Check out the articles with photos just posted on AfterDowningStreet about our weekly peace vigil, still going strong after 7 years - a model for reviving the movement in the era of Obama.
Here's the link to the articles. Honk and Rec!!!
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/49861Oh, and here's another page with a great photo:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/49768Maybe one of you with more DU images posting know-how than I have, can post the photo?)
Excerpts from the articles:
I think we’ve all come to the conclusion that this country has a strong foothold on having perpetual wars until the empire is destroyed or becomes too poor to spend the money for more wars. Personally, I think that Bin Laden ( or the concept of) has managed to destroy us from within.
So what is the good of us freezing our behinds off at the corner every Friday? I’ve questioned that many times and so just don’t show up as it seems superfluous. But then frustration at happening events gives me impetus, and there I am again.
--Carolyne Sorelli
So let us continue to stand on the corner, week in and week out, and bear witness to a country and a world where peace and justice are possible, not because we know we are making a difference, but precisely because we do not know.
--Ross Altman
So maybe the vigils deserve a closer look by those casting about in despair for the answer to the question: Where is the peace movement?
It’s right down the street, friend.
--Steve Fine