Put These Ads in College Newspapers

Be part of REVERSING the direction where these ads are being refused. Stand up for dissent.

“If we speak the truth, they will try to silence us. If we act, they will try to stop us. But we speak for the majority, here and around the world, and as we get this going we are going to reach out to the people who have been so badly fooled by Bush and we are NOT going to stop.” from the Call to Drive out the Bush Regime.

See Robert Greenwald’s film FOX ATTACKS: Iran
And worldcantwait.org for more on the Bush regime
And plans to protest Bush at the United Nations 9/25

Dear World Can't Wait Supporter,

Today was a day of cowardice displayed by publishers who would not print these ads in New York City tomorrow as Bush speaks at the United Nations.

Metro NY , the free subway paper, created a new rate for “political ads” that made the price prohibitive on such short notice. And the New York University newspaper, which earlier in the day had scheduled the ad to run, later reversed its decision based on their policy against the publication of any “political” ads.

I argued to the publisher of Metro NY (who got many emails and calls from you over the weekend) that the new policy means that those with deep pockets and support for the status quo will be able to afford to publish, and those of us challenging the official story will be locked out.

I argued to the students who publish the NYU paper that if a liberal urban university paper won’t publish these ads – in a climate where the huge majority here is against Bush – where can they be published? Is NYU going to train journalists to crank out war propaganda such as what is produced in Washington today, or do they want to produce journalists who value the truth?

President Bush has this country in a war that’s widely hated…but dissenting ads can’t be bought? He’s preparing a third war, and those who oppose it are called traitors? The Bush regime’s war plans on Iran hang over all this. See an article today by Larry Everest, U.S. Ramps Up Threats Against Iran

People had better stand up. This is a moment for courage. We will either allow this cowardice to spread, or stop it by our own actions.

CONTEST & CHALLENGE : The ad “Who is the Real Nuclear Threat?” was distributed all over the Columbia University campus today as Ahmedinijad from Iran was speaking there. An enlargement of the ad sparked debate, and support, all day long. We have submitted the ad to The Spectator, the student paper at Columbia, for publication this week, and we’ll hear Wednesday if it is accepted

We are asking you to send these ads to college newspapers you know all over the country, and challenge the editors to publish them. If there are finances involved, we will raise the funds.

Write me about who you are approaching with the ads, and what happens. If you know professors or journalists who will write about this, contact them.

Here’s why college newspapers are important, from Raw Story:

Dave McSwane, editor of Colorado State Univeristy newspaper that ran 'f***' Bush editorial says he'd run it again.

“The editorial board of a Colorado State University student newspaper didn't mince words criticizing President Bush following a free speech debate sparked by the recent tasing of a Florida student.

"Taser this FUCK BUSH," the entirety of a four-word column read in the student-run Rocky Mountain Collegian.

"We felt that maybe four words were more impactful than 250," said Dave McSwane, the paper's editor, in a segment shown on CNN's American Morning. The wording of the editorial was agreed upon by the Collegian's seven-member board.” more

We won’t watch what we say.
Debra Sweet, Director, The World Can’t Wait – Drive Out the Bush Regime