After Downing Street
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After Downing Street (ADS) is an organization that describes itself as "a coalition working to expose the lies that launched the war and to hold accountable its architects, including through censure and impeachment." ADS was launched in May, 2005, when co-founder John Bonifaz sent a memo to Congressman John Conyers calling for impeachment.[1]
Other co-founders are David Swanson, Steve Cobble, Tim Carpenter, and Bob Fertik.
Members of the coalition include
- Big Brass Alliance
- Gold Star Families for Peace
- Veterans for Peace
- Iraq Veterans Against the War
- U.S. Tour of Duty: Iraq Veterans and Military Families Demand the Truth
- Military Families Against the War (UK)
- Rainbow/PUSH
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Global Exchange
- Democrats.com
- Code Pink
The Nation's columnist John Nichols named After Downing Street as "The Most Valuable Progressive 2005, — Watchdog Branch," writing,
... the real work of exposing the misdeeds of the administration is still being done by activist groups. And the most inspired of these in 2005 was After Downing Street... In conjunction with Progressive Democrats of America, the able activist group that seeks to create an actual opposition party in America, After Downing Street is pushing the political envelope in exactly the direction it needs to go.[2]
[edit] External links
- After Downing Street official website
- San Francisco Bay Guardian editorial on impeachment mentions ADS
- Article on impeachment poll commissioned by ADS
- CBS reprint of Nation article on impeachment and ADS
- KXRA radio description of ADS
- Wilmington Journal article with description of ADS
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