Support the Iraq Moratorium

time to remember that a war is still going on and people are still being killed for money, contrary to what you’d believe from viewing the evening news…

Many observances this month combine Iraq Moratorium actions with a commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, whose day will be observed officially on Monday. This comes from the organizers of the Moratorium march in Detroit:

There could be no better tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr . during the week of the march than to gather with others and say along with King:

“A true revolution of values will lay hands on the world order and say of war: ‘This way of settling differences is not just.’ This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation’s homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of people normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death . . .

If we do not act we shall surely be dragged down the long dark and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight . . .Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter – but beautiful – struggle for a new world.”

—“Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”

http://www.iraqmoratorium.org/

Is today, December 21!

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

—Ten Times One is Ten (1870), Edward Everett Hale

here are some ideas for observing the Moratorium all by yourself..

Looking for events to join in your area? Check here

or Observe Moratorium Day by Yourself:
Wear a black ribbon or armband!

• Hand out ribbons or armbands to others.
• Wear an anti-war pin.

Call your Representative and your Senators! Tell their staff what you think. Let them know that you expect them to do everything possible to end the war and bring the troops home! [The Capitol Hill switchboard number is 202-224-3121.]

• Write your Representative and your Senators! A handwritten letter has even more impact than a phone call.
• Hit your elected officials where it hurts, with a voided campaign contribution check.

Replace Your Home Page With A Moratorium Page Every Third Friday.

Write a letter to your local newspaper.

Don’t buy gas.

• Drive 10 MPH under the posted speed limit.

Don’t shop at all.

Put a sign on your lawn or in your window or on your car.

• Write “Stop the War” or other slogans on the sidewalk in chalk.

Buy toy soldiers, put tags on them that say “Bring Me Home” and leave them in stores, parks, libraries, laundromats, anywhere people will find them.

Email friends and family and urge them to sign the Iraq Moratorium statement and to take one of these steps, too.

I passed out black ribbons to everyone in the office today and gave them the web site address so they could look for ideas on ways to observe the October moratorium . . . TOMORROW.

is dedicated to taking a break from the ordinary and taking action to support the moratorium on the war in Iraq.

http://www.iraqmoratorium.org/