Resolution on the Pre-Emptive War Against the Nation of Iraq

Adopted unanimously on February 12, 2003 by the Board of Directors of the
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition

Whereas, the Bush administration's doctrine of preemptive war and planned
military invasion of Iraq will cause enormous human suffering and
environmental damage at home and abroad;

Whereas the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq undermines
civil liberties and escalates physical, economic, political and cultural
violence against all people, especially people of color, indigenous
peoples, and Third World peoples;

Whereas, youth, particularly poor and working-class youth of color, are
frequently victims of war through forced inscription, economic draft and
placement on the frontlines;

Whereas, the war against Iraq could lead, under current U.S. military
doctrine, to the offensive use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield by
U.S. forces, abolishing the threshold of terror respected since 1945, and
as a consequence, vastly accelerate the proliferation of these weapons of
mass destruction;

Therefore, be it resolved, that the Board of Directors of the Silicon
Valley Toxics Coalition declares its strong opposition to the initiation of
a preemptive war against the Nation of Iraq and to the use of nuclear
weapons.