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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.stop-losscongress.org/
CONTACT:
JAMILLA EL-SHAFEI 202 239 9697
mailto:Jamilla@stop-losscongress.org
DAVID RUBINSON 202 239 9553
mailto:davidr@stop-losscongress.org
video: http://www.youtube.com/stoplosscongress
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
A wide coalition of Iraq Vets,
College students, and veteran activists; Members of STOP-LOSS CONGRESS,
OurSpringBreak, Code Pink, IVAW, and VFP, today served Rep. Dennis Kucinich with
a STOP-LOSS ORDER in his Congressional offices in Washington DC. The
STOP-LOSS ORDER, which was served on every member of Congress in the last
two days, involuntarily extends the tour of duty
of Congress until every soldier and contractor is out of Iran and
Afghanistan, and cancels Congress' planned Easter vacation, effective
immediately. Rep. Kucinich, agreeing that Congress works for the people,
has agreed to comply immediately with the STOP-LOSS ORDER, remain at his desk,
not leave when his fellow members of Congress go on vacation, and to stay on
duty until ALL the troops and contractors are home. Other members of
Congress will be announcing their compliance today.
Rep. Kucinich today is meeting
with members of OurSpringBreak, the organization of students who have come to
Washington to spend their school vacation working on political
activism.
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SENATE SERVED WITH
STOP-LOSS ORDERS !
HOUSE TO BE SERVED
TODAY, CIVIL RESISTANCE TOMORROW
SENATORS TOLD:
“Congress can’t go home until all the Troops are home…”
STOP-LOSS CONGRESS, the
nationwide grass-roots organization, joined by members of OurSpringBreak, Iraq
Veterans Against the War, Code Pink, and Veterans for Peace, and led by active-duty personnel and veterans who have endured
involuntary extensions of their tours of duty, served
STOP-LOSS orders on members of the Senate yesterday, involuntarily extending
the Senators’ tours of duty effective immediately, and canceling Congress’
upcoming Easter vacation. All members of The House will be served today
(11).
“This March, while tens of thousands of
Americans in Washington, D.C., and all over the United States will be
participating in non-violent actions to protest the ongoing occupations of Iraq
and Afghanistan, and involuntarily deployed U.S. soldiers and innocent civilian
victims begin another year of occupation, torture, and murder, U.S. congress
members plan to go on vacation (March 15th to 30th), ignoring the
killing and suffering they have enabled, supported, and financed.”
said
one of the team of organizers.
“To
intensify the irony, Congress has condoned a widespread stop-loss
policy in the
military which requires soldiers to involuntarily extend their
tours and prolong the killing.”
“It is time
to Stop-Loss
Congress!”
ACTION
TOMORROW, Wednesday March 12 4:30PM
West Front of The Capitol: nonviolent
DIRECT action on Capitol Hill, to enforce
full compliance with the Stop-Loss Orders, and ensure that the members of
Congress and their staffs will not go home but remain to DO THEIR
DUTY, and
immediately end the funding of the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and that
No member of Congress goes home until ALL THE TROOPS COME
HOME.
These
actions are all complementary to the WINTER SOLDIER events being organized
by I.V.A.W. which will bring together veterans from across the country to
testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. The term “STOP-LOSS CONGRESS” came from
IVAW leader Adam Kokesh.
STOP-LOSS CONGRESS IS ALSO A
Live!
YouTube Event –
March 10, 11,
12 on www.youtube.com/stoplosscongress
up-to-the-minute LIVE VIDEO
STARTING TUESDAY MARCH 11 !
up-to-the-minute footage of the
NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTIONS when we enforce the STOP-LOSS ORDERS on
Congress.
www.youtube.com/stoplosscongress
THE
ORIGINAL STOP-LOSS VIDEO: