[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Day-Long "Stop the War"
Retreat
Jason Reep
jasonr at speakeasy.net
Mon Dec 9 09:50:44 PST 2002
thunmbs up
Susan wrote:
> Subtitle: CREATIVE STRATEGIES, FROM THE GROUND UP
> Title: Washington Residents Amass for Day-Long "Stop the War" Retreat
>
> Over 1,300 Washington residents gathered at Garfield High School on
> Saturday to participate in "A Day of Commitment to Stop the War,"
> sponsored by the SNOW (Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War) Coalition.
> Musical performances in the first half of the day were punctuated by
> speakers addressing the local effects of war on immigrant, low-income,
> spiritual, and minority communities. Short 'reportbacks' highlighted a
> variety of actions taken against the war in recent months by local
> neighborhoods and organizations.
>
> <p>Later, participants broke out into 25+ geographical and special
> interest groups including Seattle neighborhoods, regional areas of
> Washington, youth, veterans, immigrant concern and artists. The small
> groups committed to plan and stage at least one local action or event
> within the coming week, and begin the process of organizing long-term,
> visible resistance in the coming months. Some of the actions being
> planned included getting "No War" signs posted in local businesses,
> the picketing of recruitment offices, neighborhood vigils,
> study-groups, banner-drops, door-to-door chats, potlucks, anti-war
> answering machine messages and peace caroling.
>
> <p>For the full story, and to add your own ideas for local actions, <a
> href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=20660&group=webcast">
> click here</a>.
>
> <a href="http://snowcoalition.org">SNOW Coalition organizing site</a>
> | <a href="http://www.notinourname-seattle.net/nion.html"> Not In Our
> Name-Seattle organizing site</a> | <a
> href="http://www.notinourname.net">Not in Our Name nationwide</a> | <a
> href="http://www.internationalanswer.org/">International A.N.S.W.E.R.</a>
>
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