[Last update: 7 October 2001]

Austin, TX, Antiwar Page

Antiwar rally in front of the State Capitol
Sunday, October 7, 5:30 pm. The war has begun!
Sponsored by Austin Against War and the Democracy Coalition

This page is not currently being updated. Please see the Progressive Austin and Austin Against War sites for material relating to the current war.

For national news and peace events, see The International Action Center

For national news and events about Iraq, see Iraq Action Coalition

Table of Contents

  • What's this all about
  • Web actions you can take right now! (It can't hurt!)
  • Austin Area Events
  • News about the wars against Yugoslavia & Iraq (old)
  • Actions to Take (needs updating)
  • Informational Resources (old)
  • Contacting US and UN Officials
  • Contacting Media
  • List of National Antiwar Organizations


    • Austin, TX, Antiwar activities
  • We support moves to make the world a more peaceful place and reduce the risk of war.

  • We decry Monday's terrorist attacks, but urge sanity. We must make clear that the US should no longer target civilians, or accept any policy which targets civilians by any nation.

    We support an intensive investigation and urge cooperation by all states and NGOs to assist in helping determine who was behind these attacks. We urge the creation of an international court to try crimes against humanity. Once sufficient evidence is found to implicate specific individuals, we urge it to be provided to the apropriate country so that the person(s) involved may be arrested and extradicted to such an international court (or US court) for trial. If a conviction results those responsible should be incarcerated for life without parole.

    We should not allow these attacks to be excuses for chipping away at our rights. We can even quote George Bush in this regard:

    "Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. " The only way our freedom and way of life came under attack is by making it more likely that the government will take steps to violate our freedoms and way of life. If the government takes such steps, that means that we are allowing the terrorist acts to succeed. "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America." If the government proposes any restriction on First Amendment rights, that is continued chipping away at the foundation (the Constitution and Bill of Rights) of the USA.

    See statements by:

    Organizations
  • ACLU
  • Anarchist Statement Against ALL Forms Of Terrorism
  • Austin Greens
  • California Peace Action
  • International Action Center
  • International Socialist Organization (ISO)
  • The Nowar Collective
  • PeaceAction
  • War Resisters League (WRL)
    • Individuals
  • Enough! by Michael Betzold
  • UT Professor Dana Cloud
  • Robert Fisk of the Independent (U.K.)
  • Emily Force on Racist Reactions
  • MIT Professor Noam Chomsky
  • UT Professor Robert Jensen
  • A Christian Response
    • Articles
  • Attacks on Muslims in the US
  • Bernie Ward Interview Phyllis Bennis
  • Bush gives $43 Million to Taliban
  • Privacy Concerns should be Paramount in the Current Climate (re Carnivore software)
  • What Bush Should have Said
  • We support for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
  • We support the " Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund" bill.
  • We oppose military attacks against Iraq, Colombia, Indonesia, and other countries, as they will increase civilian deaths and misery.
  • We oppose military and "security" assistance to repressive regimes.
  • We call upon the American public to stongly oppose war.
  • We oppose the stockpiling and use of land mines and demand that the US sign the treaty against them. See Austin Adopt a Minefield.
  • We support Austin's Nonmilitary Options for Youth in showing high school youth choices they have for the future other than joining the military.
  • We oppose the harsh sanctions that have been imposed upon Iraq for over 8 years which have resulted in the deaths of over 1,500,000 Iraqis, over half of them children as a result of lack of medicine, safe water (due to destruction of water & sewage treatment plants), ambulances, and malnutrition.
  • We oppose the continual bombing of Iraq.
  • Let Congress and the administration know of your opposition to military attacks and sanctions and support of the test ban treaty.
  • The Consitution gives Congress the authority to declare war and lesser military operations (in 18th century language, "grant letters of marque and reprisal"). President Clinton has usurped this power of Congress in bombing other countries without Congresional approval! Clinton has abused his official powers by taking a power granted to Congress (that of war).

    • Flood Congress, the executive branch, newspapers, and radio call-in shows with well reasoned opposition to military interventions, war, and sanctions! Use the resources listed below for assistance in creating letters. Emails and faxes can be sent automatically from these web pages.


    Join the ADC Iraq Task Force email list by sending a message to majordomo@leb.net with a blank subject line and "subscribe adc-itf" (without quotes) as the body of the letter. You will get informative emails about US intervention against Iraq and Yugoslavia


    Austin Area Antiwar Events

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    ????? If you know of any upcoming anti-war events that are not listed here, please contact this web site immediately so that they can be listed.


    News

    FBI Report Claims Deaths of Colombian Civilians Caused by U.S. Bomb, from Frank Smyth, 22 September

    European newspapers reported that the US intentionally bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. The US agreed to pay China $27,000,000 in recompense. The US press is not covering the story. [links to the original story and an update in the Observer appear broken (but may be up again)]

    The KLA entered Kosovo under NATO protection and burned monestaries and chased the majority of the Serbs remaining in Kosovo out of the province. NATO has done little to stop this ethnic cleansing. Instead they are trying to convert the terrorists into a local "police" force.

    NATO has been violating the peace accord since it was signed.

  • About Yugoslavia

  • About Iraq


    • Actions to take
  • Contact your Representative, see below to co-sponsor and support the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill. A sample letter is below. Include your name and postal address (to verify that you are a consituent).

    For more information, see the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund 

    Dear Rep. Doggett:

Please respond to the "Dear Colleague" letter your office has just
received from Rep. John Lewis by co-sponsoring or otherwise actively
supporting the Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund bill.  The bill will be
introduced soon and referred to your House Committee on Ways and Means.

As you know, the RFPTF would provide urgently needed relief to thousands
of citizens who cannot in good conscience for religious or ethical
reasons pay some or all of their federal income taxes, almost 50% of
which go for current military operations and past wars.

Thank you for your attention.  Please keep me informed of your actions on
this issue.

Sincerely,

NAME
ADDRESS
Austin, TX  787__

  • On Kosovo:

  • On Iraq


    • Resources

  • On Kosovo

  • A list of electronic maps of Kosovo available on the web

  • On Iraq

  • Letter to Senator Gramm on Test Ban treaty

  • "Eyewitness Sudan" -- A video on the 1998 US bombing of Sudan. 28 minutes, People's Video Network, $20 individuals, $50 institutions. PVN, 39 W. 14 St., #206, N.Y., NY 10011. Add $4/tape S&H.

  • U.S. support of rebels hurts chances of peace
    Article by Adam Choppin of the San Jose Mercury News

  • A list of antiwar organizations

  • SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Austin Peace and Justice Coallition (APJC) Community Calendar! In the message write: 
    subscribe apjc [your email address]

  • SUBSCRIBE to Austin's "No-War" activist events calendar! This is issued 1-3 times a week informing you of anti-war and other progressive political events around Austin.
    In the message write: 
    subscribe nowar [your email address]
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