Swing the Vote's Literature

STOP THE WAR, SAVE THE ECONOMY!

• Gas
• Heating oil
• Food
• College tuition
• Health insurance
• Prescription drugs
• Home ownership
• Retirement

To download and print Swing the Vote's Stop the War card, click here.   (Two page pdf file - print front and back and fold.
  Posted August 4, 2008.)

IRAN CHRONOLOGY: 1901 - 2008

Download the 22 page pdf Iran Chronology: 1901 - 2008.

First issued July 10, 2008.

TO HELP BUILD PEACE WITH IRAN

• Call your Senators and Congressional Representative
• Volunteer with these organizations in New Hampshire and western Massachusetts
• Travel to Iran with a progressive delegation
• Contact these national organizations to learn more about Iran and U.S. policy towards Iran

ARE SOME PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES EDGING TOWARDS WAR WITH IRAN?

A U.S. attack on Iran would have disastrous consequences:

• The U.S. government is already spending $10 billion a month on the Iraq war, over $225,000 per minute on the war.   Every minute of that war costs the equivalent of hiring seven new New Hampshire teachers for a year.   Can we afford the cost of an Iran war, too?


• The U.S. military could be pushed to the point of collapse.   Already the Iraq war has left “U.S. military forces, especially our ground forces … stretched nearly to the breaking point,” according to the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.


• U.S. aerial bombardment of Iran and its nuclear facilities could lead to substantial Iranian civilian casualties, causing more hatred of the U.S. in the Islamic world.

"RESIDUAL FORCES" IN IRAQ?

Download the pdf flyer Residual forces in Iraq.   revised November 30, 2007.

WHICH 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SUPPORT THE IRAQ WAR AND OCCUPATION?

If you oppose the Iraq war, and your views were not represented by a candidate, call and tell them to STOP VOTING FOR THE IRAQ WAR AND OCCUPATION.

WHO ARE THE PEACE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT?

To find out, download the annotated Word document with Who Are the Peace Candidates for President?.

A PATH TO PEACE IN IRAQ

There is no military solution to the problems in Iraq.   It is time to begin building peace, reconciliation and security in Iraq and the region.   We must convince our own national leadership that it is time to wage peace, instead of waging war.

A number of plans involving the withdrawal of U.S. troops and/or diplomatic means to reconcile the warring factions in Iraq have been proposed.   Important elements of these plans could be assembled into a path to peace for Iraq, and for the United States and the wider Middle East.

TEN REASONS TO WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ NOW!

1. The U.S. troop presence is not calming the violence in Iraq.
2. Most of the attacks in Iraq are against the U.S.-led coalition, not against Iraqi civilians.
3. Most Iraqis want us to leave.
4. The U.S. troop presence is fueling the growth of terrorism.
5. U.S. troops are being killed and wounded in an unnecessary war.
6. Thousands of Iraqi civilians are being killed or wounded by U.S. military action.
7. Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted.
8. U.S. national security is being jeopardized by the continued war.
9. The Iraq war is destroying good will towards America around the world.
10. There are multiple proposals for peace that do not involve continued U.S. military occupation of Iraq.

Download the previous March 29, 2007 annotated Word document on Ten Reasons to Withdraw Now!.

STOP THE WAR NOW

To download and print Swing the Vote's Stop the War card, click here.   (Two page pdf file - print front and back and fold. Revised July 21, 2007.)

Or to send a similar card to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, click here.   (Two page pdf file - print front and back and fold. Revised July 21, 2007.)

A WAR FOR OIL

• Before the U.S. invasion, it was oil.
• During the U.S. invasion, it was oil.
• After the U.S. invasion, it was oil.

We need to elect government leaders who will aggressively develop alternative energy and pursue diplomacy, not wars for oil.

HELP PUT A PEACE CANDIDATE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Swing the Vote needs your help to:

• Make calls and canvass door-to-door to New Hampshire voters.
• Staff literature tables at events and in town squares.
• Organize house parties and educational events.
• Create educational materials on the war, healthcare, education and other critical issues.
• Work with the media to get the truth out about the war and the pro-war candidates.

BUSH'S IRAQ WAR

undermines U.S. national security.

• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR was not needed for our national defense.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR is costing hundreds of American lives.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR wastes resources needed for homeland defense.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR diverted troops from the search for the 9/11 terrorists.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR increased chances of a terrorist attack on US.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR war accelerated the nuclear weapons threat.
• BUSH'S IRAQ WAR AND OCCUPATION has endangered our country.

PROPOSALS FOR PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN IRAQ

In June, 2006, the new Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al Maliki, proposed a plan for national reconciliation in Iraq.   Unfortunately, the U.S. military occupation is greatly complicating the peaceful resolution of differences between Iraqis.

THE U.S. PLAN TO STAY IN IRAQ "INDEFINITELY"

Unknown to most Americans, the administration has been quietly laying the groundwork for a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq.

• U.S. military to be in Iraq “more or less indefinitely”
• Building up U.S. military facilities in Iraq “for the longer-term”
• Building up “permanent communications infrastructure” in Iraq

Do your New Hampshire Congressmen support the Iraq war?     YES, YES, YES

Are they representing your views?  If NO, tell them so.

Download the annotated Word document on the Iraq war and occupation.  (Use view>footnotes if mouse on superscript does not show the footnote.)

If not a N.H. resident, click here to download a similar petition to be sent only to the White House.

AN URGENT REQUEST FOR YOU TO TELL CONGRESS WHY THEY SHOULD VOTE AGAINST SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR THE IRAQ WAR.

• undermine U.S. national security
• add significantly to the number of U.S. and Iraqi dead and wounded, without resolving the violence there
• constitute an unforgivable misappropriation and waste of nearly $100 billion of public funds
• undermine popular support for the Democratic Party and weaken the prospects for expanded Democratic victories in 2008, including prospects for capturing the White House.

The House of Representatives may vote by mid-week; the Senate next week.   Please call or write your representative and your senators NOW.

NEW HAMPSHIRE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY - JANUARY 8, 2008

Download the Word document Letter to New Hampshire voters. December 1, 2007

THE ALTERNATIVES TO WAR

• Ending dictatorship without war.
• Ending terrorism without war.
• Ending weapons of mass destruction without war.

WHAT IS REAL NATIONAL SECURITY?

• Build a grassroots progressive movement
• Build new thinking and new concepts of security
• Build political power to elect strong advocates of new priorities

ELECTORAL REFORM

• There can be no Real National Security without Real Democracy.

• POSITION PAPER: What is Needed for a Safe, Secure, Verifiable Voting System.


• ATTACHMENT #1 - HANDOUT on WHY PAPER and NO DRE'S
• ATTACHMENT #2 - FOOTNOTED SOURCES re: handout
• ATTACHMENT #3 - "NEEDED REFORMS" AND who's working on them
• ATTACHMENT #4 - Voting Technology in MA, NH, and other STATES
• ATTACHMENT #5 - National Legislation & Baker/Carter Commission
• ATTACHMENT #6 - Suggested Letters to the Editor

Download the STV paper on The Right to a Secure, Secret, Straight Vote (pdf)

Download the STV flyer on Resources and Organizations Related to Election Fraud (pdf)

2006 ELECTION FLYERS

10 REASONS TO VOTE AGAINST CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE BASS ON NOVEMBER 7th

• Charlie Bass is not solving our problems.
• We need a change in the direction of our government.
• We need to change who’s in Congress.
• We need to vote Republican Congressman Charlie Bass out of office on November 7th.

Download the pdf flyer with 10 Reasons to Vote against Charlie Bass.

Download the annotated Word document with 10 Reasons to Vote against Charlie Bass.  (Use view>footnotes if mouse on superscript does not show the footnote.)

WHAT HAS CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE BASS DONE FOR YOU LATELY???

• He’s supported Bush’s Iraq War.
• He’s supported a health care law for our seniors that doesn’t work.
• He’s supported Bush’s borrowing and spending to fund war and tax cuts for the rich, at the expense of New Hampshire taxpayers.

CONGRESSMAN BASS, PLEASE, DON’T DO US ANY MORE FAVORS!!!

Download the annotated Word document about Congressman Charlie Bass.  (Use view>footnotes if mouse on superscript does not show the footnote.)

THE PRICE OF GAS and CHARLIE BASS

• Congressman Bass & Republican leaders have done little to free us from dependence on oil and high prices.
• Worse, they’ve given big subsidies to the oil companies.

Download the annotated Word document on The Price of Gas and Charlie Bass.  (Use view>footnotes if mouse on superscript does not show the footnote.)

2004 ANTI-BUSH CAMPAIGN LITERATURE

The Bush Administration Economic Policy

Can be Summed Up in Two Words

JOB LOSS

• NEW HAMPSHIRE: The state has been hammered by the loss of manufacturing jobs since Bush took over the White House.
• NATIONALLY: President Bush has amassed the worst record of job loss since the time of the Great Depression.
• GLOBAL OUTSOURCING: Since Bush took office, there has been a flight of well paying information and high tech jobs to cheap labor overseas.
• All this adds up to BAD NEWS for the working people of our state and nation.

New Hampshire is a Swing State:

YOUR VOTE MATTERS!

• Making “affordable housing” unaffordable for thousands of New Hampshire families.
• Spending billions of dollars fighting an unnecessary and dangerous war in Iraq.
• Leaving New Hampshire unable to afford the cost of public education for our children.
• Making healthcare increasingly unavailable for many New Hampshire citizens.
• Cutting taxes for the wealthy; cutting jobs for New Hampshire families.

The Bush Administration Environmental Policy

IS A DISASTER!

• An increased risk of global warming.
• Dirtier air and water.
• Degradation of wilderness areas and wetlands.

HEALTHCARE

under the Bush administration:

• Many Americans have lost health insurance coverage.
• Health insurance premiums have soared.
• Annual Medicare premiums will rise.
• Lower drug prices have been blocked.

BUSH OUT! DEMOCRACY IN!

Download the poster here ...