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The Not In Our Name Project is a national network of individuals and organizations committed to standing with the people of the world. As the Not in Our Name Pledge of Resistance states, "we believe that as people living in the United States it is our responsibility to resist the injustices done by our government, in our names." Our mission is to build, strengthen and expand resistance to stop the U.S. government's entire course of war and repression being waged in the name of "fighting terrorism." This course has three main components:1. The War on the World - The U.S. government has engaged in preemptive military actions and wars and brazenly states its determination to "change regimes" where it sees fit, promising wars that will last a generation and supplying arms and aid used to terrorize people around the world.2. Detentions, Deportations and Roundups of Immigrants - The U.S. government has effectively stripped immigrants, especially Arabs, Muslims and South Asians, of rights, in laws and acts reminiscent of the very tyranny from which our government is supposedly liberating people.3. Police State Restrictions - The U.S. government has instituted stark new repressive measures, such as the U.S. PATRIOT and Homeland Security Acts, designed to create fear, intimidate opposition and silence dissent. To all of this we say, Not in Our Name!The Project embraces people of all backgrounds, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, political affiliations and immigration status, from major urban areas to small communities across the country. The symbol is the image of the globe - the earth as seen from space. By displaying the earth as our symbol, we send a message to the people of the planet that, as the Not in Our Name Pledge of Resistance concludes, "another world is possible and we pledge to make it realIn March 2002, individuals from different organizations, backgrounds, communities and political perspectives met together at St. Mary's Church in Harlem, NYC, to discuss what was needed to build resistance to the U.S. government's "war on terrorism" launched in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.