_____ Call on the Bush administration and Congress to immediately withdraw all US troops from Iraq, with no future redeployments
_____ Urge my Congressional representatives to adopt a “bring the troops home now” position, and to establish a concrete, comprehensive withdrawal plan no later than September 21, 2006, International Peace Day, just days before Congress adjourns
_____ Participate in marches, rallies, demonstrations, and other peaceful strategies to establish this plan
_____ Engage in nonviolent civil disobedience, as conscience leads me, if this plan for a comprehensive withdrawal is not established and activated no later than September 21, 2006.
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With nearly seventy percent of the people of the United States opposing this war, there is a growing call to bring the troops home now and to establish a comprehensive, concrete and rapid withdrawal plan. This comprehensive plan must include withdrawal of US troops; the closure of US bases in Iraq; support for a peace process in the post-occupation transition; reconstruction and reparations in Iraq; and a shift from hundreds of billions of dollars spent for war to meeting human needs at home and abroad.
The Declaration of Peace is a commitment people are making across the United States to take bold, powerful and peaceful steps to help establish this comprehensive withdrawal plan. Together — policy-makers and citizens; Democrats, Republicans and Independents; people of faith and people of conscience – we have the power to douse this fire. Sign The Declaration of Peace – and take tangible, nonviolent action to end this war and to declare a new era of peace and justice.

The Declaration of Peace is a pledge to take nonviolent steps for the immediate withdrawal of US troops – and to engage in peaceful protest if a comprehensive withdrawal plan is not established and begun by September 21, 2006, International Peace Day, just days before Congress adjourns for the fall elections. Between now and September we will:

• Call on the Bush administration and Congress to end the war. As part of this, we will call on and visit members of Congress and all candidates in the fall elections to “declare peace” by publicly pledging to support and vote for legislation that brings the troops home and cuts off funding for the war;

• Participate in activities leading up to September 21, including marches, vigils, and nationally coordinated phone-ins and email campaigns;

• Prepare for September by participating in public Declaration signings, organizing Declaration-inspired events, and attending nonviolence trainings that will be scheduled across the United States.

If the September 21 deadline is not met, Declaration signers will engage in peaceful action in Washington, DC and at Congressional offices and other sites throughout the nation from September 21-28. These activities will include marches, rallies, vigils, demonstrations and other creative expressions “declaring peace.” In the spirit of Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, some signers will be led by conscience to engage in nonviolent civil disobedience and risk arrest as a way to signify their principled opposition to the US war in Iraq. Nationally coordinated nonviolent activities will continue on a regular basis until the United States withdraws from Iraq.

The Declaration of Peace is a commitment to take nonviolent steps for a comprehensive, concrete and rapid end to the US war in Iraq, including:

• Withdrawal of US troops and all coalition forces — and no future redeployments

• Closure of US military bases

• Support for an Iraqi-led peace process, including a peace conference to shape a post-occupation transition and an international peacekeeping presence if mandated by this peace process

• Return of Iraqi control over its oil resources and the political and economic life of the nation

• Reparations and reconstruction to address the destruction caused by the US war and 13 years of sanctions

• Establish a “peace dividend” for job creation, health care, education, housing, and other vital social needs

• Increased support for US veterans of the Iraq war, and

• No so-called “preventive” war against Iran or any other nation

This comprehensive and concrete withdrawal plan must be established and activated no later than September 21, 2006, and completed no later than March 19, 2007, ending four years of war and occupation in Iraq. We will take every nonviolent step possible to meet this goal before these deadlines.

Our attitude will be one of nonviolence, openness and respect toward all we encounter.

• We will use no violence, verbal or physical, toward any person.

• We will not destroy or damage any property.

• When engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience, we will accept the consequences of our actions.

• We will not carry anything that could be construed as a weapon

• We will not bring or use alcohol or drugs (except for medical purposes).

These guidelines are designed to create actions for peace that are nonviolent, secure and unifying, and that invite the majority in this country to take steps to call for an end to the US war in Iraq. All individuals participating in nonviolent civil disobedience are strongly encouraged to take nonviolent action training. Please contact the Declaration of Peace for assistance in organizing a nonviolence training, or finding someone in your area who can facilitate one.

United for Peace and Justice; Clergy and Laity Concerned About Iraq; Peaceful Tomorrows; Global Call Iraq; The Shalom Center; The United Church of Christ; Call to Action; Proyecto Guerrero Azteca por la Paz;
War Resisters League; PeaceMajority Report; Buddhist Peace Fellowship; Code Pink; Pax Christi USA; Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace; Peaceworkers; Global Exchange; Episcopal Peace Fellowship; Thomas Merton Center Anti-War Committee; Network of Spiritual Progressives; School of the Americas Watch; Iraq Pledge of Resistance/National Call for Nonviolent Resistance; Voices for Creative Nonviolence;Courage to Resist; The MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence; Ecumenical Peace Institute/CALC; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; Brandywine Peace Community; Methodist Federation for Social Action; Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service.