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1.
KEEP AN EYE ON WWW.WAND.ORG!
If you're not already a member, please support us in
the work we're doing to promote peace! Join on our website.
We can't do the work we do in the field and on Capitol
Hill without you! We'll be updating our website regularly
to keep you informed about the best actions to take
to promote peace.
2.
Rep. RUSH HOLT LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) has written a letter to President
Bush asking for his commitment to REFRAIN FROM THE
USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS in the war on Iraq. Call
your member of Congress and urge him or her to sign
on to this hugely important letter! For contact info:
www.house.gov.
3.
ATTEND OR ORGANIZE A "DAY AFTER" VIGIL.
Check out www.unitedforpeace.org
to see what's been organized in your area. If you organize
on your own, please be sure to post your plans on the
UFPJ website. It is crucial that everyone know that
options for assembly are available once war begins.
4.
PLACE A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW FOR PEACE.
Win Without War is asking everyone to continue to show
the spirit of peace by placing a light or candle in
your window. Keep hope alive. Check out the WWW website
at www.winwithoutwarus.org.
5.
ORGANIZE FOR 2004!
Work in your community to support progressive congressional
and presidential candidates. Ask tough questions of
the candidates. It's never too early to organize!
6.
GET YOUR NEWS FROM ALTERNATIVE NEWS SOURCES.
Check out antiwar.com,
commondreams.org,
alternet.org,
salon.com, wand.org,
fcnl.org, indymedia.org,
globalexchange.org
and many, many others. Now is not the time to rely on
corporate-owned media to get the real news. And, while
you're at it, contact ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX, and CBS to
demand REAL coverage of the war, not just the Pentagon-approved
versions. Check out Contact info is listed below:
ABC World News Tonight
Phone: 212-456-4040
PeterJennings@abcnews.com
CBS Evening News
Phone: 212-975-3691
evening@cbsnews.com
NBC Nightly News
Phone: 212-664-4971
nightly@nbc.com
MSNBC
Phone: 201-583-5000
Fax: 201-583-5453
Email: world@msnbc.com
PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Phone: 703-998-2150
newshour@pbs.org
FOX News
Phone: 888-369-4762
comments@foxnews.com
CNN News
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
cnn@cnn.com
7.
ORGANIZE LETTER WRITING GROUPS IN YOUR AREA.
WAND calls these the Circle of Scribes. Three to five
people rotating to produce a letter-to-the-editor per
day could ensure that alternative views on war be seen
consistently in newspapers across the country. And,
when letters are published, lawmakers see them as well.
Consider organizing a Circle in your chapter or in your
community. Collect letters as they're published, and
please fax them to WAND at 404 524 7593!!! (Be sure
to include name of publication and date it was published.)
8.
WEAR A BLACK AND YELLOW ARM BAND.
Students across the country are wearing black arm bands
to denote mourning. Add a yellow stripe to indicate
your concern that American troops arrive home safely,
while still showing that you mourn ALL loss of life
in this war.
9.
WEAR A BLUE RIBBON FOR PEACE.
Check out WAND's website for details. Wear a light blue
ribbon for the UN and for peace.
Other
actions and events:
www.unitedforpeace.org.
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