Declaration of peace.The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to get U.S. troops out of Iraq and end the war. Declaration signers will take part in nonviolent action, marches, rallies, demonstrations, interfaith in·ter·faith adj. Of, relating to, or involving persons of different religious faiths: an interfaith marriage; an interfaith forum. services, candlelight vigils A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. , and other creative ways to declare peace at the U.S. Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. and in cities and towns across the country. Nationally coordinated nonviolent activities will continue until the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. withdraws from Iraq and supports a comprehensive peace process. More than 350 anti-war, peace, and justice organizations are participating in the Declaration of Peace movement. [FROM THE DECLARATION] "The U.S. war in Iraq is an endless fire consuming lives, resources, and the fragile possibilities of peace. Instead of quenching quenching Rapid cooling, as by immersion in oil or water, of a metal object from the high temperature at which it is shaped. Quenching is usually done to maintain mechanical properties that would be lost with slow cooling. this fire, the U.S. occupation intensifies it. The Declaration of Peace is a call to end this war--and a commitment to take action to translate this call into a concrete plan for peace. With nearly 70 percent of the people of the United States opposing this war, there is a growing call to bring the troops home now and to establish a comprehensive, concrete, and rapid plan to end the war. This comprehensive plan must include a withdrawal of U.S. troops; the closure of U.S. bases in Iraq; support for a peace process in the post-occupation transition; reconstruction and reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to in Iraq; and a shift from hundreds of billions of dollars spent for war to meeting human needs at home and abroad. The Declaration of Peace is a commitment people are making across the United States to take bold, powerful, and peaceful steps to help establish this comprehensive plan. Together--policy-makers and citizens; Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; people of faith and people of conscience--we have the power to douse douse 1 also dowse v. doused also dowsed, dous·ing also dows·ing, dous·es also dows·es v.tr. 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse. See Synonyms at dip. 2. this fire. Sign the Declaration of Peace--and take tangible, nonviolent action to end this war and to declare a new era of peace and justice." For more information, go to www.declarationofpeace.org. |
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