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"The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison" by Andy Worthington.

"Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points" by Centre for Applied NonViolent Action and Strategies.

"George W. Bush, War Criminal?: The Bush Administration's Liability for 269 War Crimes"by Michael Haas.

"Nonviolence: Twenty-Five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea," by Mark Kurlansky.

"A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict," by Peter Ackerman and Jack Duvall (also available as a video).

"Waging Nonviolent Struggle: 20th Century Practice and 21st Century Potential" by Gene Sharp.

"A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr."

"The 35 Articles of Impeachment and the Case for Prosecuting George W. Bush," is available for the cost of $12; and a free downloadable PDF is available on the same site.

"The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld," is an indictment of the entire torture team, including Bush and Cheney, a guide to prosecution for torture.

"The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder," by Vincent Bugliosi, argues that state and local prosecutors have jurisdiction to prosecute Bush for the murder of US soldiers from their states and counties who died in Iraq.

"Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law," by Marjorie Cohn, documents the laws and the violations, and reminds us why Jefferson warned against elected despotism.

"United States v. George W. Bush et al.," by Elizabeth de la Vega, an indictment, a presentation to a grand jury charging Bush and gang with fraud -- very well argued and documented, even entertaining.

"The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism," by John Nichols, a masterpiece that should be required reading in every high school and college in the United States, a history and portrait of the practice of impeachment.

"Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush," by the Center for Constitutional Rights, a short book that lists and explains four (multi-part) articles of impeachment.

"The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens," by Elizabeth Holtzman (former Congresswoman and member of the Nixon impeachment panel) and Cynthia L. Cooper, an excellent and readable book laying out five major grounds for impeachment of Bush, plus an extra section on Dick Cheney.

"The Case for Impeachment," by Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky, an amazingly popular and extremely readable book that explains the context while also setting forth six articles of impeachment against Bush, plus an extra section on Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Alberto Gonzales.

"Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney," edited by Dennis Loo and Peter Phillips, with an introduction by Howard Zinn, a wonderfully well written collection of essays organized around a list of 12 grounds for impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

"George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying," by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff, a book that not only collects the evidence but also tells us what Congressman John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, is thinking (the full text, minus a new introduction by Joseph Wilson, is available here.)

"Verdict and Findings of Fact," by the International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration of the United States, a report that looks at five major international crimes and overlaps significantly with most lists of impeachable offenses (the full text is available at the link and can also be purchased for $10);

"Impeach Bush: A Funny Li'l Graphical Novel About the Worstest Pres'dent in the History of Forevar," a comic book account of Bush's impeachable offenses – the crimes really are self-evident, but pictures don't hurt.

"Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration," by Lewis Lapham, a collection of essays from Harper's magazine, concluding with one called "The Case for Impeachment," which focuses on Rep. Conyers' report.

"The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America," by Jennifer Van Bergen. Find out what the Bush Plan is and how it diverges from what the law and Constitution say.

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Retired DC schoolteacher to stand trial as Guantanamo prisoner

Submitted by davidswanson on Sat, 2008-05-17 19:32.

Nonviolent Resistance

By Pete Perry

In nine days, Eve Tetaz, a 76-year old retired D.C. public
schoolteacher, will enter a courthouse in Washington, D.C. and engage
in the legal debate over the fate of America's detention facilities at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The name of Noor Muhammad has never appeared in an American criminal
court. On May 27th, Tetaz will change that.

On that day, she will appear at the Washington, D.C. Superior Court as
Noor Muhammad. Tetaz was arrested, along with 78 others, at the U.S.
Supreme Court on January 11, 2008, protesting the denial of habeas
rights to and the torture of inmates at Guantanamo. Like her fellow
protestors, Tetaz took the name of an inmate during her arrest. (See
the January 13 Washington Post article "Activists Pose as Guantanamo
Prisoners" at link)

Tetaz says she felt compelled to participate in the protest at the
Supreme Court because detainees are being tortured at Guantanamo.
"Torture is a terrible crime and sin against humanity," she said.

Thirty-four of the Supreme Court demonstrators have pleaded "not
guilty" to charges of "unlawful free speech" and "causing a harangue"
at the Court on January 11. They will continue their protest during
the trial itself, entering the names of the Guantanamo inmates and
justifying their acts as defenses of the U.S. Constitution,
international law, and human rights. They will call expert witnesses
— from lawyers of the detainees to U.S. Judge Advocate Generals
critical of detention policies — to document the abuses at Guantanamo.

Other Washington Metro area residents appearing in court, along with
Tetaz and others, include Art Laffin, Malachy Kilbride, and David
Barrows.

At 7:45 am on Tuesday, May 27, those facing trial will walk in orange
jumpsuits and black hoods bearing the names of Guantanamo inmates from
the U.S. Supreme Court (Maryland Avenue and First Street) to the D.C.
Superior Court (Carl Moultrie Court House, 500 Indiana, Ave NW), where
their trial will take place. At 8:30 am, a press conference will begin
outside the Municipal Court. Individuals facing trial, as well as
expert witnesses, will address the media. The trial will begin at 9
am. The press is invited to attend the proceedings.

We'd love to put you in touch with Eve Tetaz, who will go on trial
later this month, and talk to you about their action in the broader
context of the national movement to shut down the facilities at
Guantanamo.

We will continue our fight for Justice

Submitted by lonevet2008joe on Sun, 2008-05-18 01:17.

Know my tears will be with you during your trial, may only good things happen to all of you. Many of us in Portland, Oregon have and will be arrested in coming months. America is arresting and trying the peacemakers; the criminals in the White House and Congress are allowed to continue their destruction of “Our” Constitution. I wish I could stand in your place and take away some of the pain. We will be with you on the 27th of May in spirit---feel our love and respect for your actions.

Joe Walsh--lone vet
Candidate for the US House, Dist 3
Oregon

And I hope to be there in body

Submitted by LaFajita on Sun, 2008-05-18 03:47.

Once in awhile, you cross paths with a real hero, and you feel your life transformed. I gave Evie a ride one day, and it has turned into quite a journey for me.