Two important changes in the Iraq Moratorium . After consulting with IM folks and other anti-war activists across the country. The Iraq Moratorium’s national steering committee has rewritten the campaign’s Statement of Commitment. (Read it, above left.)
In response to the govenment’s recent escalation, we have added the war in Afghanistan as part of our central mission. We want the troops home, not shifted to yet another occupation-without-end.
In response to requests from local groups around the country, we have expanded the Moratorium to encompass the Third Weekend of each month, not just the Third Friday . While the Iraq Moratorium ’s goal has always been to concentrate individual and local activities on a single day to maximize the impact, many people found Fridays too difficult a time to mobilize their family, friends and co-workers to take some action against the war. It is becoming clearer and clearer that locally-based, bottom-up, easy-to-participate-in organizing is what the current period calls for. That 's exactly what the all-volunteer Iraq Moratorium is working to build as we head for its 20th consecutive observance.
