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The UFPJ Working Group on Accountability and Prosecution works to achieve accountability and prosecution of high officials guilty of war crimes, including the supreme crime of aggressive war.
It is imperative that we prevent future wars and that we reestablish the rule of law. This can be achieved by prosecuting high officials who are guilty of war crimes, including the supreme crime of aggressive war. If we do not take these steps, we will be permitting a lawless world in which crimes are lamented but the criminals not punished.
Many UFPJ member groups, and others, are working to advance prosecutions and restore checks and balances in our government. The Congress has significantly compromised its powers to legislate, raise and spend money, declare and end wars, approve and reject treaties, approve and reject officials, oversee the government, and impeach those who abuse power. We cannot proceed as a movement within a democracy unless we restore and expand that democracy. A grassroots effort is needed, in collaboration with attorney allies. There is work to be done that is critical and central to preventing future wars. That is the only reason for this work. And that project cannot succeed without this work.
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Click here to take action right now to advance the cause of accountability and prosecution.
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David Swanson is the author of the upcoming book “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union” by Seven Stories Press and of the introduction to “The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush” published by Feral House and available at Amazon.com. Swanson holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including press secretary for Dennis Kucinich’s 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Swanson is Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, creator of ConvictBushCheney.org and Washington Director of Democrats.com, a board member of Progressive Democrats of America, the Backbone Campaign, and Voters for Peace, a convenor of the legislative working group of United for Peace and Justice, and chair of the accountability and prosecution working group of United for Peace and Justice.
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