Impeachment

Iraq Town Hall Planned in Ventura

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Peace and Impeachment

The Ojai Peace Coalition has partnered with Citizens for Impeachment, Integrity Now, VC Stop the War, and others to present
ARE PEACE AND IMPEACHMENT POSSIBLE?
Strategies for Saving our Constitution, Economy, and Environment
WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 5:30pm
WHERE: Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Road
WHO: David Swanson, co-founder of afterdowningstreet.org and a leading Constitutional Advocate from Washington, D.C.
and
Phil Cohen, read more

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CodePink and Democrats.com present a Town Hall With David Swanson in Oakland

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“Are Peace and Impeachment Possible?”
April 24, 7-9 p.m., Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland
Reserve tickets: Grand Lake 510-452-3556. $10 at door; $8 advance (Black Oak Books, Pendragon Books) Sliding scale:unemployed, students, retirees.
Wheelchair accessible

Special Guest: Prominent Peace & Impeachment Activist David Swanson, afterdowningstreet.org & democrats.com

Speakers: Daniel Ellsberg, famed whistle-blower who helped end the Vietnam War; Elizabeth De La Vega, read more

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We're Sitting in at House Judiciary Committee Right Now

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A dozen of us have begun a sit-in at the House Judiciary Committee office. Come join us at Rayburn 2138. Leslie Angeline and Ellen Taylor of Code Pink are the leaders here. Laurel Jensen is here, and Michael Heaney, Thalia Doukas, Darryl Love, Ed Dickau, Michael Beer, Jes Richardson, Mike Marceau, Dan… People are joining us every few minutes. We’re sitting around in the main room of the office. We have two video cameras going, and we’re discussing…

10:40 Actually, a staffer read more

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Conyers Threatens Impeachment if Iran Attacked

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By David Swanson

Coming out of today’s meeting with John Conyers, these seem to be the significant developments:

He is circulating a letter among his colleageus for signatures, a letter addressed to Bush letting him know that an attack on Iran will result in impeachment hearings. LET’S ASK EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS TO SIGN ON! I know it seems bassackwards and we want impeachment before a new war, not after, but this is a way for us to show Conyers the support that will be there any read more

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Building a New World Conference: Join Us in Radford, VA

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Learn more and sign up here:
http://www.wpaconference.org

May 22-25, 2008 Radford University, Radford, Virginia

Speakers include:

Cindy Sheehan (writer and activist; anti-war leader known as the “Peace Mom”)
William Blum (blogger of “The Anti-Empire Report; author of “Rogue State” and “Killing Hope”)
Kathy Kelly (of Voices in the Wilderness & Voices for Creative Non-Violence)
Michael Parenti (educator; lecturer; author of 20 books; board read more

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Donna Edwards Moves Right, Falls into Line

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By David Swanson

Donna Edwards worked wonders by nearly beating Al Wynn in a Maryland congressional primary in 2006 and threatening to run again. Wynn had been one of the worst members of Congress and became one of the best. He transformed from a defender of loan sharks to a defender of the little guy. He shifted from backing the invasion and occupation of Iraq to opposing it and attending peace rallies. He was the first to sign onto Congressman Kucinich’s articles of impeachment against read more

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General William Odom Says Impeach and Stop the Funding

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By David Swanson

In a wide-ranging hour-long discussion on live radio, General William Odom said he sees two useful things Congress can do: cease funding the occupation of Iraq, and impeach Bush and Cheney.

General Odom earned a national reputation as an expert on the Soviet Union. In 1977, he was appointed as the military assistant to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish assistant to the president (Carter) for national security affairs. From 2 November 1981 to 12 May 1985, Odom served as the Army’s read more

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