Voices in the Wilderness and Justice Not Vengeance are initiating the “Counter Terror: Build Justice” campaign to challenge nonviolently the ongoing occupation of Iraq and the so-called “war on terror”. We invite you to join us in this campaign by 1) endorsing the following statement; and 2) organizing an action during the Month of Action, March 19 to April 19, 2005. To endorse the action or for more information, send an email to the campaign at luo at vitw.org

• View endorsements from US organizations.
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• View Individual Endorsements.
• Read the campaign’s Background Paper

‘Counter Terror: Build Justice’

In the face of global terrorism, we believe that our community, our nation, and our world, must choose the path of peace, human rights, and justice. We believe that what is presented to us as ‘the war on terrorism’ is a campaign of violence and repression that actually generates more anti-Western terrorism.

We believe that the world needs a different agenda in order to end the terrorism of the weak and halt the terrorism of the powerful. We reject the logic of war and invasion, the erosion of basic rights, and the demonisation of Muslims and Arab communities.