Invitation to Antiwar League
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Dear friend, 

We are writing to you because you are an opponent of US government policy as currently being pursued by the "War Party." Millions of Americans share such antiwar convictions. The purpose of this email is to promote the creation of a new Antiwar League that unites people from across the political spectrum based on principled opposition to the plans of the Republicrat Warmonger Party for perpetual war.

The internet reveals that there are numerous people and organizations who might best be described as antiwar/antistate and it is time for them to come together to fight for a common goal. Our new organization could immediately begin to battle the government/media propaganda machine for the allegiance of the American people and for the future of our society. Our goal would be not to capture the highly centralized warmaking power of the federal government but to dismantle that power. 

Below is a draft platform for a new Antiwar League. We believe it has enormous potential to unite ordinary Americans of different political persuasions behind a concrete program consciously designed to dissolve the empire and isolate and defeat the War Party. 

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Antiwar League Platform (draft)

1. The "war on terror" is a fantasy war, a totalitarian construct that clearly illustrates that "war is the health of the state." Iraq is not a diversion from the War on Terror. Iraq is the War on Terror. 

2. We propose not just to end the Iraq occupation but to bring home all US troops, close foreign military bases and shutdown the War on Terror. The US government must not go abroad in search of enemies. 

3. We view the Iraq war as a "crime against peace" and a premeditated war of aggression -- not just a mistake or an act of crazy leaders. Therefore George Bush and his closest advisors must be investigated and, if the evidence demands it, tried for war crimes. 

4. The "national security state," and the secrecy which pervades and protects it, must be abolished. Close the CIA, shutdown covert and paramilitary operations, and open the books on the hidden crimes of the empire.

5. The central US government must be stripped of its ability to wage aggressive war. Scrap nuclear weapons and all offensive weapons. Self defense is legitimate. Empire and wars of aggression are not.  

6. Technology and warfare must be uncoupled. The US government must not use tax dollars to promote the development of new means of warfare and killing in alliance with giant corporations. End the military/industrial/scientific complex forever. For example, close DARPA. 

7. Military aid to Israel and Egypt, and to all foreign governments, must be canceled. 

8. September 11 and the events leading up to it must be fully investigated. 

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The Antiwar League would not necessarily be involved in electoral politics, at least not initially. There is much that can be done to effectively undermine the Warfare State without trying to capture political offices. But these matters can wait to be decided by the League members. 

Also, in the same vein, the League would not be in any immediate competition with third parties such as the Libertarians or the Greens. Such third parties may be antiwar but they also have extensive Party platforms that take positions on many controversial issues. The theory behind the Antiwar League is simple. In the words of Neil Clark: "Let's have those debates later, but first let's get rid of those who threaten us with Armageddon." The Antiwar League must be all antiwar, all the time. 

Let's be hopeful that by promoting dialogue and emphasizing agreement rather than differences, trust will grow among people with a common goal (dismantle the empire) and a common enemy (the War Party). Once trust is established the organizational obstacles will be relatively easy to overcome. 

For more information, visit the Antiwar League website at: http://www.antiwarleague.com/ 

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