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Declare Peace with CODEPINK!
To
join us for a week of creative and outrageous action in
Washington DC
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Dear CODEPINKer,
While
President Bush stands before the United Nations this week to declare
the need for continued war, CODEPINK
is joining with people around the world who choose to declare peace.
Peace,
to reuse one of Bush's phrases, is on the march. Positive signs
of change are everywhere we turn.
- In
anti-war candidates gaining support from the American public.
- In
102 Iraqi Parliamentarians asking for a fixed timetable for the
withdrawal of US troops.
- In
the efforts of the European Union and the International Atomic
Energy Agency to find negotiated solutions in Iran.
- In
the Israeli/Lebanese ceasefire, monitored by international peacekeepers.
- In
the growing grassroots campaign to deploy UN peacekeepers in Darfur.
Diplomacy
can work. We can choose peace, and we are. Toward this end, CODEPINK
is taking to the streets to spread the Declaration of Peace.
The
Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish a concrete
and rapid plan for peace in Iraq. From September 21-28, we will
take part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations,
interfaith services, candlelight vigils and other inspired ways
to declare peace at the US Capitol and in cities and towns across
the US. Join
CODEPINK for a week of creative and outrageous action in Washington
DC, including an Arms are for Hugging "Hug
In" at Congress.
Local
CODEPINK groups are also taking action
in communities from New York City to Ft. Lauderdale to San Francisco
to Boulder. To join an action in your area, or to get info about
planning one, click
here.
This
week, Yoko Ono, Kate Hudson and Samuel L. Jackson signed on to our
Give Peace a Vote campaign. Have
you? Consider becoming one of our 1000
Peacemakers who are getting 100
others to vote for peace. And pass on John
Stauber's flash video from his new book, The Best
War Ever, to encourage voters for peace.
As
John Lennon and Yoko Ono said so beautifully, "WAR
IS OVER, if we want it."
Declaring
peace and gratitude,
Andrea,
Anedra, Dana, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Jodie, Laura, Liz, Medea, Nancy,
Patricia, Rae, Samantha,
and Sonia
P.S.
- Gather
for the movies in October. Check out CODEPINK
Flicks, The Ground Truth and Iraq
for Sale!
- Our
store has new
Give Peace a VOTE tshirts.
- Please
consider supporting our efforts by making a donation
to our Give Peace a Vote campaign.
- Don't
forget to forward this email to your friends!
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