Don't let the Bush administration take away the National Mall!

There is a fast-developing free speech battle between the Bush Administration and those who seek to preserve the National Mall in its current status as a treasured location for mass assembly protest. Every day that Bush stays in office we can anticipate a new assault on civil liberties and the Bill of Rights. It is incumbent upon us all to take action. If Bush gets his way, by the day he leaves office, cherished civil liberties will be eviscerated for decades to come.

Right now, you can email the National Park Service demanding that there be no restrictions on the right of the people to assemble. We have set up an easy to use mechanism that will allow your message to be sent to the National Park Service by clicking this link.  More than 10,000 letters were sent in two weeks alone, which is double the number of letters that the government had received in the entire past year during its charade of public outreach on this issue.

You can also become a signer on the important new Statement in Defense of Free Speech Rights on the National Mall which is being signed by organizations and individuals across the country. This statement will be publicized as part of a major national campaign and you can sign onto it by clicking this link.

We are asking everyone to take a moment to send a letter to their congressional representative to co-sponsor House Resolution 333 for the impeachment of Dick Cheney. Make sure your representative at least call for an open House debate on impeachment.

As we reported last week, 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."

The movement is making progress that seemed out of reach just a few months ago. Make an urgently needed donation right now to help the movement continue to move forward. As Ramsey Clark said in his last email, "We need to run newspaper ads in the major national and regional papers to energize and recruit concerned persons. This needs lots of money. We need your help now." Click this link to make an urgently needed donation right now."

On Saturday, nearly 100,000 people from all walks of life, young and old, of all nationalities and creeds, marched together, united by a single purpose, determined to end the war. The impeachment movement was a huge part of this demonstration and the call for impeachment resounded from the White House to the Capitol. People took buses, trains, vans, and planes from all over the country to make it to Washington DC for the March, and it was reflected in the massive turnout.

The protest included one of the anti-war movement's largest collective acts of civil disobedience. Around 5,000 people laid down in mass as part of a dramatic die-in at the foot of the Capitol steps to symbolize all those lives that have been lost in this destructive war. Another two hundred were arrested when they tried to take an anti-war message to the Congress and were stopped by riot police.  Click here for more information.    

In his speech at the rally at the White House on Sept. 15, Ramsey Clark called for a three-month push for Congress to introduce Articles of Impeachment. He called on all impeachment supporters to rededicate themselves to the cause. Congressional representatives don't have the right to take impeachment off the table. The Constitution -- of, by and for the people -- puts impeachment on the table out of legal necessity. Now it is the time for the people to exercise that right.

Following Ramsey Clark's call, ImpeachBush.org is initiating the fall campaign to flood Congress with the demand for Impeachment.  After Saturday's success, we do not want to wait or waste even a day. Impeachment supporters in every state are organizing to target their local representatives in their home towns and in Washington.  Send a message to your representative, and by doing so, send a message to Bush and all the presidents to come. A war of aggression is the supreme violation of international law, and war crimes will not go unpunished. To send your letter, click on this link. 

The impeachment movement needs your help. Your generous donation will allow us to place more impeachment ads, help us cover the cost of impeacment petitions, stickers, placards, and flyers. Click here to donate today. 

Thanks to donations from people like you, we've already been able to place ImpeachBush ads in the New York Times, USA Today, and SF Chronicle.

Congratulations to everyone who made it through the snow and freezing rain to get to Washington and join together in the tens of thousands and March on the Pentagon marking the beginning of the fifth year of the war against Iraq. The Impeachment message was broadcast loud and clear and reached a national and worldwide audience!

Click here to read the full report.

The Case Against Bush

Articles of Impeachment Drafted by Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General The legal basis for impeachment

Notes for the Consideration of Impeachment Six Background Notes