Stop these wars or we'll fill your jails!

The Veterans for Peace are leading an action in Washington DC on December 16, 2010.  They are going to have a protest and civil disobedience at the White House that day.   Here is an email they sent out recently about this:

Brothers and Sisters,

The Empire has met the resistance.  And it is US!

Here's how you can be part of that resistance.

Your comrades from VFP and your brothers and sisters from many organizations are coming to Washington, Dec. 16 for what will be the largest veteran-led act of civil resistance in opposition to ongoing U.S. wars and occupations.
 
The Empire has laid waste to Iraq and has occupied Afghanistan longer than did the Russians.  On December 16, VFP has created a rare opportunity to resist in a CAPITOL way that will be heard in every corner of the peace movement.

BUT DON'T TAKE IT FROM ME...
Listen to what our members are saying-- our members who waited for no one to organize this historic action; who determined now is the time to make another entry in the annals of human resistance to war and Empire.

Tarak Kauff: "We have grown so used to the state of war being a constant that people no longer see it as an emergency the way they did when millions of us turned out worldwide in 2003. I want us return to seeing it as an emergency, a fire that must be put out...a fire we will put our bodies on the line to extinguish.  There is no glory, no heroism, no good wars, no justification whatsoever, it is all, all of it, based on lies."

Ellen Barfield:
"In this season of supposed peace on earth, we who previously carried out U.S. foreign policy with our bodies must speak out to say, ‘NO MORE! Bring the troops home NOW!’”

Mike Hearington:
"I will not be silent!"

VFP members are coming to Washington from literally every corner of the nation.  If you can come, join us.  If you can't, join us by helping others get there and helping pay for the significant cost of putting on this action.