Black Armbands - May 1st
Not much to say here now. I'll get more together later.
Join if you're interested in promoting this event a bit. It we'll mostly be emailing people I assume, though if you have some skills creating flyers that could be helpful also.
Peace,
Jerome
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) Formally Calls for Impeachment Hearings
It's a great speech. After the jump, excerpts from an op-ed he co-published last month with two other members of the House Judiciary Committee, Reps Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI).
Congressional District Strikes
(note: there are no new ideas here, just a bunch of old ones
I ripped off, combined and applied to the current situation)
The Need for Resistance
It has become clear to me that simple protest and other purely expressive activity is not enough to beneficially alter the course of this country. Hundreds of thousands marched in the streets prior to the invasion of Iraq, yet the war occurred anyway. Since then, a number of major protests have occurred in DC and in other cities, but the war continues despite these efforts.
The events of September 15th and the coverage thereof have convinced me that even hundreds of thousands of people marching in the street are just an easily ignored nuisance to those who control this country.
Update on Black Armbands - May 1st
On Sunday I participated in a national conference call with members of the Campus Anti-War Network (CAN). I pitched the idea of wearing black armbands on May 1st to the group and the proposal was passed. They have since posted the action with the minutes from the meeting.
Hopefully this can generate some more momentum. I know my campus will be handing out armbands next week, as will UVM I believe, so Burlington, VT is pretty well covered.
If anyone has any anti-war contacts, feel free to pitch the idea to them. Maybe we could start contacting more groups directly, both national entities and campus groups. Anyone connected with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)?
re: black armbands
I took some initiative and I'm going to be on the Campus Antiwar Network's conference call this Sunday night so I can bring up the idea to antiwar activists at a bunch of universities. Maybe they can help? I also talked to the antiwar group here and they were pretty supportive, although the May 1st event planning meeting I went to was a bust (all they did at that meeting was set a date for another meeting...and that took an hour and a half...and I'm not going back).