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Organizing Against a War with Iran
Background
Ever since President Bush anointed Iran as a founding member of the ìAxis of Evilî in a 2002 State of the Union speech, the threat of war between the two nations has never been far. In 2007 a highly aggressive barrage of ominous threats and provocative maneuvers by the U.S. administration led many to think that a case was steadily being built for a preemptive U.S. attack, in much the same way that the invasion of Iraq was sold to the media and the public.
On December 3, 2007 the hawks and neoconservatives took a hit with the unprecedented public release of the National Intelligence Estimate (N.I.E.), regarded as the consensus opinion of 16 difference U.S. government intelligence agencies, which reported that Iran had suspended itís secret nuclear weapons program in 2003. While many in the peace movement sighed with relief, the N.I.E. in and of itself has not necessarily reduced the risk of military conflict with Iran, and in fact the neoconservative war lobby is already pushing back. Some analysts think that any prospect that this NIE has for reducing the risk of an attack can be counter-balanced by the lulling of people into a security that will take focus off it and
How to Prevent Washington's Next War
We worked with the best minds at the Institute for Policy Studies to create this primer for action.
Download PDF herethus ultimately make such an attack easier. A senior Pentagon official, who told the media there had been ìno course correctionî only days after the release of the N.I.E. document, gave one ominous signal in this direction.
The Cultures of Resistance Network is deeply engaged in the campaign to stop a disastrous war with Iran, and urges all other activists and concerned citizens to get involved. Our work is based on the proposition that diplomacy is the ONLY option, and mutual understanding is key to defusing the conflict. The following organizations and campaigns are all working strategically and effectively to head off a conflict between the United States and Iran. We are proud to support their timely and courageous work.
Organizations & Campaigns
Nobel Laureate Shirin Ebadi on War, Peace, and Justice
In November of 2007, Make Films Not War founder Iara Lee sat down to speak with Iran's first Nobel Peace Laureate, Shirin Ebadi, at the offices of her legal practice in Tehran. Ebadi is an activist for refugee rights, as well as those of women and children. She was the first female Judge in Iran's history, before being forcibly retired after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She is the founder and leader of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran, and has written a number of books and articles focused on human rights. As a lawyer, she has been involved in a number of controversial political cases in Iran, and has been imprisoned on numerous occasions... Read more and watch excepts from their conversation.
U.S. TOUR: The Folly of Attacking Iran: Time For Real Diplomacy
Award-winning journalist Stephen Kinzer (ALL THE SHAH’S MEN, OVERTHROW), along with a diverse group of other experts on Iran, Congressional leaders and military experts, are traveling across the country to counter the message from Washington and to present options for a more rational foreign policy towards Iran. The Cultures of Resistance Network is excited to be a part of the tour, and we are creating a powerful traveling photo installation with Iranian photographers to accompany the tour. Read More
Links: More Organizations
- Global Exchange
- Organizing multiple “Citizen Diplomacy” trips to Iran
- Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Also organizing “Grassroots Citizen Diplomacy Missions” to Iran in 2008
- MoveOn.org
- Grassroots organizing on the media and legislative front in support of diplomacy
CODE PINK: Prevent War with Iran
Code Pink has the best list of simple, effective actions you can do to help stop the next war now. Visit Code Pink
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Resisting War, Promoting Children’s Rights in Africa: Getting Kids out of the Crossfire
2008, May 18 - 4:08pm
Cultures of Resistance is proud of our continued partnership with the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers. In 2008 and 2009 we will continue to support their life-saving work in the Great Lakes region of central Africa (D.R. Congo, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda).
Resisting Habitat Destruction in the Amazon!
2008, May 18 - 4:23pmKayapó Indigenous Rally to Oppose Xingu Dams
Mass Gathering of Indigenous People to Take Place in May
Cultures of Resistance Network Proudly Supports the 19th Medellín International Poetry Festival
2009, July 8 - 10:58amMedellín, Colombia, a city once notorious for drug violence and for being at the epicenter of the hemispheric cocaine trade is reinventing itself as world center for the living word. 
From July 4-11, the city will host the 19th Medellín International Poetry Festival, drawing 65 renowned poets from 43 countries for a vibrant “Celebration of Existence.”
STOP THE ASSAULT ON GAZA
2009, January 13 - 4:35amAdditional Links
Richard Falk: UN Special Rapporteur for human rights - Gaza statement
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Article: Civilian casualties: Human rights groups accuse Israelis of war crimes (Independent UK)
Media: A Week in Gaza (Guardian UK)
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Chomsky on Gaza: (ZNet)
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IN GAZA: (external)
Daily updates and background
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Gaza Q&A;: (ZNet)
Stephen Shalom, political science prof. at William Paterson University's in-depth list of answers to common questions
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Gaza is on fire. This month, in response to the devastation being leveled on the Palestinian people, Cultures of Resistance has contributed to the numerous agencies assisting in the relief of the Gaza strip as the Israeli government continues to wage its illegal, uneven, and unjust 'all out war.'
Below you will find a list of links where you can also help to staunch the flow of catastrophe in Gaza. The relief is necessary and the situation urgent, but the reality is that humanitarian aid to Gaza is like cough medicine to someone with lung cancer. What needs to be addressed is the disease itself, and in this case that disease is the US government's ever-metastasizing military and political support for the iniquitous actions of the Israeli state.
Are you a big fan of the trans-Atlantic slave trade? How about the holocaust? Did you support apartheid? If not, then why sit idly while yet another atrocity befalls humanity? CHANGE is not a campaign slogan. It isn't an idea. It is an ACTIVITY.
Video Commentary
Phyllis Bennis | Israel/Palestine expert Phyllis Bennis (IPS) discussesthe Israeli occupation of Palestine
Robert Malley | The Program Director for Middle East and North
Africa at International Crisis Group speaks about Hamas
Organizations & Campaigns
American Near East Refugee Aid/ANERA | www.anera.orgCARE | www.carewbg.org
Gush Shalom | www.gush-shalom.org
Kinder USA | www.kinderusa.org
Middle East Children's Alliance/MECA | www.mecaforpeace.org
Palestinian Medical Relief Society/PMRS | www.pmrs.ps
Palestine Red Crescent Society | www.palestinercs.org
US Campaign to End the Occupation | www.endtheoccupation.org
Cultures Of Resistance Travelogues: Festival Au Desert, Mali
2009, January 20 - 3:57am
The facets of a monocultural empire are various, many, and completely integrated- economic hegemony opens the door for cultural dominance and, ultimately, erasure. Cultural exchange is not an exchange but an injection. Sometimes things- cultural 'things'- are extracted to season the empire stew, but for the most part it remains an injection, a sterilization against original and independent cultural development.
