November 15, 2007


Dear CODEPINKer,

As we observed Veteran's Day this week, our hearts ached as we thought about the thousands of troops who have been killed in Iraq and the many more who have returned home without adequate care for their physical and psychological wounds. Real support for our troops means bringing them home and caring for them when they return. It also means holding accountable those who sent them into this unjust war.

Thanks to Dennis Kucinich, impeachment is back in the national conversation. Earlier this month, Kucinich introduced H.Res 333/799, articles of impeachment against Vice President Cheney, and asked for a floor vote. The gutless Democratic leadership, instead of allowing a floor debate, moved the resolution to the House Judiciary Committee where it is in serious danger of languishing unless we speak up now.

Please contact the members of the House Judiciary Committee (202) 225-3951 or by email and insist that they launch hearings on H.Res 333/799 immediately after the Thanksgiving break.

And let's show Speaker Nancy Pelosi that we want impeachment back on the table. Over 12,000 of you have already signed our Impeach Cheney petition. If you haven't signed it yet, please do, and forward it to friends and family. We will hand deliver the petition to Speaker Pelosi to help bolster our demand to move forward with impeachment hearings.

To learn more about Kucinich's bold move, take a look at our own Linda Milazzo's article, "The Courage of Kucinich in Pelosi's House of Wacks."

Thank you for helping to hold our misleaders accountable! It is one way to honor the Iraq veterans who have given so much to our country and have received nothing but shoddy equipment, poor health care and PTSD in return. And that's if they're lucky enough to stay alive.

For peace and accountability,
Dana, Desiree, Farida, Gael, Gayle, Ileana, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Rae, and Samantha

P.S. Your representative will be home for the next two weeks. Visit his or her website to learn what local events and town hall meetings your rep has scheduled. Attend an event with the triple message: Stop funding the war in Iraq; Diplomacy not war with Iran; and Restore our civil liberties!

P.P.S.Give CODEPINK a vote! CREDO Action, previously called Working Assets, a progressive phone and credit card company and activist network, donates a portion of its proceeds to worthy causes. They are asking members to choose how to allocate their donations this year, and CODEPINK was selected as one of this year's beneficiaries. You can choose to allocate up to 100 points to the organization of your choice--we would be thrilled for your support; the more funds we receive, the wider our reach can be. If you are already a CREDO Action member, you can vote for us here (and if you're not a member yet you can sign up here).

This Week's Pledge to Speak Up for Peace!

Have you signed our November pledge to Speak Up for Peace? If not, please sign up now--we'll send you a simple action to do each week to use your voice to end war.

This week, we are standing in solidarity with our sister and brother activists who have been silenced and imprisoned in Pakistan. Download our "We will not be silent" pendant, which you can print, laminate and wear as a necklace, and/or order one of our "We will not be silent" tee shirts, available in several styles: Arabic unisex, Arabic woman, Spanish unisex, and Spanish woman. When someone asks you about the pendant or tee shirt, tell them you will continue to speak out for freedom of expression, for civil and human rights, for peace. Tell them you will continue to give voice to those who are silenced by tyranny and war.

To educate yourself further about the situation in Pakistan, please read:

Send pictures and videos of yourself in your pendant and/or shirt to locals@codepinkalert.org and tell us how you are speaking up for peace. Please circulate this action widely; remember--the person who signs up the most friends and family this month will win a one-week trip to be with CODEPINK in DC!


Email or call
(202-225-3951)
House Judiciary Committee
for hearings on
H.Res 333/799

 

Sign our
Impeach Cheney
petition











unsubscribe
from this list