[Seattle-editorial] FEATURE PROPOSAL: Anti-War Activism

[Lance Larkin]

Good work. Lots of links. Two thumbs up.

Lance

--- Susan <susan at gleason.net> wrote:
> Subtitle:  WASHINGTON: ACTIVISTS SAY NO TO IRAQ WAR
> Title:  Citizens Against the War Embracing a Variety
> of Activist Strategies
> 
> Twelve anti-war activists were <a 
>
href=http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18117&group=webcast>arrested
> 
> Tuesday in Seattle for staging sit-ins at Senators
> Cantwell and Murray's 
> offices and demanding public statements in
> opposition to the war.  Ranging 
> in age from 31 to 64, and representing diverse
> backgrounds and interests, 
> the activists urged their senators to issue an
> unambiguous public statement 
> of opposition to the war resolution currently being
> considered in both 
> houses of Congress.
> 
> Sit-ins were also reported in Minnesota, where <a 
> href=http://twincities.indymedia.org/>activists
> stayed overnight</a> in the 
> offices of Senators Paul Wellstone (D) and Mark
> Dayton (D). In both states, 
> anti-war citizens have been frustrated with their <a
> href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18026&group=webcast>
> 
> representatives' hesitancy</a> to make a strong
> oppositional statement.
> 
> Mass resistance actions are being organized around
> the country and the 
> world, including a <a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18098&group=webcast>mass
> 
> action event</a> in Seattle, October 6, through the
> coordination of the Not 
> in Our Name coalition.  There are a variety of <a
> href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18113&group=webcast
>  >calls to action</a> to suit any citizen's comfort
> level from civil 
> disobediance to armchair activism.  Online portals
> allow for quick, but 
> effective, <a 
>
href=http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18106&group=webcast>letter-writing</a>
> 
> and <a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18101&group=webcast
> >faxi 
> ng</a>.
> 
> The Seattle Times reported that <a href= 
>
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=iraqcong25m0&date=20020925&query=constituents>5000
> 
> calls were made</a> to Cantwell's office in the past
> week, and that of 
> those only 50 were in support of the war.  Popular
> sentiment against the 
> war is also expressed by the statewide (<a href= 
>
http://www.seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17416&group=webcast
> > 
> Washington State Labor Council</a>) and national
> organizations (<a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18121&group=webcast
> >Gree 
> n Party of the U.S.</a>) that are issuing strong
> statements of opposition.
> 
> As for opportunities to make sense of the crisis
> situation, some are 
> reflecting on <a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18123&group=webcast>historical
> 
> parallels</a>, others are questioning the <a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18103&group=webcast
> > 
> coincidental timing</a> with November Congressional
> elections, while still 
> others are looking forward to the insights of former
> U.N. weapons 
> inspector, Scott Ritter, who'll be <a href= 
>
http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18115&group=webcast
> >spea 
> king in Seattle October 5th <a/>.
> 
> <a href=http://twincities.indymedia.org>Twin Cities
> IMC</a> | <a 
> href=http://www.indymedia.org>Global Indymedia</a> |
> <a 
>
href=http://seattle.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=18112&group=webcast>Barbara
> 
> Lee's Congressional Resolution 473</a>
> 
> 
> 


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