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Impeach George Now

Impeach George Now

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For a number of valid (if frustrating) reasons, the Democratic leadership is not considering impeachment at this time. You, however, can still join the Peace Team in expressing your views on the matter. If there were more outcry, momentum toward impeachment might go forward. IMPEACHMENT ACTION PAGE: http://www.peaceteam.net/impeachment_now2.php Before the coming of george bush and his shadow president Dick Cheney, the greatest military blunder in American History was thought to be Custer’s Last Stand. It did not take a lot…

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No New US Nuclear Arsenal

No New US Nuclear Arsenal

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The Union of Concerned Scientists has issued an alert on the proposed nuclear armament expansion program. Urge the Administration Not to Build New Nuclear Weapons The Bush administration is proposing to rebuild the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal, recreating the type of design, development, and production capability for nuclear weapons used in the United States during the Cold War. Fortunately, a mandatory environmental impact review of the Bush administration’s so-called “Complex 2030” proposal allows you to submit comments on this dangerous…

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Take Action to Oppose Iraq Escalation

Take Action to Oppose Iraq Escalation

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“Everything we do here is on the defense. Any troops increase over here – they will just be more sitting ducks, more targets.” – Army Sergeant Ronn Cantu, serving his second tour in Iraq. Get informed, and take action to oppose escalation in Iraq. The war – it isn’t “really” a war, and yet Bush has assumed war powers – is wrong. No “surge” of troops, no bloody sacrificial sop to Bush’s pride can be acceptable to informed Americans. Sign…

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Five Years of Guantanamo Bay Injustice

Five Years of Guantanamo Bay Injustice

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Close Guantanamo Bay…and don’t just move them to the shiny new “detention centers” in Texas. All detainees should either be charged and tried in accordance with international fair trial standards or else released. Today, Amnesty International activists around the country and the world mark the fifth anniversary of the first transfer of detainees to Guantánamo Bay by holding public actions demanding that the detention facility be closed. Amnesty International was the first to call for the closure of the detention…

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Least Immoral Choice in Iraq

Least Immoral Choice in Iraq

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We still haven’t heard an answer to the basic question: for what “noble cause” have we invaded Iraq? Are we in Iraq just to secure the oil for the energy companies that get so much support of every kind from the US government? Not to be a party pooper or anything, but what about the death and pain and chaos and suffering? What is the reason for the sacrifices of U.S. and other allied soldiers? What is the justification for…

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