CODE PINK: URGENT CALL FOR ACTION!!!
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From CODE PINK aka Women Say No to War!
“This is not the world we want for ourselves or our children. With fire in our bellies and love in our hearts, we women are rising up – across borders – to unite and demand an end to the bloodshed and the destruction.”
Dear friends–
This week, in celebration of International Women’s Day, a courageous group of Iraqi women will converge in Washington DC to hold George Bush and Congress accountable for the chaos, the killing, the violence that is engulfing their nation. They represent Shias, Sunnis and Kurds, religious and secular women. They are united in their horror at the killings, their outrage at the Bush administration and U.S. elected officials, and their determination to stop the violence.
We can stand with them in solidarity by signing the Code Pink’s Urgent Call for Peace, at www.womensaynotowar.org. On March 8 the signatures are to be delivered to officials in Washington DC and to U.S. embassies worldwide. The full text of the statement can be found at www.womensaynotowar.org. Nationals of any country are welcome to sign. The campaign is not limited to women. You and everyone you know is invited.
As the organizers of this action say, “This is not the world we want for ourselves or our children. With fire in our bellies and love in our hearts, we women are rising up – across borders – to unite and demand an end to the bloodshed and the destruction.”
Eleanor
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Code Pink is not soley a creature of the internet. They appear in numbers at events around the country, including Crawford, Texas [and Cambridge, Massachusetts. :)]
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Four miles from Bush’s Ranch, the supporters of Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, stopped because the McLennan County Sherriff’s Department said the group had disobeyed orders by walking on the roadway, not the grassy shoulder. Supporters included members of Veterans for Peace, Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against War, Vietnam Veterans Against War, CodePink Austin, and the Crawford Peace House. [Lone Star Iconclast.]
