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Building a Meaningful Anti-War Movement

We are at the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history, requiring an unprecedented degree of solidarity, courage and commitment. America's war, which includes the "first strike" use of nuclear weapons, threatens our very civilization, as we know it.
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Building a Meaningful Anti-War Movement

We are at the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history, requiring an unprecedented degree of solidarity, courage and commitment. America's war, which includes the "first strike" use of nuclear weapons, threatens our very civilization, as we know it.

In the US, and around the world, the anti-war movement has gained in impetus. While millions of people have joined hands in opposing the war, the Bush administration's fear and disinformation campaign, which is relayed by the corporate media, has managed to sway a significant sector of the US population into an unconditional acceptance of the war agenda.

At this critical crossroads, the anti-war/pro-democracy movement must necessarily move to a higher plane. The momentum and success of the large anti-war rallies in the US and around the world, should lay the foundations of a permanent network composed of tens of thousands of local level anti-war committees in neighborhoods, work places, parishes, schools, universities, etc.

To shunt the Bush administration's war plans, we must, in the months ahead reach out to our fellow citizens across the land, in the US, Canada and around the world, to the millions of ordinary people who have been misled on the causes and consequences of this war, not to mention the implications of the Bush administration's Homeland Security legislation, which essentially sets in place the building blocks of a police state. To reverse the tide, we must develop a cohesive mass movement. We must spread the word by waking up and educating our fellow citizens as to what hazards lie ahead.

When the lies—including those concerning September 11—are fully revealed and understood by everybody, the legitimacy of the Bush administration's war rhetoric will be broken. Big Brother will have no leg to stand on, that is, no more wars to feed on. While this will not necessarily result in a fundamental and immediate "regime change" in the US, a new "anti-war consensus" will have emerged, which will eventually pave the way for a broader struggle against the New World Order and the American Empire's quest for global domination.
 
 

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