The purpose of this website is to provide you with tools with which to take the Iraq sanctions issue to your communities--local, state and national. The site contains background papers, one page documents suitable for fliers, a description of non-violent action principles, suggestions on how to interface with the media and political process, and a section of photographs which can be reproduced for flyers, documents, etc.

The site concludes with a section on proposed and suggested actions, and a listing of current alerts requiring your attention. Finally we give a set of links to other valuable actions and information, and a means to contact us.

In another era, Dr. Martin Luther King, in his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail," admonished the "white moderates" who are "more devoted to 'order' than to justice" on their lack of active participation in the cause of human rights. To that list I would add Black, Asian, Hispanic, Christian, Muslim and Jewish "moderates," who may recognize and acknowledge the tragedy befalling Iraqi children, but have not taken action. Dr. King said, "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." Archbishop Desmond Tutu states, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

We welcome your feedback and hope to serve as a useful resource to all of you committed to providing relief to the suffering in Iraq.

 
 
Updated 1 Jan 2001.