[nyfoil-l] 3/27-4/17: UFPJ CALL TO ACTION ON CONGRESSIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL VOTE!

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3/27 - 4/17: CALL TO ACTION  ON CONGRESSIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL VOTE! 
United For Peace & Justice

We  have reached another defining moment in the movement to end the U.S. war 
in Iraq  and global drive for empire. We must continue to do everything in our 
power to  stop the current Iraq War Supplemental no matter how hard the 
Democratic Party  leadership might try to present it as a way to end the war in 
Iraq.

We  need to demonstrate to those elected to represent us that there will be  
consequences for their continued support for the war. Most immediately, we 
need  to thwart the Senate's effort to pass their version of a war supplemental. 
And  we must be prepared to escalate as both houses of Congress move towards a 
final  vote, most likely in mid-April.

The UFPJ Nonviolent Direct Action Working  Group, a network of diverse member 
groups of UFPJ, proposes a set of escalating  activities around the 
supplemental vote process unfolding in Congress. Below are  some fresh and easy ideas 
for how to respond in the coming days and weeks.   These actions are designed 
to help communicate the true cost of the war and to  begin to broaden our focus 
as we engage new people and increase our creative  resistance and commitment 
to shutting down the war machine if the Congress  won’t. The Legislative 
Working Group of UFPJ is also developing new ideas to  build on the work they've 
been doing and we look forward to having these two  working groups share ideas 
and work together.

I.  Post House  Supplemental Funding Vote Action,  Tuesday, March 27, 2007
We thank  those 8 Congressional Leaders who demonstrated courage in honoring 
the  democratic process and the will of the people by voting against any more 
funding  of the war.  

For those Representatives who voted for more funding,  we need to remind them 
about the true costs of this war and occupation. Even  with benchmarks and 
withdrawal dates, billions of more tax dollars will be  fueling the death of 
hundreds, if not thousands, of sons and daughters, fathers  and mothers and 
brothers and sisters.
If we truly want to end this war, then  let us remember the true cost. The 
UFPJ-NVDA Working Group is urging all of you  to contact your elected 
representatives.  If they supported funding for  more war, then let them know the true 
cost. We are asking as many of you as  possible to do the following:

On Tues, March 27 - Let Them Hear the Cost  of War All Day Long
·        Read the  Names of the dead on the phone or in person in the office 
of your  representative. You could do this for 5 minutes or be prepared to 
stay until all  of the names have been read.  This could include U.S. and Iraqis 
killed or  people from your community or state.   You might consider people  
taking shifts to keep reading or organizing call in times. A different person  
every half hour.  One group has been in their reps' office for 54 days  now.   
Perhaps you will email or fax the list as well.  They may  hang up on you, 
but keep trying…but let us make this a day for them to remember  the true cost 
of war.

-          Call the Congressional switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask to be 
connected to  their office. Toll free number:  866-340-9281.
-         List of all  US casualties:  
http://www.icasualties.org/oif/US_NAMES.aspx
-          List of US casualties by  
State:http://www.icasualties.org/oif/Statecity.aspx
-          List of Iraqi casualties: http://www.iraqbodycount.org/names.php  
·         Deliver the “Certificate  of Ownership”  for the war that has been 
developed by Military Families  Speak Out, IVAW and Veterans for Peace.  This 
could be brought in by  yourself or a delegation. It could be faxed or 
emailed as well. To download  certificate:  www.mfso.org

II.   Senate Supplemental  Funding Vote, Week of March 26-29th
Organize Call-in’s from Public Places -  before the vote -  to your Senators' 
Offices.  Places like gas  stations, parks, city halls, schools or places 
that fly flags.  Request  that they fly the flag at half mast if the funding is 
approved  You could  set up tables (or ironing boards) for calls, sign-up 
sheets, fliers and perhaps,  like one group did, do constituent interviews on tape 
that can be delivered to  your Representative's office. 
Lower Flags in Public Places to Half Mast –  after the vote.  This could be 
done late at night or early in the morning  or it could be done publicly as an 
act of civil disobedience at your Senator’s  office or local Federal Building. 

III.  Congressional Recess, April  2-9
During the recess most members of Congress are in their home districts.  The 
UFPJ Legislative Working Group and the Occupation Project are calling for  
District office visits during the recess to tell them to vote against any  
additional funds for the Iraq war. It is quite likely that the House and the  Senate 
will have passed their own different supplemental spending bills to fund  the 
wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sometime in April, a conference committee of  
the House and Senate will put together a final version of the bill, which will  
go back for votes in both the House and the Senate. Now is the time to start  
planning creative actions. Visit UFPJ  
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3116 and the Occupation  Project   
http://vcnv.org/project/the-occupation-project

IV.    Final Conference Vote, could occur in mid April  

·        National Day of Action for  Climate Justice, Sat. April 14th,  Step 
It Up Campaign – in solidarity with  this global day of action, which UFPJ has 
already endorsed, we are calling on  anti-war activists to organize protests 
and creative non-violent actions at gas  stations across the country.  Some 
ideas might be to hold a rally, perform  street theater, leaflet motorists, have 
call-ins, host a  teach-in on  bicycle maintenance, put up signs, chalk the 
driveways.  It is a great time  to make the connections between war, oil and 
climate justice and that we are all  entrapped in a bad system! 
http://www.stepitup2007.org/   
(This is  also a big day of action in Chicago for the Coalition of Immokalee 
Workers  McDonald’s Truth Tour and there is also an IMF-World Bank meeting in  
DC!)

·        Tax Day Actions,  Tuesday, April 17th  – Many local groups often 
have actions on Tax Day that  highlight the excessive spending on the military 
and war. This year Occupation  Project is also calling for a coordinated day of 
civil disobedience to end  funding of the Iraq war.  We recommend that you 
look at the excellent  analysis and fact sheet which the War Resisters' League 
produces every year -  "Where your income tax money really goes"  
http://warresisters.org/piechart.htm . The UFPJ-NVDA networking group is  
discussing numerous ideas and more info will be coming soon!  

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As groups committed to ending war and  building global justice, we can and 
should continue to pressure Congress. But  whatever the result, in the weeks and 
months ahead we must also be prepared to  put more pressure on the 
infrastructure that allows this war to be fought.  Whether it is a congressional office 
or a recruiting center, a gas station or a  port, a college campus or a 
corporate office, let us strengthen our resolve to  directly confront the pillars of 
war as we build a direct democracy movement  that uses people power to end 
the war.
To join the UFPJ-NVDA working group  list go  to:
https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/ufpj-nvdaction



For  More Information, Resources etc…
United for Peace And Justice    http://unitedforpeace.org
Voices for Creative Nonviolence    http://vcnv.org
Declaration of Peace    http://declarationofpeace.org 
National Campaign Nonviolent  Resistance   http://www.iraqpledge.org
Don't Buy Bushes War   http://www.dontbuybushswar.org/
Oil Theft Law and Chevron Campaign   http://www.myspace.com/ProtestChevron
Direct Action Organizing  resources    
http://www.rantcollective.net/article.php?list=type&type=17
National Day  for Climate Action   http://www.stepitup2007.org/ 
Mobilization for  Farmworker Justice    
http://www.ciw-online.org/2007truthtour/index.html
Latin America Solidarity  Conference   http://www.lasolidarity.org/index.shtml

SOA  Watch   http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=1519

Global  Exchange    http://www.globalexchange.org/



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