Costs of the Iraq War
"The Iraq Quagmire: The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home the Troops", published August, 2005. A comprehensive report by the Institute of Policy Studies.
www.ips-dc.org/index.htm
"Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq" provides a powerful witness to impact of the U.S./British invasion and occupation from the perspective of Iraqi peopl. Valuable for group discussion.
www.ChelseaGreen.com
The "National Priorities Project" provides unique information on what war is costing communities in your area.
www.nationalpriorities.org
Grounds for Impeachment
"George W. Bush: Legal Arguments for Impeachment", An excellent discussion of how Mr. Bush has violated the U.S. Constitution and international law with the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
www.ips-dc.org
The web site ImpeachBush provides a wider ranging list of grounds for impeachment.
www.impeachbush.tv/impeach/grounds.html
Also:www.VoteToImpeach.org
AfterDowningStreet is valuable in keeping current on revelations about how the Bush Administration moved into war. www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/86
Peoples Indictment
NoWarWestchester, an action group in Westchester County, New York conducted a demonstration marking the 2,000th American death in Iraq using this summons, restraining order and indictment, presented symbolically to Administration officials and congress people.
http://www.wespac.org/Default.aspx?tabid=77
ImpeachPac.org is supporting Democratic candidates who support immediate and simultaneous impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
Exploitation in Recruitment
"The Poverty Draft: Everything You Need To Know" is an outstanding summary, available to be printed off the computer as a handout, produced by the American Friends Service Committee.
www.afsc.org/youthmil/Military-Recruitment/poverty-draft.htm
"Peak Oil"
ExxonSecrets.org How ExxonMobil funds the climate change skeptics.
www.exxonsecrets.org
EnergyBulletin.net provides a good "peak oil" primer and links to other sources for guidance in dealing with declining petroleum availability. http://energybulletin.net/
The Post Carbon Institute encourages local action to get a jump on living with less oil. http://postcarbon.org/
Richard Heinberg, a leading researcher and thinker on "peak oil" publishes. www.museletter.com
PeakOil.org provides excellent reporting and references.
www.PeakOil.org
HubbertPeak.com gives food for thought on peak oil and valuable references.
www.HubbertPeak.com
Prout.org promotes Progressive Utilization Theory, endorsed by political analyst Noam Chomsky and others, which aims to develop more localized control of resources, reduced consumption of resources and other changes in social organizations; essential considerations in responding to reduced petroleum availability.
www.Prout.org
Gasoline Rationing
Gasoline rationing is needed now, and the standby Federal rationing plan created in 1980 gives a detailed understanding of how a rationing plan might work today.
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12200/12291/12291.pdf
Basic Oil Documents
The website of Mt. Holyoke professor Vincent Ferraro of international politics provides essential documents, not only on oil, but a great variety of foreign issues.
www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/feros-pg.htm#useful
Seed Coalition is a Texas organization doing inspiring work on sustainable energy and environmental protection.
www.seedcoalition.org
CrudeDesigns.org provides detailed revelation of U.S. plans to deliver huge profits to major oil companies.
http://crudedesigns.org
Global Policy Forum, monitoring U.N. policy, offers excellent information on Iraq oil issues. An important resource center on other issues too.
www.globalpolicy.org
Background on Boycotts, Consumer Action
A good history of boycotts as well as action ideas from a wide-ranging anti-Bush boycott campaign in the UK, as well as other useful information.
www.motherearth.org/USboycott/actionkit.phb-61k
Buying Citgo
To find a CITGO station near you. www.citgo.com/CITGOLocator.jsp
War and Political Reporting
www.DemocracyNow.org provides outstanding daily coverage on radio, television and the internet, often providing unique war coverage and insights into global just and peace issues. A must if you can get it.
www.TrapRockPeace.org provides a wide range of action-oriented peace and justice reporting, often original, that focuses on grassroots work, particularly by young people. The site also gives special attention to nuclear issues, such as use of depleted uranium and the Vermont nuclear reactor; important at a time when nuclear issues are on the back-burner. If you can check this inspiring site daily, do it.
www.Aljazeera.net, one of the most important sources of news and opinion on the Middle East and the muslim world.
www.Anti-War.com is a daily source of articles related to the Iraq War and international as well as U.S. politics.
www.IndyMedia.org offers unique global coverage of popular action for peace and justice
www.CommonDreams.org is essential for monitoring justice and peace reporting.
www.CounterPunch.org - Important analysis.
www.COPvCIA.com provides a variety of articles on war and politics with valuable interpretations on the impact of "peak oil".
www.Guerrillanews.com - Access to a wide variety of worthwhile articles from print articles and blog reports.
Action
Iraq Veterans Against the War www.ivaw.net
Gold Star Families For Peace www.gsfp.org
Voices for Creative Non-Violence www.vcnv.org
Military Families Speak Out www.mfso.org
International Action Center www.iacenter.org
U.S. Troops Out Now www.troopsoutnow.org
United for Peace and Justice www.unitedforpeace.org
Traprock Peace Center www.traprockpeace.org
Wespac Foundation www.wespac.org
Progressive Democrats www.pdamerica.org
Fallujah Says it all
FALLUJAH - In 2004 the United States destroyed Fallujah. It was a war crime and a crime against humanity. This action typifies the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. This video shows what happened, and what continues to happen daily if on a smaller scale.
Watch the video preview of
"Caught in the Crossfire".
ConsumersForPeace.org, through the ExxonMobil War Boycott, is working to stop the killing in Iraq; to end the United States' occupation of Iraq; and to bring the perpetrators of the war to justice.
To assist you in boycotting ExxonMobil and firms connected to it through its board of directors, you may wish to have Democracy Dollars.
You may wish to write to the ExxonMobil Board of Directors
