The Occupation Project: Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Launches Around the Country Today

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THE OCCUPATION PROJECT: A CAMPAIGN OF SUSTAINED NONVIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO END IRAQ WAR FUNDING LAUNCHES FEBRUARY 5TH

Social justice advocates will launch the Occupation Project today, an eight week long campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to end funding for the Iraq war. Concerned citizens all over the country will begin occupying their representatives office, pressuring them to end funding for the Iraq war.

Gael Murphy of CODEPINK states that, "We are starting this campaign of 'extralegal lobbying'--nonviolent civil disobedience--at the offices of
our Representatives and Senators who refuse to publicly pledge their vote against Bush’s request for an additional $100 billion for the war in Iraq." "The U.S. war in Iraq has created a humanitarian catastrophe, with Iraqis forced to flee for safety to Jordan--only to be rejected and forgotten by the international community. We owe an obligation to Iraqis: to stop funding the war and to fully fund war reparations to Iraq so they might be able to rebuild their country after these past 16 years of economic and military warfare," says Kathy Kelly, Co-Coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and recently returned from Iraq.

The Occupation Project is being organized by Voices for Creative Peace, CODEPINK, National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Peace Action affiliates, United for Peace & Justice, Gold Star Families for Peace and many local peace and justice groups. Local campaigns are being organized in 20+ states: New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Maine, Oregon, Alabama
Arizona, California, Washington and Alaska.

FURTHER INFORMATION: May be found in the Occupation Project section on the websites of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org) and of CODEPINK (www.codepinkalert.org) or call 310.827.4320

[redqueen]

1. 16 years...

*sigh*

[keepCAblue]

2. K&R ... I hope this takes off and makes an impact

Code Pink, you and few others are this country's conscience.

[Lone_Wolf]

3. Non violent direct action is probably the only ting that's going to stop the war

at this point and prevent the one with Iran.

[cui bono]

4. Yep, and disrupting their work day as well. nt

[In Truth We Trust]

5. k&r for action and social justice advocates!

[rhiannon55]

6. This deserves a good kick!

:kick:

What an excellent idea!

[blm]

7. and another.

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