The Orange Revolution Begins in Six Days. Will You Be A Part of It?
On July 23, 2002, the head of British intelligence reported that Bush
and Cheney were intent on invading Iraq and planned to "fix the
intelligence and facts around the policy"--i.e. lie to do so. Five
years later a million people have died as a direct result of these
lies and there's no end in sight. Meanwhile, torture has been
institutionalized, habeaus corpus eviscerated, and illegal spying made
routine. New Orleans lies devastated--along with our Constitution and
the rule of law. And Bush and Cheney are making a mockery of the
Democrats' feeble gestures towads accountability.
Enough is enough and this July 23rd a new phase in the movement for
peace and justice will be launched. We call it the Orange Revolution
because starting that day will wearing orange will signify that you
want Congress to START IMPEACHMENT and STOP THE WAR. The majority of
Americans want to see Bush and Cheney impeached and want an immediate
end to this war. But they are rendered largely invisible by a
complicit corporate media. Wearing or displaying orange will be our
signal to one another--and to the world--about where we stand.
Anything orange will do: a t-shirt, a wristband, a ribbon--get
creative and post your images and ideas on ImpeachSpace.com. Here are
a couple of items to get you started:
Orange "Drive out the Bush Regime" bandanas
Available at http://www.worldcantwait.net/
Orange "Impeach Bush and Cheney" t-shirts
Available at http://www.beachblogger.net/barbara/
The Orange Revolution will be launched with acts of civil disobedience
in Washington and elsewhere to show Congress that we are serious.
In D.C., Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Col. Ann
Wright, Debra Sweet, Dave Lindorff, David Swanson, Jodie Evans, Medea
Benjamin, Kevin Zeese, Tina Richards, and others will march from
Arlington National Cemetary to the office of Congressman John Conyers.
They will sit in Conyers' office reciting the U.S. Constitution until
they are either arrested or he agrees to start impeachment. All are
welcome to join them. See http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/sit for
time and location.
Similar actions will take place at the offices of Rep. Howard Berman
in California, Rep. Pete Visclosky in Indiana, and Rep. Conyers'
district offices in Detroit. If you are willing to risk going to jail
for justice you are encouraged to go to Washington or to stage a
sit-in at your own Representative's district office. See
http://www.democrats.com/sit for more information and tools to help
you organize this.
If you cannot participate in civil disobedience, please wear orange in
solidarity with those that are and please call Congressman Conyers
that day and ask him to move on impeachment: (202) 225-5126.
The march in D.C. is also part of Cindy Sheehan's Journey for Humanity
from Crawford, Texas to New York City. Participants in this Journey
for Humanity share the goals of ending the occupation of Iraq,
impeaching Cheney and Bush, restoring New Orleans, and funding human
needs at home and in Iraq and Afghanistan. The march will include
stops at the district offices of House Judiciary Committee Members Mel
Watt, Howard Coble, and Bobby Scott along the way, before arriving in
Washington, D.C., on July 23rd. For more information and to get
involved visit http://www.thecampcaseypeaceinstitute.org.
Essential Viewing: Bill Moyers on Impeachment
On Friday, PBS aired a one-hour special on impeachment featuring Bruce
Fein, Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and well-known
Republican, and John Nichols, author of "The Genius of Impeachment"
and well-known Democrat, both arguing for impeachment.
If there's one video to share with your friends and family who are
still skeptical about impeachment, this is it. Fein and Nichols argue
with passion and eloquence that the necessity of impeaching both Bush
and Cheney is not about politics, but about salvaging our
Constitutional form of government.
Watch the video at
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07132007/profile.html
and pass it along!
How to Get Impeachment into the Next Democratic Presidential Debate
Also on July 23rd, the Democratic presidential candidates will take
part in an evening debate run by CNN, Google, and Youtube. You can
submit your own questions on video to the candidates through
Youtube--and everybody can vote for which questions they most want to
see asked. Right now a question about impeachment is the second most
popular video out of more than a thousand submitted.
Please go to http://www.communitycounts.us/cgi/demdebate and help vote
that video up to number one. And please use the search feature on the
site to look for other videos on impeachment and vote those up too!
And let's flood the site with more questions about impeachment! All
you need is to video yourself for thirty seconds and put it up on
YouTube. No fancy equipment necessary--a webcam or video shot on your
camera is just fine. Be sure to include the word "impeachment" in your
video's title so everybody can find it.
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