BUSH MUST GO! Demonstration at Opening of Congress, 12 noon, Jan 4

DANIEL ELLSBERG to Join MICHAEL RATNER, CINDY SHEEHAN, JOHN NICHOLS, GORE

VIDAL, DEBRA SWEET, DAVID SWANSON speaking at National Press Club, 7pm

'If War Crimes, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity Are Not Reason to

Impeach, What Is?'

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On January 4, people will
 demonstrate at the opening of Congress. Protesters from up and down the
 East Coast, some dressed in orange Guantanamo torture jumpsuits, will
 demand that Congress investigate and hold accountable the Bush
 administration for criminal liability, and that the House of
 Representatives immediately initiate Articles of Impeachment against Bush
 for "high crimes and misdemeanors."
     1. DEMONSTRATION, 12noon, Thursday, January 4
     Upper Senate Park (Delaware & Constitution, just north of Capitol),
 Washington DC
     2. "VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT" evening program featuring DANIEL ELLSBERG,
 MICHAEL RATNER, JOHN NICHOLS, CINDY SHEEHAN, DEBRA SWEET, video message
 from GORE VIDAL, 7pm, Thursday, National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW
     Millions thought they were voting against the war and the president,
 but the Democratic leadership of the new Congress has declared that
 impeachment is off the table.
     That night at 7pm, DANIEL ELLSBERG (Pentagon Papers), MICHAEL RATNER
 (pres., Center for Constitutional Rights), JOHN NICHOLS, CINDY SHEEHAN,
 DAVID SWANSON and DEBRA SWEET will speak at a forum sponsored by World
 Can't Wait. GORE VIDAL will send a video message.
     Debra Sweet, National Director of World Can't Wait: "A regime as
 criminal as the Bush regime should not be allowed to remain in office. This
 unjust war was started on lies and has continued despite an election where
 millions thought they were voting to stop it. The Democrats allow debate
 only on how to run the war more effectively, and refuse to even consider
 impeachment. This is unacceptable. If George Bush is not removed from
 office before 2008, then everything he has done -- his doctrine of
 preemptive war, legalization of torture, undermining the rule of law, and
 inserting fundamentalist Christianity into the laws, culture and
 institutions of the country -- will continue no matter who becomes the next
 president. As people of conscience living in the U.S. we cannot allow that
 to happen."
     Endorsers include US Green Party; Rep. Cynthia McKinney;
 AfterDowningStreet.org; ImpeachBush.org; Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop
 Caucus; ImpeachForPeace.org; ImpeachBush.tv.
     Interviews available.
 
     WORLD CAN'T WAIT--DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME
     http://www.worldcantwait.org, press@worldcantwait.org
 
     CONTACT: Connie Julian of World Can't Wait, +1-718-825-9119.
 
 

SOURCE World Can't Wait