World Can't Wait leader Samantha Goldman writes:
“In January World Can't Wait organized the "Close
Guantanamo Now" speaking tour bringing journalist and Guantanamo expert Andy
Worthington and others to campuses and community events on both coasts. This
tour addressed how and why the U.S. has kept this illegal prison open for 12
years and dug into the people's responsibility for stopping it.
Following
the series of events, college students have become volunteers, asked for more
information, begun discussions with their professors, wrote papers about the
tour, and joined in our conference calls discussions and street demonstrations
against the torture and wars.”
 Here is
what one California Poly Ponoma student wrote after hearing Andy Worthington and
Dennis Loo:
“I remember being confused as to why the U.S. was
at war, but believed at least that it was to fight terrorists just like I
believed terrorists were being held at Guantanamo Bay. In both instances, I was
wrong.
Now that I have been enlightened to some of the truths behind
Guantanamo Bay, I am aware that I now belong to a small minority of
other informed people while the rest of the American citizenry remain shrouded
in lies. I am aware that in order to take sufficient steps towards closing
Guantanamo Bay, a much larger proportion of the population needs to be
adequately informed about its illegality. Perhaps then, U.S. citizens can put
enough pressure on President Obama to leave him no choice but to shut down the
establishment.”
Help us reach more students like this all year
long! With student groups and professors asking us back and others inviting us
at the high school and community college level more sustainers are needed to
fulfill all the requests and set students up with materials to take action at
their campus. Renew your commitment to sustaining the movement putting
humanity and planet the first; sustaining an organization that won’t stop until
the crimes do.  13 more
sustainers of $10 a month or more are needed by the end of the month to respond
to requests from schools and activists for speakers and
materials.All sustainers receive special quarterly newsletters.
Sign up today and your first newsletter will arrive in
May. Sustainers who give $25 a month or more will get a “Humanity and the Planet Come First” Tote Bag.
Above, protesting
war criminal General Petraeus, NYC December 2013.
From David Swanson, warisacrime.org, a petition to stop US threats of war.
You can sign it now and share it.
To: The U.S. Congress, President Obama, and NATO
From: [Your Name]
We demand a moratorium on all NATO wargames in Europe, cancellation of the
"missile defense" program along with plans for missiles in the Ukraine, and
compliance with the U.N. Charter's ban on threats of war.
SPRING DAYS OF DRONE ACTION -
2014
a series of grassroots events organized internationally in April and May
aimed not only at stopping current drone attacks but also the spread of
weaponized drones and drone surveillance, will begin with:
- April 1, a protest of drone operations at at Beale AFB
in California; and a forum in Atlanta examining
military drone research by Georgia Institute of
Technology.
- April 2 – a “Prelude to Drone Days of Action-2014” forum in
New York City with Maria Lahood, Senior Staff Attorney, Center
for Constitutional Rights; Madiha Tahir, maker of the film Wounds of
Waziristan; and Carl Dix, co-founder with Cornel West of the Stop Mass
Incarceration Network. To be webcast by stopmotionsolo.
We've asked the speakers specifically to bring in
answers to common questions we get as we're doing outreach against the US drone
wars. We will record and share --and hope supporters watch live and share
questions and comments. See the Facebook event, where you can join in the discussion
now, and post your thoughts.
Events planned by dozens of organizations and leaders for the
two-month period include: vigils, film-showings, rallies, teach-ins,
kite-flying, marches and outreach to campuses. A particular focus will be
protest actions at active and planned drone control and drone support bases in
the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. See full list of events here.
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 From
World Can't Wait Sustainers:
“Just
wanted to let you know that I will be getting a raise from Uncle Sam in
2014!
“My social security check is going to see a $23/mo increase and I
decided I should spread the government's money around to folks who are seeking
to make this a more peaceful world. Maybe this idea could be used to motivate
others who will also be getting a raise from Uncle Sam.
“Blessings to you
and all at The World Can't Wait.”
— JoAnne
“Post-‘Shock and Awe’
I was kind of lost. I was living 20 miles from ‘The City’ (San Francisco) and
figured activists there would make significant protest. Which they did, but not
enough, as it turned out, to sustain the force of international demonstrations
mid-February 2003.
“World Can’t Wait beckoned me out of my suburban
comfort zone; it wasn’t that I didn’t care, but I felt separate from the
‘action.’ I don’t remember how I found the website, but when I did I was welcomed, actually
challenged into the fold. It’s a commitment that gives me purpose.
— Curt
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