Is Impeach Bush! The next step for the anti-war movement

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News from the Impeach Bush movement:

On September 24th, The People Spoke!
Now Tell Congress: Impeach Bush Now!

We were hoping that 100,000 people would surround the White House on Sept. 24 for the big demonstration. But more than three times that number came out in a march that was so big that it lasted over five hours. Thousands upon thousands of marchers chanting "Impeach Bush" strode down Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. The turn-out of the impeachment campaign from all around the country in was fantastic. The call to Impeach Bush was heard across the U.S. as tens of thousands more people from the impeachment movement also joined anti-war demonstrations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere.
Ramsey Clark's call for impeachment resonated as perhaps the most popular chant of the day. The chorus of 300,000 people directly in front of the White House chanting, "Impeach Bush, Impeach Bush" was heard all over downtown Washington D.C. This was a peace demonstration but it was also perhaps the largest demonstration calling for impeachment in U.S. history. Much of the media coverage reported the strong sentiment for impeachment.
Everyone in the ImpeachBush.org movement thanks the hundreds of volunteers who helped this happen. The ImpeachBush.org/VoteToImpeach.org Tent on the Ellipse was a gigantic success. Thousands of people stopped by to pick up leaflets, placards, signs and Impeachment petitions. The beautiful bright yellow impeachment signs could be seen everywhere. Volunteers collected many thousands of new names from people who wanted to join this grassroots referendum.

With the names collected Saturday we are now over the 600,000 mark of people who have called on Congress to take actions against Bush and other high officials for their criminal conduct. The most important thing now is to keep the pressure on Congress. Although more than 300,000 people personally participated in the Sept. 24 demonstration they actually spoke for the many millions of people who would have joined the demonstration if they could have made it to Washington D.C.

On Monday we launched the "Tell Congress to Impeach Bush Now" mass email campaign. We have created an on-line communications instrument called "Tell Congress." It is for the millions of people who may not have be able to come to Washington D.C. but who support the goal of the demonstration. It allows everyone to join the demonstration from home and work by sending a message directly to their elected officials that they, like the marchers in Washington last weekend, insist that Bush should be impeached now! It is becoming so successful that we are extending the campaign - so if you haven't voted DO IT NOW! Ask your friends and family to participate if they also want to see Bush impeached.
Where an easy to use mechanism will let you quickly send your customized message directly to the politicians. There is sample language provided which you can edit, and there is also a "tell-a-friend" page which lets you easily send a message to several friends urging them to participate.

The impeachment movement wants to thank every person who made a donation to help the September 24 demonstration become such an historic event. Because the price of bus tickets was kept low many people were able to come to Washington D.C. Without the continued contributions from people who believe in impeachment the signs and leaflets and other publicity materials could not have been printed.
The Sept. 24 mass demonstration is not really over. We can keep it going with your help. The "Tell Congress" campaign can spread all over the internet by impeachment members forwarding and circulating the call to join the campaign so that their friends, family members, co-workers and fellow students can also send a message directly to their elected officials calling for impeachment. We are also preparing to launch the next round of newspaper ads around the country and begin doing radio spots. In the past we have placed full page ads in the New York Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle and in other newspapers.

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