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end war and promote social justice through advocacy, education and action. Please join our actions,
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What is at Stake in the Torture Debate?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
7:00 pm
free and open to the public
Michigan State University College of Law,
Castle Board Room, Third Floor
The Law School is west of the traffic circle
at Shaw and Bogue Streets in East Lansing. Shaw parking ramp, next
to the Law College, does not charge for visitor parking after 6:00pm
Experts on issues of the current torture debate will present the legal
and human rights ramifications of that debate. The two presenters are:
Catherine Grosso,
MSU Assistant Professor of Law, former
coordinator of Birzeit University’s Human Rights Action Project
Susan Waltz, Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan,
former chair of Amnesty International’s International Executive Committee
In addition, a panel of experts
will respond to the presentations and to questions from the audience,
including Dorean Koenig, Professor, Cooley School of Law, member of
the drafting committee for the International Criminal Court statute.
Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed, representing the Torture
Abolition & Survivors Support Coalition, www.tassc.org/
Erick Williams of the American Civil Liberties Union Lansing
Branch will moderate the event.
Hosted by the Michigan State University College of
Law and sponsored by the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice,
Amnesty International Group 81, the Lansing Branch of the American
Civil Liberties Union, the Peace
Education Center and others.
NEGOTIATE FOR PEACE OR WAGE ENDLESS WAR
Stay Informed - Click Titles and Read
Sen. Levin is the Key to Cluster Bomb Ban
TAKE ACTION-SEND AN E-MAIL
More than half the world's governments have banned the production, use, and export of cluster bombs. Meeting in May, 111 countries decided that the global community should not tolerate the use of weapons that kill or maim more civilians than combatants. The U.S. government did not attend the negotiations.
You can help move U.S. policy in the right direction by urging your senator Carl Levin to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594). This bill states that, "Cluster munitions will not be used where civilians are known to be present or in areas normally inhabited by civilians."
As chair of the Armed Services committee, Sen. Levin is the most influential senator on questions of military policy. His support for cluster bomb legislation would provide strong encouragement for other senators to do the same.
The Michigan Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs is being coordinated by the Greater Lansing Network Against War and Injustice, Red Cedar Friends Meeting, Peace Education Committee, Michigan Pax Christi, and other community groups.
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN, e-mail glnawi2004@yahoo.com
FOR UPDATES AND FUTURE ACTIONS go to: http://www.banclusterbombs.org
For a PDF format file containing this and additional information click here.
ONE DAY OF THE IRAQ WAR = $720,000,000
How would you spend it?
For more information on the Cost of War campaign click here
to visit the American Friends Service Committee web site.
For a PDF file with answers to frequently asked questions click here.
The Time to Stop a War With Iran Is
NOW!
As incredible as it might seem, the Bush administration appears to be actively planning a military attack against Iran.
GLNAWI members have pledged to keep this issue in front of our senators & representatives by calling and/or writing every week until they actively step up to their congressional obligations and check the war-making
of an executive branch out of control.
Read GLNAWI Talking Points Concerning Iran
(click here) and Use Your Voice to speak out against another War.
CALL WEEKLY:
Senator Carl Levin (517) 377-1508
Senator Debbie Stabenow (517) 203-1760
Representative Mike Rogers (517) 702-8000
Representative Tim Walberg (517) 780-9075
Congressional Switchboard, DC (202) 224-3121
VOLUNTEER: glnawi2004@yahoo.com
GET INVOLVED:
FRIDAY PEACE VIGIL
ATTEND GLNAWI MEETINGS
WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR (or Click on Take Action in the sidebar)
It is time to leave IRAQ!
Demand THEIR Leadership!
- No more funding of the Iraq War. Congress must express the will of the American people because the President seems incapable of doing so.
- Admit our mistakes in invading Iraq and seek the help of other nations in creating stability in the country. Security on the streets of Iraq is our responsibility, but American troops, perceived as occupiers, cannot provide it. Our military presence has inflamed and widened sectarian tensions and conflict.
- Turn all US bases over to the Iraqi government and military.
- Accept responsibility and pay for what we have broken. Reparations can take many forms, but should include footing the bill for security, e.g., paying for peacekeepers.
- Dramatically increase programs and funding to care for troops returning from the conflict to do our nations best to make them whole again.
COST OF A BLANK CHECK FOR IRAQ WAR:
Disastrous for U.S. Communities, Devastating to Iraq
(click here
for article and details)
- 1.2 million Iraqi civilian deaths
- 4.2 million Iraqis have had to flee their homes
- 3950 plus US troop deaths
(for updates go to: http://icasualties.org)
- 720,000,000 million dollars for one day of occupation
(for details about costs to Michigan and Lansing go to
http://nationalpriorities.org)
