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Leading Academics and Authors Call for a National Boycott to Impeach for
Peace
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-02-08 14:00. Activism | Impeachment
One of the leading researchers into the agenda and actions of the Bush
Administration, Dr. Peter Phillips, the Director of Project Censored at
Sonoma State University, proposed a new tactic in the ongoing campaign to
hold the administration, their neo-conservative backers,
spin doctors, consultants and henchmen accountable.

It is the belief of the organizers that this Administration must be held to
task for the host of charges that have been levied against them.
Dr.Phillips, a professor of Sociology, has spent his professional career
investigating the origins and purposes of the "Power Elite" in general, and
neo-conservatives in particular.

Phillips struck upon the use of a boycott as a means to draw together all of
those who oppose this administration and their policies. We can not simply
rely on the work of progressive activists. We must bring together all
citizens who feel strongly that crimes have been
committed and an accounting is due.

A boycott is simply a form of non-violent resistance. By simuntaneously
withdrawing our support from the economy, millions of people can have a
dramatic impact on the policies of individual corporations and even national
governments. In 1990, ACT-UP staged a boycott of Phillip Morris that
resulted in providing millions of dollars for AIDS research.

In 1994, a boycott waged against Shell Oil, Kellog's and Coca Cola, helped
to increase the momentum of the anti-apartheid movement. In 1995, the
International Peace Bureau called for a boycott of all French products in
opposition to nuclear testing.

The French wine industry was especially hard hit and the threat of "economic
disruption" spurred President Chirac to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty. National polls now show that well over half of ALL Americans believe
that this administration should be impeached. A much higher percentage want
to see this war end and virtually everyone wants to know the truth behind
the events of the last 7 years.

What the people want, and what they get, can be two entirely different
things if left up to the consideration of career politicians.

The marches, books, movies, lectures and petitions all speak directly to the
politicians...and they aren't listening. So let's put pressure on the people
they do listen to 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

The boycott provides us with a way to send a wake-up call to the
corporate backers of our political leaders. America, holding back on
our spending for even one week will show the corporate powers that the
people are serious, we are determined and "We're not buying it
anymore". To that end, we are building a network of individuals and
organizations from coast to coast and around the world to support this
action.

By uniting the work of so many millions of people into a single week
of protest in which we make sure that the money talks loud and clear,
we can give fair warning to our representatives that the time for
truth has come, justice is demanded and a full accounting is expected
from Washington and Wall Street.

National Coordinator, Lew Brown, further explained the need for the effort:

"By holding back on our spending with discipline and resolve and in sympathy
for the millions who live in misery because of this administration's
policies, we not only show our concern for the pain of others, we also put a
little fear in the hearts of those who have profited from this travesty."

How to participate: Visit http://www.wearenotbuyingit.org/volunteer.html

sign up on the volunteer form so that we can link you with organizers in
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standard search engine but it also helps provide communication via a
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