Act Now As If The Future Depends On It
Because it Does!

Bush issued his ultimatum in an address to the nation Monday: Saddam Hussein
and his sons must get out of Iraq by 8 p.m. Wednesday or bombs will start
devastating the country. In the name of ridding the world of Saddam Hussein's
weapons of mass destruction, 3,000 cruise missiles and the mother of all
bombs will be dropped on the people of Baghdad in the first 48 hours.
Pentagon officials have bragged "there will not be a safe place in Baghdad."

We say, Not in Our Name!

In response to Bush's ultimatum, Not in Our Name calls on everyone to begin
MASSIVE opposition NOW to this war. We cannot go about our daily business
as usual while bombs designed to flatten Baghdad and "shock and awe" the
world into submission to U.S. might are loaded into planes. This war will be
an outrageous crime against the people of Iraq and a blow to the very
humanity of people the world over. We can't wait for the bombs to fall. We
must act now to show the world that people in this country repudiate this
war and are doing everything in our power to stop it.

As Bush and his allies have made murderously clear, this diplomacy was never
really about disarmament. It was about "regime change." In the name of
liberating Iraq from brutal dictatorship, our own government and others plan
to launch a full out invasion and occupation of another country. After the
deaths of many thousands of civilians who will be heartlessly dismissed as
collateral damage, Saddam Hussein will be deposed and a military
dictatorship will be established in the name of bringing democracy to Iraq.
But as the U.S. Government's own state department reports make clear, there
is no plan for any kind of democratic government (even after indefinite
military occupation and rule by US generals and UN troops) because
"electoral democracy, were it to emerge, could well be subject to
exploitation by anti-American elements."

How dare this President call on us to support this unjust and illegitimate
war! This President who has put the United States beyond any international
treaties;
Who has declared all votes that go against his imperial designs invalid;
Whose administration is unprecedented in eroding the very freedoms he claims
to be fighting for;
Who has detained people without trial based on their nationality and
religion;
Who is torturing prisoners of war being held in Guantanamo;
Who has manufactured fear to herd people into endless war and a big brother
society that George Orwell only dreamed of;
Who is ordering the spending of billions for weaponry that will secure oil
and, through death and mass destruction, reorder strategic regions of the
world to serve a U.S. imperial order while people the world over will have
to go without.

How dare this President ask us to support this unjust and illegitimate war
in ANY way.

At this time when they try to stifle dissent and intimidate opposition by
the loud drums of war, it is important to understand that the powerful
anti-war resistance around the world, including in the U.S., has had a huge
impact. It has torn the legitimacy from this war and demonstrated that the
U.S. government is acting against the will of many millions worldwide. In
these crucial few days ahead, we need to intensify this resistance.

War begun by governments can be stopped by people, and the last few months
have witnessed the moral and material power of people who have organized
this historically unprecedented international movement. We in this country
stand with people all over the world in saying WE DON'T WANT THIS WAR!

As Bush demands that the world fall in line as he threatens whole
countries and people our resistance must rise to new heights of breadth,
daring, creativity and determination.

Another World is Possible and We Pledge to Make it Real