "Leave My Child Alone" campaign is one of them.

ACTION ALERT: Letter to Bush on Downing Street Memo (Hon. John Conyers / US House of Representatives)
As of Wednesday, 86,000 citizens had signed a letter to Bush, demanding an explanation for the "smoking gun" memo. The number of Congressmembers signing-on is now up to 94. The list is at the end of this post; if your Representative hasn't signed yet, contact him/her. You can sign at: www.johnconyers.com

Impeachment Fever and Media Politics (Norman Solomon / Common Dreams)
The newly leaked Downing Street Memo and explaining why its significance must be pursued as a grave constitutional issue. If you think President Bush should be impeached, it's time to get serious. AND: The 9/11 CitizensWatch Joins Alliance Seeking Inquiry into Possible Bush Administration High Crimes

Retired Lt. Colonel Accuses Bush of ‘Treason’ / A Call for Impeachment (Columbia Missourian / Carol Wolman)
On May 16, retired Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bowman delivered a blistering Memorial Day speech in which he declared the invasion of Iraq "unnecessary, illegal, and unconstitutional." Bowman praised peace protesters and stated that "George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and the whole political mafia to be removed from office and indicted with treason.” PLUS: Carol Wolman, PhD asks: "Can We Impeach Him Now?"

ACTION ALERT Memorial Day Action (The People's Email Network)
Honor Memorial Day by demanding that George W. Bush be held accountable for knowingly perpetrating a series of lies about a non-existent threat from Iraq (as revealed by the Downing Street Memo) that has resulted in the loss of the lived of hundreds of thousands — civilians and soldiers — in an illegal and totally unprovoked act of aggression.

Memorial Day ACTION (The People's Email Network)
Honor Memorial Day by demanding that George W. Bush be held accountable for lies knowingly perpetrated (as revealed by the Downing Street Letter) in order to promote an illegal act of aggression and a foreign invasion that has needlessly cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

ACTION ALERT Memorial Day Action (The People's Email Network)
Honor Memorial Day by demanding that George W. Bush be held accountable for knowingly perpetrating a series of lies about a non-existent threat from Iraq (as revealed by the Downing Street Memo) that has resulted in the loss of the lived of hundreds of thousands — civilians and soldiers — in an illegal and totally unprovoked act of aggression.

ACTION ALERT: 100,000 Signatures for Downing Street Memo (Hon. John Conyers / US Congress)
The "Downing Street Memo," the minutes of a July 2002 meeting between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his top advisers, casts substantial doubt on the honesty of contemporaneous claims made by the Administration to Congress and to the American people about the Iraq war. The US media failed to report this story for 13 days! Now 88 members of Congress have written George W. Bush demanding an explanation and Rep. John Conyers has issued a call for citizens to add 100,000 signatures to the letter to the White House. Please circulate and cign-on today.

ACTION ALERT: National Actions to End the War in Iraq (May 31 to June 3 -- National Iraq Call-In Sept. 24-26: DC Mobilization to End the War on Iraq!)
A four-day mobilization to demand an end to the illegal occupation of Iraq will run from May 31 to June 3 with calls asking Congress to support H.Con.Res.35, a step-by-step plan to disengage from this conflict. Preparations are also undeway for a major protest in Washington in September.

ACTION ALERT: Rep. McKinney Tries to Defund Nuclear Rocket (Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
On May 5, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to all members of Congress urging them to join her in an effort to defund Project Prometheus, the nuclear rocket. McKinney is also calling for a shift in Federal funding from the nuclear propulsion systems to development for solar and other alternative energy systems for the US space program.

The Thirteen Practical Steps: Legal or Political? (Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy)
An analysis of the 13 Practical Steps for the implementation of Article VI (adopted by the 2000 NPT Review Conference) offer a clear plan of action for reducing the threat of nuclear prolifertion. The international meeting in New York needs to stand up to US intransigience and insist that all nuclear superpowers uphold their longstanding promise to reduce and eventually eliminate the tens of thousands of nuclear weapons in their stockpiles.

US War Crimes and the Legal Case for Military Resistance (Paul Rockwell / CommonDreams.org)
American leaders are carrying out policies — torture, mass collective reprisals, wanton destruction of cities — for which Nazi commanders were executed after due process at Nuremberg. May 10th is a national day of action for GI resisters. Courage-To-Resist, an organization of veterans, military families, and community activists will be holding demonstrations to support military objectors — including sailor Pablo Paredes, who faces a court martial in San Diego May 11.

No Taxes for War! Nationwide Protests on April 15 (National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee)
In communities across the US, demonstrations will be held at Internal Revenue Service offices and other public places on Friday, April 15, to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which are now costing US taxpayers $5 billion each day.

ACTION ALERT: Invest in Peace, Not War on Tax Day (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Are you upset that Congress spent about 42 cents of every income tax dollar last year on current and past wars and preparations for future wars, while spending less than a penny to promote diplomacy, international cooperation, humanitarian and development aid, and efforts to peacefully prevent deadly conflicts?

ACTION ALERT: No More Iraq Funds Without an Exit Strategy (Tom Matzzie and the MoveOn PAC Team)
While Congress is considering an additional $82 billion for Iraq, they should insist that America has an exit strategy from Iraq with a timeline, that we do not construct permanent bases in Iraq and that we end war profiteering by corporations. Please sign our petition urging Congress to act today.

Action Alert: US Military Expansion v. Marine Mammals (Terao Terumi / Greenpeace)
The US military wants to build a naval base on a coral reef where endangered dugongs are in residence but, for more than 300 days, scores of protestors have been sitting on drilling platform #4 to block construction workers gathered at the US Marine Corp base at Henoko, Okinawa. The workers want to drill the first of 64 holes into the life-sustaining coral reef.

Stop Funding for New Nuclear Weapons! (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The Bush administration this year is reviving its proposal for a new generation of "usable" nuclear weapons. Now we need to mobilize again to slam the door shut on these new nuclear weapons before the administration proposal gains momentum.

Secret US Plans for Iraq’s Oil (Greg Palast / BBC Newsnight)
Why was Paul Wolfowitz pushed out of the Pentagon onto the World Bank? The answer lies in a previously secret 323-page document that reveals how the allies of Big Oil defeated the Bush Administration's neo-conservatives and their chief, Wolfowitz. BBC Television Newsnight exposed the hidden fall of the neo-cons in a broadcast that resulted from a joint investigation involving the BBC and Harper's magazine. The broadcast revealed that the US State Department drew up detailed plans for war in Iraq — and for Iraq's oil — within weeks of Bush's first inauguration in 2001. This story was headline news around the world but it went unreported in the US corporate media. ACTION ALERT: Protests of Wolfowitz nomination set for April 15-17.

Good Friday at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab (Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC and Livermore Conversion Project)
Friday, March 25, 2005; local residents are invited to assemble at 6:45 am at the gates of northern California's nuclear weapons lab. A non-denominational service, will feature music, speakers, a procession, and nonviolent acts of witness.

Letter Opposing Nuclear Bunker Busters (Rep. Ed Markey's)
Nearly 40 members of the House of Representatives have demanded that the Pentagon eliminate funding for both the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator — the so-called "Bunker-Buster" — and other new nuclear weapons. Under international law, the US is compelled to eliminate its entire inventory of nuclear WMDs.

Tell the Big Oil Companies to Stay Out of ANWR! (US Senator Barbara Boxer)
What's At Stake: Protecting 19 million acres of pristine Alaska wilderness from oil drilling. Campaign Expiration Date: June 29, 2005

Demand Iraq Exit Strategy from Iraq (Contributed by True Majority)
The beginning of the end of the Vietnam War came only when Congress refused to continue funding it. The House of Representatives voted 388-43 in favor of the president's request for $82 billion to pay for the ongoing military occupation of Iraq. It's time for the Senate to stand up to the president and say that there will be no more money for Iraq without a clear strategy for withdrawal.

ACTION ALERT: “No Drilling in ANWR (Sen. Barbara Boxer and Save Our Environment)
Sen. Boxer explains the Senate Republican scheme to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling and invites citizens sto reject these radical efforts by signing a petition to Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist. And Save Out Environment provides a quick link to send faxes to members of the Senate urging them to protect the Refuge from oil drilling.

Petition to Stop White House Propaganda (John Stauber / Center for Media and Democracy)
At least 20 federal agencies have made and distributed “fake news” releases to promote Bush-Cheney policies and initiatives. The Government Accounting Office has ruled these pre-packaged, ready-to-serve television news segments constitute illegal “covert propaganda.” The White House has ordered the agencies to disregard a Congressional directive banning covert government propaganda. The public needs to challenge this attempted end-run around democratic discourse.

March 19 Global Day of Action against War (Vote No War. org)
George W. Bush is demanding that Syrian withdraw its troops from Lebanon. At the same time, Washington refuses to set a timetable for withdrawing its own occupation forces from Iraq, dispite growing resistance to the presence of foreign troops. On March 19, international protests will call for Bush to apply the same standards that he threatens to impose on others.

No More Money for Iraq without a Clear Exit Strategy (Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan (USN, ret.) / True Majority.org)
The American people, through their Congressional representatives should tell the Bush administration that the Iraq Quagmire threatens an endless and potentially destabilizing drain on both Iraq and the US. There should be no more bilions appropriated for this misadventure without a clear plan for a timely exit.

ACTION ALERT: Speak Out Against Bush’s $82 Billion War Budget (United for Peace and Justice)
UP THE PRESSURE ON THE $82 BILLION Congressional votes on the unprecedented $82 billion off-the-books War Budget. Let your elected representatives know how you feel about diverting funds from schools and healthcare to an endless war and two foreign military occupations. Bring the troops home now! See below for action and protest suggestions.

ACTION: March 10, National Call-in Day Opposing Iraq War Funding (Progressive Democrats of America)
This Thursday, citizens are encouraged to call their Representatives and urge them to oppose Bush's $80 billion supplementary off-budget funding request for the continuing occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. To reach your representatives, call the Capitol Switchboard at: (202) 224-3121.

Call for a Special Prosecutor to Investigate US Torture (Center for Constitutional Rights)
A Freedom of Information Act request filed by CCR filed has reveal that the Bush administration has "systematically encouraged torture techniques prohibited under the Geneva Conventions and the Covenant against Torture." It is time for a full, independent and public inquiry into the role of high-ranking US officials in the abuse and torture of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere around the world

Bush's Budget: Star Wars, Yes; Head Start, No (Duane Peterson / True Majority)
George W. Bush has proposed a $2.57 trillion budget, a $427 billion deficit, and $419 billion in military spending.True Majority lists ten misguided Bush budget decisions that particularly offend American values and squander our country's future.It is a moment of truth for America's budget, America's future and America's soul.

The Cost of War and the Next Step for Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The president does not want a real debate on the costs of war, either in human terms or in its consequences for the federal budget. The Congress has approved more than $150 billion in spending for the war in Iraq and its direct consequences. Bush's request for emergency supplemental funds will raise those costs to more than $200 billion. One Congressional study estimates the Iraq invasion, occupation and subsequent costs could rise to between $460 billion and $645 billion in the next ten years.

Homeland Security Plans to Void Homeland's Environmental Laws (Natural Resources Defense Center)
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking sweeping exemptions from US environmental laws for its operations along US borders. This bill is being seriously fast-tracked and is being debated today! Please contact your representatives.

Responding to President Bush with Next Steps For Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The elections in Iraq are an important step along the long road toward returning real sovereignty to the Iraqi people. But the greatest obstacle to peace in Iraq right now is the continuing violence and uncertainty fueled in large part by the lack of clarity about US intentions in that country.

Withdraw US Troops from Iraq (Act for Change)
Even as matters go from bad to worse in Iraq, the Bush administration appears to have begun military operations in an additional ten countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. Most prominent among these countries is Iran, where the stated goal appears to be identifying targets related to Iran's nuclear program that could be subject to a preemptive attack.

Congress Must Clarify US Policy Toward Iraq (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The political process in Iraq is being undermined by the perception in that country and in the rest of the world that the US has a long term plan to stay in Iraq. Congress could help this process immensely by addressing the lack of clarity in US policy. Contact your representatives today.

ACTION ALERT: Stop 'Mr. Torture' (True Majority and ACLU)
Alberto Gonzales supported torture, dismissed the Geneva Accords as "quaint" and won't answer senators' questions. Tell your senators that America can find a better candidate for the crucial job of Attorney General.

Call on the German Prosecutor to Investigate Rumsfeld for War Crimes (The Center for Constitutional Rights)
The Center for Constitutional Rights and four Iraqis who were tortured in US custody filed a complaint on November 30 with the German Federal Prosecutor's Office against high ranking United States civilian and military commanders over the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and elsewhere in Iraq.

Anti-War Ad Goes 'Missing' from the New York Times (Not in our Name)
A paid anti-war ad critical of George W. Bush, that had been confirmed to run on Inauguration Day, January 20, mysteriously did not appear as scheduled. Read the statement of conscience that the Times failed to run. Contact the Times to ask for an explanation.

ACTION ALERT: 'Defend the Constitution' (American Civil Liberties Union)
In his inauguarl speech, George W. Bush claimed that his greatest responsibility was to protect America against its shadowy foreign enemies. In fact, his oath of office pledges him to "protect and defend the Constitution." The ACLU invites all Americans to remind Mr. Bush that his job description requires him to safeguard the very civil liberties he has shredded in the name of "national security" under the US PATRIOT Act.

ALERT: Pentagon Rocket Fuel in our Drinking Water (Dan Jacobson / Environment California)
Rocket fuel and drinking water don't mix, and yet hundreds of water sources around the state are contaminated with perchlorate, a major component of military rocket fuel. At even the smallest levels, perchlorate is linked to attention deficit disorder and learning disabilities. A new National Academy of Sciences report reveals that perchlorate byproducts have contaminated water, vegetables, and dairy products across the United States.

Not One Damn Dime Day - January 20, 2005
If you are distressed by an "endless war," daily bombings in Iraq, civilian deaths, corporate give-aways at home, and political unaccountability and feel there is nothing you can do — that's exactly what's called for! On January 20, as an act of fiscal disobedience and moral witness, Americans are being asked to Do Nothing -- don't spend money, don't buy anything, don't participate in the Consumer Culture that sustains war, inequality and poverty.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Plan to Hike Cost of Calls for Soldiers (Ronald A. Duchin, Col. US Army (Ret.) / Concerned Vets.org)
Washington regulators are considering imposing new fees on calling cards that could "hit military wallets like an armor-piercing bullet" according to The Marine Corps Times. ConcernedVets has issued an appeal for letters of concern to the Federal Communications Commision.

Letter to Secretary of State Powell on Aceh Crisis (East Timor Action Network et al.)
It is crucial that the international humanitarian response to Aceh take into account the historical context of the region. More than 2000 people have been killed since the May 2003 imposition of martial law. Human rights violations, predominantly committed by the military, have been rampant. The US should excercise caution not to support the region's repressive military.

Did John Kerry Get Gore'd in Ohio? (Steve Bhaerman)
While the Bush administration sends troops to invade and occupy a foreign country on the pretext of "installing democracy," the democratic process is crumbling inside the USA. Mounting evidence of vote suppression, voter intimidation and ballot manipulation have resulted in demands for recounts and a congressional investigation. Let's follow the example of Ukraine. If it is determined that the November election results were fraudulent, let's demand a new election!

On January 6: Stand up for Democracy!
On January 6, 2005 Congress will meet in joint session to certify the 2004 presidential election. On that day, if one member of the House and one member of the Senate object to the certification of the vote, then all members of Congress will finally discuss these issues. Call your senators and help make history!

ACTION ALERT: Sign the Declaration Against American Torture (ActForChange has teamed up with True Majority, MoveOn, Faithful America, Sojourners and Win Without War)
Hearings on the appointment of Alberto Gonzales as US Attorney General will begin January 6. Serious questions remain regarding Gonzales' apparent advocacy of torture as a legitimate practice by US soldiers, government agents and contractors. The man who dismissed the Geneva Accords as "quaint" should be dismissed from consideration for this critical post.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Plutonium Production at Livermore Lab (Tri-Valley CAREs)
The Dept. of Energy is considering major expansions of nuclear weapons programs and materials that would more than double the plutonium stored at the Livermore Labs near San Francisco. Find out more and register your opinion on this proposal.

Inside Falluja: 'Nothing To Come Back To' (BBC News)
Scenes of widespread destruction have greeted residents allowed back into the Iraqi city of Falluja following the US assault in November. BBC News spoke to Dr Saleh Hussein Isawi, the acting director of the Falluja general hospital, who accompanied some of the refugees into the city.

ACTION ALERT: Humanitarian Aid to Iraq (Send Humanitarian Aid to Iraq / Global Exchange / Code Pink)
Two US-based organizations have put together a delegation of parents who lost loved ones in Iraq and on 9/11, as well as health care workers, to take a shipment of humanitarian aid to the people of Iraq. Learn how you can help.

How to Remember the Soldiers this Holiday (MoveOn.org)
During this holiday season, our hearts go out to those in harm’s way. That’s why we’re highlighting an opportunity to help a soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan call home for the holidays, and provide humanitarian assistance to refugee families in Iraq. It’s a great way to let them know we care.

ACTION ALERT: Support Mohamed ElBaradei (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Tri-Valley CARES)
The United States is seeking to oust Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei from his position as Director General of the Imternational Atomic Energy Agency because of statements he has made regarding the search for nuclear weapons infrastructure in Iraq, and his role in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. A global response is required to defend ElBaradei's principed independent work as head of the IAEA.

An Open Letter to Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair (Shulamit Aloni and Dr. Hannan Ashrawi)
A former Israeli Minister of Education and a leading Palestinian official have authored a joint lettert appealing to the leaders of France and the United Kingdom asking for international intervention to put the necessary pressure on the Sharon government to halt "a century of bitter conflict and nearly 40 years of brutal occupation."

Nonviolent Peaceforce Recruiting for Sri Lanka (David Grant / Nonviolent Peaceforce)
The US-based, international Nonviolent Peaceforce is seeking candidates to refill and expand its deployment of peace workers in Sri Lanka. Peaceforce workers are trained and paid for nonviolent service in trouble spots around the world.

ACTION ALERT: Dec. 18 — Support Pablo Paredes! (in front of Naval Headquarters, San Diego)
On December 6th, 3rd class Petty Officer Pablo Paredes took an anti-war stand against the illegal war in Iraq by refusing to board his ship headed to the Persian Gulf. Paredes' principled stand is part of a growing backlash of resistence to the Iraq invasion and occupation.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose FBI Spying on Free Speech Activities (Matt Howes / ACLU)
Recently released documents indicate that FBI agents have been spying on innocent people under guidelines relaxed by Attorney General John Ashcroft. Ashcroft restructured these guidelines -- without consultation with Congress -- to allow FBI agents to spy on religious and political activity even if there was no suspicion of criminal activity.

ACTION ALERT: Veterans Meeting & Speak Out (Vietnam Veterans Against the War Military)
We made a promise. We swore we'd always remember" NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER. And so, on Saturday December 11, 2004, we will hold a Veterans Meeting & Speak Out from 3-6 PM at the Community Church, 40 E 35th Street (corner of Madison) in New York City.

ACTION ALERT: Release all Torture-Related Documents (Matt Howes / ACLU Action Network Members)
Albert Gonzales, George W. Bush's nominee as the country's new Atttorney-General was responsible for a legal memo arguing the the president had the right to torture human beings. Gonzales also refered to international laws forbidding torture as "quaint." The ACLU is demanding the release of dozens of documents related to the Administration's policies on the detention, interrogation and torture of foreign prisoners.

ACTION ALERT: A Landmine Free World is Possible (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
From November 29 to December 3, more than 140 governments gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss how to build a mine-free world. One country conspicuously absent from these historic proceedings was the United States. The US continues to insist that it has the right to deploy these deadly, indiscriminate, anti-personnel weapons.

Beyond the Bomb: Tears, Laughter and Hope (Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation.)
A silent art auction to benefit Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2004; 6 - 9 PM (Preview: 2 - 6 PM) at the Tribeca studio of Linda Stein, 100 Reade Street, New York If you live in the New York metropolitan area, please come! If you have friends in the New York metro area, please tell them about this event!

Beyond the Bomb: Tears, Laughter and Hope (Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation.)
A silent art auction to benefit Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2004; 6 - 9 PM (Preview: 2 - 6 PM) at the Tribeca studio of Linda Stein, 100 Reade Street, New York If you live in the New York metropolitan area, please come! If you have friends in the New York metro area, please tell them about this event!

"I Won't Surrender." Sign the Pledge (Anthony Romero / ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union reminds us that the US president takes an oath to "defend the US Constitution." Yet the Bush administration has undermined American civil rights and plans to introduce a Patriot Act II along with other police-state measures. The ACLU is encouraging citizens to sign a pledge to defend the Constitution and hopes to add 100,000 to members by Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005.

Outlawing the First Amendment: Patriot Act II (Alex Jones / InforWars)
SECTION 102 of the new Patriot Act ll states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be clandestine intelligence activities for a foreign power. This makes news gathering illegal.

ACTION ALERT: Protest the Attack on Fallujah (United for Peace and Justice)
On November 9, the US group, United for Peace and Justice, issued a call for protest against the military assault on the city of Fallujah and listed actions that people could mount constructive opposition to the bloodshed.

ACTION ALERT: Vanunu Arrested in Morning Raid (Free Mordechai Vanunu - Info & Action Alert #38)
Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has beeb arrested in his room at St. George's Cathedral in East Jerusalem by a huge force of about 30 armed police. The pretext for his arrest: Vanunu violated the Draconian restrictions by giving interviews to foreign media. The restrictions were imposed after his release from prison in April, after serving more than a decade in solitary confinement for confirming the existence of Israel's nuclear arsenal.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Halt Military Aid to Indonesia (John M. Miller / East Timor Action Network)
East Timor NGOs Urge US Congress to End Assistance to Indonesian Military and to Work for Justice and International Tribunal. The UN and the international community should acknowledge that it has been hoodwinked and set up an international tribunal to try all the top officials responsible for the massive death and destruction in East Timor since Indonesia's invasion in 1975."

ACTION ALERT: No New Nuclear Weapons! (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The full Senate Appropriations Committee may vote on whether to fund new nuclear weapons for fiscal year 2005 as early as November 17. Let your senators know how you feel about creating new proliferation risks by desigining new bunker-buster and "mini-nuke" weapons.

US Marine in Iraq Calls for Massacre in Fallujah (Vote No War / Protests Set for Nov. 9)
The people of Fallujah have been warned that any traffic on the street is now subject to attack and any males between the ages of 15 and 55 who go outside will automatically be killed by the US soldiers. Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent told 2,500 Marines "This is another Hue city in the making." In Vietnam, US forces destroyed 80 percent of Hue City and killed more than 2,000 civilians.

ACTION ALERT: How to Boost Voting, Protect Rights (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The Friends Committee and the Women's League of Voters provide a useful checklist -- with web links -- for promoting the November national vote and for protecting the rights of all voters.

Cheney in Command of Nov. 2 'Terror Drills' (Michael Kane / Emergency Report!)
The White House has quitely ordered a series of "WMD/Terrorism Incident drills" to take place on Tuesday, November 2, Election Day. FEMA's website fail to mention the dates but says the "training course" will take place over three 8-hour days. Citizen Emergency Reponse Teams have been placed on alert across the US. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the military was running exercise simulations that eerily mirrored what really happened on 9/11. Then, as now, the man in charge of overseeing these military exercises was Dick Cheney.

At Least 100,000 Dead in Iraq (VoteNoWar.org)
A new study in the October 29 issue of tThe Lancet British medical journal finds that the illegal US invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation have proved a bloodbath for the Iraqi people. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad report that US airstrikes caused most of the deaths and that the victims were primarily women and children.

'No More Stolen Elections"
A growing coalition of distinguished US activists are signing a pledge "to protect the right to vote leading up to and on Election Day, November 2nd." Unlike the contested 2000 failed election, this time any evidence of fraud or vote manipulation will be met with "nationwide protests starting on November 3rd, either in my community, in the states where the fraud occurred, or in Washington DC."

Action Alert: Global Response Needs Help Urgently!
Global Response -- the widely acclaimied and phenomenally effective fourteen year-old international environmental letter-writing campaign -- is facing a serious financial shortfall and needs your help.

Civil Liberties in Grave Danger (Friends Committee for National Legislation)
Flying under the false flag of "fulfilling 9/11 Commission recommendations," Senate and House bills are being rushed to a vote that would target critical US civil liberties protections that have been protected by the US Constitution. Please contact your senators and representatives and let them know your feelings on these bills.

Keep Space for Peace Week: (Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
September 25 - October 2, 2004 -- A Guide to Events During the International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space.

ACTION ALERT: Release the CIA Analysis of Iraq (Working Assets)
George W. Bush continues to assert that Iraq is on its way to democracy, and that progress is being made. The CIA, in a classified report produced in July, says just the opposite. A growing number of leaders are calling on the President to share the CIA’s National Intelligence Estimate with the public.

ACTION: Demand Bush Honor Gun Ban (Moveon.org)
President Bush is letting the national ban on assault weapons expire. In days, these deadly, military-style weapons will start returning to our streets, unless Bush acts. Click here to demand that the President and Congress renew the ban now.

US Troops Ordered to Risk their Lives for Halliburton (Spiros D / Straight Talk)
A soldier on duty in Iraq reveals that the Pentagon is ordering US troops to "ride shotgun" on fuel convoys operated by KBR, a private commercial contractor that is a subsidiary of Halliburton (once run by Dick Cheney). The convoys are being operated by non-Americans brought into Iraq as cheap labor. Many are untrained and few speak English but they are paid 5-6 times the salaries of the US soldiers.

ACTION ALERT: Urge Senate Appropriations Committee to Adopt House Nuclear Weapons Cuts & Free Cleanup Funding (Tri-Valley CAREs / www.trivalleycares.org)
Please Act! Urge members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to adopt the House cuts to nuclear weapons programs and provide full funding for ongoing environmental cleanup. The Senate Energy & Water Appropriations Subcommittee is going to mark up its bill on Wednesday, September 8.

ACTION ALERT: Defend the Right of Assembly (Not In Our Name)
The government seems determined to prevent protestors the right to peacefully assemble in New York's Central Park and reject the agenda of war and repression in a way that would be visible to the whole world. The organizers are asking for financial assistance to buy a New York Times ad to carry their message to the GOP: "I Say No."

ACTION ALERT: Take Nuclear Weapons Off Alert (Association of World Citizens and Friends of the Earth)
Thousands of nuclear weapons in the US and Russia are on Launch-on-warning status, and that the megattonage involved remains more than enough to destroy civilisation and perhaps the human race. Join Dalai Lama, Oscar Arias, 6 Nobels, and more than 80 NGOs and Parliamentarians in appeal to take nuclear weapons off alert

ACTION ALERT: Say NO to Bush’s Bomb Factory (Dr. Helen Caldicott)
The US has over 10,000 nuclear warheads in storage, 3000 in submarines , and 2500 on hair-trigger alert. Now the White House wants $30 million to fund construction of a brand new nuclear bomb factory that will produce up to 500 new nuclear bombs every year. Tell congress to honor the goal of nuclear nonproliferation and abolition.

ACTION ALERT: Say 'No' to CACI INT and Sexual Assault (Working for Change)
Even as uniformed soldiers were being court martialed for their misconduct at Abu Ghraib, the Army awarded a $23 million no-bid contract to CACI International, the company that hired the interrogator cited for inflicting sexual humiliation of imprisoned Iraqis. AND: Some 469 rapes were reported last year in the Army alone. Thirty percent of female US military veterans report having been raped or suffered a rape attempt during their military service.

Bush’s GOP Rival Jailed Prior to GOP Convention (911ShareTheTruth.com)
Investigative journalist John Buchanan made reporting history when he published evidence linking the Bush family to a Nazi financier in the days during, and following, WWII. Buchanan, a registered Republican, ran against Bush in the GOP primaries on the "9/11 Truth" ticket. He was preparing to attend the GOP Convention in New York. Instead, he was arrested by shadowy government agents, tossed in jail on a bizaar 'stalking' charge and now faces five years in prison. Please protest this outrage!

ACTION ALERT: Nuclear Reactors Still Easy Terrorist Targets (Nuclear Information & Resource Center)
A coalition of environmental watchdog groups has identified 32 commercial nuclear reactors in 15 states as "pre-deployed weapons of mass destruction" that are not designed to withstand terrorist attacks and are not adequately defended. The coalition has created a petition demanding that the Department of Energy take quick action to reduce the dangers.

ACTION ALERT: Respect The Shrine of Ali and the City of Najaf (Voices in the Wilderness)
US military plans to carry the war against Iraqi insurgents from the world's largest cemetary to the 'holiest shrine in Islam,' threatens to bring new and heightened waves of anger washing back toward the shores of America. Make your voices heard to stop this catastrophic and unwinnable madness.

Bush’s GOP Rival Jailed Prior to GOP Convention (911ShareTheTruth.com)
Investigative journalist John Buchanan made reporting history when he published evidence linking the Bush family to a Nazi financier in the days during, and following, WWII. Buchanan, a registered Republican, ran against Bush in the GOP primaries on the "9/11 Truth" ticket. He was preparing to attend the GOP Convention in New York. Instead, he was arrested by shadowy government agents, tossed in jail on a bizaar 'stalking' charge and now faces five years in prison. Please protest this outrage!

ACTION ALERT: No More Nukes; Books Not Bombs (Tri-Valley CARES / Western States Legal Foundation)
On Friay, August 6 Americans will commemorate the 59th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A church service will be heald in Oakalnd and, on Sunday, a protests will be held at the gates of California's Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab by citizens demanding an end to nuclear weapons and a transfer of funds to support public education, health and the environment.

ACTION ALERT: Send Cameras to Darfur (True Majority)
The Government won’t let us bring Darfur witnesses to the US, so we want to bring the cameras to them. The people of Darfur need to tell their stories. Learn how you can held send a camera crew with a satellite uplink directly into the refugee camps.

Curb Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Small arms have been identified as the "real weapons of mass destruction" but US policy not only fails to address the problem, it actually exacerbates the spread of pistols, rifles, machineguns, grenades and bombs. A new bill in the Senate, the Security and Fair Enforcement in Arms Trafficking Act of 2004 (S 2627), seeks to control the scourge of these weapons.

Action Alert: Petition to Monitor US Elections (Democrats.com)

Speak Your Mind in a TV Ad (Eli Pariser and Wes Boyd / MoveOn PAC)

ACTION ALERT: Tell Senate: 'No Bucks for New Nukes' (Union of Concerned Scientists)
The House of Representatives recently cut funds for the most provocative programs to develop new kinds of nuclear weapons. Now the Senate is debating whether to approve funding for these same programs.

Responding to the Darfur Genocide (Nicolas Kristof / New York Times)
Times Reporter Nicholas Kristof has filed a number of detailed and disturbing reports about the genocide in Sudan. As a result, readers have asked what they can do. In a commendable shift from the reporter's role, Kristof has responded with a list of actions that people can take and agencies that can be contacted to help the victims.

ACTION ALERT: Tell Cheney: Prove It or Resign (Contributed by Working Assets)
Immediately after the 9/11 Commission reported they found "no credible evidence" that Iraq was involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks and "no collaborative relationship" between Iraq and Osama bin Laden, Vice President Cheney accused the media of being "irresponsible" for reporting of the Commission's findings. Cheney still insists that the evidence is "overwhelming." Working Assets thinks it's time to send a message to Cheney: Put up or shut up.

ACTION ALERT: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism (Union of Concerned Scientists)
The use of a radiological explosion inside the US would be devastating but neither the White House nor Congress has taken appropriate action. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has proposed Global Threat Reduction Initiative but it doesn't go far enough. The UCS' Global Security Program offers greater security. Ask Abraham to make nuclear security a top priority.

ACTION ALERT: Impeachment Now! (Ramsey Clark)
Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark cites a long and growing list of high crimes and misdemeanors of the Bush administraiton and argues that this provides compelling cause for the American people to demand that Congress invoke the impeachment process against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Powell and other top-ranking government officials.

ACTION: Tell Senate : 'No Mini-Nukes!" (Tri-Valley CARES)
The Bush administration wants to build a new generation of nuclear weapons called "bunk-busters" that would spur a new nuclear arms race and increase the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons. The senate is debating the Feinstein-Kennedy amendment to cut funding for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator this week. Please contact your Senators.

ACTION ALERT: Fix UN's Flawed Iraq Resolution (Working for Change)
The current version of the UN draft resolution on Iraqo sovereignty is deeply flawed and must be improved before passage. Urge the UN Security Council to vote "no" on the current US/UK Iraq proposal unless crucial changes are made to the flawed proposal.

ACTION: Cut Funding for New Nukes and Missile Shield (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Continuing its drive to develop new, more usable nuclear weapons, is a major goal of the Bush administration. Funding for these dangerous and destabilizing programs is being debated in the Senate. Please make your opinions known.

ACTION ALERT: Mass Rally & March on June 5 (Vote No on War)
Next week, thousands of peace demonstrators will gather near the White House to Speak Truth to Power and proclaim:"Bush and Rumsfeld -- Guilty of War Crimes." Among those speaking will be Michael Berg, the father of Nick Berk, the young American captured and killed under suspicious circumstances in early May.

Free Dr. Huda Ammash (Islam Online)
A renowned Iraqi woman scientist Dr. Huda Ammash has been in US custody since she was detained by US authorities on May 5, 2003. One of 40 Iraqi scientists imprisoned at the Baghdad Airport, Huda is reported to be in poor health. Despite the failure to find evidence of WMDs, the scientists are still being held. No charges have been filed against them.

Limbaugh's Defense of Torture Endangers Troops (Media Matters for America)
Arguing that conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh’s recent pro-torture radio commentaries could endanger US troops, Media Matters for America asks Defense Secretary Rumsfeld to remove Limbaugh’s show from taxpayer-funded American Forces Radio.

ACTION ALERT: Help Stop Indefinite Detention (Matt Howes / ACLU)
Underlying the torture and abuse of prisoners held by the US military and intelligence agencies is the concept of "enemy combatant," a legal invention designed to permit the Bush administration to circumvent US and international law. The Supreme Court will be ruling on this matter soon. Contact your representatives. Defend the Constitution: no detention without trial; no arrests without charges/

ACTION ALERT: Ask Japan to Withdraw Troops; Respect Constitution's Anti-war Provision (Global Peace Campaign (Japan))
The Japan-based Global Peace Campaign is supporting an online petition asking for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to withdraw the country's Self-Defense Force troops from Iraq -- and to protect Article 9 of Japan's Constitution

ACTION ALERT: Stop Israel's Demolitions and Killings (Churches for Middle East Peace)
One month ago, Prime Minister Sharon promised President Bush that Israel would withdraw all of its troops and settlements from Gaza. Now Israeli tanks and warplanes are razing hundreds of homes and killing scores of Palestinians.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Deliberate Sabotage of Geneva Convention (Moveon.org)
As America learns more about the prisoner abuse scandal, it's becoming clear that the path to the crimes committed at Abu Ghraib prison began at Donald Rumsfeld's office in the Pentagon. Rumsfeld must resign or be fired.

ACTION ALERT: Urge President Bush to Reform American Detention Policies (American Civil Liberties Union)
The Bush Administration has indicated its willingness to violate international law by detaining individuals without charge or means of proving their innocence. The abuses in Iraq are only one example of the implications of such flawed policies. Contact the White House to insist that the US obey the rule of law.

ACTION ALERT: Vote Pink for Prez (Codepink)
Medea Benjamin, the founder of the women's peace activist group Codepink, is running for a spot on the summer TV show "American President." You can help Medea reach the finals and carry the pink torch of peace into livingrooms across America. Click on the voting link. Put a lady in the Pink House.

ACTION ALERT: Protest Bush Attack on Greenpeace
For the first time ever, the US government has decided to prosecute an entire organization for exercising its right to free speech through non-violent protest. The trial begins on May 17.

ACTION ALERT -- Cut Funding for National Missile Defense (Union of Concerned Scientists)
The US Senate will be considering funding of the Bush administration's cost, unproven and destabilizing missile defense system. Contact your senators to make your concerns known.

ACTION ALERT: House Halts US Escalation in Colombia! (Latin America Working Group)
On May 12, the House Armed Services Committee turned down the Bush administration's call to remove the cap on the number of US troops -- and hired military contractors (i.e., mercenaries) -- stationed in Colombia.

ACTION ALERT: March on Washington June 5 (International ANSWER)
The Bush-Cheney “vision” of endless war aimed at destroying any government anywhere on the planet that refuses to obey the dictates of Washington threatens to destroy our country both morally and economically. Join the June 5 march from the White House to the Pentagon and demand that the Bush Bring the Troops Home.

ACTION ALERT: No New Nuclear Weapons
Tell Congress to oppose new nuclear weapons programs, including the bunker buster, mini-nukes, a new bomb plant to produce new nuclear warheads and steps to enhance our readiness to test nuclear weapons.

ACTION ALERT: Rumsfeld Should Resign (True Majority)
There is one civilian official who bears responsibility for the oversight and conduct of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and the conduct of troops inside Abu Ghraid prison -- Donald Rumsfeld. A growing number of citizens and politicians is calling for Rumsfeld to resign or be fired.

ACTION ALERT – April 30: Montana Army vs. Lynx (Rex Palmer)
The Montana National Guard wants to develop a wilderness area for military exercises at the expense of lynx and other wildlife. The fact that "only" 16 acres are involved is deceptive. The public comment period ends April 30th.

ACTION ALERT: Don’t Destroy Iraq in Order to Liberate It (Michael Kieschnick, President, Working Assets)
The US military attacks on Fallujah, Najaf and other Iraqi cities is destroying buildings, homes, lives and the possibility of a safe and secure future for Iraq. Not even Saddam Hussein had the temerity to bomb an Iraqi city. Send a message to the White House.

ACTION ALERT: Oppose Escalating Crisis in Iraq --April 29 – May 1 (United for Peace and Justice)
A call for demonstrations at Congressional office buildings and town squares to express concern about the spiraling chaos stemming from the growing resistance to the US occupation of Iraq. Fact sheets about the occupation and petitions are available on-line.

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Aegis Destroyer (Bruce K. Gagnon)
Helen Caldicott and activists from 10 countries and 20 states are appealing to the owners and workers of the Bath Iron Works to scrap plans to build the Aegis destroyer. This is not a defensive weapon. It is designed to "forward deploy" US military force to protect corporate power and investments around the world.

Block the Continental Divide Firing Range! (Sam Dorsi)
The Montana National Guard wants to open a section of the Garnett Range to live ammunition fire and development. The plan would put migratory habitat at risk and endanger populations of lynx, black bear, moose and elk. The public comment period ends April 30!

Say No to War. Protest Taxes for War (National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee)
As Tax Day approaches a groundswell of opposition to the unwarranted Iraq invasion and chaotic occupation has inspired thousands of citizens to refuse payment of taxes that go to support the Bush administration's illegal aggression. Find out what actions are planning in your city by checking thttp://www.nwtrcc.org/taxday2004.htm.

Demand Disarmament and Compliance with NPT (John Hallam / Friends of the Earth Australia,)
In the past 50 years, the risk of nucleal war has never been greater than it is today and actions by the Bush administration threaten to increase the dangers. Join the global campaign to demand international compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The goal is rational and long-overdue.

International Inquiry into 9-11 (San Francsico's Hebrst Theatre / March 26-28, 2004)
A major summit of experts on the many hidden stories behind the September 11 attacks will meet in San Francisco at the historic Herbst Theatre in the War Memorial and Veterans Building. This three-day conference will feature investigators from around the world and will screen a number of controversial 9-11 documentaries.

Action Alert: Oppose Bush-Cheney Energy Bill (Robert Redford / Natural Resources Defense Council)
The Bush-Cheney Energy Bill is coming back fro the dead. Billion for nuclear power; coal and oil drilling in national parks; opening the Alaska Wildlife Refuge to petroleum companies. It's time to confront -- and defeat -- this ill-considered scheme once and for all.

ACTION ALERT: Healthcare Not Warfare (March 19th Organizing Group)
March 20 is the date for a major national mobilization against the invasion of Iraq and the militarization of the US economy. Healthcare workers are taking a lead position in demanding that money diverted to build bombs be returned to the people to finance healthcare, education and environmental protection.

ACTION ALERT: Greg Palast Benefit in NY
Investigative reporterGreg Palast is under attack for publishing uncomfortable truths about the Bush dynasty. Support Palast (and the First Amendment) by joining the party in NYC and/or buying a copy of Palast's new CD, "Weapon of Mass Instruction."

Support "Books not Bombs" National Day of Action -- March 4, 2004 (Student Environmental Action Coalition)
With just less than a month left till the March 4, 2004 Books not Bombs Day of Action, students and youth across the US are gearing up with actions, teach-ins, voter registration events, and house parties.

Mr. Bush: It's Time to Apologize (Working Assets Action Alert / Contact Bush and demand a response)
For months, the White House told the world that it had solid evidence that Iraq had WMDs and was preparing to use them. Now that these claims have proven false, the only way to restore honor to the White House is for Geroge W. Bush to apologize.

Block Bush's Disastrous Energy Bill (Robert Redford / Natural Resources Defense Council)
The pro-oil/coal/nuclear Bush/Cheney Energy Bill is coming back from the dead. As Robert Redford notes: "This bill may be the worst piece of legislation you and I will see in our lifetimes. It would pick your pocket, despoil your natural heritage, endanger your family's health and smother your hope for a more secure energy future." It's time to take action and tell your friends.

Event: How to Speak Out in a Police State (The Open Society Institute)
Join with other individuals and organizations for a discussion of the most effective way to frame and communicate social justice messages within the current national security environment.

ACTION ALERT: Earthquake Relief (Iran Earthquake Relief Rapid Response Fund / The Tides Foundation)
With 30,000 killed and entire cities reduced to rubble, the survivors of the devastating earthquake in Iran are now beset by a lack of food, clean water and shelter from the cold and rain. Another global wave of financial support is desperately needed.

ACTION ALERT: Support the Middle East Peace Process (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Israeli and Palestinians citizens have offered a new path to peace through a Geneva Accord that would establish a peaceful "grassroots" resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The US House and Senate have introduced bills to support this initiative.

ACTION ALERT: Free the ABC 3! (A call for equal media coverage)
Three of the leading Democratic presidential candidates are routinely excluded from media coverage. A petition is being circulated to demand full coverage of all presidential candidates.

ACTION ALERT: Stop War Profiteering
The War Profiteering Prevention Act would penalize war profiteers who defraud American taxpayers. In November, Republican congressmembers blocked the legislation.

ACTION ALERT: End War Profiteering in Iraq (Working for Change)
The War Profiteering Prevention Act is Halliburton's worst nightmare. It would penalize war profiteers by banning "profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts in Iraq."

Guantanamo Bay Prison: Beyond the Law? (The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL))
The US is bogged down in a legal quagmire in Guantanamo, Cuba where its military prison holds hundreds of captives in violation of domestic and international law. The way out of this moral quadry , FCNL argues, is to place the captives under the supervision of international courts of law.

ACTION ALERT: Ask Bush to Honor Fallen Soldiers (Act for Change / Working Assets)
While American casualties in Iraq increase daily, President Bush is turning a cold shoulder to the grieving families of slain American servicemen and women.

The Justice Department's Unprecedented Attack on Greenpeace (John Passacantando, executive director Greenpeace USA)
In 2002, Greenpeace activists hung a banner on a ship carrying Amazon mohogany . The banner carried a plea: "President Bush: Stop Illegal Logging." George W. Bush has responded by launching an unprecedented legal assault on one of the world's most renknown environmental organizations. Defend Greenpeace!

Stop Military Exemptions from Environmental Laws
Bush-friendly GOP reps, working behind closed doors, hope to add amendments to National Defense Authorization Act that will permit the military to ignore the protections of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Program. This Action Alert contains useful "copy-and-dave" contact lists for critical members of the Congress and Senate.

Activist Convergence and Teach-in (The War at Home and Abroad: The Environmental and Social Justice Effects of War from Iraq to the Homefront)
Saturday, October 11 from 10am to 8pm St. Boniface Church, 133 Golden Gate Avenue (at Leavenworth), San Francisco near Civic Center BART Join Environmentalists Against War and dozens of other organizations for an event that will foster and sustain the spirit and activism that confronted the Iraq War. Informational Workshops, Keynote Speakers, Wall of Resistance, Activist Organizing Sessions Food, Music and Celebration For more information visit: www.envirosagainstwar.org or call (650) 223-3333 Info@envirosagainstwar.org

ACTION ALERT: Congress Debates $87 Billion War Bill (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
Debate on the President's $87 billion supplemental appropriations bill for Iraq and Afghanistan continues in Congress this week. Click on this story and make your opinions heard.

ACTION ALERT: Support the SAFE Act of 2003 (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The USA PATRIOT Act shoots holes through the Bill of Rights. To restore these Founding Protections of the Constitution, a bipartisan coalition of US Senators is sponsoring S 1709, the Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE) of 2003.

ACTION ALERT: Stop Plans to Drill for Oil off US Coasts (National Resources Defense Council)
On October 14, citizens are encouraged to call Congress to express their opinion on Bush administration's Energy Plan which would promote new nuceal powerplants, increase dependence on fossil fuels and overturn moratoriums on oil drilling off US coasts.

ACTION ALERT: "Plamegate" Demands an Independent Investigation (Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill and the staff of Democracy Now!)
According to reporter Bob Novak, top members of the Bush administration unmasked a CIA agent to exact political revence on a diplomat who questioned Bush's fraudulent case for war. This crime requires a full and independent investigation.

ACTION ALERT: Demand an Independent Investigation (MoveOn.org)
MoveOn.org is calling on Attorney General John Ashcroft to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the White House's role in revealing an undercover CIA agent's identity.

October 4-11 Keep Space for Peace Week (Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space)
The October 4-11 Keep Space for Peace Week is being organized by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space (GN) in conjunction with affiliates around the world. A major teach-in is being held in Berkeley, California. For a complete list of actions, see the linked article.

ACTION ALERT: Earth Charter Events on October 11, 2003 (True Majority)
October 11 will mark a worldwide effort to get local governments to adopt the principles of the Earth Charter. This global document attempts to integrate the values and issues of social justice, peace and international cooperation, democracy, and environmental sustainability into the way they do business.

ACTION ALERT: Don't "Deregulate" Nuclear Waste! (Vote on Bush proposal expected this week / Nuclear Information and Resource Service)
The Dept of Energy (DOE) wants to redefine "high level radioactive waste" from reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel, so it can be disposed of with less cost and security. Ask your Rep to: Vote YES on the Inslee-Spratt Motion to Instruct the Energy Conference Committee to prevent weakening high-level radioactive waste protections in the Energy Bill, HR 6

Global Protests Erupt in Advance of Hugh Washington Demo (March Against War and Occupation on October 25)
In late September, hundreds of thousands of citizens around the world marched against the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Preparations are in progress for the biggest peace demonstration of the year, October 25 in Washington, DC. Here is an update.

ACTION ALERT: Bill Introduced to Repeal Portions of PATRIOT Act
Dennis J. Kucinich's "Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act" would repeal the most dangerous elements of John Ashcroft's Draconian law. Kucinich's bill is supported by the ACLU, NAACP, a Jewish group, an Islamic group, and 20 members of Congress.

ACTION ALERT: Petition to Bush Aims for 250,000 Names! (MoveOn.org)
With an $87 billion request for more Iraq funds on the table, we need Congress to make the President face up to the facts. Help us reach 250,000 signers on our petition calling on Congress to hold the President and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld accountable at: http://www.moveon.org/firerumsfeld

The International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 21. (United Nations and People Everywhere)
On Sunday, September 21, people around the world will pause for a moment of silence to recognize the UN's International Day of Peace. Some will pray, some will organize food drives. Many cities will host festivals and celebrations. For more information, follow the links in this announcement.

ACTION ALERT: Fire Rumsfeld! (MoveOn.org)
Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Bush have all formally admitted that they lied about nonexistent "threats" from Iraq. Now they want another $87 billion to finance the occupation of twin quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. A new petition argues that the $87 billion come with a pre-condition: Fire Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz.

ACTION ALERT: Vote on New ‘Usable’ Nuclear Weapons Coming (Voice4Change Uniting Our Voices)
The US Senate is preparing to vote on the Bush administration's plans to restart the nuclear arms race by building a new generation of "small, usable" nuclear bombs. Don't let Washington drive your family into bombshelters. Phone, fax, write and walk for peace.

Tax the Rich to Pay for Bush’s Wars
Having spent $79 billion on the Iraq invasion, George W. Bush wants $87 billion more (just to pay for the next few months or an occupation that could last for years). Meanwhile, Bush's massive $2 trillion tax giveaways to the rich are wreaking economic havoc in our states, cities, schools and healthcare facilities. Tax the War Profiteers.

Petition Demanding White House Evidence on Iraq (Hon. Dennis J. Kucinick (D-OH) and Jeff Cohen)
George W. Bush and members of the Bush administration claimed to have irrefutable evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction although Iraq denied these claims. The threat of Iraq's WMD's was used to push our country into a preemptive invasion. The Bush administration mislead the world. Did they lie knowingly? This petition is intended to expose the truth.

ACTION ALERT! Senate to Vote on Nuclear Weapons (Support cuts to fund the nuclear bunker buster, resumed nuclear tests in Nevada and the new Modern Plutonium Pit Facility.)
The House of Representatives has called for a cut in funds for the Pentagon's resumption of nuclear weapons production. The Senate will consider the budget soon. Senator Feinstein has called for similar cuts. Please act now.

Where's the Money? (Letter published in the San Francisco Chronicle / August 18, 2003)
EAW member Gar Smith draws attention to a Government Accounting Office report that found the Pentagon has "lost track of" $1.1 trillion dollars.

ACTION ALERT: PROTEST MARCH. END THE OCCUPATION, US TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ!  (Saturday, August 9, 12 Noon. Meet at 24th and Mission, San Francisco)
100 days after President Bush declared the major combat in Iraq officially over, join SF Bay Area anti-war groups as we take to the streets to say no to war and occupation! Not only were thousands of innocent Iraqis killed during the war, but 100 days into the occupation, US troops and Iraqi civilians are being killed every single day. The cost of the occupation has skyrocketed to $3.9 billion per month while our schools and important social services programs have their budgets slashed. And a flood of government leaks and media reports confirm that the anti-war movement was right all along: The Bush administration lied about the alleged Iraqi threat to scare people into backing their war. Sponsored by Global Exchange and Not In Our Name. For more information, call 415-575-5555 or 510-444-NION (6466). Email peace@globalexchange.org, bayareapledge@yahoo.com

Act to Halt the Killing in Liberia
People are dying in Liberia as US forces float offshore. Contact Congress to ask that the US take action to stop the bloodshed.

ACTION ALERT: Send a Free Fax to Urge Investigations into White House Deceptions
From True Majority: "With each passing day new revelations are surfacing about the justifications cited by Bush to launch an American attack on Iraq. Bush's allegation that Saddam tried to buy uranium is the first claim getting the scrutiny it deserves.... There are two bills in Congress that would open meaningful investigations into what happened. To send a free fax urging your Congress Member co-sponsor HR-307 and HR-2625 just fill out this form."

ACTION ALERT: Energy Bill Action Alert
Sen. Domenici's "Energy Policy Act of 2003" (S.14), is currently being considered in the Senate and may come to a final vote before Congress recesses in early August. This regressive Senate bill repeals vital electricity consumer protections, allowing for the expansion of deregulation and more Enron-style schemes. S.14 also encourages nuclear irresponsibility by offering public funds to develop new reactors, promoting nuclear waste reprocessing, and extending liability protection to nuclear plant operators. View the full bill on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Web site: http://energy.senate.gov/legislation/energybill2003/energybill2003.html This regressive legislation does not do enough to decrease oil consumption in this country and promote renewable energies. This legislation must be stopped! You can help by contacting your Senators! CALL the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and ask to be transferred to the offices of your Senators. SEND A FREE FAX and LEARN MORE about the bill and how to act from Public Citizen's website at: http://www.stopenergybill.org

ACTION ALERT: Support the Freedom to Read
Under the USA PATRIOT Act, FBI gained the power to search your library and book-buying records without probable cause. It also prevents librarians and booksellers from telling you that this search has occurred. A University of Illinois survey shows libraries were targeted at least 175 times in the year after 9/11 -- yet the FBI refuses to explain how or why. A bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill that would restore many key checks and balances. This amendment will be voted on in the coming days and deserves our strong support. Click here for more information and to send a free fax to your Representative:

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Government Super-Snoop Plan
In a surprise development, the Senate has adopted legislation that would completely block funding for the Pentagon's infamous Terrorism Information Awareness program (formerly known as Total Information Awareness). To become law and end the program that would indiscriminately track the daily activities of Americans, the ban must survive a joint House-Senate conference committee. Groups as disparate as the American Conservative Union and the ACLU have protested this super-snoop system yet the Bush administration is threatening a veto of the defense bill if TIA is defunded. Click here to send a free fax to your Members of Congress:

ACTION ALERT: Rein in the “PATRIOT” Act
(July 8, 2003) — With Congress back from its Independence Day break, now is the time to remind our Representatives and Senators that we must continually defend the liberties and rights enshrined in our founding principles. The USA PATRIOT Act undercuts many important checks and balances on government law enforcement and intelligence powers. The PATRIOT Act has provoked a groundswell of opposition across the political spectrum. Resolutions opposing the PATRIOT Act have been passed in 136 communities and three states. Taken together, these municipalities and states represent about 16.5 million people. The PATRIOT Act and other government actions need to be subjected to proper Constitutional review. Click here for more information or to send a free fax to Congress:

ACTION ALERT: Support Proposition One, for Nuclear Conversion
(July 4, 2003) — On June 26, 2003, US Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton re-introduced Prop. One (http://prop1.org/prop1) the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" (HR-2647), calling for the disarmament of nuclear weapons and the conversion of nuclear and other arms industries to provide for human and environmental needs. The complete text of the bill is available at: http://thomas.loc.gov=HR-2647. You can keep up with the progress of the bill by going to http://thomas.loc.gov. We urge you to contact your Congressional leaders (House and Senate) and ask for their support. Contact presidential candidates both through email (see

ACTION ALERT: Stop the Attack on the Clean Air Act! Sign the Petition!
From SaveOurEnvironment.org: "Under severe pressure from industry lobbyists, Bush is preparing to weaken our clean air protections by letting over 18,000 of the country's biggest polluting facilities -- including old, dirty power plants, oil refineries, and chemical plants -- escape rules that require them to install modern pollution controls when they pump out more pollution. This unprecedented weakening of our clean air laws would allow millions more tons of soot, smog, and toxic pollution to be spewed into our air each year. We need your help to persuade the administration to keep our clean air laws strong! Sign now, and help ensure a future with clean air for all of us!"

ACTION ALERT: Big Media Take-over Threatens US Democracy (Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly)
Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly: A month ago, the FCC dramatically relaxed media ownership regulations to unleash a corporate consolidation of newspapers, radios and tv broadcasts. Because one million Americans raised their voices against the FCC decision, the Senate Commerce Committee recently sent a bill to the Senate floor for a vote that would roll back many of the rules. Our challenge is to get that bill to the floor for a vote. "Roll Back the FCC" legislation now has 38 supporters in the Senate. We need 51 for passage. The House bills have the overlapping support of 65 cosponsors on HR 2462 and 146 on HR 2052. We need 216 for passage. The website will show your representative’s position. If they are co-sponsors, thank them; If not, ask them to become a co-sponsor. Learn more about this issue at Free Press .

ACTION ALERT: The Apollo Project (A New Plan for Government Investment in Renewable Energy and)
"The Apollo Project" is a 10-point plan for energy independence proposed by a historic coalition of labor unions, environmentalists, and peace advocates. If adopted by our government it would: • Create three million jobs • Protect the environment • Improve public health • Cost $30 billion/year for 10 years (7% of the Pentagon budget) To send a message to all the presidential candidates urging them to support this plan, just click "Reply" and then "Send." For more info on "The Apollo Project," click here. http://www.apolloalliance.org For more strategies on progressive alternatives, check TrueMajority at: http://www.truemajority.org/

TAKE ACTION: Good News for Energy Alternatives
Greenpeace’s "Positive Energy" newsletter offers good news about ways to achieve clean air, climate justice, and renewable energy solutions to our ongoing energy crisis.

TAKE ACTION: Re-Convene the Office of the Independent Council
Did George W. Bush lie during the State of the Union address? Did the administration mislead Congress? Were Intelligence officers forced to falsify reports to justify the war policies of the Bush administration? These questions seem much more important that whether or not Bill Clinton had a tryst with an intern. Millions of dollars were spent to find out if Bill Clinton lied about a personal matter. George Bush’s lies have affected thousands of families of soldiers sent to Iraq. These soldiers continue to die as the US tries to deal with an endless — and increasingly unpopular — occupation. Take Action! Send a Message to Congress:

TAKE ACTION: The Million Muslim March to the Polls
The Council on American Islamic Relations has announced an initiative to register one million Muslim voters before the next election. The ambitious campaign to enroll of one million Muslims in voter lists has begun according to an article in the Weekly Thikana translated from Gangla and posted online by the Independent Press

TAKE ACTION: Demand an End to Bechtel's War Profiteering
In the aftermath of the war on Iraq, our tax dollars should be going to genuine humanitarian and reconstruction efforts: NOT to corporations seeking to profit from the horror and tragedy of war. NOT to the major corporate cronies of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld NOT to corporations with a history of social, environmental and labor abuses NOT to efforts to expand U.S. markets and major US corporate interests in the Middle East.

ACTION ALERT: Letters Needed on Energy Policy Act (Friends Committee on National Legislation)
The Senate is debating the Energy Policy Act of 2003 (S14). The bill, as it now stands, would expand domestic oil and gas production, open public lands and the continental shelf to oil and gas production and pipelines, and expand subsidies for coal and nuclear energy development.

ACTION ALERT: Pentagon Set to Get 51% of US Tax Dollars
The House and Senate are set to decide how to allocate $784 billion in discretionary funding. The US military is set to receive more than half of the amount. This means that there will be less tax money available for affordable housing, education and job training, public health, international humanitarian and development assistance, national parks, community development, environmental protection, veterans benefits, and law enforcement.

ACTION ALERT — Save the Peacekeeping Institute
The Department of Defense is set to close its only institution devoted to training peacekeepers. The Peacekeeping Institute analyzes past peace operations and passes the results on to US military officers who attend seminars and courses. The institute also informs UN officials, officers and civilians from other nations who participate in peace operations of its findings. The shut-down, set for September 2003, has not yet been formally announced. Pentagon officials said some of the institute's functions will be reallocated to the Center for Army Lessons Learned at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Targeting the Peacekeeping Institute is part of the Army's reorganization under Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Restoring the Peacekeeping Institute should be a priority for progressives.

ACTION On May 22, 2003 Representatives Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), James Leach (R-Iowa) and Todd Russell Platts (R-PA)introduced legislation to maintain and expand the work of the Peacekeeping Institute. For more information or to indicate your views on the subject, contact Rep. Woolsey at http://woolsey.house.gov

ACTION ALERT — Don’t Criminalize Environmental Activism
New York Senate Bill S2996 would designate animal and environmental advocates as “terrorists.” Crafted by the Sportsmen's Alliance (an organization dedicated to killing animals by hunting, fishing, and trapping) and other special interest groups, S2996 pretends to offer protection against property damage for owners of animal labs, fur farms and game reserves. But New York already provides penalties for trespass, assault, property destruction, etc. The bill defines "animal or ecological terrorist organizations" as two or more people who support any politically motivated activity to deter through intimidation, fear, or "other means" those who own an animal facility or who participate in trapping, hunting, mining, logging, harvesting, gathering, or processing of natural resources. The bill would also slap the "terrorist" label on any journalists, whistleblowers, or individuals who seek to document animal cruelty. It bans reporters from legally entering animal facilitoes to photograph or videotape images that could be critical of the facility. The bill would create a state-run website displaying the photographs, names, and addresses of anyone identified as an "animal and ecological terrorist." This would subject activists to the same kind of public stigmatizing currently reserved for child molesters and sex offenders.

ACTION: Contact Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, New York State Senate Legislative Office Bldg., Albany, NY 12247, (518) 455-3191, Fax: 518-455-2448, bruno@ senate.state.ny.us
AND Kenneth Riddett, Counsel to Majority Leader Bruno, New York State Senate, Rm. 335, State Capitol Bldg., Albany, NY 12247, (518) 455-2675, Fax: (518) 426-6830
For a copy of the legislation, please visit the NY state website: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/frmload.cgi?MENU-43392645 and then type "S2996" into the search box.

ACTION ALERT: Support the Climate Stewardship Act
This landmark legislation--introduced by Senators McCain and Lieberman--is a responsible first step that will require reductions in the heat- trapping pollution that causes climate change. As the world's worst emitter of global warming gases, the US must act responsibly. The Senate may vote on this as early as June 2, so please send your letters today. To learn more about the issue and to customize your letter, visit

ACTION ALERT: Muslim Solidarity Day in Washington, May 24, 2003 (Protest Government’s Attacks on Muslims, Immigrants, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties)

ACTION ALERT — Miitary Sets Sights on New Mexico’s Otero Canyon (SaveOtero.org)
"We, the undersigned, believe that recreational access to the Otero Canyon trails should be preserved. Access to this area, despite being Department of Defense land, has been open to the public for more than two decades while having been repaired, improved, and enjoyed. A well established trail system has been developed with a large, diverse group of users. As seen below, it is of significant value to members of the local and state community. We request that the DOD reevaluate their plans to close off the entire area. We would like to see the continuance of recreational use in this area while allowing the DOD to meet their security needs as well. It is for these reasons that we petition the DOD to build a fence that does not interfere with the current trail system."

ACTION: Sign the petition by clicking on the link.

ACTION ALERT: Demand that Washington Revoke "Lethal Force" Threat (Top US Official Condemns US "Shoot to Kill" Order in Iraq / Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark)
Protest the US plan to use deadly force against unarmed civilian looters in Iraq. Killing civilians for stealing property is an illegal act that violates both international law and US standards.

Sign the Peoples Landmine Treaty (International Campaign to Ban Landmines)
"It is my strong belief that mines, which may be exploded by the presence or proximity of a person, are morally unacceptable. I fully support the convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, transfer and production on anti-personnel mines and on their destruction…." To sign, contact the International Campaign to Ban Landmines at http://www.icbl.org

Pentagon’s Star Wars Plans under Review. Public Comments Due June 12
The Bush administration's Missile Defense Agency has announced a public comment period on their new Star Wars plans. The Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is a complex, multi-component defensive weapon system involving systems ranging from PATRIOT missiles to directed energy weapons (lasers) and kinetic energy intercept concepts (hit-to-kill technology) from space-based satellites. See more details at this link: http://www.acq.osd.mil/bmdo/peis/html/home.html Critics argue that the cost to develop, test and deploy Star Wars will bankrupt the country while diverting funds from health care, education, childcare and social security. Star Wars is being driven by the aerospace corporations that stand to profit by promoting an arms race in space Public comments can be directed to: MDA BMDS PEIS, c/o ICF Consulting, 9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031, Fax: (877) 851-5451, bmds.peis@mda.osd.mil For more information and action links, contact: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space: http://www.space4peace.org

War and the Environment: A Teachers' Guide
Terrain for Schools – a project of the Berkeley, California Ecology Center – works with regional high school teachers to incorporate Terrain Magazine into their teaching curriculum [http://www.ecologycenter.org/terrain/index.html] Terrain has produced a teachers' guide specific to issues of war:

ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Ban "Mini-Nukes"
Calls to Washington are needed by May 9 to back the ban on building Bush's dangerous and destablizing "Mini-Nukes."

ACTION ALERT: Act Now to Stop Development of Mini-Nukes and Atomic Bunker-Busters
Ask your congressional representatives to support floor amendments to cut funding for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (the "Bunker-Buster") and uphold the Spratt-Furse prohibition on low-yield nuclear weapons ("Mini-Nukes").

ACTION ALERT: Stop Nuclear Energy Bill
The Energy Bill proposed by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Pete Domenici's (R-NM) is a nuclear industry wish list that would fund new nuclear power reactors in the US and abroad. A Senate floor vote could occur as early as May. Click on story to take action.