[antiwar-van] PLEASE SIGN ZMAG ANTIWAR STATEMENT

[Carole Karkhairan]

Dear Friends,
				
Please consider joining me in adding your name to the
following statement. Thousands of people have already
done so, including Ezequiel Adamovsky, Vittorio
Agnoletto, Michael Albert, Tariq Ali, Patrick Bond,
Leslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Eduardo
Galeano, Susan George, Marta Harnecker, Boris
Kagarlitsky, George Monbiot, Suren Moodlar, Hector
Mondragon, Tanya Reinhart, Carola Reintjes, Arundhati
Roy, Lydia Sargent and Howard Zinn.

If, after reading it, you like what it has to say,
take a few seconds to visit http://www.zmag.org/wspj
and add your name to the list of endorsers.

The statement was released on March 27, 2003, and
already more than 20684 people have signed on! Here it
is...
				
"I stand for peace and justice. 

I stand for democracy and autonomy. I don’t think the
U.S. or any other country should ignore the popular
will and violate and weaken international law, seeking
to bully and bribe votes in the Security Council. 

I stand for internationalism. I oppose any nation
spreading an ever expanding network of military bases
around the world and producing an arsenal unparalleled
in the world. 

I stand for equity. I don’t think the U.S. or any
other country should seek empire. I don’t think the
U.S. ought to control Middle Eastern oil on behalf of
U.S. corporations and as a wedge to gain political
control over other countries. 

I stand for freedom. I oppose brutal regimes in Iraq
and elsewhere but I also oppose the new doctrine of
"preventive war," which guarantees permanent and very
dangerous conflict, and is the reason why the U.S. is
now regarded as the major threat to peace in much of
the world. I stand for a democratic foreign policy
that supports popular opposition to imperialism,
dictatorship, and political fundamentalism in all its
forms. 

I stand for solidarity. I stand for and with all the
poor and the excluded. Despite massive disinformation
millions oppose unjust, illegal, immoral war, and I
want to add my voice to theirs. I stand with moral
leaders all over the world, with world labor, and with
the huge majority of the populations of countries
throughout the world. 

I stand for diversity. I stand for an end to racism
directed against immigrants and people of color. I
stand for an end to repression at home and abroad. 

I stand for peace. I stand against this war and
against the conditions, mentalities, and institutions
that breed and nurture war and injustice. 

I stand for sustainability. I stand against the
destruction of forests, soil, water, environmental
resources, and biodiversity on which all life depends.


I stand for justice. I stand against economic,
political, and cultural institutions that promote a
rat race mentality, huge economic and power
inequalities, corporate domination even unto sweatshop
and slave labor, racism, and gender and sexual
hierarchies. 

I stand for a policy that redirects the money used for
war and military spending to provide healthcare,
education, housing, and jobs. 

I stand for a world whose political, economic, and
social institutions foster solidarity, promote equity,
maximize participation, celebrate diversity, and
encourage full democracy. 

I stand for peace and justice and, more, I pledge to
work for peace and justice."

http://www.zmag.org/wspj

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