ActionLA - Action for World Liberation Everyday! Tel: (213)403-0131 URL: _http://www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
Please join our ActionLA Listserv go to:_ http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/actionla_ (http://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/actionla) or send e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Boycott Across America April 15th-22nd 2007 wearenotbuyingit.org Fighting for Truth Fighting for Justice February 2007 There are political realities we have to face if we are to be successful in this massive effort to bring the Bush administration to justice. While millions are well aware of the litany of criminal charges levied against this administration, many of us have also been unwilling to accept the very real political power that they wield. Frankly the path of this administration is littered with destroyed reputations, ruined lives and untimely deaths. It is not outside of the realm of possibility that key members of Congress may be under extraordinary pressure to refrain from pursuing criminal charges. The reasons for this position are no doubt many: They are personally compromised in some way, they may want to hold onto expanded executive powers for their own ends, they may truly feel as if the majority of Americans are as mean-spirited and destructive as the administration so they want to appease them.....or perhaps they are just afraid and uncertain, lacking a moral compass. Whatever the actual pressures are that have caused the Democratic leadership to abandon any direct opposition to the Bush Administration, we must understand that at heart, almost all politicians are concerned first and foremost with getting elected again. And unless this issue is heard within the home districts of even the staunchest neo-con Republican, it will be possible for the House Leadership to just ignore our calls for justice and pursue their own politically driven agenda. Impeachment Statistics www.wearenotbuyingit.org Change is Hard OK, There may be lies, damned lies and statistics but the numbers can also reveal the truth. Compare these two poll results, the first and IPSOs poll taken during the elections and the second a Zogby poll released in January--- IPSOs Poll November 2007 Favoring Impeachment : By Party <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> * 72% of Democrats * 56% of Independents * 20% of Republicans * Region * 53% Northeast * 51% West * 50% South Now the Ipso's poll was only asking for an up or down opinion. After House Speaker Pelosi took the issue "Off the table" we see a 6% drop in support from Democrats. But so what, the 3% gains with both the Independent and Republican voters make up for it. Zogby Poll in January 2007 * 66% of Democrats * 59% of Independents * 23% of Republicans. By ideology, impeachment was supported by: * 90% of Progressives * 71% of Libertarians * 65% of Liberals * 58% of Moderates * 33%of Conservatives * ...and even 28% of Very Conservative voters favor impeachment! (Still that means a third of conservatives are open to the message whereas a third of liberals are not!). Responses also varied by age, sex, race, and religion. 74% of those 18-29 47% of those 31-49 49% of those 50-64 40% of those over 65 55% of women 49% of men. By Race: 75% of African Americans 56% of Hispanics 47% of Whites By Religion: Majorities of Catholics, Jews, and Others favored impeachment, while 44% of Protestants and 38% of Born Again Christians did so. Majorities favored impeachment in every region: 54% in the East 53% in the South 2% in the West 50% In the Midwest By community size impeachment support runs: 56% in large cities 58% in small cities 48% in the suburbs 46% in rural areas There are a lot of things you can do to help in this fight besides just signing the pledge: 1. If you are already involved then keep up the work! Helping to spread the word about this boycott is a tremendous help in and of itself! 2. If you have time to volunteer we have a goal of reching out to people in every Congressional District. There is a lot that you can do to help just by putting in an hour or two a day. 3. Make signs and flyers and pass them out at work, at home and in the community. Promote the boycott as a civic action to end the war and impeach this administration. 4. Have faith and hope, we can turn the tide, we can see justice once and for all. We have only to believe in it and work for it to see it become reality 5. Imagine the impact. If over 50% of Americans support impeachment and ending the war that means that somewhere between 75 and 100 million adults. How big of a hit do you think corporate America is willing to risk for this Administration? 6. Contribute artwork, videos, essays and participate in our online community at www.wearenotbuyingit.org Based partially on the work of Dr. Peter Phillips we know that the neo cons, whom he refers to as the "Global Domination Group" have been working tirelessly for almost 40 years to gain this level of power. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into the establishment of "think tanks", in reality ideologically driven policy mills, to move American politics so far to the right that despotism is now a very real possibility. The politics of today are the result of a longstanding and concerted effort by a group of ruthless and self-serving individuals who seek nothing more than to utterly weaken the Federal government and unleash a new paradigm of power based solely on wealth and personal connections. To stop this drive towards the destruction of our democracy we must step up and do our duty, and that is a scary word for many people. We don't like to be told what our duty is, especially if we are staunch advocates of personal freedom. But our freedom comes with a price, it comes with responsibility whether we like it or not. It has often been said that freedom is a plant that thrives with the blood of patriots. It has also been pointed out that people will suffer for a long time in silence before they cast off any form of government that they are used to. The suffering wrought by our government is immense, yet it is hidden from most of us. 2 million people in prison, rampant poverty and corruption, over 600,000 lives utterly shattered in a war based on lives, our constitutional rights undermined and erased by the pen of a single man but still we have not yet fully decided to risk our lives, property and honor. Is it because we still have our TV, our job, our family. Do we just look up from the latest episode of "Desperate Housewives" and say, "Why rock the boat?" Because if we don't rock it now it will no doubt sink and besides, how much injustice and waste does it take to say "We're Not Buying It Anymore!" We Aren't Buying It! _http://getresponse.com/t/8086860/606407/178254760/_ (http://getresponse.com/t/8086859/606407/178254760/) Media Freedom Foundation P.O. Box 571 Cotati, California 94931 United States ================================================================= ActionLA Action for World Liberation Everyday! 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