Action Alert

The Declaration of Peace
A Commitment to Take Action to: 
End the US War in Iraq, Bring the Troops Home Now,
Establish a Comprehensive, Concrete Withdrawal Plan,
Oppose future us military invasions

Washington, DC – (June 22, 2006)  The US war in Iraq is an endless fire consuming lives, resources, and the fragile possibilities of peace.  Instead of quenching this fire, the US occupation intensifies it. The Declaration of Peace is a call to end this war – and a commitment to take action to translate this call into a concrete plan for peace.

The Methodist Federation for Social Action has endorsed the Declaration of Peace and invites you to read and sign the Peace Pledge at http://declarationofpeace.org

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.