Tired of grinding your teeth about the Iraq War, but not sure what else to do?
Participate in the Iraq War Moratorium!
Friday, Sept 21 is the United Nations International Day of Peace, and the start of the Iraq War Moratorium effort.
In 1981, the U.N. established the International Day of Peace as a day when military conflicts world-wide pause to allow humanitarian efforts (refugee evacuation, food delivery, medical aid) to proceed unimpeded. For 20 years, the U.N. would announce an international day of peace whenever the need arose, but in 2002, they assigned it a fixed date of September 21.
The Iraq War Moratorium is an effort to empower citizens to take action to end the Iraq war. The intent is get people to commit to taking action against the war at least once a month, on the third Friday of the month, starting on Sept 21 (the U.N. International Day of Peace). Taking action means doing something you would not ordinarily do to voice your opposition to the war: writing your congressperson, writing a letter to the editor, attending a peace march, even standing on a street corner holding an anti-war sign. The idea is that if enough Americans participate, a point will be reached where the “hundredth monkey” phenomenon will kick in and the tide of public opinion and policymaker recognition of it will be turned.
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