Don’t Escalate, Negotiate Diplomacy and Development, Not Predators and Prisons What about the Home Front?

Visit Get Afghanistan Right and learn more about reasons to oppose an escalation in Afghanistan http://www.getafghanistanright.com Call your Member of Congress and let them know you oppose escalation in Afghanistan. If you’re not sure who represents you, visit the House of Representatives website https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml and input your address–it will give you the name of your congressperson (and, it will take you to their email form). You can reach them through the Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121. United for Peace and Justice prepared some fantastic fact sheets to help you prepare http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=4019 Sign the petition over at Rethink Afghanistan http://rethinkafghanistan.com/?utm_source=rgemail calling for oversight hearings on the Afghanistan policy. (They’ve also just posted part 2 of their excellent film…see the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WhQON0MiGc&feature=player_embedded Sign Sojourner’s petition to Obama http://go.sojo.net/campaign/afghanistan2009_obama Sign the Friends Committee on National Legislation’s petition calling for an investment in peace, not war, in Afghanistan http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=12647486