March 5 - National Moratorium to Stop the War on Iraq

The Next Phase of Conscience and Resistance To Stop the War before it Starts:
No School, No Work, No Business as Usual
Whoever you are.
Wherever you are.
What’s that line you haven’t crossed yet to show your determination to stop this war? The line may be different for everyone. But whatever it is, prepare to cross it on March 5, in large and small acts of courage, singly and together to stop the war on Iraq:
· You could close your business.
· Professors could cancel classes.
· Students could plan citywide high school walkouts and other campus actions, joining with student strikes being organized across the country.
· City councils and county boards that have passed resolutions against the war could mark the day with town hall meetings, teach-ins or other ways.
· Unions that have passed anti-war resolutions could call job actions.
· You could stand for peace at the nearest post office or government building.
· You could begin a campaign of bold letters to legislators, the president and his secretaries.
· You could establish “no war zones” with signs and banners at strategic intersections (as they are doing in Atlanta).
· You could hang banners from major overpasses (as they are doing in Chicago).
· You could bring your protest to a military facility, with acts of civil disobedience “supporting” the soldiers by attempting to stop the U.S. military machine from sending them off to war.
· Houses of worship could call for special services that day; could call their congregations to protest at military recruiting offices or elsewhere; could open their doors to conscientious objectors.
· You could engage in nonviolent direct action at appropriate locations.
· You could begin a dialogue on how to bring about a peaceful and just world.
· Afternoon or evening convergences could bring together everyone who’s acted earlier in the day to voice opposition in the streets and at community gatherings.