On February 17th and 18th, Impeach for Peace (IfP) co-sponsored the National Impeachment Summit in New York City. I (Jodin Morey) joined prominent figures in the movement (Laura Flanders, Ramsey Clark, Cindy Sheehan, etc.) and representatives from various organizations (World Can’t Wait, After Downing Street, Code Pink, PDA, the Green Party, National Lawyers Guild, 911 Truth, etc.) to discuss impeachment.

There were many workshops offered during the summit, some simultaneously, so I was not able to attend all of them. I have grouped them into three categories: reasons for impeachment, strategies for impeachment, and post-impeachment plans. Since everyone reading this is well aware of the reasons for impeachment (http://impeachforpeace.org/evidence), I won’t belabor that point. The most valuable results from the summit came from the discussions on strategy. The session covering the last category, post-impeachment, I found to be unproductive.

Here are some important strategies that were presented by representatives of the various organizations, including the 6 projects that the summit organizers agreed to pursue together. WCW brought to the discussion the importance of mass public mobilization, which will pressure our media and congress people to consider impeachment (video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDb9soswDCo). Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General and long-time activist, brought to the summit a wealth of knowledge and a useful historical perspective (video of Clark’s speech: http://impeachforpeace.org/impeach_bush_blog/?p=251).



