Institute for Public Accuracy
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The following analysts are available to talk about Obama administration
policies and the advancement of peace:
JODY WILLIAMS, http://nobelwomensinitiative.org
Nobel Laureate Williams is now chair of the Nobel Women's
Initiative. She recently wrote the piece "United States' shameful land
mine policy: By refusing to join the Mine Ban Treaty, Obama shows
disregard for international humanitarian law," which states: "Obama's
position on land mines calls into question his expressed views on
multilateralism, respect for international humanitarian law and
disarmament. How can he, with total credibility, lead the world to
nuclear disarmament when his own country won't give up even land mines?"
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-williams1-2009dec01,0,3640316.story
Williams was the founding coordinator of the International Campaign
to Ban Landmines, for which she was awarded, along with the
organization, the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.
NORMAN SOLOMON, http://www.normansolomon.com
Currently in Washington, D.C., Solomon is the author of "War Made
Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death." He was in
Afghanistan in late summer. Solomon is executive director of the
Institute for Public Accuracy.
KATHY KELLY, http://vcnv.org
Kelly is co-coordinator of the group Voices for Creative
Nonviolence. She is a signatory to a letter to the Norwegian Nobel
Committee signed by dozens of peace groups. The letter states "we ...
are distressed that President Obama, so close upon his receipt of this
honor, has opted to escalate the U.S. war in Afghanistan with the
deployment of 30,000 additional troops. We regret that he could not be
guided by the example of a previous Nobel Peace Laureate, Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., who identified his peace prize as 'profound
recognition that nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and
moral question of our time...' Declaring his opposition to the Vietnam
War, Dr. King insisted that 'no one who has any concern for the
integrity and life of America today can ignore the present war ... We
must continue to raise our voices and our lives if our nation persists
in its perverse ways.'"
http://vcnv.org/an-open-letter-to-the-norwegian-nobel-committee
On Saturday, Kelly will speak at a rally in front of the White
House against the escalation of the war in Afghanistan.
For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020, (202) 421-6858; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167