04-04 to 06-14-04

Replacements Needed will continue to make posters for as long as American soldiers are dying in a pre-emptive, and unjustified war in a country that DID NOT ATTACK US. Our focus is not upon any one political or ideological train of thought instead we are focused on the true costs of war, the people who die fighting in it. Help us spread the posters, or better yet start making your own posters, and together we will let those in power know that we are not going to sit on the sidelines while good people die for bad policies.

Replacements Needed and The Peace Guard are 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 combined with the 655,000 given in the Lancet Report. We acknowledge that the cost is far higher than the numbers indicate thus the addition sign behind the Iraqi number. We are currently working with a group of global activist and local community members to develop The Peace Guard. This organization will provide peaceful security at protests and rallies. Through cooperation, development and training individuals will become capable of not only protecting the masses from the aggressive riot police but also become trained in media and medic skills we hope to be able to serve our friends and communities in the very near future. At present we are in need of athletic supplies (shoulder pads, helmets and plastic shields), storage facilities for said equipment and land upon which we can practice without being hassled by the police or other officials. Ideally the practice facilities would be in the Pacific Northwest around the Seattle area or in close proximity. If you would like to donate equipment, funds, medic training, audio/video training, legal support, media coverage or if you have a piece of land that we could use for training feel free to contact us at peaceguard@replacementsneeded.com to coordinate.