AAW SPEAKERS Available
AAW France would be happy to provide Bilingual speakers for your event.
Contact AAW here.
AAW Calendar of Events
- NEXT AAW Anti-War Vigil , Saturday, May 10, 2008 from 3pm to 5pm at the fountain at St. Michel. More info on Events Page
Selective Service: Ready for a draft
What every American 18 year old should know...
- America's Child Soldier Problem Read here
- Selective Service : Ready for a draft Read CNN article here
- Growing the Military: Who Will Serve? Read here
- Muddled Thinking About Conscription Read here
- Prince Harry "will not be sent to Iraq after all" Read here
- Gangs of Iraq, "the military is quietly enlisting thousands of active gang members and shipping them to Iraq" Read here
- How do I register as a Conscientious Objector? Read here and here
- ROTC, you can change your mind and get out, Read here
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KEEP INFORMED !
PETITION: Support Jimmy Carter
PETITION: sign here
Support Jimmy Carter: US Needs to Talk to Hamas
Former President Jimmy Carter, predictably, is being denounced for meeting with the exiled leader of Hamas in Syria on April 18, 2008.
Carter's critics are wrong. Talking to Hamas, which won the January 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, is a necessary part of creating peace. As Carter himself said, "There's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, that Hamas will have to be included in the process."
A CALL FOR JUSTICE: Monsanto must pay.
A CALL FOR JUSTICE: Monsanto and Company must pay.
Seven European associations have signed a statement in support of the Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin and their association VAVA. AAWFrance and several other organizations are joining the appeal and the Danish Vietnamese association has adopted a parallel statement. Read statement here.
U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
Surprise, Surprise ...
FINANCE:
U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
FINANCE:
U.S. Lawmakers Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan Wars
Members of Congress invested nearly 196 million dollars of their own money in companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars a day from Pentagon contracts to provide goods and services to U.S. armed forces, say nonpartisan watchdog groups.
NATO Game Over
Over 100 anti-war protesters arrested at NATO HQ
Organizers of Saturday's "NATO Game Over" protest say without the military organization, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would not be possible. They also oppose the use of nuclear weapons.
"Today is close to the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq and we are protesting against NATO's involvement and in particular European countries which are allowing themselves to be used as military hubs," anti-war campaigner Hans Lammerant told Reuters.
"NATO has 350 U.S. nuclear weapons deployed in Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Britain and Turkey. According to international humanitarian law these weapons are illegal."
More info here
ANTI-NATO April 2008
CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL MOBILIZATION AGAINST US MILITARY BASES IN CENTRAL EUROPE.
NO TO ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM!
NO TO ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM!
Anti-NATO Summit to take place in Bucharest at the beginning of April.
The militarisation of Poland with U.S. support is in full swing through its efforts to host a NATO base (failing due to disagreements on costs), recent purchasing of 48 F-16's and C-130 cargo planes, and deployments of troops for the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and ongoing occupations. Earlier this month the new Polish government reached an agreement in principle with the US administration for the provision of a bolstered air defence system in return for support of the shield, so the anti-missile defence system should be seen as just one component of Poland's ever-increasing lust for armaments and shoulder rubbing with the US empire.
STOP OGM in Europe
STOP FRANKENFOOD invading the European Community
(OGM or Genetically-modified)
Petition to stop GM crops by Greenpeace here
FILM: At the Death House Door
At the Death House Door
is a personal and intimate look at the death penalty in the state of Texas
through the eyes of Pastor Carroll Pickett, who served 15 years as the death house chaplain to the infamous "Walls" prison unit in Huntsville. During Pickett's remarkable career journey, he presided over 95 executions, including the world’s first lethal injection. After each execution, Pickett recorded an audiotape account of his trip to the death chamber.
The film also focuses on the story of Carlos De Luna, a convict Pickett counseled and whose execution troubled Pickett more than any other. He firmly believed De Luna was innocent, and the film tracks the investigative efforts of a team of Chicago Tribune reporters who have turned up evidence that strongly suggests he was. See trailer and more info here
U.S. and U.K. Military Speaking Out
U.S. and U.K. Military Speaking Out (see live video below)
"The majority of the American people are very dissatisfied with the Iraq war now and would be happy to get out of it. But Americans are bred deep into their psyches to think of America as a good country and, I think, much harder than just the hurdle of getting troops out of Iraq is to get Americans to realise the terrible things we do in the name of the United States." -- Gerald Nicosia, author of "Home to War"
- In Munich, Peace award given to US Military deserter who refused to deploy to Afghanistan. see video of peace award here
See Eyewitness Images from US Veterans, Iraq & Afganistan, Winter Soldier, in the live video below, the images are very graphic:
THANK YOU MACVAL
Americans Against the War France participated in the OPENING of this exceptional anti-war exhibition:
Mark Wallinger, State Britain
from February 28 to June 22 at the MACVAL in Vitry
Eric Schultz, an AAW member, entertained us with his fantastic band "LE TENTET VITRY/IVRY" with his own tremendous compositions. We thank MACVAL, who gave AAW permission to "exhibit" our own banners during the opening and in the spirit of this extraordinary Anti-War exhibition. An important event.
details here at
PETITION: Sauvegardons la laïcité de la République
PETITION: Sauvegardons la laïcité de la République
Ceci est un appel à tous les laïques de France.
Signez la pétition ici
Iraq: the Human Cost
This site explores an aspect of the war in Iraq that has been largely ignored - the human cost of the war for Iraqis. --John Tirman, Executive Director, MIT Center for International Studies.
The Great RIP-OFF,
The Great RIP-OFF
See CNN's anchor Gerri Willis explain the Sub-Prime debacle on the Daily Show here
QUOTE
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labour laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible, and they are stupid." -President Dwight Eisenhower
Cynthia McKinney Announces Bid For The Presidency
Cynthia McKinney Announces Bid For The Presidency as a Green Party Candidate
December 17, 2007
Cynthia McKinney, a former six-term Congresswoman and an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq, today officially launched her campaign as a Green Party candidate for President.
In a video news release, McKinney says "the Republicans have deceived us; the Democrats have failed us. It is time for a new beginning: A time for hope to rise from the ashes of despair."
McKinney, a former Democrat from Georgia, was one of only three members of Congress to vote "yes" on a House Resolution in 2005 calling for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. One of her last acts in office was introducing Articles of Impeachment naming George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice.
According to McKinney: "It is time to break the vicious cycle where the poor go to war and veterans come home wounded and ignored."
McKinney supports universal, single-payer health care; fair trade; and has been an unrelenting advocate for Hurricane Katrina survivors. No stranger to controversy and unafraid of speaking truth to power, McKinney has demanded that the Bush Administration tell the American people what the Administration knew about the events leading up to 9/11 and when they knew it.
McKinney's announcement ends months of speculation about her plans. McKinney has been traveling constantly and meeting with Green Party members and other activists across the country who have been encouraging her to seek the Presidency.
More information about McKinney's campaign can be found at www.runcynthiarun.org .
The Story of Stuff
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.
See video here
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein outlines 'The Shock Doctrine' with MSNBC's Olbermann
Naomi Klein, discussing her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism with MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, outlines how crises, real or perceived, have been used by governments, especially the United States under George W. Bush, to strongarm a disoriented citizenry into accepting changes to its rights, and its government, that it wouldn't otherwise accept.
People "don't actually want to hand their democracies over to multinational corporations," says Klein. "So, you need some kind of a shock. And that shock could be a war. It could be an economic meltdown. It could be a terrorist attack, but something that creates a period of confusion, of dislocation, of regression." See Video
WRITE CHENEY IMPEACHMENT LETTERS TO CINDY
ACTION ALERT:
WRITE CHENEY IMPEACHMENT LETTERS TO CINDY
House Resolution 333 for the impeachment of Vice President Dick Cheney is off the House floor, and has instead been sent to the Judiciary Committee for "further study." This maneuver, organized by Pelosi and the Democratic leadership, is consistent with their mantra that impeachment is "off the table." But, we are told Nancy Pelosi is reported to have replied to the question of impeachment that if she received 10,000 hand written letters she would proceed with it. What are we waiting for?
Cindy Sheehan wrote this:
Dear Friends
Instead of sending your impeachment letters for Dick Cheney to Nancy Pelosi's office, send them to my office so we can get an official count.
Please send them to:
Nancy Pelosi
c/o Cindy Sheehan
RE: Impeach Dick Cheney
1260 Mission Blvd
San Francisco, Ca 94103
Please pass this around and have them sent by Friday, November 16th and we will have them delivered to her office in San Francisco before Thanksgiving.
Spread this far and wide so we can take sacks of letters to her.
Don't include anything besides the letter.
Love
Cindy
Demand That Rumsfeld Be Charged with Torture
DONALD RUMSFELD CHARGED WITH TORTURE DURING TRIP TO FRANCERead FIDH report here
“The filing of this French case against Rumsfeld demonstrates that we will not rest until those U.S. officials involved in the torture program are brought to justice. Rumsfeld must understand that he has no place to hide. A torturer is an enemy of all humankind,” said CCR President Michael Ratner.
AAW helped give Donald his BIG HEADACHE: Read about AAW's role in the excerpt from COUNTERPUNCH Article by Alexander Cockburn here
Synopsis
Fax or Call the French Prosecutor Jean Claude Marin and demand that he open a investigation into Rumsfeld's involvement in torture.
Description
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a complaint against Donald Rumsfeld in France, charging him again with torture committed during the U.S. government’s so-called “war on terror” in Iraq and at Guantánamo.
As France has ratified the UN Convention against Torture, France has an obligation under domestic and international law to prosecute or extradite alleged perpetrators of torture.
But for the complaint to go forward, the national French Prosecutor must decide to open an official investigation. Please take a few minutes today to write a letter to the French Prosecutor telling him that Donald Rumsfeld must be held accountable for his crimes and that the French government should open an investigation into the torture he explicitly authorized.
Fax or call the French Prosecutor Jean Claude Marin and demand that he open an investigation into Rumsfeld's involvement in torture.
Fax: (011 33) 1 44 32 77 66
Phone: (011 33) 1 44 32 76 92
WAR = $8,000 for every man, woman, and child in US
Cost of Bush wars = $8,000 for every man, woman, and child in US
Read here
Demand That Rumsfeld Be Charged with Torture
ACTION ALERT:
Demand That Rumsfeld Be Charged with Torture
Synopsis
Fax or Call the French Prosecutor Jean Claude Marin and demand that he open a investigation into Rumsfeld's involvement in torture.
Description
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) has filed a complaint against Donald Rumsfeld in France, charging him again with torture committed during the U.S. government’s so-called “war on terror” in Iraq and at Guantánamo.
As France has ratified the UN Convention against Torture, France has an obligation under domestic and international law to prosecute or extradite alleged perpetrators of torture.
But for the complaint to go forward, the national French Prosecutor must decide to open an official investigation. Please take a few minutes today to write a letter to the French Prosecutor telling him that Donald Rumsfeld must be held accountable for his crimes and that the French government should open an investigation into the torture he explicitly authorized.
Fax or call the French Prosecutor Jean Claude Marin and demand that he open an investigation into Rumsfeld's involvement in torture.
Fax: 011 33 1 44 32 77 66
Phone: 011 33 1 44 32 76 92
Mr. KOUCHNER we are waiting for your answer...
ACTION ALERT:
George W. BUSH :
"Voulez-vous Kouchner avec moi?"
Mr. KOUCHNER we are waiting for your answer...
The undersigned,
Americans Against the War France
Americans for Peace and Justice - Montpellier, France
U.S. Citizens Against War Florence, Italy
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
Munich American Peace Committee, Munich, Germany
American Voices Abroad Military Project, International
France: Prepare for war over Iran Read here
George W. BUSH :
"Voulez-vous Kouchner avec moi?"
Mr. KOUCHNER we are waiting for your answer...
American Anti-War groups in Europe listed below sent a letter on Sept 22, 2007 asking to meet with Bernard Kouchner in regards to his recent statements. We are still waiting for his answer.... Read full text on EVENTS page.
The undersigned,
Americans Against the War France
Americans for Peace and Justice - Montpellier, France
U.S. Citizens Against War Florence, Italy
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
Munich American Peace Committee, Munich, Germany
American Voices Abroad Military Project, International
France: Prepare for war over Iran Read here
See SARKOZY on 60 MINUTES
See "SARKOZY l'AMERICAIN" on 60 MINUTES
Video URL
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3416751n
Petition for US Military to refuse to attack Iran
ATTENTION : All U.S. Military Personnel and the Joint Chiefs of StaffSign New PETITION to refuse an illegal order to attack Iran:
Do not attack Iran.
Any preemptive U.S. attack on Iran would be illegal.
Any preemptive U.S. attack on Iran would be criminal.
We, the citizens of the United States, respectfully urge you, courageous men and women of our military, to refuse any order to preemptively attack Iran, a nation that represents no serious or immediate threat to the United States. To attack Iran, a sovereign nation of 70-million people, would be a crime of the highest magnitude.
Blood and Religion: Unmasking the Jewish and Democratic State
Blood and Religion: Unmasking the Jewish and Democratic State by Jonathan Cook see book info
A MUST See Video with SHOCKING information
Mike Gravel on the Warmongering Democrats
You are right Rep. Pete Stark ! Don't apologize
18th term House member representing the California's East Bay.
During a debate on children's health care Thursday, Rep. Pete Stark accused Republicans of sending troops to Iraq to "get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."
"You don't have money to fund the war or children," Stark accused Republicans. "But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."
After numerous Republicans called on him to apologize, Stark said it was they who should be apologizing, for failing to provide the votes to override Bush's veto.
Democrats Were Charged To End A War, Not Start One
By Mike Gravel, former US Senator from Alaska and is currently running for the Democratic Nomination for President.
"Joe Lieberman wrote the resolution authorizing the invasion of Iraq that was passed with Democratic support on October 11, 2002. Lieberman’s new resolution setting up a Bush-Cheney invasion of Iran passed by 76 to 22 with Democratic backing on September 26, 2007. These are two dates that will live in infamy in the 21st century. Led by Senator Clinton, it was another sad day for the Senate and for Senate Democrats, who were elected to the majority in November in order to end a war, not start a new one." Read full text here
JENA 6
WAR at HOME
JENA 6
More than 10,000 people rallied Thursday in Jena, La., to publicize the case of six black youths who were initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white schoolmate.here
“That’s not prosecution, that’s persecution,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson
DAN RATHER sticks to his Story
DAN RATHER is sticking to his Story here
"I didn't want to apologize. I never apologized for what was in the story, the record of President Bush."
"I think we're going to find out just how much interference at the corporate level there is in national news stories," he said.
He still believes in the accuracy of the story that led to his downfall as anchor -- that George W. Bush received favorable treatment from the National Guard
WAR ALERT : IRAN
WAR ALERT : IRAN
The U.S. Senate unanimously declared that Iran was committing acts of war against the United States: a 97-0 vote to give George W. Bush a clear and unmistakable casus belli for attacking Iran whenever Dick Cheney tells him to.- Study reveals : US preparing 'MASSIVE' military attack against Iran Read article here
- Iranian Unit to Be Labeled 'Terrorist', U.S. Moving Against Revolutionary Guard, here
- Bush, Congress could collide on Iran here
- Bush Will Act on Iran: Paper here
- Lieberman: US will back Israeli strike on Iran here
- Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran here
- Senate votes Unanimously for War against Iran
Read Iran: Senate Issues Unanimous War Cheque here
Military draft
BREAKING NEWS:
"Military draft should be considered", says US war czar
AFP, Friday August 10, 2007 More here
MILITARY RESISTANCE
BOOK: Army of None: Strategies to Counter Military Recruitment, End War, and Build a Better World by Aimee Allison and David Solnit, more here
If you want to get involved in countering recruitment and in supporting members of the military who refuse to serve in illegal wars of aggression, go to www.couragetoresist.org
DRAFT & MILITARY ALTERNATIVES Excellent Info Resource here
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FILMS of INTEREST
FILMS of INTEREST
- NO END IN SIGHT: THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, Winner of a Special Jury Prize Documentary Sundance 2007, Why President Bush and his advisers insist on staying the course in Iraq. More here
- Occupation 101, Award-winning documentary film on Israeli-Palestinian conflict More here
- WAR MADE EASY: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. Film narrated by Sean Penn and featuring Norman Soloman, More info here
Larry Flynt and DC sex scandal
"This is payback time and payback's a bitch."
Flynt: Hustler involved in more than 20 DC sex scandal investigations
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt said Wednesday that investigators working for the magazine are involved in more than 20 investigations relating to his recent call for information on Washington sex scandals.
Flynt said his investigations were not meant to be witch-hunts against frisky members of Congress -- "I don't care what their sex life involves," he said -- rather the goal is exposing hypocrisy.
"Unfortunately we have too many of these guys in Congress, and I'm going to do my part to get them out," Read More Here
LETTER to DEMOCRATS ABROAD,June 28, 2007
Read collective LETTER to DEMOCRATS ABROAD from:
Americans for Peace and Justice, Montpellier, France
Americans Against the War, France
American Voices Abroad, Beirut, Lebanon
U.S. Citizens Against War, Florence, Italy
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice - Rome
Munich American Peace Committee, Munich, Germany
American Voices Abroad Military Project, International
Please feel free to send this letter to all your friends in Democrats Abroad:
contact list here
contact list here
- DOWNLOAD LETTER HERE: pdf format
- Group Endorsement of the letter, send e-mail to :apj_montpellier@hotmail.com
- Individual Endorsement of the letter here
QUOTE of the Day
QUOTE of the Day
- "If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people,"member of Great Britain's Parliament quoted in Michael Moore's film, Sicko
- “Liberals feel unworthy of their possessions. Conservatives feel they deserve everything they’ve stolen.” -Mort Sahl