If not, here it is.  I don't know if you've read Geroge Monbiot's 
_Manifesto for a New World Order_ but he discusses ideas on how to run 
the world on the principle of democracy.  The recent Tribunal on Iraq 
is an example of one of these ideas.  The Commission of Inquiry 
mentioned in the e-mail below is another example.

The URL for donations did not work for me.  I e-mailed for a corrected 
one.

Wren

From: "Not In Our Name Statement of Conscience" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue Aug 16, 2005  3:07:50 PM US/Pacific
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity 
Committed by the Bush Administration
Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>


Dear friends and signers of the NION statements,

We are very excited to announce that we will be sponsoring an 
International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity 
Committed by the Bush Administration.

As the charter for the commission states, "When the possibility of 
far-reaching war crimes and crimes against humanity exists, people of 
conscience have a solemn responsibility to inquire into the nature and 
scope of these acts and to determine if they do in fact rise to the 
level of war crimes and crimes against humanity." (see 
http://www.nion.us/Commission/call-charter.htm)

We intend to fulfill that responsibility with your help.

The commission will meet in New York in October and will consider 
evidence on four specific issues:
     1) Wars of Aggression, with particular reference to the invasions 
and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
     2) Torture and Indefinite Detention, with particular reference to 
the abandonment of international standards concerning the treatment of 
prisoners of war and the use of torture.
     3) Destruction of the Global Environment, with particular reference 
to systematic policies contributing to the catastrophic effects of 
global warming.
     4) Attacks on Global Public Health and Reproductive Rights, with 
particular reference to the genocidal effects of forcing international 
agencies to promote "abstinence only" in the midst of a global AIDS 
epidemic.

The commission's impact will flow from its rigor in the presentation of 
evidence, and the stature of its participants. Our goal is to continue 
to build the impact of the Not In Our Name statements and the World 
Tribunal on Iraq by holding a court of inquiry that will both frame and 
fuel a discussion that is urgently needed in this country: Is the 
administration of George W. Bush guilty of war crimes and crimes 
against humanity?

With your help we intend to prove it before a panel of distinguished 
legal experts and voices of conscience. We are currently pulling 
together attorneys and well-known experts in the various fields to draw 
up indictments. The proceedings will be streamed live on the internet 
and will be available to the entire world.

We need to make a down payment on a major venue this week if this is to 
happen on the scale that is demanded. We urge you to go to our web site 
an make a generous contribution to make this happen 
(http://www.nion.us/NSOC/sign.htm). We are suggesting a minimum 
contribution of $100 because the costs are enormous, but all 
contributions are welcome and deeply appreciated.

As we say in the second Not In Our Name statement: "No election, 
whether fair or fraudulent, can legitimize criminal wars on foreign 
countries, torture, the wholesale violation of human rights, and the 
end of science and reason." Let us now act to make good on our 
commitment.

Thanking you for your continuing support,

Tony Alessandrini
Brian Drolet
Larry Everest
Clark Kissinger
Barbara Olshansky
Emna Zghal

The commission working group
(you may contact us at [log in to unmask])