appendix 1: organizations opposing sanctions
alphabetical list with email addresses and links *
International Action Center
The Iraq Sanctions Challenge was initiated by the International Action Center, founded in 1992 by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. He and other anti-war leaders and organizers had rallied hundreds of thousands in street protests before and during the U.S. war against Iraq.
Although it is best known as an anti-war, anti-imperialist activist organization inside the U.S., the IAC is motivated by a broad vision of radical social change as an alternative to the current society’s class domination by the military-industrial complex. With U.S.-based transnational banks and Big Oil at its core, the U.S. ruling establishment has proven itself to be endemically warlike abroad and racist and anti-worker at home.
Unwilling to accept the current status quo, the IAC believes that power can really belong to the people, but only by challenging the political supremacy currently exercised over society by a small elite representing the richest sectors in Corporate America.
The rest of the world is currently suffering from U.S. domination. Military invasions and endless threats of military action, economic sanctions and blockades, and IMF-imposed economic austerity programs are just some of the methods used by the U.S. to maintain this modern world empire. History has shown that all those who seek empire, and use the bloodiest methods to maintain it, are eventually consigned to defeat and ruin. Human society has evolved and developed on the scrap heaps of defeated empires that had grown rich off slavery and other forms of bondage.
The IAC’s view is permeated with optimism because it believes that the "power of the people" can eventually overcome injustice and the war-drive that flows from the current economic and social system. But the people must become politically conscious, mobilized, and militant to see the fruits of this now latent power.
Advancing political consciousness requires telling the truth to overcome the propaganda of the U.S. "war" establishment. This is a great deal of the work of the IAC, especially with regard to Iraq, which has been so effectively "demonized" by the propaganda machine.
The IAC was the first U.S. organization to expose the U.S. bombing of innocent Iraqi civilians and the massive destruction of the Iraqi infrastructure. This evidence was compiled and published in the book War Crimes.
The IAC coordinated an International War Crimes Tribunal that held hearings in twenty countries and thirty U.S. cities probing the Pentagon’s systematic destruction of Iraq. Evidence presented at this War Crimes Tribunal, which implicated the United States in gross violations of international law, was published in Ramsey Clark’s ground-breaking book The Fire This Time.
For the last eight years the IAC has been a leader of the movement to unconditionally end U.S./UN sanctions against Iraq. It has coordinated international meetings and teach-ins, held demonstrations, published news releases and fact sheets, and, in collaboration with the Peoples Video Network, produced several educational video documentaries on sanctions.
In addition to The Children are Dying, first printed in 1996 and now in a second edition, the IAC also published the groundbreaking book on depleted uranium use in Iraq, Metal of Dishonor: Depleted Uranium—How the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers and Civilians with DU Weapons. Each of these books has come out of cooperative research, networking, and educational work in the activist tradition of the IAC.
In early 1998, the IAC launched Medicine for Iraq, a campaign to set up a pipeline for medical supplies and medicines to offset in a small way the desperate conditions created by the sanctions on the beleaguered Iraqi people, especially the children unfortunate enough to be born at this time in Iraq’s history. The tragedy of these small lives, the innocents, the future of a people, is the direct result of that cruelest of weapons—economic sanctions. The Medicine for Iraq campaign has as its second purpose educating the people in the U.S. on this point.
The IAC has also mobilized opposition to the thirty-seven-year U.S. blockade of Cuba, and organized shipments of medical aid to the socialist island, including $2 million worth of vitally needed insulin in 1994.
The IAC continues to actively oppose U.S. military involvement throughout the globe. In 1998, the IAC published an important contribution to the discussion of the changing role of NATO in Europe, NATO in the Balkans.
One of the main purposes of the IAC is to expose the intricate web of lies the Pentagon weaves before, during, and after each military intervention. The IAC shows that U.S. intervention is dictated by big business’s drive for profits, and that even as military funding continues to grow, schools, hospitals, and social programs are slashed in the U.S.
The IAC is a volunteer activist organization. In its campaigns opposing U.S. intervention, it relies totally on the donations and assistance of supporters around the country. To be part of a growing network, or to make a donation, request a speaker, or volunteer your support, contact the IAC.
National Office: 39 West 14 St., Suite 206, New York, NY 10011; phone: (212) 633-6646; fax: (212) 633-2889; ; website: www.iacenter.org ; e-mail: iacenter@iacenter.org .
West Coast: 2489 Mission St., Room 28, San Francisco, CA 94110, phone: (415) 821-6545; fax: (415) 821-5782 e-mail: afreeman@igc.apc.org
Organizations opposed to sanctions
The following list covers a number of groups that have organized some form of opposition to sanctions against Iraq, especially those based in countries that were part of the alliance that waged war on Iraq in early 1991. The list is by no means complete, but consists of those groups that have been in direct contact with the International Action Center. The activities carried out by the organizations described here cover a wide variety of approaches to opposing sanctions: providing humanitarian assistance, organizing political opposition, publishing books and other educational material, and taking direct action. They illustrate both the growing opposition to sanctions and the variety of tactics to fight them. *
Al-Bushra (Arab American Roman Catholic Community) website: www.al-bushra.org
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Task Force for Iraq 4201 Conn. Ave. NW, #300 Washington, DC 20008 phone: 202 244 2990 fax: 202 244 3196 e-mail: adc@adc.org
American Friends Service Committee, Mideast Committee 1501 Cherry St. Philadelphia, PA 19102 phone: 215 241 7000 fax: 215 241 7275 e-mail: afscinfo@afsc.org website: www.afsc.org
American Muslim Council Midwest, Shifa International Ahmed El-Sherif P.O. Box 6092 Leawood, Kansas 66206 phone: 913 541 0404 fax: 913 541 8808 e-mail: shifa@juno.com
American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice 800 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 phone: (650) 856 2912 fax: 650 856 0444 e-mail: global-peace@global-peace.org website: www.global-peace.org
Arab Lawyers Network Sabah Al Mukhtar, LL.B. phone: 011 44 181 670 3698 fax: 011 44 181 670 7337 e-mail: sabah@arablaw.demon.co.uk
Arab Women's Solidarity Assn. Nawal el-Saadawi, Director 19 Maahad Nasser St., Bldg. 61 El Sahel, Cairo, Egypt Fax: 202 203 5001
Association EquiLibre 23, Allée du Mens BP 1613-69606 Villeurbanne Cedex Lyon, France phone: 33 33 79 78 4 (33) fax: 02 50 79 78 4 (33) e-mail: embargo@equilibre.org website: www.equilibre.org/embargo
Bridge to Baghdad/un ponte per ... Campaign of Solidarity with the Civilian Victims of the Gulf War via della Guglia 69/A-00196 Rome, Italy phone: 06 678 0808 fax: 06 679 3968 e-mail: abridge@mbox.vol.it
Bruderhof, Spring Valley P.O. Box 260, Route 381 N Farmington, PA 15437 phone: 412 329 1100 website: www.bruderhof.org
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq Sebastian Wills, Clare College Cambridge CB2 1TL, Britain e-mail: saw27@cam.ac.uk
Campaign Against Sanctions and War on Iraq Hugh Stephens, coordinator BM 2966, London WCIN 3XX, Britain phone: 011 44 171 436 4636 fax: 011 44 171 436 4638 e-mail: justice@easynet.co.uk (continuing the work of the International Commission of Inquiry on Economic Sanctions)
Campaign to End Sanctions Against the People of Iraq c/o End the Arms Race 825 Granville St., #405 Vancouver, B.C. V6Z-1K9 Canada phone: 604 687 3223 fax: 604 687 3277 e-mail: info@peacewire.org website: www.peacewire.org
Campaign for the Iraqi People, Boston Wells Wilkenson, Mobilization for Survival 11 Church St. Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: 617 354 0008 e-mail: salaamg@aol.com
Catholic Worker New York Jane Sammon 55 E. 3rd St. New York, NY 10003 phone: 212 777 9617 Coalition for Social Justice c/o Sadu Nanjundiah Central Connecticut State University Physics Department New Britain, CT 06050 phone: 860 832 2942 fax: 860 832 2946 e-mail: sadanand@ccsu.edu
Conscience International, Inc. Dr. Jim Jennings, President 4685 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd, A-7 Atlanta, GA 30338 phone: 770 454 9109 fax: 770 936 0996 (health care professionals and medical doctors opposing continuation of sanctions against Iraqi people )
Desert Storm Think Tank Patricia Axelrod 2601 N Street #3 Sacramento, CA 95816 phone: 916 441 4397 (ad hoc committee of soldiers and scientists analyzing impact of Gulf War)
The Edge Gallery, Hugh Livingstone 2 The Circle, Queen Elizabeth St. London, SE1 2LP, UK phone/fax: (+44) 171 403 4198 e-mail: edge@easynet.co.uk (a working documentary project about depleted uranium)
Felicity Arbuthnot 23 Nisbet House Homerton High Street London, England E9 6AJ phone/fax: (+44) 0181 985 0058
Fellowship of Reconciliation P.O. Box 271 Nyack, NY 10960 phone: 914 358 4601 fax: 914 358 4924 e-mail: Doug Hostetter or Clayton Ramey dhostetter@igc.org website: www.nonviolence.org/for
German Anti-Imperialist Forum An Der Nesselburg 91 53179 Bonn, Germany
Gesellschaft Kultur des Friedens Am Lustnauer Tor 4, 72074 Tuebingen, Germany phone: 07071 52200 fax: 07071 24905 e-mail: culture_ofpeace@GAIA.de
Houston Coalition to End the War Against Iraq c/o Lee Loe, chair of Fellowship of Reconciliation 1844 Kipling Houston, TX 77098 phone: 713 524 2682 (publish the newspaper Iraqi Notebook)
India Anti-Imperialist Forum 77/2/1 Lenin Sarani Calcutta 700013, India
International Action Center 39 West 14th St., #206 New York, NY 10011 phone: 212 633 6646 fax: 212 633 2889 e-mail: iacenter@iacenter.org website: www.iacenter.org and 2489 Mission St., #28 San Francisco, CA 94110 phone: 415 821 6545 fax: 415 821 5782 e-mail: afreeman@igc.apc.org and 5920 Second Ave. Detroit, MI 48202 phone: 313 831 0750 (there are IAC offices in many cities; call NY or SF for the one nearest you)
International Movement for a Just World P.O. Box 288, Jalan Sultan 46730 Petaling Jaya Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia phone: 603 7583614 fax: 603 7583735 e-mail: muza@po.jaring. my website: www.jaring.my/just/
International Nino Pasti Foundation C.P. 7218 Roha-Nomentano 00100 Rome, Italy phone: 39 6 817 3247 fax: 39 6 817 4010 e-mail: s.lacommare@agora.stm.it
International Relief Association 24522 Harper Ave. St. Clair Shores, MI 48080 phone: 810 772 2357 fax: 810 772 3159 1-800-82-RELIEF e-mail: ira97@mainnet.com
Iraq Action Coalition 7309 Haymarket Lane Raleigh, NC 27615 phone: 919 848 4738 fax: 919 846 7422 e-mail: IAC@leb.net (can automatically subscribe to list by sending e-mail to "majordomo @ leb. net" with the command "subscribe iac-list") website: www.leb.net/IAC/
Iraq Action Network—Canada P.O. Box 40052 75 King St. S. Waterloo, ON N2J 4V1 phone: 519 746 5851 fax: 519 746 4096 e-mail: gccwat@web.apc.org website: www.web.net/~gccwat/iraq
Iraq Crisis Anti-War Homepage website: www.nonviolence.org
Iraq Help e-mail: Nawaralsaadi@yahoo.com ("a personal effort by an Iraqi citizen to give help and support to his country at this dark moment in history")
Iraqi Canadian Friendship Assn. 455 Wilbrod St. Ottawa, Canada K1N-6M7 phone: 613 241 5389 fax: 613 241 2415
Islamic Center of Long Island
Karbala Hospital Fund c/o Dr. Barbara N. Aziz 160 Sixth Ave. New York, NY 10013
Labor Art and Mural Project Mike Alewitz c/o Rutgers Labor Education Center Ryders Lane and Clifton Ave. New Brunswick, NJ 08903 phone: 732 220 1472 fax: 732 296 1325 e-mail: lamp@igc.apc.org website: www.igc.apc.org/laborart
Mennonite Central Committee—Assistance to Iraq
Minnesota Alliance for Iraqi Children Pres. Abdulwahab M. Asamarai 351 Purce St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 phone: 612 331 5276 e-mail: samarrai51@hotmail.com
Muslim Peace Fellowship P.O. Box 271 Nyack, NY 10960 phone: 914 358 4601 fax: 914 358 4924 e-mail: mpf@igc.apc.org website: www.nonviolence.org
National Council of Churches website: www.ncccusa.org
Organization in Solidarity with the People of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL) Valverde, 28-28004 Madrid, Spain phone/fax: 01 523 18 29
Pastors for Peace/Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) 402 W. 145th St. New York, NY 10031 phone: 212 926 5757 (New York City); 773 271 4817 (Chicago) fax: 212 926 5842 e-mail: ifco@igc.apc.org website: www.ifconews.org
Pax Christi USA—National Catholic Peace Movement 532 West 8th Street Erie, PA 16502-1343 phone: 814 453 4955 fax: 814 452 4784 e-mail: info@paxchristiusa.org website: www.nonviolence.org/pcusa/
Peace Action, Metro New York Sonya Ostrom, President 475 Riverside Dr., #242 New York, NY 10115 phone: 212 870 2304 fax: 212 870 2243 e-mail: metropeace@aol.com
Peace and Justice Works P.O. Box 42456 Portland, OR 97242 phone: 503 236 3065 website: www.teleport.com/~copwatch/Iraq.html Peace Suitors at Tokyo c/o Bongadou, Kudan-kita 1-10-2-402 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan phone: 81 3 3234 2127 fax: 81 3 3234 2166 e-mail: peace-st@jca.ax.apc.org website: www.jca.ax.apc.org/peace-st/
People’s Fight Back Center 3030 Euclid Ave., #LL1 Cleveland, OH 44115 phone/fax: 216 426 0851 e-mail: pfcenter@aol.com
Persian Gulf Peace Network / AFSC-KC Ira Harritt 4405 Gillham Road Kansas City, Missouri 64110 phone: 816 931 5256 fax: 816 561 5033 e-mail: afsckc@oz.sunflower.org
Physicians for Social Responsibility / Washington Gerri Haynes 4554 12th Ave. NE Seattle, Washington 98105 phone: 206 547 2630 fax: 206 547 2631 e-mail: psrwase@igc.apc.org
ProActivist.com website: www.proactivist.com (photographic essay by Iraq Sanctions Challenge delegate Patrick Carkin)
Remember the Iraqi Children Kouthar and Marwa Al-Rawi P.O. Box 1141 San Pedro, CA 90733 e-mail: Iraqikids@aol.com (children’s campaign to send 1 million postcards to President Clinton)
Santa Barbara Peace Coalition c/o Michelle Kimball 900 Mission Canyon Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 phone: 805 569 3738 fax: 805 569 2391 e-mail: mfkimball@aol.com
Save the Children of Iraq Fisal Hammouda, Chicago phone: 630 240 3655
Save the Iraqi Children 422 Southwestern Ave., #202 Los Angeles, CA 90020 phone: 213 487 2368 e-mail: npcla@earthlink.net and Orange County Office P.O. Box 1056 Stanton, CA 90680 phone: 714 626 1323
Social Action Network P.O. Box 4480 Chica, CA 95927 phone: 530 343 2570 e-mail: joel@c-zone.net
Society for International Communication Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Verstaendigung (GIV) c/o Gerhard Lange, Im Hassel 38 37077 Goettingen, Germany phone/fax: 0551 37 20 48 e-mail: G.Lange@LINK-GOE.de website: www.germany.net/teilnehmer/101.88843/index.htm (click on British flag for English)
South Movement e-mail: davemull@alphalink.com.au
Spanish Campaign for Lifting the Sanctions on Iraq Apart. de Correos 14.180, 28080 Madrid, Spain fax: 1 531 75 99
Student Coalition for Peace with the Iraqi People 1164 Templeton Place St. Louis, MO 63017 phone: 314 434 3473 fax: 314 434 6146 e-mail: peaceiraq@aol.com website: www.artsci.wustl.edu/~urahmad/index.html
Um So’Mundo—Apelo a Favor do Iraque website: www.aliasoft.com/iraque
United Campaign in Solidarity with the People of Iran P.O. Box 7519, FDR Station New York, NY 10150 phone: 212 620 4283 email: ucspi@igc.apc.org
Veterans for Peace 5011 "K" St. NW, #525 Washington, D.C. 20005 phone: 202 347 6780 fax: 202 347 6781 e-mail: vfp@igc.org website: www.nonviolence.org/vfp
Vietnam Veterans Restoration Project Fredy Champagne P.O. Box 69 Garberville, CA 95542 phone/fax: 707 943 1874 e-mail: fchampagne@humboldt.net (organizing Gulf War veterans’ trip to Iraq)
Voices in the Wilderness 1460 West Carmen Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 phone: 773 784 8065 fax: 773 784 8837 e-mail: kkelly@icg.apc.org website: www.nonviolence.org/vitw/ (sends delegations to Iraq)
West Harlem Coalition P.O. Box 660 Manhattanville Sta. New York, NY 10027 phone: 212 666 6426 fax: 212 280 7832
Women for Mutual Security Coordinator, Margarita Papandreou 1, Romilias Str. GR. 14671 Kastri, Greece phone: 01 88 43 202 fax: 01 80 12 850 North American Coordinator: Lenore Foerstel 510 West Pennfield Road Columbia, MD 21045 fax: 410 964 9248
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) 1213 Race Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 phone: 215 563 7110 fax: 215 563 5527 e-mail: wilpf@wilpf.org website: www.wilpf.org
Women’s Strike for Peace 110 Maryland Ave. NE, #102 Washington, DC 20002 phone: 202 543 2660 fax: 202 544 9613
* note: we deleted links that do appear in the book version because they did not seem to be current. If we have deleted a link by mistake, please inform us. Thank you.
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