Excerpt from a letter received from a new volunteer and supporter with the World Can't Wait - Drive Out The Bush Regime:
I travel a lot in France these days, and for a long time I was irritated by the anti-Americanism when it was blindly directed toward me. After all, I thought, French people read the paper enough to know that least 50% of our population opposes Bush, the war, and so on. Then, at one point, over a beer at a highway gas station bar, an older French man said to me the following (and it's all the more compelling after the news of the repeal of the youth labor law):
"We're not upset with you because we think you support Bush," he told me. "In fact, we know that most of the Americans that come to France, in particular, don't support him. The point is, if this were happening in France, the vast majority of our students would be out in the streets protesting. Because we believe in political protest, and you don't. That's why you're such a dangerous country in the hands of Bush -- public opinion doesn't matter in your country, because you don't have the power of protest as a check against your President.
Every time we see a picture of your city streets with the protesters missing, we blame America not for its idiots that support Bush. Every country has its idiots. Rather, the fact that Bush is still in office is the fault of you--" (he pointed his finger at me) "--you who know that you should be on the streets, and yet you are not."
PICTURE THIS: As this regime gears up to attack Iran, full color posters appearing across the country showing the danger of a nuclear attack on Iran, with the slogans “No Attack on Iran,” and “The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime!” Millions distrust this regime and don’t want another unjust war, but there is no opposition coming from Congress – it will be up to the people to stop this.
As the threats and lies mount, there is an urgent need for a public display of opposition that reaches far and wide. Currently, lack of funds is holding us back from mass producing these posters and getting them up everywhere.DONATE NOW TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE!
Recommended Reading on Iran
So if you're on our e-list, you probably have at least some inkling that Bush systematically lies to justify what this regime does. But as this government gears up for an attack on Iran, including the possible use of nuclear weapons and all the devastation that would mean, it's important to get crystal clear on the facts and not get roped in to justifying this in the name of the "war on terrorism" (which is nothing but a war for empire), and mobilize as many people as possible to stop another unjust war from being carried out in our names.
To this end, below are a few important pieces to study in regards to the war plans on Iran. You can find the latest coverage of this and many other topics in our News & Views section, but we suggest seriously studying and discussing with others the following to get a good grounding on why the Bush regime is out to attack Iran, what the consequences will be, and what responsibility we have living in the US to stop this.
The Iran Plans, by Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker, 4/17/06 A comprehensive expose of US plans for "regime change" in Iran, including the planning and covert operation already underway, as well as the readiness to use nuclear weapons, with insider sources.
Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience Against War and Repression (2002) Signed by over 66 thousand and published around the world, this was a clarion call to resist the unending war and repressive measures launched by the Bush regime, and made a clear distinction between the people and the government that is waging unjust war on the planet.
U.S. Threatens War on Iran – Nuclear Strikes Contemplated, by Larry Everest, Revolution Newspaper, 4/23/06 The author of Oil, Power, & Empire: Iraq and the US Global Agenda digs into what's behind the threats of war on Iran, what the consequences will be, and the need for an outpouring of resistance inside the US.
From News & Views on worldcantwait.org:
Which Way Forward for the Movement? - Travis Morales on the immigrant rights movement that has mobilized millions of people around the country
Unembedded: Review of a new photo gallery of the devestation in Iraq by Stanley Rogouski
Today’s Reason to Drive Out the Bush Regime, 4/18:
Two Chinese muslims are still being held at Guantanamo Bay despite the government admitting they are not "enemy combatants", and the Supreme Court refuses to hear their case.. [read more]
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