The World Can’t Wait

Nationwide demonstrations are set for January 31 – the night of Bush’s State of the Union address – to be followed by a massive demonstration in Washington, D.C. on February 4. The demand? BUSH STEP DOWN. The world can’t wait for there to be more Abu Ghraibs and Alitos. The world can’t wait, lest the controversy over Iran turn into another unjust war, perhaps even more horrendous than the one still raging in Iraq. It can’t wait as the Bush regime claims more and more unbridled power – power to spy on people, to imprison without charges, to torture – without even going through the motions of obeying the law. For more theocrats to be put into positions of power – including in the military.

Note to Atlanta readers: Atlanta, January 31st: 8PM, CNN Center, downtown Atlanta (Marietta St. and Olympic Park Blvd.) Look up your location.

International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration

The International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration will be holding its second session Jan. 20-22 in NYC at Riverside Church (Friday & Saturday) and Columbia Univ. Law School (Sunday). The first session offered shocking evidence of the scope and depths of crimes this regime has committed. Just watching the highlights from its DVD (available at bushcommission.org) will both horrify and compel you to do everything to stop what is being done in our names.

The Commission has indicted the Bush administration on 5 counts: 1) Wars of Aggression, 2) Torture and Indefinite Detention, 3) Destruction of the Global Environment, 4) Attacks on Global Public Health and Reproductive Rights, 5) Knowing Failure to Protect Life During Hurricane Katrina. It brings together powerful testimony from the victims of this regime to experts and activists, to defectors from the regime, and applies rigorous standards in prosecuting its indictments. Witnesses include: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former head of Abu Ghraib prison; Craig Murray, resigned British ambassador to Uzbekistan; Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, Ray McGovern, ex CIA; Katrina victims… and more.

Everyone who can should come to NYC Jan. 20-22 for this historic tribunal, and spread the shocking truth about this regime to everyone you can.

Check out more about this Commission and statements from participants below:

Indictments Alleging Crimes Against Humanity Served by Citizens’ Delegation on Bush White House with letters to Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers.

Delivering a Powerful “J’Accuse” — Right in Bush’s Brave New “Homeland” by Larry Everest

Interview with Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, formerly in charge of Abu Ghraib prison, now a participant in the Commission