www.notinourname.net

Let it not be said that people in the United States did nothing when their government declared a war without limit and instituted stark new measures of repression.

The signers of this statement call on the people of the U.S. to resist the policies and overall political direction that have emerged since September 11, 2001, and which pose grave dangers to the people of the world.

We believe that peoples and nations have the right to determine their own destiny, free from military coercion by great powers. We believe that all persons detained or prosecuted by the United States government should have the same rights of due process. We believe that questioning, criticism, and dissent must be valued and protected. We understand that such rights and values are always contested and must be fought for.

We believe that people of conscience must take responsibility for what their own governments do — we must first of all oppose the injustice that is done in our own name. Thus we call on all Americans to RESIST the war and repression that has been loosed on the world by the Bush administration. It is unjust, immoral, and illegitimate. We choose to make common cause with the people of the world.

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www.unitedforpeace.org

Anti-War Actions on Jan 18-20, 2003 in Washington D.C. and San Francisco.
Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to come to Washington, DC on the UNITED FOR PEACE Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend to participate in anti-war protests and commemorate Dr. King’s legacy of organizing against war and militarism, racism, poverty and injustice. International ANSWER is calling for a mass rallies in both DC and San Francisco on Jan. 18.

Black Voices for Peace is organizing a conference for justice and peace on Jan. 20 and is encouraging churches to incorporate a peace and justice message into their services that Sunday. To learn more about the events planned for the National Week of Peace and Justice, please see United for Peace's Call to Action

www.stopwar.org.uk

SATURDAY 11TH JANUARY 2003 
Stop the War Coalition National Conference will take place at the Camden Centre, Judd Street, London, opposite Kings Cross BR [Map] on Saturday 11 January. Registration starts at 9:30am [Agenda]. The conference is open to all supporters, and every affiliated organisation is permitted to send 4 voting delegates. For more information, call the office.

SATURDAY 15TH FEBRUARY 2003 
NATIONAL DEMO – London. Assemble 12 noon at Embankment, London (nearest tube Embankment) to march at 12:30pm [Resources]. The demonstration is being jointly organised by the Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Muslim Association of Britain. If the UK goes to war we will call a national demonstration immediately. Demonstrate at 6pm in your town centre (in London, go to Trafalgar Square).

www.progressive.org

The mission of The Progressive is to be a journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad. The magazine, its affiliates, and its staff steadfastly oppose militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all its guises.

In all of its activities, The Progressive, as it has since 1909, strives to put forward ideas that will help bring about a more just society and a more peaceful, humane world. We champion peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.

For nine decades, The Progressive has been a courageous voice for democracy, peace, social justice, civil rights, civil liberties, and environmental awareness.

For nine decades, The Progressive has denounced corporate power and decried U.S. support for brutal regimes abroad.

www.monbiot.com

©2003 George Monbiot.

The rest of Europe must be wondering whether Britain has gone into hibernation. At the end of this month our Prime Minister is likely to announce the decision he made months ago, that Britain will follow the US into Iraq. If so, then two or three weeks later, the war will begin. Unless the UN inspectors find something before January 27, this will be a war without even the flimsiest of pretexts: an unprovoked attack whose purpose is to enhance the wealth and power of an American kleptocracy. Far from promoting peace, it could be the first in a series of imperial wars. The gravest global crisis since the end of the Cold War is three weeks away, and most of us seem to be asking why someone else doesn't do something about it.

It is not often that the people of these islands have an opportunity to change the course of world events. Bush knows that the Americans' approval of his war depends, in part, upon its credibility overseas: opinion polls have shown that many of those who would support an international attack would withdraw that support if they perceived that the US was acting alone. An international attack, in this case, means an attack supported by Britain. If Blair pulled out, Bush could be forced to think again. Blair will pull out only if he perceives that the political cost of sticking with Bush is greater than the cost of deserting him. Bush's war, in other words, depends upon our indifference. As Gramsci remarked, "what comes to pass does so not so much because a few people want it to happen, as because the mass of citizens abdicate their responsibility and let things be".

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Seven Stories Press is a New York-based independent publisher. Under the direction of publisher Dan Simon, perhaps no other small independent house in America has consistently attracted so many important voices away from the corporate publishing sector.

Last year, Seven Stories was named the fastest growing independent publisher in America by Publishers Weekly. The press consistently wins awards for its books, and is known for its high editorial and production standards, as well as for how well it supports its books in the marketplace.

On several notable occasions, Seven Stories has stepped in to publish -- on First Amendment grounds - important books that were being refused the right to publish for political reasons, including Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Gary Webb's Dark Alliance, about the CIA-Contra-crack cocaine connection, Carol Felsenthal's biography of the Newhouse family, Citizen Newhouse, and distinguished journalist and death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal's censored essays in All Things Censored.

In January 2001, Seven Stories began semiannual publication of Autodafe, the journal of the International Parliament of Writers under the direction of its president, Russell Banks, and founding Secretary General, Christian Salmon.

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“Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist; that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be established at every level -- there's little bargaining, a little give and take, but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.”

Noam Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A renowned professor of linguistics at MIT, he has authored over 30 political books dissecting such issues as U.S. interventionism in the developing world, the political economy of human rights and the propaganda role of corporate media.

The main Chomsky Archive is archive is hosted by ZNet, the web site of Z Magazine. It contains the full text to many of Chomsky's major works, the complete audio to several important lectures, and numerous articles, interviews and speeches and can be found at www.zmag.org/chomsky

The main Chomsky Archive is archive is hosted by ZNet, the web site of Z Magazine. It contains the full text to many of Chomsky's major works, the complete audio to several impo
The grassroots, unofficial supplement to the main Chomsky Archive is Bad News: Noam Chomsky Archive. It contains articles, interviews, essays, and other materials related to him and can be found www.monkeyfist.com/ChomskyArchive

www.commoncouragepress.com

As a handful of huge corporations control more and more of the flow of ideas, Common Courage Press offers an important way for alternative voices to be heard. By publishing books for social justice, Common Courage Press helps progressive ideas to find a place in our culture. The press provides a platform to spread these ideas to activists and ordinary citizens alike. It has sold a total of over one million copies since its founding in 1991, and its books have been translated and reprinted in 24 countries.

These books and others have made a strong impact through major media coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Review of Books, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Journal of the American Medical Association, among other outlets. More important, the press has given a voice to people and organizations who might otherwise never have been heard, and inspired many who might otherwise have stayed silent.

Common Courage often publishes books that larger houses deem too controversial. Genetic engineering exposé Against the Grain, for instance, was due to be published by a major publisher, until Monsanto wrote a threatening letter, and the original publisher pulled it. Common Courage then published the book, even though authors Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey warned the press about potential liability issues. A local paper asked co-editor Greg Bates if the press had liability insurance. "Yes, we do, as does every American," Bates replied. "It's called the First Amendment."

www.akpress.org

AK Press Distribution is part of AK PRESS, Inc., the American branch of AKA Books Co-Operative Ltd., a workers’ co-operative wholly owned by its members. All decision-making, including which titles we distribute and what we publish, is made collectively. Our goal is to make available radical books and other materials, titles that are published by independent presses, not the corporate giants, titles with which you can make a positive change in the world. The sorts of books we stock are less and less available from the corporate publishers, booksellers & websites.

We urge you to support your local independent booksellers and infoshops. Join campaigns to keep corporate chains out of your town. Mail order or web order from independent stores or distros.

www.zmag.org

Z magazine (founded in 1988) is an independent monthly of critical thinking on political, cultural, social, and economic life in the U.S. Z Magazine is available in print and online. The print magazine is most often 64 pages, with articles of many lengths and focuses. The online system, updated monthly, reproduces the print as closely as possible and has two versions -- one public (an archive), and the other (soon to be) for subscribers only.

ZNET is a huge website updated many times daily and designed to convey information and provide community. A quarter of a million people a week use ZNet. Founded in 1995, ZNet offers information through diverse watch areas and sub-sites, translations, archives, links to other progressive sites, a daily commentary program, and much more. The above link goes to the ZNet top page, and the rest is all accessible from there.  
 
 Z MEDIA INSTITUTE
is a nine day school held every other year in June. Founded in 1994, ZMI provides classes and other sessions in how to start and produce alternative media, how to understand mainstream and alternative media better, how to enhance organizing skills and knowledge, and how to better comprehend and develop radical theory, strategy, and vision.

VIDEOS
Since its inception in 1998, ZVP has produced for distribution over 20 videos on politics, economics, foreign policy, and the world social forum. These are all available for personal, classroom, and organizing use via the above link.