
Next Date: November 21
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Moratorium
keeps
growing in Wisconsin
A new organizing effort in western Wisconsin, with the theme of "Health care, not warfare," has sparked new events in three cities this month.
“People quickly see the connections and respond instantly to the theme and the coordinated public lobbying tactic,” organizer Steve Carlson says. More communities are expected to join in December.
Iraq Moratorium-Wisconsin was awarded a grant from the Wisconsin Community Fund to do outreach and organizing in a half dozen communities where the Moratorium had not yet taken hold. MORE
All A-Twitter about organizing
A warning from the Federation of American Scientists that the social networking site Twitter could be used for nefarious purposes prompts the Recorder, campus newspaper at Central Connecticut State University, to ponder:An even more haunting idea is how Twitter could help the Iraq Moratorium organize itself into a more active, monthly demonstration. What would this country look like if the third Friday of every month, the 70 percent of people who oppose the war all supported the protesters, or wore peace-sign pins to work? MORE.
Iraq vets remind Obama of words on ending the war and occupation
Iraq Veterans Against the War, in a letter to the President elect:"Ending this war will be my first priority when I take office. There is no military solution in Iraq. Only Iraq's leaders can settle the grievances at the heart of Iraq's civil war."...
"Much has changed in our country since that speech, and the prevailing sentiment among Americans is that our faltering economy must now be your first priority... [W]e believe that our faltering economy cannot be corrected if we continue the costly occupation of Iraq – an immense financial cost which is simply unsustainable." Letter.
Moratorium
flourishes in
small progressive stronghold
Cornwall, CT set a new per capita turnout record for an Iraq Moratorium event in August, and an article in the local newspaper helps explain why it's such fertile ground; Cornwall may be the most progressive town in Connecticut. The story features a Moratorium organizer. MORE
Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice has produced a 2009 calendar featuring monthly photos of Iraq Moratorium actions across the state. Each month's photo is paired with an inspiring quote that helps us all understand why someone would brave the freeezing cold and broiling sun to make a personal - and public - stand for peace. MORE

Next Iraq
Moratorium: Nov. 21
United for Peace and Justice is urging meetings with members of Congress in their home offices between now and Jan. 3, when they are seated. Why not work on that on Friday as well?
If there's no Congressional office where you are, bring cell phones and contact numbers to your Moratorium event and place calls from there.
Do something. Keep the heat on. It has to stop, and we are
still the ones who have to stop it.
One more thing you can do to support the Iraq Moratorium. Our new store opens with 12 products displaying the Iraq Moratorium ribbon logo. Great gifts for progressives, activists, family and friends – or for yourself to wear on the Third Friday of the month.
Check it out.


"A
Force More Powerful"
can change the world
Need inspiration? A Force More Powerful, a three-hour documentary series, explores one of the 20th century's most important but least-understood stories - how nonviolent power has overcome oppression and authoritarian rule all over the world. Narrated by Ben Kingsley, and nominated for an Emmy, it premiered on PBS in September 2000. MORE
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