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Hi
all,
This
campaign has gone through a team transition. The documentation
below is current through January 2008. As of Fall 2009 a fresh
set of members have taken the project in a broader direction.
To see the variety of choices including the Arrent Bush campaign,
please go to http://www.wewillnotbesilent.net. Thanks again
for all your voices and support. We hope the thousands of you
will continue in the campaign to NOT BE SILENT.
Peace
- The Critical Voice, 2009
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Bill
Moyers reflects
on the recent violence in the Middle East, interviewing activists
and showing footage of the March of the Dead from January 6th. |
On
January 6th over 65 people from different places including NY,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky joined THE MARCH
OF THE DEAD.
We circled
the capitol as the swearing in of the new congress took place.
At the same time activists in Madison, Wisconsin organized 200
others to create a MARCH OF THE DEAD also calling attention
to the cruel,deadly consequences of the criminal military/foreign
policies of both the U.S. and Israeli governments. Approximately
one hour after the march ended, activists in Washington brought
our message inside the halls of congress to the Senate Hart
building where we hung five massive banners: three 20' banners
saying Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, one 20'x30' banner saying
The Audacity of War Crimes and the final banner again letting
them know We Will Not Be Silent. At the time the banners were
being hung several of us in death masks created a presence on
the floor of the building while others read the names of the
dead from Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine including some of
the most recent victims in Gaza. Seventeen of us were arrested
and charged with unlawful assembly. Video
on YouTube
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Critical
Voice members took part in the The March of the Dead (M19) which
began at Arlington Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. at the Womens' Memorial.
It then left there in a single file, slow, solemn procession
and proceed toward the city, stopping at the nearby site of
the war memorials to read the names of the dead for five minutes,
in recognition of five years of illegal occupation of Iraq.
The procession then continue past the State Department and passed
the K Street corridor, the offices of many war profiteers. It
broke for an hour then reconverged at the White House, to the
Justice Departments, then came to a final convergence at the
Capitol reflecting pool. Photographs.
One personal accounts of the day.
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On
September 11th a day or mourning,
5000 Postcards were read aloud on the Capitol lawn with messages
from all over the Country to IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY, END
THE OCCUPATION AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW. Activists gathered
from all over the country to take part. A projection screen
displayed images of the atrocities in Iraq and protest in
America.
On
September 12 a day of rage,
at 10 AM, hundreds went to Nancy Pelosi's Office to deliver
the thousands of postcards. The reading lasted seven hours
as the occupation of the office reinforced the message.
See
more pictures of the reading
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In a victory
for the Constitution, two Transportation Security Authority
(TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid Raed Jarrar
$240,000 to settle charges that they illegally discriminated
against the U.S. resident based on his ethnicity and the Arabic
writing on his T-shirt. TSA and JetBlue officials prevented
Jarrar from boarding his August 2006 flight at New York’s
John F. Kennedy Airport until he agreed to cover his shirt,
which read "We Will Not Be Silent" in English and
Arabic, and then forced him to sit at the back of the plane.
The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties
Union filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Jarrar’s
behalf in August 2007.
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Eddie
Vedder and Ben Harper singing " No More War"at
Lollapalooza in Chicago this weekend 8/11. In addition to
Vedder and Harper, an Iraq Veteran against the War was present
wearing a "We Will Not Be Silent" shirt on stage,
along with 30,000 fans singing " No More War".
terrific
video !!!
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Multiple
actions occurred in the early afternoon of April 26th inside
the Hart Senate Office Building. Eight New York activists were
among the 15 plus arrested. On this day
A.R.T.* OCCUPIED THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN A DRAMATIC TWO-PART
ACTION.
First, in a massive distribution, A.R.T.hand-delivered a 20-page
tabloid petition to every representative.It contained documentary
evidence for indictments, literally putting impeachment back
on the table. Then, at 1PM, in a spectacular visual feat, A.R.T
displayed the full text of Article II, Section 4 to the Senate
as a 30-foot banner drop in the Hart Office Building atrium.
A second 30-foot banner read "YOUR SILENCE YOUR LEGACY".
Organizers said, "We must magnify the refusal of Congress
to uphold the Constitution. Their silence equals complicity
in the flagrant crimes of this administration."
For
more on this action, contact: *A.R.T. (Activist Response Team)
email: stateofemergencyaction@gmail.com ACTION
FILM CLIP!
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“ENDLESS”
WAR: A MEMORIAL Times
Square Recruitment Center, NYC - How can you ask another person
to be the last one to die for a lie?
At dawn on Sunday, March 11th, 2007, as we approached the fifth
year of the invasion of Iraq, people of conscience began reading
the names of the war dead, both civilian and military. We continued
reading from sunrise to sunset for six days, through Friday,
March 16th, 2007. We invited all to join us and read for a period
of time, to bear witness to this tragedy and suffering. They
are a part of a growing resistance movement demanding an end
to the illegal occupation of Iraq and saying “NO”
to an attack on Iran. .More
pictures of this action...
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'Endless' War Memorial
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Rayburn
White Rose Drop
Nine
were arrested on Monday January 29th when they gathered in the
courtyard of The Rayburn building in Washington DC to read the
names of American and Iraqi war dead.
They
laid 1,500 white roses and numerous postcards in the reflecting
pool. Three held a 20 foot black banner with one word: WAR.
They each wore shirts that read "WE WILL NOT BE SILENT"
in Arabic and English. Capitol police cleared the courtyard,
even threatening the press with arrest.There was a large crowd
of supported who sang and cheered as the protesters were escorted
out.More
pictures
 ToddTodd
Eaton being escorted out by Capitol police
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As
the new Congress convenes, New York based activists were
present to demand that our representatives put an immediate
end to the illegal occupation of Iraq and bring to justice
those responsible for a U.S. policy of torture and illegal
detentions.These are our first steps
to let the members of Congress know that we are watching,
and will come back again and again until the war, occupation,
torture and detentions stop.
On
January 4th, activists entered the Senate Hart building
and dropped four billboard size banners to put the110th
Congress on notice: we demand accountability now. See
Democracy
Now! for and footage.
 Above:Capitol
police removing the 'lies' banner
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 Tying
the
Tying the30 foot banner onto the railing.
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WE
WILL NOT BE SILENT
A T-shirt campaign in Arabic, English, Spanish, Farsi, German
and Hebrew. 15,000
shirts and counting
order a shirt at http://wewillnotbesilent.net
"We
Will Not Be Silent" is a statement attributed to
a student-resistance movement in Nazi Germany called The
White Rose. It is a statement of purpose, intended
to inspire acts of resistance and dissent against a corrupt
government that abuses its power, and abandons the rule
of law.
All
of us who believe in our freedom and that of others, and are
against a policy of war, torture and lies, cannot afford to
be silent.
The
Campaign on Democracy
Now! Laurie interviewed by Amy Goodman about
the Jarrar incident, our response, and the history of the
statement.
Pictured
left, Stephanie Schwartz (third from right) at the Staten
Island Ferry action.
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