Replacements Needed

"When the people shall grow weary of their constitutional right to amend the government, they shall exert their revolutionary right to dismember and overthrow that government." Abraham Lincoln; Inaugural Address 1861From Argentina to Alaska we are united under the corporate sponsored banner of N.A.F.T.A. Its implementation in 1999 gave birth to a small group of freedom fighters who united the indigenous peoples they have since grown from a small isolated uprising into an international organization that embraces all people and threatens the establishment. This example has empowered millions worldwide to join in the struggle for life. We are now living in a time of turmoil and cataclysmic upheavals. Daily we hear of another bombing, another earthquake, another product recall. We live in a time of free trade zones and pre-emptive invasions. We live in a time that will see the extinction of every living creature upon the planet unless we act and take drastic steps now. As inhabitants of this our one and only planet we as a species have responsibilities not only to ourselves and our families but to the entire human race and to every living thing upon this planet. We must look towards the problems that face not just ourselves but all living creatures. These problems include but are not limited to disease, starvation and abject poverty. As a species we must now begin to utilize our critical thinking skills and ask ourselves why it is that so many of the earths peoples are dying from starvation, disease and poverty while so few live in total opulence. We must look to those who control the planets resources and ask; “why they are using our resources to destroy every living creature upon this planet in the name of profits for themselves?” The situation we face is dire indeed. The decisions made at the IMF/WB meeting in DC on the 19th -21st of Oct will directly affect every single organism upon this planet. The survival of not just ours but of every species and the very planet itself hangs in the balance. Will you sit idly by while the corporate elites convert the planets resources into toxins thus destroying all life?Join us in our trip to DC and together we can and will make a difference.A BIG SHOUT OUT TO YAWR IN SEATTLE. GREAT JOB!Replacements Needed is a coalition of loosely organized community members and activists dedicated to a common purpose. We are supportive of groups who use direct action and other methods of bringing the messages to the general public. Since 04-04 we have produced a poster every week (except when Mr. Hays has taken trips) that illustrate the true costs of war. That being the lives of those who die as a direct result of the bad policies enacted by the Bush administration and his corporate cronies. We use Iraqi Body Count and The Department of Defenses numbers because we feel that verifiable sources are best. We acknowledge that the cost is far higher than the numbers indicate thus the addition sign behind the Iraqi number.We also have accepted the findings of The Lancet Report the link is given below http://www.thelancet.com/webfiles/images/journals/lancet/s01 40673606694919.pdf The new number on the posters reflects the 655,000 from The Lancet Report added to the number from http://iraqbodycount.net/ the numbers for the American dead are taken from http://icasualties.org/oif/ If there are any questions concerning this change in numbers please feel free to contact us.