Impeach the President The Case Against Bush and Cheney

by Loo, Dennis; Phillips, Peter; Zinn, Howard

• ISBN13: 9781583227435
• ISBN10: 1583227431
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-03
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Summary

"In these desperate times, when lies and half-truths are official policy, when our young people and innocent Iraqi civilians pay with their lives for these lies, this book is a clear presentation of the crimes of Bush and Cheney.The chapters in this strong, thoughtful collection not only powerfully detail these crimes, they point a way forward for us all.I urge every thinking American to read this book." -Cindy Sheehan, anti-war activist and author of Dear President Bush "An airtight case for impeaching Bush and Cheney for war crimes and domestic malfeasance. It's high time for legal regime change!" -Marjorie Cohn, President-elect, National Lawyers Guild "An eye-opening, multi-layered indictment of the lawless rule of the Bush White House reactionaries.A well-edited, well-substantiated, an dwell-argued offering of hard-hitting truths that can serve as a manual for political action." -Michael Parenti, author of The Culture Struggle and Superpatriotism "A looming, new totalitarianism-that is the warning here. Citizens who feel uneasy owe it to themselves to read this important book and think about how to exercise their responsibilities. Citizenship, truth be told, isn't easy, nor free." -George Kenney, former State Department Official "They can say that Homeland Security and FEMA are on the job, but New Orleans proves them wrong. They can claim they're winning the war on terror and the war in Iraq, but everyday the facts belie their claims. They can assure us that they're protecting our civil liberties and doing everything by the book, but nearly every week brings fresh revelations of their lawbreaking." -from the Conclusion In the face of the extraordinary and unprecedented threat the White House and its allies present to civil liberties, civil rights, the Constitution, international law, and the future of the planet, this persuasive collection makes the case that a drastically different political dynamic must be created right now. Impeach the President is a comprehensive analysis of a criminal administration.It unearths the stories behind voter fraud in 2000 and 2004, the overt lies used to justify pre-emptive war on Iraq, the extensive, ongoing commission of war crimes and torture, the tragic failures in the lead-up to and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and lesser-known but equally alarming offences of propaganda and disinformation, illegal spying, environmental destruction, and the violation of the separation of church and state.Loo and Phillips chillingly reveal the full threat behind the radical right-wing force that has taken over the most powerful office in the world. The collection includes a striking introduction by Howard Zinn and contributions from Dennis Loo, Peter Phillips, Judith Volkart, Dahr Jamail, Jeremy Brecher, Jill Cutler, Brendan Smith, Larry Everest, Greg Palast, Nancy Snow, Barbara J. Bowley, Mark Crispin Miller, Kevin Wehr, Richard Heinberg, Lyn Duff, Dennis Bernstein, Bridget Thornton, Lew Brown, Andrew Sloan, Cynthia Boaz, and Michael Nagler. Impeach the President issues a clarion call for a popular movement even more powerful than the antiwar movement of the 1960s.As the authors write in the preface, "Governments do not fall of their own weight; they must be driven out." DENNIS LOO is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona. His specialties include polls, public policy making, social movements, media and criminology. His recent article, "No Paper Trail Left Behind: the Theft of the 2004 Presidential Election," has received wide acclaim PETER PHILLIPS, director of Project Censored, is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.

Author Biography

DENNIS LOO is Associate Professor of Sociology at Cal Poly Pomona. His specialties include polls, public policy making, social movements, media and criminology. His 2005 article, "No Paper Trail Left Behind: the Theft of the 2004 Presidential Election," received wide acclaim.
PETER PHILLIPS, former director of Project Censored, is Professor of Sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.

Table of Contents

12 reasons why George W. Bush and Richard Cheney must be impeached
Impeachment : the people's nuclear option	p. 5
Never elected, not once : the immaculate deception and the road ahead	p. 29
The "free fire zone" of Iraq	p. 59
War crimes are high crimes	p. 79
Defending the indefensible : torture and the American empire	p. 97
Iraq : phase two in an unbounded war on the world	p. 111
The Downing Street memos, manipulation of prewar intelligence, and knowingly withholding vial information from a grand jury investigation	p. 131
Propaganda, lies, and patriotic jingoism	p. 143
The campaign for unfettered power : executive supremacy, secrecy, and surveillance	p. 161
Bush-Cheney's war on the Enlightenment	p. 185
Denying disaster : Hurricane Katrina, global warming, and the politics of refusal	p. 201
Ignoring peak oil : beyond incompetence	p. 223
The other regime change : overthrowing Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide	p. 235
The global dominance group : a sociological case for impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney	p. 253
Beyond impeachment : rebuilding a political culture	p. 293
What can be done?	p. 303
Afterword : the impeachment of George Bush - a world wide party	p. 307
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