Please make one phone call Tuesday morning

It's been a while since we did this kind of direct action at Daily Kos hasn't it?

The Campaign for a New American Policy on Iran (CNAPI) is organizing an innovative "Time to Talk with Iran" event and press conference on Capitol Hill.  With the U.S. Capitol as a backdrop, Members of Congress, celebrities, former officials, and other citizens will use a row of 60’s-era red "hotline" telephones to talk directly to ordinary Iranian citizens. Concurrently on June 10, the Campaign is organizing a nationwide Call-in to Congress for Diplomacy with Iran so those outside of DC can participate and make their voice heard.

Capitol Switchboard [phone]

Information on the National Call-In day, including a downloadable poster.

Current pending legislation on Iran.

We are not out of the woods yet people!

The threat of war with Iran is still alive and well, even if we are distracted by the Presidential elections.

Resistence to dialogue with Iran is bipartisan (and no, I'm not just talking about Lieberman)

Another key source of support for the MKO has included members of the U.S. Congress, including Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL.), Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),[47] and former Attorney General John Ashcroft, "who became involved with the MKO while a Republican senator from Missouri."[48] In 2000, 200 U.S. Congress members signed a statement endorsing the organization's cause.[49]

To this list you can add California Democrat Bob Filner.

Why so many members of congress maintain support for an anti-iran terrorist group is not clear. Why some democrat want to play into the hands of well-known neocon plans is beyond me. MEK are the nasty former allies of Saddam Hussein whose ideology is a blend of Islam and authoritarian Marxism. They also have killed American citizens.

Dick Cheney is holding on to this group for a reason. These guys are a perfect trigger for an "unintended" escalation of war with Iran that will prevent a US withdrawal from the region, no matter what the next President wants. It can also "security"-bait Congress and Barack Obama this Fall ala 2002 Iraq war authorization.

Please make the phone call! The general message needs to be: words, not bombs. Dialogue with Iran. Please comment on what response you received below, if you can.

Capitol Switchboard [phone]