Many members of the After Downing Street coalition are available for interviews and public speaking appearances.
Contact AfterDowningStreet. [1]
Members of Media: Contact AfterDowningStreet. [2]
David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War [3]," "War Is A Lie [4]" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union [5]." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org [6] and http://warisacrime.org [7] and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org [8]. Contact him at david at davidswanson.org
Bob Fertik, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org and President of Democrats.com. bob@democrats.com [9] 718-424-7772
Jonathan Schwarz, Consultant with AfterDowningStreet.org, Schwarz collected on a $1000 bet that Iraq possessed no banned weapons. He's a journalist working for Mother Jones magazine. jonathan_schwarz@sbcglobal.net [10] 301-928-7579
Benjamin Davis, Associate Professor at the University of Toledo who teaches in the areas of Contracts, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Public International Law, and International Business Transactions.
bdavis8@UTNet.UToledo.Edu [11]
Ray McGovern, Co-Founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, McGovern spent 27 years in the CIA with duties including presentation of presidential daily brief. rrmcgovern@gmail.com [12] 703 994 1459
Elizabeth De la Vega, former federal prosecutor and author of "United States v. Bush et al.," which presents an indictment of Bush, Cheney, and others. ElizabethdelaVega@Verizon.net [13] 408-399-5641
Marjorie Cohn, President of National Lawyers Guild, libertad48@san.rr.com [14]
Ann Wright, a Colonel in the U.S. Army and a career diplomat who resigned in protest the day before the war began. microann@yahoo.com [15] 808-741-1141
Dave Lindorff, Co-Author of "The Case for Impeachment," dlindorff@mindspring.com [16] 215-793-9390
Geoff Millard, member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, geoffrey@truthout.org [17]
Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, campcaseymom@yahoo.com [18] 562-912-5859
Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder of CODE PINK, medea@globalexchange.org [19] 415-235-6517
Kevin Zeese, Director of Voters for Peace, kzeese@earthlink.net [20] 301-996-6582
Mike Ferner, member of Veterans for Peace, author of "Inside the Red Zone," and director of Democracy Rising mike.ferner@sbcglobal.net [21] 419-729-7273
Lawrence R. Velvel is the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, which educates the working class, mid-life people, minorities and immigrants. He chairs the Robert Jackson Steering Committee which seeks the prosecution of Bush, Cheney, and other high officials for their crimes. He is the editor of a journal called The Long Term View, hosts an hour-long TV book show called Books of Our Time, which appears in the New England and Mid-Atlantic states on Comcast's CN8 and is streamed on the internet, and hosts a radio program called What The Media Doesn't Tell You. The radio program, which is carried on World Radio Network and is streamed on the internet, discusses important matters which the media doesn't disclose (or insufficiently discloses) and the reasons for the nondisclosure. Velvel wrote a 1970 book on the constitutionality of the Viet Nam War and civil disobedience, and a recent quartet called Thine Alabaster Cities Gleam, comprised of: Misfit In America; Trail of Tears; The Hopes and Fears of Future Years: Loss and Creation; and The Hopes and Fears of Future Years: Defeat and Victory. Velvel blogs at velvelonnationalaffairs.com. His 2004 and 2005 posts have been published in Blogs From the Liberal Standpoint: 2004-2005. velvel@mslaw.edu [22]
Political scientist Michael Haas, author of "George W. Bush, War Criminal? The Bush Administration's Liability for 269 War Crimes" (with a Foreword by Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin B. Ferencz) will identify the four major types of war crimes, texts on which they are based, and examples of their violation by the Bush administration. He lives in Los Angeles and can be contacted at mikehaas@aol.com [23] or (323) 656-5873.
Andy Worthington, journalist, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison (Pluto Press) andy@andyworthington.co.uk [24]
+44 (0)20 8691 9316
John Nichols, Author of "The Genius of Impeachment," journalist working for the Nation magazine. jnichols@madison.com [25] 608.252.6482
Dennis Loo, Professor of Sociology and co-author of "Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney." ddloo@csupomona.edu [26] 909 869 3892
Bill Goodman and Julie Hurwitz (Contact Eleanore Eveleth, National Lawyers Guild, 313-963-0843). Goodman has also worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Elizabeth Holtzman, Former Congress Member who served on the panel that brought impeachment against Richard Nixon. eholtzman@herrick.com [27] 212-592-1421
Shahid Buttar is a poet, hip-hop MC, lawyer, scholar, media activist and grassroots community organizer committed to helping kickstart counter-cultural evolution. To read more articles or to listen to his music, visit his website [28]. Email: shahid.buttar@gmail.com [29]
John Kaminski, Chair of Maine Lawyers for Democracy, jkmaine@yahoo.com [30] 207-831-4943.
Steve Cobble, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, cobblesmith@verizon.net [31] 571-274-5144
Tim Carpenter, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet.org, Director of Progressive Democrats of America, tim@pdamerica.org [32] 413-320-2015
John Bonifaz, Co-Founder of AfterDowningStreet, constitutional attorney, lead attorney in suit filed by Reps. Conyers, Kucinich, et alia against Bush in attempt to prevent Iraq invasion, former candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of State, jcbonifaz@aol.com [33] 617-624-3900
Tim Goodrich, Co-Founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War, tim@ivaw.org [34] 760-994-6700
Charlie Anderson, member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, iraqvet4peace@gmail.com [35] 406-461-3483
Kelly Dougherty, leader of Iraq Veterans Against the War, kellydough@hotmail.com [36] 719-660-8106
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, President and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, Rev@hiphopcaucus.org [37]
Dan DeWalt, Chair of The NorthEast Impeachment Coalition, patrioticresponse@yahoo.com [38] 802-348-7701
Richard Matthews, Southern California Director of Impeach Central, richard@alumni.caltech.edu [39] 818-625-8506
Larry Everest, Author of "Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda" and organizer of International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity by the Bush Administration, larryeverest@hotmail.com [40] 510-472-8484
Debra Sweet, National Co-ordinator of World Can't Wait, debra@worldcantwait.org [41] 212-760-1723
Jacek Teller, Member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace, and StopTortureNow, JT0409@ECU.EDU [42]
Bill Moyer, Director of the Backbone Campaign. (No relation to Bill Moyers.) bill@backbonecampaign.org [43] 206-408-8058
Stuart Hutchison, organizer of North Jersey Impeach Group, ImpeachThem.com, info@impeachthem.com [44]
Carlos and Melida Arredondo are Co-founders of www.peopleunited4peace.org [45] and members of www.gsfp.org [46], www.gsfso.org [47] and AfterDowningStreet.org. Carlos is a Gold Star father and Melida is Gold Star step-mother to Lcpl. Alexander Scott Arredondo, USMC, who died in Iraq in August 2004. Carlos has been presenting a mobile memorial to Alex throughout the US that includes a flag draped coffin and also sharing the story of the day that Alex was killed and led to him setting fire to a Marine van and himself. Melida has been focusing on understanding the connection between chronic bereavement, PTSD and physical health impacts with Gold Star families as well as the outcomes of military funding in relation to funding domestic programs. Both have been touring the country and speaking to audiences in both English and Spanish. melida_arredondo@yahoo.com [48] 617-323-5623
Kurt Daims, introduced resolution to indict Bush and Cheney in Brattleboro, Vt., 802-257-4995 kurtdaims@hotmail.com [49]
Diane Wittner, director of Chesapeake Citizens (www.chesapeakecitizens.org [50]) info@chesapeakecitizens.org [51]
Brandon Lucy Campos, Patrick Barrett, Taylour Johnson, Ashok Kumar, Ben Manski, Juscha Robinson LibertyTreeFDR.org [52] (608) 257-1606.
Speakers on Topic of Iran [53]
Speakers from the Citizens Impeachment Commission [54]
Bios of Speakers at June 16, 2005, hearing [55]
Bios of Speakers at June 16, 2005, rally [56]
REQUEST SPEAKERS [57]