Austin Impeach and Peace Mega-March & Rally

September 15, 2007 -- 2:00 PM
Austin City Hall to Texas Capitol

The Green Party of Texas and AustinImpeach, sponsors of the Austin "Impeach Now!" Forum on July 7, are planning a march for peace and impeachment on Saturday, September 15. The Austin march is being held in conjunction with the national Mass March to Stop the War in Washington, DC, and other events planned across the nation on that date.

Marchers will gather at City Hall at 2:00 PM to hear introductory speakers and musical acts. At 3:00 PM participants will begin their march to the Texas State Capitol, where a second program will be presented. (Program specifics will be announced at a later date.)

The marchers, speakers, and musicians will call for:
(1) Congressional commitment that this nation will not further deplete its forces and resources for this illegal, immoral, and insane aggression against Iraq or for Cheney's daily more threatened invasion of Iran.
(2) Congressional action to impeach, try, and convict George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for the many "high crimes and misdemeanors" they have committed while in office.
(3) Adoption by the Austin City Council of a resolution supporting the impeachment of both. [Over 80 cities and counties around the country have already adopted similar resolutions - see http://www.impeachpac.org/resolutions-list ]

Details on the event, along with information about the impeachment process and the rationale for impeaching both men, as well as a flyer for this event, can be found at the AustinImpeach web site http://www.austinimpeach.org/

AustinImpeach is a coalition created by the Austin chapter of "World Can't Wait" [www. austincantwait.org], CodePink Austin [www.codepinkaustin.com], and the Texas and Travis County Green Parties [www.txgreens.org & www. traviscountygreens.org]. Our objectives are to raise citizens' consciousness about the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration, including and especially the illegal war in Iraq, and to demand the impeachment and conviction of both.