Dear Friend of United for Peace and Justice,
Tomorrow is Tax Day! People all around the country will be calling
attention to how our tax dollars are used, and making the connection
between our country's current financial troubles and the more than $505
billion that has already been spent on the occupation of Iraq.
Ideas for taking action and educating others on April 15th:
* Hand out leaflets making the connections between the war and
our growing economic crisis here at home. (See below for resources.) You
can distribute this material at your local post office, at busy
transportation hubs during rush hour, and in other locations where you
can talk with people, including where you work or go to school.
* Sign our open letter to Rep. John Murtha, and encourage
others to do so as well. http://www.unitedforpeace.org/openletter
* Call in to local radio talk shows, or write a letter to the
editor of your local newspaper.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/
* Call your representatives and your senators in Congress and
urge them to use their power to bring all of the troops home!
http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt
Resources you can use, created by UFPJ and a few of our member groups:
1) The War Resisters League's federal pie chart illustrates how much of
our tax dollars really go toward military spending.
http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm
2) This new UFPJ leaflet urges people to pressure Congress to stop
funding the war! The leaflet has a box for you to add local contact
information -- just click inside that box and type.
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/2008supplementalleaflet.pdf
3) "Healthcare Not Warfare" is a new campaign initiated by PDA:
http://pdamerica.org/articles/misc/2008-02-29-14-19-42-misc.php
4) The National Priorities Project's website has up-to-date breakdowns
of what the war in Iraq is costing your state and your community!
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/
And if you're receiving a refund this year, please consider dedicating
some or all of it to peace! Click here to donate to UFPJ:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/donate
Yours, for peace and justice,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator, UFPJ
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