Action
Update: Iraq is a short weekly online newsletter. It offers news from and about Iraq that you may not find in your local paper. Read it and give it to others to read.
TELEVISION ADS
Watch Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey talk about his experiences in three 30-second TV spots. Most of us do not realize it costs only a few hundred dollars to buy local cable TV ads. Share these ads with your neighbors. Download this guide to placing affordable ads on cable TV.
Jimmy Massey #1 [2.9MB mp4]
Jimmy Massey #2 [2.8MB mp4]
Jimmy Massey #3 [2.5MB mp4]
If you don't have Quicktime installed, download it for free.
Download instructions for media files:
Windows - right click on the link and choose "save target as"
Mac - control click on the link and choose "download link to disk"
RADIO PROGRAMS
The Other Side is a one-hour radio program produced for WBCR, community radio in Great Barrington, Mass. You might want to host a "fireside chat" with neighbors to listen to one or more.
The Other Side: Jimmy Massey [41.1MB mp3]
The Other Side: Voices from the War [42.1MB mp3]
Features Iraq vets and members of the N.Y. National Guard.
The Other Side: Recruitment [42.1MB mp3]
Excerpts from a workshop on military counseling and recruiting.
The Other Side: Dahr Jamail [28.1MB mp3]
Dahr Jamail talks about reporting from Iraq.
The Other Side: The Families [28.1MB mp3]
Lila Lipscomb, Fernando Suarez of Military Families Speak Out.
The Other Side: Scott Ritter [28.1MB mp3]
Former Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter talks about WMDs.
The Other Side: Downing Street [28.1MB mp3]
Excerpts from a congressional hearing on secret Iraq memos.
The Other Side: Empire of Dirt [28.1MB mp3]
How we went to war; excerpts from BBC interviews with Iraqis.
The Other Side: Impeachment [28.1MB mp3]
Attorney John Bonifaz links the Downing Street Minutes, the WMD misstatements and the outing of the CIA’s Valerie Plame.
The Other Side: 4 Weeks of War [28.1MB mp3]
We usually hear about the war in short soundbites.
The Other Side: Cindy Sheehan #1 [28.1MB mp3]
The Other Side: Cindy Sheehan #2 [28.1MB mp3]
The Other Side: When September Ends [28.1MB mp3]
Stacy Bannerman, Military Families Speak Out; Michael Hoffman and Patrick Resta, Iraq Veterans Against the War; and Carlos Arredondo, Gold Star Families for Peace.
Download instructions for media files:
Windows - right click on the link and choose "save target as"
Mac - control click on the link and choose "download link to disk"
Podcast:
Search for The Other Side in the iTunes podcast News list and subscribe, or use this feed in any podcast software: The Other Side Podcast
LEAFLET
This one-page leaflet gives reasons why it's time to come home with quotes from distinguished Americans. Print it and give it to your friends and neighbors.
GETTING YOUR VOICE HEARD
Click here for a guide to organizing your neighbors.
When enough citizens sign a petition, Congress has to listen. For a sample petition, click here.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC’s “human faces of war” includes correspondents' reports, relief updates and personal stories.
http://www.afsc.org/iraq/ default.htm
United For Peace And Justice
a coalition of more than 800 local and national groups.
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
Win Without War
a coalition of national organizations with broad constituencies that aims to keep America safe using international cooperation and enforced international law.
http://www.winwithoutwarus.org
After Downing Street
a coalition of veterans' and peace groups urging Congress to begin a formal investigation into whether President Bush has committed impeachable offenses in connection with the Iraq war.
http://www. afterdowningstreet.org/
The Army Men Project
the creative folks at mouthswideopen.org use these little green plastic soldiers to make important points about militarism and war.
http://mouthswideopen.org/ armymen.shtml
SUPPORT OUR WORK
Veterans and their family members do not have big budgets to get out their message. Contribute all you can to The Iraq Project’s work helping our brave men and women speak out.
