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A Recipe for Defeating
BUSH'S WAR RESOLUTION

Contact concerned citizens in your community immediately and organize small delegations of two to five constituents to visit the district offices of your Senators and Representatives. Be sure to target Members of Congress who have either not taken a position on the war resolution or have already expressed their support. (So far, at least 17 Members of Congress have publicly announced their opposition to the war resolution in its current form.)

If no one in your group has had previous experience with civil disobedience, contact a local nonviolence trainer or peace organization (see below for links to RESOURCES for NONVIOLENCE TRAINING). It is essential to ensure that everyone planning to participate in this important action is properly trained and prepared to risk arrest.

It is not necessary to schedule a meeting. Each delegation should simply walk into the office and ask to speak to the staffer who handles foreign policy or defense. Whether or not they meet with you, tell someone in the office that, as constituents, you would like a public statement from the Member of Congress declaring that they will vote against the war resolution in any form. Keep the request short and simple. Let them know that you and your delegation will wait until a statement is made. If the office refuses to provide a statement or tells you that they plan to support the President, politely inform them that you will not leave until the office complies with your request.

Make sure that the media is aware of your action.

You are essentially asking the Member of Congress to represent their constituents who oppose a war in Iraq. Furthermore, to authorize the President to take U.S. military action against Iraq at this time would represent a repudiation of the U.S. Constitution and the United Nations Charter, abandoning legal restrictions that have guided America for two generations. You are carrying out your civic duties in holding your elected representatives accountable.

In a letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. instructed us: "In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action."

For over 12 years, concerned citizens and organizations in the United States as well as throughout the world have documented the tremendous hardship, suffering and death that the people of Iraq have had to endure. Despite this, the grave injustice and indignity of U.S.-led military actions and international sanctions continue.

When the Bush administration began to put our nation on the path to war in Iraq, these same concerned organizations and individuals petitioned Congress and the administration to reverse the course and allow the UN to settle the conflict through peaceful means. Our case has been made stronger by the collection of the facts. In short, the administration has been unable to provide any evidence that shows Iraq to be a clear and immediate threat to the United States. But despite all of this, our efforts to prevail upon our elected officials through negotiation have failed. Even Iraq's surrender to President Bush's demand to allow in UN weapons inspections "without conditions" seems to have had no effect in averting the collision course the Bush administration has set for us. And now Congress appears prepared to vote to authorize the President to use force against Iraq.

We are left with no choice. It is time for each of us to prepare to take nonviolent direct action. Otherwise, we could lose our last chance to prevent our nation from making a devastating mistake.

RESOURCES for Nonviolence Training

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE INDEX:
(the following is an extensive list of support organizations)
http://www.actupny.org/documents/CDdocuments/CDindex.html

The following are additional links that can assist you in locating a nonviolence trainer and/or recruiting others to participate in your action.

DIRECTORIES of NONVIOLENCE TRAINER:
[Nationwide Directory] http://www.warresisters.org/wrl_locals.htm-?

New England States] http://www.donnellycolt.com/nonviolencetraining/
[Arizona] http://www.nvcaz.com/connect/trainers.htm

LIST of CERTIFIED NONVIOLENCE TRAINERS in the
U.S.: http://www.cnvc.org/trnrlist.htm#ust

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
http://actupny.org/documents/demomanual/Demomanual.html

For peace with justice,
An Anonymous Gulf War Veteran

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Contact information for US, UN, European Union, Canada, Israel and Media

(CONTACT EARLY AND OFTEN)

CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!

CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!

CALL and FAX and EMAIL TODAY!!!!

Please contact your political representatives immediately and ask them to urge a cessation of hostilities on both sides. Also encourage them to urge the use of international observers, many of whom are currently in Ramallah and the surrounding area.

You can easily find how to contact for your own U.S. Senators and Congresspeople at http://government.aol.com

To begin, here are four important people to address in the United States.

Use phone AND fax AND email:

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvanian Avenue
Washington, DC 20500
Phone: (202) 456-1111 -- Fax: (202) 456-2461 --
E-mail:
president@whitehouse.gov

Vice President Dick Cheney
(The White House, as above)

Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
(The White House, as above)

Secretary of State Colin Powell
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-6575 -- Fax: (202) 261-8577 --
E-mail:
secretary@state.gov

You can call the Capital switchboard toll-free:
1-800-839-5276 and ask to be connected to your member of Congress.

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UNITED NATIONS

Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Postal Address: 136 East 67 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021
Phone: (212) 861-4900; 861-4901; 861-4902
Fax: (212) 628-0252
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Britain at the United Nations
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
28th Floor
885 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
E-mail uk@un.int
Tel: (212) 745 9250
Fax: (212) 745 9316
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Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan
Address: 350 East 35th Street, New York, NY 10016
Telephone:
212-655-6100 --- Fax: 212-634-7626
E-mail: chinamission_un@fmprc.gov.cn

Permanent Representative
and Ambassador Wang Yingfan
Tel: 212-655-6191
Fax: 212-481-2998

Deputy Permanent Representative
and Ambassador Zhang Yishan
Tel: 212-655-6123
Fax: 212-481-2998

Political Affairs Section
Tel: 212-655-6141
Fax: 212-634-7625
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Delegation of France to the Security Council
Telephone : (212) 308-5700
Main Fax : (212) 421-6889
E-mail : france@un.int
ReprTsentant Permanent
Permanent Representative
S.E M.Jean-David LEVITTE
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To also contact non permanent members.
http://www.un.org/Docs/scinfo.htm

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UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATION:
webmaster@unhcr.ch
areca@unhcr.ch
unsco@palnet.com
ecu@un.org
coi@un.org
webadmin.hchr@unog.ch

EUROPEAN UNION:
romano.prodi@cec.eu.int
civis@europarl.eu.int
epbrussels@europarl.eu.int
public.info@consilium.eu.int
belrep@belgoeurop.diplobel.fgov.be
karin.roxman@consilium.eu.int
christian.jouret@consilium.eu.int
Javier.Sancho-Velazquez@consilium.eu.int

CANADA:
Prime minister (Jean Chretien pm@pm.gc.ca )
Bill Graham (Bill Graham graham.b@parl.gc.ca ).

ISRAEL:
Ariel Sharon, Israeli Prime Minister:
rohm@pmo.gov.il-? or webmaster@pmo.gov.il
Fax: +972 2 651 2631

Benjamin Ben Eliezer, Israeli Minister of Defense:
Email: sgansar@mod.gov.il

Shimon Peres, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Fax: +972-2-5303367
Email: sar@mfa.gov.il

Here is the phone number of the IDF Commander for the Ramallah area
(from the US): 011-972-2-9970461 Mobile: 011-972-54-240-303
Voice your protest to him personally.

MEDIA SOURCES:

ABC News - 212-456-4040
CBS News - 212-975-3691
NBC News - 212-664-4971
CNN - 404-827-1511
Fox News - 212-301-3300
MSNBC - 201-583-5222
PBS - 703-998-2150
NPR - 202-513 3232 / Morning Edition comment line - 202-842 5044
NY Times - 212-556-1234
USA Today - 703-276-3400
WS Journal - 212-416-2000
Wash. Post - 202-334-6000
Time - 212-522-1212
U.S. News - 202-955-2000
AP 212-621-1600
MSNBC - 201-583-5000
CNBC - 201-585-2622

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