Hello Everyone

As we are on the final week of our USA Fall Tour, we would like to
pass on an important Petition that has reached us.
If you are feeling helpless as the language of war is pushed out at us
via the Government, TV and radio and would like to do something -
those of our friends who are interested in a non-violent response,
please read the petition and sign directly onto the link. Public
opinion and intervention is powerful. We can actually affect change.
Anything at all that might help to prevent more horror and
destruction, anywhere, is worth doing.

Something we've noticed from watching the TV and news service here is
the great lack of outside news and views. An excellent source of
information, articles and views from around the world can be found at
http://www.oneworld.com and specific news and editorial about the
military response to September 11th at http://www.antiwar.com

Our final concert is in New York, and there we will mourn with
everyone the terrible tragedy of September 11, and continue hopefully
with music to uplift the spirits.
Love
Maria and Carole

This method of petition registers directly as you sign onto to the
link.


To sign the petition go to:
http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhpicker/petition


The Petition

What follows is a petition that will be forwarded to President Bush,
and other world leaders, urging them to avoid war as a response to
the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
on Sept 11. Please read it, sign in to the Petition Link, and forward
the link to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. The
best way is to copy/paste anew rather than hit forward button to avoid
all those <<<>>.
Public pressure and opinion is powerful. We must circulate this
quickly - the Congress of The United States has already passed a
resolution supporting any military action President Bush deems
appropriate.
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We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of the United States of
America and of countries around the world, appeal to the President of
The United States, George W. Bush; to the NATO Secretary General,
Lord Robertson; to the President of the European Union, Romano Prodi;
and to all leaders internationally to use moderation and restraint in
responding to the recent terrorist attacks against the United States.

We implore the powers that be to use, wherever possible,
international judicial institutions and international human rights law
to bring to justice those responsible for the attacks, rather than the
instruments of war, violence or destruction.

Furthermore, we assert that the government of a nation must be
presumed separate and distinct from any terrorist group that may
operate within its borders, and therefore cannot be held unduly
accountable for the latter's crimes. It follows that the government
of a particular nation should not be condemned for the recent attack
without compelling evidence of its cooperation and complicity with
those individuals who actually committed the crimes in question.

Innocent civilians living within any nation that may be found
responsible, in part or in full, for the crimes recently perpetrated
against the United States, must not bear any responsibility for the
actions of their government, and must therefore be guaranteed safety
and immunity from any military or judicial action taken against the
state in which they reside.

Lastly and most emphatically, we demand that there be no recourse to
nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or any weapons of
indiscriminate destruction, and feel that it is our inalienable human
right to live in a world free of such arms.

To sign the petition go to:
http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhpicker/petition