ImpeachBush.org: Impeachment Protest Photo in New York Times

[Hissyspit]

Text of email from ImpeachBush.org. (Ideally they should be ImpeachBush/Cheney.org, but...):

Dear ,

Yesterday's New York Times (Tues. April 25) carried a picture (above) on the first page of the National Section featuring one of the campaign's huge signs reading "Guilty of War Crimes: ImpeachBush.org," as part of an article about Bush becoming a liability for other candidates as he travels around the country. With a national circulation of more than one million people, it has the effect of letting more and more people know about the ImpeachBush.org movement.

The picture is from a demonstration against Bush in Indiana and we all send a big congratulations to the Impeachment campaign supporters who took the time to get the message out. Just last week there were local demonstrations when Bush appeared in San Jose and Sacramento, California where impeachment supporters quickly mounted a visible and vocal presence. Impeachment supporters are not only dogging Bush at his every stop, but are getting the message out there anyway they can.

This is a grassroots movement and everyone can play a part by holding impeachment banners and signs wherever Bush travels, by participating in Impeachment contingents at peace rallies, by putting up Impeach Bush lawn signs (you can get your own smaller lawn sign version that says "Guilty of War Crimes") wearing an Impeach Bush t-shirt, sweatshirt, sporting a bumper stickers, circulating the Impeach Bush petition, or making a contribution so that we can keep placing more ads in newspapers around the country.

There are a multitude of activities that we undertake as part of this campaign including meeting with Congressional representatives demanding the introduction of articles of Impeachment, sending tens of thousands of emails and letters to Congress, providing and widely disseminating draft articles of impeachment and the historical overview of impeachment, engaging in public forums and educational events on impeachment, circulating a major petition and referendum campaign.

One of the most critical measures is for impeachment supporters to do everything we can to change the political climate. In tandem with all the other activities undertaken by the campaign, making impeachment a household concept, building public support for impeachment, getting the word out there on the airwaves, in the newspapers, on our street-corners, in our workplaces - this is the visibility that makes Impeachment possible. As each of Bush's crimes is revealed, more and more people join the Impeachment movement when they learn of it. This is what builds the critical mass necessary for change - and it is up to every campaign supporter to get the word out there every way we can.

We are happy to announce that the new and improved ImpeachBush Resource Center https://secure2.convio.net/pepib/site/Ecommerce?store_id=1121 is up and running. This will allow thousands of people to order T-Shirts, hats, bumper stickers, lawn signs, petitions and other essential resources to spread the message of impeachment to every nook and cranny of this country. Click here to get your ImpeachBush stuff right now - a purchase of over $50 earns you a free "Bush Lied, Thousands Died" sweatshirt!

We are working to place more ads in newspapers around the country calling for the Impeachment of George W Bush and Dick Cheney. We can do it with your help. The ads with New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe and other newspapers have reached millions of people. Please click here to donate to this campaign.

In the last months, tens of thousands of new people have been drawn into this movement after they read a newspaper ad, saw a banner, signed a petition or received a flyer...

[Tuesday_Morning]

1. Great photo! n/t

[Hissyspit]

2. Why the user name...

Tuesday Morning, Tuesday_Morning. I love it, just curious.

[Tuesday_Morning]

4. It's just a little reminder to myself

to never forget: 9/11 (I'm MIHOP) and stolen elections, atrocities that happened on a Tuesday. I actually didn't wanna spend much time thinking of a user name. Just stuck my finger in a book and it came out Tuesday. The "morning" I tacked on there cause it seemed more hopeful somehow.

Didn't realize at the time that it's also a discount bedding store. :eyes:

[Hissyspit]

7. Supprised I didn't make that connection.

Very good. Like it even more.

[Hissyspit]

3. Everyone, submit a little money if you can. It has been a while since

their last full-page ad and full-page ads in "majors" can be very expensive.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. K&R for exposure in the Money$treamMedia. nt

[AuntiBush]

6. Big March Planned this Saturday in NY. Apr 29th.org

I believe.

[Hissyspit]

8. Yes, April29.org:

From April29.org:]/i]

Please forward widely!

http://www.april29.org/

General info
March route

Contingent assembly areas

Festival map & details

Sign up to volunteer
Transportation info
Housing info
Donate
March for Peace, Justice & Democracy
Saturday, April 29 -- New York City
Assemble beginning at 10:30AM -- 22nd Street & Broadway
March steps off at noon
Grassroots Action Festival in Foley Square, 1:00PM-6:00PM
Maps: Assembly Area & March Route | Festival

Five days from now, people from diverse communities, from all walks of life, will fill the streets of Manhattan with outrage at our country's current policies and hope for a better future. Unified in our determined opposition to the ongoing war in Iraq, we are also demanding new priorities and a new direction for our government.

As Bush's approval ratings keep sinking to historic lows, we need to turn the widespread unhappiness with this administration into action for change. Will you be there with us on Saturday, April 29? Will you help us in these last few days as we spread the word far and wide?

The early weather forecast looks great (low to mid 60s, mostly sunny), but rain or shine, we are marching! Puppets, marching bands, street theater groups, and other performers will all be participating in the march. We encourage you to bring musical instruments, banners, and other things you create to help express the messages of the day. (Reminder: The NYPD only allows signs and banners to be carried on cardboard poles; wooden, metal, and fiberglass poles are prohibited.)

We still need people to volunteer with every aspect of the day -- please sign up on our website or call our office at 212-868-5545.

A powerful array of activities are planned both before and after the march. Some highlights:

* Pre-March Labor Rally: 10:30 am, 19th Street between Park Ave. South and Broadway
A very large turn out is expected from the labor movement, and as people gather for this contingent, there will be a rally with representatives of the many unions involved in this effort. As part of the Festival at the end of the march, there will be a Labor tent that will help you get more involved in connecting the labor and antiwar movements.

* Pre-March Interfaith Religious Service: 9:40 am, 19th Street, between Broadway and Fifth Ave.
People from many faiths and religious traditions will gather for a shabbat service before the march begins. Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq is also organizing an afternoon of activities at their tent at the Festival after the march.

* Grassroots Action Festival: 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Foley Square.
The festival will feature 19 themed tents, providing resources from hundreds of groups and campaigns. You'll find information about a wide variety of ways to take action against the war -- from pressuring legislators to resisting military recruitment efforts to engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience. You'll find displays and materials that will highlight the connections between the war and the struggles for women's rights, for racial justice, for immigrant rights, and for a sustainable environment. There will also be a special tent with peace activities for children, and much more.

If you are still looking for transportation to NYC, please check the Transportation Board on our website. There are some offers of housing available on our Housing Board, and if you live in the NYC area and can offer housing, we encourage you to post your information right now.

While a great deal of work has already been done to get the word out, there is still more to do -- and we need your help. Wouldn't it be a shame to get calls on Sunday from people telling you they would have marched but they didn't know about the demonstration? In these next few days we can make sure that doesn't happen:

1) Send this email -- or your own message -- to your friends, relatives, and every appropriate email list. And be sure to send that out today!

2) Tell your friends, family, and people you work with or go to school with. There are leaflets you can download from the website, and we encourage you to make as many copies as you can and get those out to folks.

3) If you are part of a group or an organization, make sure they are contacting their members and posting the information on their websites.

4) Call in to a radio talk show over the next few days, and talk about why you are coming to NYC. Be sure to mention www.april29.org, so everyone can get the information!

Finally, we hope you will be able to make a financial contribution to this effort -- whether or not you are able to participate. We need to cover the costs of the mobilization and we want to come out of this financially strong enough to move us into the next phase of our work. Please be as generous as you can, but remember -- every donation, no matter how small or large, helps!

You can donate by credit card online or call 212-868-5545 to donate by credit card over the phone. Donations by check can be made payable to United for Peace and Justice, with "April 29" in the memo line and mailed to April 29 Protest, c/o UFPJ, P.O. Box 607, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108.