[Antiracism] PLEASE ACT AND DISTRIBUTE WIDELY: We Must Take Emergency Action to Stop Torture

[Rene and Susan Theberge]

Please edit this if you think it needs it and then send it everywhere:
Emergency Action to Stop Torture

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 5:30 PM: PRESS CONFERENCE DENOUNCING TORTURE AND  
SECRECY ON STEPS OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING, MAIN STREET, SPRINGFIELD
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 6 PM: VIGIL IN FRONT OF FIRST CHURCHES, 129  
MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON

This week the Republicans plan on ramming through the Senate and the  
House bills that will fundamentally change our democracy:
legalizing the torture the administration is committing now illegally;
shielding the torturers and their supervisors in cluding the  
President from prosecution under the War Crimes Act;
preventing those deemed "enemy combatants" from filing habeus corpus  
suits in federal court to challenge their detention. They will become  
the disappeared.
and allowing evidence extracted through torture to be used in  
military tribunals at the judge's discretion.
The Senate legislation is not a "compromise". These are violations of  
some of the most basic tenets of our democracy and threaten all of us.

We have a very limited time to take action.

We ask you to:

1. IMMEDIATELY CALL OUR SENATORS AND ASK THEM TO OPPOSE AND TO  
FILIBUSTER SENATE BILL 3901.
SENATOR KERRY'S OFFICE NUMBER IS (202) 224-2742 AND FAX IS 202-224-8525.
SENATOR KENNEDY'S OFFICE NUMBER IS (202) 224-4543 AND FAX IS  
202-224-2417.

2. IMMEDIATELY CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND ASK HIM TO OPPOSE THIS  
LEGISLATION IN THE HOUSE, TO URGE ALL THEIR HOUSE COLLEAGUES TO  
OPPOSE IT AND TO SUPPORT THEIR SENATE COLLEAGUES IN A FILIBUSTER.
CONGRESSMAN OLVER'S OFFICE NUMBER IS 202-225-5335.
CONGRESSMAN NEAL'S OFFICE NUMBER IS 202-225-5601.

3. JOIN US ON THE STEPS OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING, MAIN STREET,  
SPRINGFIELD ON 5:30 TUESDAY EVENING. WE WILL BE INFORMING THE PRESS  
THAT WE HAVE VISITED THE OFFICES OF OUR CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS AND  
ARE ASKING THEM TO DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER, INCLUDING FILIBUSTER  
IN THE SENATE, TO BLOCK THIS HEINOUS LEGISLATION.

4. VIGIL WITH US ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 6 PM IN FRONT OF FIRST  
CHURCHES, 129 MAIN STREET, NORTHAMPTON, TO DEMAND AN END TO TORTURE,  
INDEFINITE DETENTION AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS  
AND THE RULE OF LAW.

SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR LISTS! WE MUST ACT NOW TO SAVE LIVES,  
SAVE DIGNITY, SAVE THE BASIC RIGHTS OF OUR DEMOCRACY.

THE PIONEER VALLEY COALITION AGAINST SECRECY AND TORTURE.







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