Call to Action: No War No Warming, Oct. 21-23

From October 21-23, 2007, join a global movement rising up against war and global warming
by participating in a massive intervention in Washington DC or your own community.

Millions of Americans want immediate action on the twin global threats of the Iraq War
and Climate Change. But as the violence, chaos and death in Iraq continue and we hit
another year of increasing climate disasters, our government is failing, once again, to
respond to the will of the people.
It is the USA’s addiction to oil that drove our country into war with Iraq and could fuel
future war with Iran. Climate Change threatens us with new conflicts over resources such
as oil, land, and water. Additionally, the US Military is the largest single consumer of
petroleum in the country, so as the military grows, so does our addiction to fossil
fuels. We recognize this vicious cycle of resource wars and Climate Change and demand
that our government take immediate action to bring our troops home and reduce our
dependence on fossil fuels.

The burning of oil and coal is the major cause of climate change. Our addiction to
carbon-based fossil fuels is melting the icecaps, raising sea levels, destroying
Indigenous land, cultures and peoples and fueling extreme climate events like Hurricane
Katrina world-wide. Our window of time in which we can prevent these crises is running
out. As people lose access to clean water and eco-systems wither, the Earth and our
communities will become less equipped to respond to the impacts of climate change.
Who suffers from war and climate change? In both cases, it is the poorest people, people
of color and communities in the Global South, who suffer the most, whether it comes in
the form of a poverty draft, the bombing of a neighborhood, the privatization of natural
resources, or military bases, detention centers and oil refineries in communities.
Systemic racism remains the underlying abusive foundation of the US drive to control
resources.

The US Government enables companies like Exxon-Mobil, Halliburton, Blackwater, Bechtel,
and others to reap profits at the expense of the neediest communities. These corporate
profits buy our elections and threaten true democracy.
The US must immediately shift to a clean energy economy and end its addiction to oil,
coal, natural gas and nuclear energy. Imagine if we shifted the billions of dollars
being spent every month on war in Iraq to investment in energy conservation, efficiency,
and good, safe jobs in a renewable, clean energy economy. Bring our troops home now and
invest in green jobs to rebuild our communities!

We Need to Take Immediate Action…
STOP the war in Iraq and future resource wars by ending our addiction to fossil fuels.

SHIFT government funding to rebuild New Orleans and all communities suffering from racism
and corporate greed.

GO green and promote environmental justice with new jobs in a clean energy economy

Here’s What You Can Do:
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, WE WILL TAKE ACTION.

Come to Washington, DC, the Nation’s Capitol, to speak truth to power! Join the following
powerful actions so that we can have the greatest impact on U.S. and global policy makers.

Begin planning now for the week of Oct 19 – 23
October 19 –20: The IMF and World Bank will be meeting in Washington DC and there is an
international call for global justice actions.

October 19-22: The Energy Action Coalition is gathering thousands of students for Power
Shift, a student-run conference focused on climate change.

October 21-23: No War, No Warming is calling for a massive intervention in Washington,
DC, with solidarity actions around the US and internationally. On Sunday and Monday we
will be organizing trainings for nonviolent direct action / civil disobedience and
holding spokes council meetings to plan and coordinate our actions.

The intention of No War, No Warming is to hold Congress accountable; we will hold an
intervention by taking over Capitol Hill on a day that Congress is in session. We will
be putting our bodies on the line to say enough is enough. We will be taking positive
action to make visible the cost of these failed government policies and to creatively
manifest the world we know is possible.

Until our Government representatives change course off the path of destruction, we have
no choice but to get in the way.
Some of us may gather in the intersections and set up windmills or solar panel blockades.
Others may hold people’s assemblies in front of the doors or create a bicycle bloc in
front of a parking garage. Actions may bring to light the cost of war and climate change
through die-ins or cough-ins. Others may sit in silent prayer, or form a chorus of
resistance in the streets.
Across the country and world the message of No War, No Warming may be taken to Federal
Buildings, US embassies and directly to the offices of corporate profiteers.

Start talking now with your family, friends and co-workers about how you might intervene
to prevent catastrophic climate change and embody the world we know is possible. Form a
group and make plans to send some folks to DC or organize an action at home!

Let’s show the American people, our government and the world that we are taking immediate
action to STOP this war and break our addiction to fossil fuels, SHIFT funding to support
a sustainable economy and GO green, just and renewable!
Join the Intervention! Another World is Possible. It is up to us to make it happen!
http://www.NoWarNoWarming.org