whitebeard

Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.

The future is unwritten.  WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US."

DECEMBER 3-11 BRING THE MONEY. BRING THE NOISE

We are calling you -- everyone, everywhere, representing the full
diversity and strength of our movement -- to pull together and make donating
and raising money to drive out the Bush regime your mission the week of
Dec. 3-11.  Our goal: $200,000, with $50,000.00 of that raised this
weekend!

The political moment is very sharp.  Hatred for the war based on lies
intensifies.  Bush plows full-steam ahead – “no retreat!”  Revulsion for
US torture grows, Bush insists on codifying it into law.  Bush selects
a Christian fundamentalist to the Supreme Court, and the extreme right
demands “Sc-Alito” – Bush accedes

Pundits are musing about a weakened presidency.  We can’t be lulled
into passivity, hoping, waiting for this administration to implode or fade
away.  As our Call says, this regime “is setting out to radically
remake society very quickly, in a fascist way, and for generations to come.”
These people are vicious; they are on a mission and they won’t go down
without a fight.

We must seize this moment to build on what we started a month ago. 
November 2 was a significant beginning.  Thousands took to the streets in
68 cities and at least 40 college campuses to declare that we won’t
stop until the Bush regime is driven out.  Everywhere people noticed a new
fresh wind as thousands of high school students walked out of over 200
schools.  Now we have to vault this movement to a whole new level, to
reach the millions who hate Bush and fear for the future.

When Bush steps to the podium to deliver his State of the Union, a
cacophony of NOISE from every corner of the country will drown him out. 
People all over the world must hear clearly the voices that say, NO, you
do not represent or speak for us. “Bush Step Down and Take Your Whole
Program with You.”  Reverberating throughout society will be the
question, “Should he stay or should he go?”   The agenda for 2006 must not be
set by Bush, but by the people, in our millions, determined to stop
this whole disastrous course.

This is an audacious plan that needs money to bring it into being.  The
first $45,000 buys a full-page ad in the New York Times containing the
Call, a list of prominent endorsers and the announcement of plans for
the State of the Union speech and the People’s Verdict to follow. And we
have to build the essential framework -- supporting the staff and
office in New York City and opening a new office in Washington D.C. 

Donate online through our website (worldcantwait.org), or mail a check
to our address below.  See details about tax-deductible contributions. 
The website has fundraising ideas, material, a kit to help you raise
money.   When deciding what to contribute and ask others, think of this
from our Call:
“History is full of examples where people who had right on their side
fought against tremendous odds and were victorious.  And it is also full
of examples of people passively hoping to wait it out, only to get
swallowed up by a horror beyond what they ever imagined.

The future is unwritten.  WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US."

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Contributions of $100 or more may be made tax deductible if the donor
sends a check made out to World Can't Wait/AGJ to World Can't Wait, 305
W. Broadway #185 New York NY 10013.  At this time, online donations are
not tax deductible.

The Alliance for Global Justice, a 501(c)(3) organization, is the
fiscal sponsor of World Can't Wait. AFGJ will acknowledge contributions in
writing, and furnish evidence of its status as an exempt organization
upon request. Their latest financial report is available at their
offices, 1247 E Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. 

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