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To: FairOpinion
Good finds. Also how could we forget Not in Our Name, and the
"Pledge of Resistance"
The Pledge is written in the style of free verse, beginning:

We believe that as people living
in the United States it is our
responsibility to resist the injustices
done by our government,
in our names

Not in our name
will you wage endless war

and concluding

Another world is possible
and we pledge to make it real.

Signatories

NION's web site lists a broad array of signatories to the pledge, listing only those who signed before July 17, 2002. Among those are:

James Abourezk, former U.S. Senator Dr. Patch Adams Robert Altman, film director Laurie Anderson, performance artist John Perry Barlow, co-founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation Medea Benjamin Noam Chomsky Deepak Chopra Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General and founder of ANSWER John Cusack, actor Angela Davis Ossie Davis Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine Ruby Dee Mos Def Ani DiFranco Diane DiPrima Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party Bernadine Dohrn Michael Eric Dyson Steve Earle Barbara Ehrenreich Daniel Ellsberg Brian Eno Eve Ensler Lawrence Ferlinghetti Fifty-three Maryknoll priests and brothers Jane Fonda Michael Franti of Spearhead Terry Gilliam The Guerrilla Girls Tom Hayden bell hooks Rev. Jesse Jackson Mumia Abu-Jamal Fredric Jameson Jim Jarmusch Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback Casey Kasem Barbara Kingsolver Tony Kushner Spike Lee Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, Tikkun Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead Jim McDermott, U.S. representative Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. representative David McReynolds W.S. Merwin Toni Morrison Walter Mosley Odetta Claes Oldenburg Ozomatli Grace Paley Michael Parenti Harold Prince Bonnie Raitt Adrienne Rich Edward Said Luc Sante Susan Sarandon John Sayles Pete and Toshi Seeger Frank Serpico Richard Serra Rev. Al Sharpton Wallace Shawn Martin Sheen Russell Simmons Art Spiegelman Gloria Steinem Oliver Stone William & Rose Styron Studs Terkel Gore Vidal Kurt Vonnegut Alice Walker Wavy Gravy Cornel West Howard Zinn

23 posted on 06/26/2005 3:11:00 PM PDT by MRMEAN ("On the Internet nobody knows that you're a dog")
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To: MRMEAN
I love it...what a cast of luminaries...
27 posted on 06/26/2005 3:35:05 PM PDT by markomalley
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