Tell NBC to "NOT" to televise the Olympics

Mr Reilly,

As you read the attached information from other groups you will see we are jpoining together and NOT watch the Olympics on NBC.

We are asking that NBC not televise this event for all that is and has been going on in China.

Below will give you an idea and it will make you sick and disgusted.

Thank you,
Laurie Wolfe
Care2 Member

SIGN UP TODAY to Be one of One Million People to Pledge
to Not Watch The Olympics: Also, Tell Your Friends

As the Beijing Olympics approach, each and every citizen of conscience throughout the world has a decision to make: do we lend our support to China by watching the Olympics or do we turn off our televisions?

We, and leaders of the democracy movement in Burma (Read the Call from the 88 Generation Students here), are asking you to turn it off.

In fact, we are asking one million people throughout the world to sign up to turn off their televisions and not participate in the Olympics, unless China changes its policies on Burma. Also, we are asking those that sign up to not purchase Olympics merchandise or products from Olympic sponsors.

Get others to support- download the petition here, print it off, and take it to your church, school, etc.

At the National Planning and Training Meeting Jeremy Woodrum, Director of USCB, spoke of China%u2019s Burma support and why we must do this Campaign.

Here is why: China keeps Burma%u2019s military regime %u2014 and its brutal human rights record %u2014 in power. Read more about China%u2019s involvement with Burma here

- Burma%u2019s military regime has burned down or otherwise destroyed 3,200 ethnic minority villages, forcing 1.5 million refugees to flee their homes. Who is the #1 supplier of arms and weapons to the regime? China.

- Burma%u2019s regime has recruited more child soldiers than any other country in the world. Who is the Burmese military regime%u2019s leading supporter? China.

- Aung San Suu Kyi, the world%u2019s only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient, is locked up in prison along with 2,000 other political dissidents. Despite its huge influence, China refuses to call for her release.

- The United Nations has been completely paralyzed, unable to take any action to prevent genocide in Burma. Why? Because China has used its veto at the UN Security Council to block any meaningful action. As a result, the UN is making many of the same mistakes it made on Darfur and Rwanda.

Put simply, China is the funder, weapons supplier, and the diplomatic protector for Burma%u2019s military regime. Like the Berlin Olympics in 1936 that wrongly brought world acclaim to Adolf Hitler, the Beijing Olympics in 2008 are becoming a monument to suffering.

Adding insult to injury, the Olympics are scheduled to begin on August 8, 2008 %u2014 the anniversary of a major massacre in Burma. On the same date in 1988, thousands of peaceful protesters were massacred by the regime during Burma%u2019s largest democracy uprising. Each year, thousands of people around the world commemorate this slaughter and honor those who spoke out for human rights and justice %u2014 instead of supporting Beijing, we are asking you to think of Burma on that day.

Already, many people are speaking out. Nobel Peace Prize recipients Desmond Tutu and Jody Williams have said they will not support the Olympics. Prominent director Steven Spielberg ended his position working with the Olympics to protest China%u2019s support for the genocidal leaders ruling Darfur, Sudan.

After one million people sign up for this effort, we will let you know if China has changed its policies on Burma. If they do not, we will all turn off our televisions and personally boycott the Olympics.

Specifically, we are asking China to:

- Stop blocking a UN Security Council arms embargo on Burma and stop selling weapons to Burma%u2019s regime

- Demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners, an immediate cessation of attacks against ethnic minorities, and the discharging of all conscripted child soldiers

- Declare that China will not recognize the SPDC%u2019s constitution as long as Aung San Suu Kyi, democracy groups, and ethnic party representatives are excluded from participation

-Play a constructive role in facilitating peaceful negotiations in Burma between the military regime, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Burma%u2019s ethnic nationalties

Instead of watching the Olympics:

- 8.8.08 will be a day of commemoration for Burma. For the next 7 months we will be collecting pledges from a million people around the world who pledge to not watch the Olympics

- Also, we are asking those that sign up to not purchase Olympics merchandise or products from Olympic sponsors

- While not a requirement, we are also asking those who sign the petition to consider organizing an event for Burma on the opening day of the Olympics, such as a film-screening, protest at a Chinese embassy, prayer service, speaking event, or fundraiser.

- Before the event we will be encouraging (and have many tools on our website) for people to email Olympic corporate sponsors, write letters to the editor in their local paper, and spread the word to their friends.

Please add your name to the petition by signing up on our website so you can be one of one million people to raise your voices. We created a tool on our webpage so that when you sign up, you can easily ask your friends to sign up at the same time.

It will only take a few clicks of your mouse.

We urge you to stand up with us and call for China to remove the taint of genocide and oppression from the Olympic Games.

Mr. Kevin Reilly, President of NBC Entertaiment
nbcolympicsfeedback@nbcuni.com