National Boycott To Impeach for Peace
Tax Day (April 15) 'til Earth Day (April 22)
OUR MISSION
It is the purpose of this group of committed volunteers to seek out justice and to protect the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foriegn and domestic. We do not deny that the American people have enemies abroad, more now than ever before. But we also do not deny that great damage has been done to our democracy by those who have acted as enemies within.
It is our mission to hold accountable those who through fraud and malfeasance have sought to promote an agenda of constant warfare, endemic corruption and heartless disregard for the lives and well-being of the poorest and most defenseless among us.
We will promote and help to organize at the local level in every Congressional district in America citizens who demand that their voices be heard and that justice be done. On April 15th, we will begin a one week shopping boycott. At the same time, we will help to provide coordination with other legal forms of civil disobedience that endorsing organizations may want to engage in.
By building a communications network of citizens who all agree that there is something so rotten in Washington that we absolutely MUST do something and do it now, we will help to set the stage for bringing together all of us who, in our hearts, believe in an America that truly stands for Freedom, Liberty, Truth and Justice for all. Because we all know that if we don't stand together, then we will fall apart.
Origins
One of the leading researchers into the agenda and actions of the Bush Administration, Dr. Peter Phillips, the Director of Project Censored at Sonoma State University, proposed a new tactic in the ongoing campaign to hold the administration, their neo-conservative backers, spin doctors, consultants and henchmen accountable.
It is the belief of the organizers that this Administration must be held to task for the host of charges that have been levied against them. Dr.Phillips, a professor of Sociology, has spent his professional career investigating the origins and purposes of the "Power Elite" in general, and neo-conservatives in particular.
Phillips struck upon the use of a boycott as a means to draw together all of those who oppose this administration and their policies. We can not simply rely on the work of progressive activists. We must bring together all citizens who feel strongly that crimes have been committed and an accounting is due.
A boycott is simply a form of non-violent resistance. By simuntaneously withdrawing our support from the economy, millions of people can have a dramatic impact on the policies of individual corporations and
even national governments. In 1990, ACT-UP staged a boycott of Phillip Morris that resulted in providing millions of dollars for AIDS` research.
In 1994, a boycott waged against Shell Oil, Kellog's and Coca Cola, helped to increase the momentum of the anti-apartheid movement. In 1995, the International Peace Bureau called for a boycott of all French products in oppositioon to nuclear testing.
The French wine industry was especially hard hit and the threat of "economic disruption" spurred President Chirac to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. National polls now show that well over half of ALL Americans believe that this administration should be impeached. A much higher percentage want to see this war end and virtually everyone wants to know the truth behind the events of the last 7 years.
What the people want, and what they get, can be two entirely different things if left up to the consideration of career politicians.
The marches, books, movies, lectures and petitions all speak directly to the politicians...and they aren't listening. So let's put pressure on the people they do listen to 24 hours a day,365 days a year.
The boycott provides us with a way to send a wake-up call to the corporate backers of our political leaders. America, holding back on our spending for even one week will show the corporate powers that the
people are serious, we are determined and "We're not buying it anymore". To that end, we are building a network of individuals and organizations from coast to coast and around the world to support this action.
By uniting the work of so many millions of people into a single week of protest in which we make sure that the money talks loud and clear, we can give fair warning to our representatives that the time for truth has come, justice is demanded and a full accounting is expected from Washington and Wall Street.