Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience

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From: Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience [mailto:info@nion.us ]
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:27 PM
To: joyrae@joy2u.org
Subject: Be part of the historic Bush trial beginning Friday

Beginning Friday at 6:00 pm, President Bush, Vice President Cheney,
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and a number of other administration
officials will be put on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The first Session will be October 21 and 22 (for details see
www.bushcommission.org ).

This extraordinary event, harkening back to the famous Bertrand Russell War
Crimes Tribunal of 1967, is one that you will not want to miss. By being
present you will be a part of making history. Every person attending makes
the statement that in these times none of us can stand aside from moral
responsibility for what is being done in our name. (To register to go
www.bushcommission.org/dateplace.htm .)

For the first time, the 2005 International Commission of Inquiry is pulling
together the full scope of what the Bush administration is doing to the
people of the world. The issues to be investigated include: 1) Wars of
Aggression, particularly Iraq and Afghanistan. 2) Torture and Indefinite
Detention; 3) Destruction of the Global Environment, in particular
systematic policies contributing to the catastrophic effects of global
warming. 4) Attacks on Global Public Health and Reproductive Rights, in
particular the genocidal effects of forcing international agencies to
promote "abstinence only" in the midst of a global AIDS epidemic.

In addition, there will be a special Saturday afternoon session on Bush's
response to hurricane Katrina, featuring both experts and survivors telling
their own vivid stories.

Even the most avid readers of the news will come away from these sessions
"shocked and awed" at what they have learned. Never before has the whole
story been pulled together in one place by the experts and eye-witnesses who
can tell the story. For example, in the Friday evening opening session you
will hear the shocking details of how the military is currently
force-feeding detainees on hunger strike in the U.S. concentration camp at
Guantanamo Bay.

Seats are still available. Register on-line at
www.bushcommission.org/dateplace.htm , by calling 212-941-8086, or register
at the door. If you are forced to miss this historic event, you can still
help to give it the greatest possible impact by contributing on line at
www.nion.us/NSOC/sign.htm . You may also contribute by check. Make payable to
Not In Our Name and mail to NION, 305 West Broadway, #199, New York, NY
10013. Also write to C-SPAN at events@c-span.org and ask that they broadcast
this event nationally.

Opening speakers include Marcus Raskin from the Institute for Policy
Studies, Michael Ratner from the Center for Constitutional Rights, and a
special message from historian Howard Zinn. The first evidentiary session on
torture and detention will feature Barbara Olshansky who is coordinating the
defense attorneys representing the detainees at Guantanamo.

The Commission is sponsored by the Not In Our Name statement of conscience
(see www.nion.us ) and is endorsed by the country's most prominent voices of
conscience, including Sen. James Abourezk, Edward Asner, Russell Banks,
Michael Eric Dyson, Richard Falk, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Rabbi Michael
Lerner, the National Lawyers Guild, Michael Ratner, Gore Vidal, Cornel West,
and Howard Zinn

FRIDAY OCTOBER 21, 6PM, AND SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 10AM GRAND BALLROOM OF THE
MANHATTAN CENTER, 311 W. 34TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY (on 34th Street just
west of 8th Ave, two blocks from Penn Station)

Be there!
Suggested admission, $30 for two-day session. Sliding scale for low income.