CARRY THE SIGN THAT IS MORE THAN A SLOGAN; IT
IS AN ULTIMATUM.

More than three years ago PTI warned every activist organization we
could find that impeachment was the only way to stop the agenda
behind the current administration, but that without a credible threat to
strike behind it, any petition would be ignored and any bill for
impeachment would surely fail.  In fact, it was PTI who first raised the
point that it only takes one Member to bring a bill to impeach, and that we should not allow Congressional
Members the excuse that their lack of a majority forces them to stand
by while the administration shreds the Constitution.

In April of 2007, PTI complained to Dennis Kucinich's people that
quietly introducing HRes 333 was not enough and that Rep. Kucinich
needed to bring the bill to the floor supported by the people's pledges
to strike. On November 6, '07 we watched Rep. Kucinich bring the bill
to impeach to the floor, but without the pledges. We were then forced
to witness one of the most humiliating defeats of a bill in recent
history, as the supporters of the administration played with the
passions of Americans like a beach-ball, arrogantly keeping the bill
alive just to refer it to die in the Judiciary Committee.  By not bringing
the American people into the mix, Rep. Kucinich presented another
half-measure that was effortlessly defeated - as we repeatedly
predicted.  

It must be clear by now that without direct public action nothing will
stop the agenda in Washington. Certainly, the candidates for 2008
offer no hope for real change.  Today, as time continues to run out, PTI
has adjusted our Plan for Victory, asking people to not only sign a
pledge to honor the strike, but to begin carrying the sign that will build
our numbers leading up to the strike itself. The sign should read in bold,
black letters:

"IMPEACH OR WE GO ON STRIKE!"

When people carry the same sign at demonstrations, we create a
visible landscape of solidarity and potentially revive the public's
confidence in our ability to succeed in this most important campaign.  
Declining numbers at recent demonstrations illustrate the lost
confidence of the American public that anything can be done.  And
though it is gratifying to invent our own slogans it is far more powerful
for everyone to carry a single determined message.  Demonstrators
must then urge others to adopt the sign until we have built sufficient
solidarity to take our ultimatum to Congress. Either they begin
impeachment proceedings immediately, or we will proceed with the 
Sept. 11th, strike.

PTI is also contacting all impeachment and peace groups urging that
they seize this opportunity to build a vital solidarity among outraged
Americans and encourage their people to participate in the Sept. 11th
strike.  For four years we have watched opportunities, one after the
other, squandered on tactics that are simply obsolete.  In this time of
rising authoritarianism demonstrations are easily ignored, petitions are
dismissed without comment, and vigils occur in a vacuum.  All these
actions have a vital role, but must support an effective plan that cannot
be ignored.  Shutting down the business of America on Sept 11th will serve
as a warning that the American people are united and ready to stop
everything unless Congress stops the corruption in our government.

"IMPEACH OR WE GO ON STRIKE!"