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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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Cuba Hit By Another Hurricane - End the Blockade!

Submitted by Chip on Mon, 2008-11-10 18:31.

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Cuba Hit By Another Hurricane - End the Blockade! Take Action Today!
By A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition

Cuba has suffered major damage from the third major hurricane, Paloma, in the past three months. It is estimated that the cost of the damage from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike totals more than $8 billion. More than 500,000 homes in a country of a little over 11 million people were destroyed or made uninhabitable by the earlier storms. The whole country was mobilized to overcome the destruction as quickly as possible. Then came Paloma. There is no damage estimate yet for the latest storm, but massive damage is reported along Cuba’s southern coast and in the central and eastern provinces.

Now is the time to take action to end the illegal, anti-human and immoral U.S. blockade, and normalize trade and other relations between the United States and Cuba. The blockade should lifted immediately and normal trade and travel relations restored, in order to help a neighboring country and people who have suffered an unprecedented series of natural disasters. Simply restoring normal trade between the two countries would greatly assist Cuba’s recovery.

We are asking you to join with tens of thousands of people in a mass campaign to End the Blockade of Cuba NOW! Click this link to send your letter to Congress and the White House.

Virtually the whole world is demanding an end to the blockade. Last month, in the United Nations General Assembly, the vote was 185-3 to call for an end to the U.S. embargo. Only Israel and Palau -- both highly dependent on U.S. funding --joined the Bush administration in voting no on the resolution.

After Gustav and Ike has struck their devastating blows, destroying enormous tracts of farmland, hospitals, schools and homes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice outrageously stated. "Now is not the time" to end the blockade.

But now is exactly the time to end this criminal blockade that uses food and medicine as a weapon against a people whose achievements in health care and education are legendary.

We call upon the outgoing Bush administration and the incoming Obama administration to take action now to end the blockade! Click this link to send your letter to Congress and the White House.