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We want to call your attention to what promises to be a powerful initiative being organized on July 4 by CODEPINK, a friend of Progressive Democrats of America. On that day they will launch an historic hunger strike called Troops Home Fast in Washington, DC. As they say on their web site: "While many Americans will be expressing their patriotism via barbeques and fireworks, we'll be fasting in memory of the dead and wounded, and calling for the troops to come home from Iraq. We're inviting people around the world to show their support for this open-ended fast by fasting for at least one day."
You can fast with CODEPINK in Washington, DC, in front of the White House, or in your own community. You can fast as an individual, or organize a rolling fast (each one taking one day) in a public place such as a congressional office, a recruiting station, a federal building or a religious institution. And if you live outside the United States, they encourage you to fast on July 4 outside a U.S. Embassy or consulate. While the U.S. officials are enjoying their barbeques and festivities, we will be reminding them of the ongoing suffering of Iraqis and soldiers in this unjust war.
Fasters now include Cindy Sheehan; actress Susan Sarandon, environmentalist Diane Wilson; comedian Dick Gregory; singer Willie Nelson; Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches; Dr. E. Faye Williams, National Chair of the National Congress of Black Women; Colonel Ann Wright; Iraq veteran Geoffrey Millard; Kim Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women; and CODEPINK cofounders and PDA National Board Members Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans and Gael Murphy.
For more information about the fast, visit the CODEPINK web site at: http://www.codepink4peace.org.
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