campaign to initiate the investigation, impeachment, and removal of Bush and Cheney from office without further delay.
Action Plan for the Northeast
Our nation can no longer bear silent witness as our constitutional Republic disintegrates before our eyes.
It has become clear that the U.S. Congress is not willing to act to defend the Constitution by holding the President and Vice President accountable through impeachment.
The Northeast Impeachment Coalition recognizes that only a peaceful, popular uprising by the general populace can force our “leaders” to lead.
To this end, we are initiating a number of actions gauged to pressure Congress and to spark the public into action.
Dozens of towns and cities across the Northeast will join in the national Honk to Impeach actions being held weekly at high visibility locations, to help those who are entrenched in business and politics as usual to understand just how many Americans want impeachment and the return to constitutional law.
A citizens’ action impeachment tour will travel the region in late September, featuring local, regional and national speakers who will inspire citizens to take action in the streets and in the halls of power.
Troops of cell phone brigades will be spreading out through the country with Congress members’ phone numbers preprogrammed and available for instant calling of the public to their representative.
A delegation representing organizations from throughout the region will be traveling to Washington D.C. to meet with Judiciary Chairman John Conyers and others to make them understand that this is a nationwide movement that will not go gently into the shadows of an impending election.
Coordinated lobbying for defense of the Constitution through impeachment will be targeted at several New England Congress members, culminating in office occupations of recalcitrant members by late September.
We will work in coordination with the National Pledge to Impeach, enlisting thousands of Americans to promise to strike if Congress refuses to act on impeachment.
Congress members who can’t find it within themselves to defend the Constitution will be faced with opponents both in their party primaries and in the general election. Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Peter Welch (VT) have already been targeted for defeat in the next election.
We will support and strengthen other organizations and planned mobilizations such as the upcoming Peace encampment confronting George W. Bush in Kennebunkport Maine on August 25, and actions which will greet Presidential candidates in Dartmouth N.H. on September 26.
The Northeast Impeachment Coalition recognizes and supports the patriotic actions that are being taken by Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace and will work with them and other groups to spread their message.
The many grievances of our nation’s founders were ignored until they declared themselves independent by force of arms. The people of this nation are united in their distress and disgust with the willingness of our leaders to ignore the Constitution and the rule of law. We will not drop our constitutional demands. We will continue to escalate our actions until we see results. If those who govern wish to be able to continue doing so, they would do well to adhere to their oaths of office and return our country to constitutional government. We will not remain silent.
