Urgent Report from Ramsey Clark

[Peoples Video Network]

*International Action Center*
55 W. 17th St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646     www.iacenter.org

                                      January, 2008

/*A New Year's Message from IAC founder Ramsey Clark*/

Dear friends,

    The year 2007 was another marked by endless war, lawlessness and 
cruelty by the Bush administration.  Thousands more Iraqis have been 
killed or injured.   The enormous humanitarian crisis effects millions 
of Iraqis, including children, who lack basic necessities -- housing, 
healthcare, electricity, even food.  More U.S. soldiers are dying or 
injured, then facing inadequate care and benefits. The administration 
continues to use deception and lies to whip up hostility to Iran, as 
they did prior to the Shock and Awe bombings of Iraq in 2003.  Bush and 
his cronies continue to defy international law and human rights with the 
brutal, illegal detentions at Guantanamo, and widespread use of torture.

    Contrary to the will of the people in the U.S. who oppose this 
horrific war, the administration has no plans to withdraw the troops and 
end this criminal occupation. Bush is demanding tens of billions of 
dollars more for war, on top of the $476 billion which has already been 
spent for destruction, while millions here need healthcare and housing, 
and those devastated by Hurricane Katrina have been abandoned by the 
government.
*Your help is vital! *
*Donate online at* http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.shtml


     *But there is reason to be hopeful.* There is great opposition here 
to the government's endless war and brutality, and outrage at its 
attacks on civil liberties and basic rights here at home, including the 
merciless witch-hunt against immigrants.  It is crucial that this 
opposition grows and strongly challenges the Bush administration's every 
move.   We must all demand accountability for the current war and the 
impeachment of President Bush and his partners-in-crime; this is a 
powerful way to stop an attack on Iran and prevent other wars of 
aggression by future administrations.

    *The International Action (IAC) Center has been a major organizing 
force against U.S. wars and military interventions for 16 years*, going 
back to its anti-sanctions campaign and protests of the first Gulf war.  
This principled organization of activists has stood up and bravely 
opposed U.S. aggression against Iraq, Cuba, Panama, Haiti, Venezuela, 
Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Iran, Korea and the Balkans. 

    The IAC has organized countless demonstrations, meetings, and forums 
in numerous cities against the U.S. intervention in Iraq.  Its 
organizers have produced videos and books -- translated into many 
languages -- for anti-war protesters here and around the world.  It has 
made an excellent contribution for activists and educators with *"Poison 
Dust,"* a video produced by the People's Video Network, on the perilous 
effects of U.S. depleted uranium weapons.

    IAC leaders and I just returned from an international conference in 
Kolkata (Calcutta), India, called by the All-India Anti-Imperialism 
Forum, which has asked the IAC to play a leading role in a worldwide 
organization to end colonialism and globalization which they established.

    The IAC has taken on struggles against racism, injustice, and much 
more---from standing with Hurricane Katrina survivors in their quest for 
justice, to supporting immigrants' rights, to opposing the death penalty 
and challenging military recruitment.  *Wherever the IAC is needed, it's 
there, with its program of organizing and activism!*

    *The IAC looks forward to a new year of struggle against war and 
injustice.

    Your help is vital!  *_*Donate online*_ 
<http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.shtml> at 
http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.shtml.
* *
    Our New Year's Resolution for 2008 must be to organize together 
tirelessly to end this horrendous war and bring all U.S. troops home 
from Iraq NOW! 

    We must act together to stop a new war against Iran or any other 
nation.  We must strive to promote international friendship, sharing and 
true respect for humankind and to oppose the policies of domination, 
globalization, and war.

    *We must all do more!*  We invite you to join in the new year of 
activism with the IAC and to support its vital work. 

*    You can make a difference.*

_*Donate here*_ to help make a difference - 
http://www.iacenter.org/iacdonate.shtml



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