I started a Facebook group four weeks ago. Here’s the description:
On Tuesdays, each of us do something small to show our opposition to the occupation of Iraq.
Nothing big, just something visible and slightly out of the ordinary. Wear a black armband, or draw a peace sign on your hand, or call your congressperson, or shout STOP THE WAR or whatever you feel comfortable doing. Everybody else in this group will be doing something, too, so you're in solidarity with total strangers in faraway places who also oppose the war.
Every Tuesday afternoon, there'll be a discussion thread posted for members to share how we each participated.
It’s loosely based on Iraq Moratorium Day, except smaller scale, more often, and starting NOW. It's been thriving on Facebook, unusual for a group that actually asks something of its members (rare). The first week, there were 5 of us. We’ve since grown to over 70.
But I don't want to limit it to Facebook... please make the jump.
You made it! Sweet!
Here are some things people have done.
Chris, on Tuesday July 10th:
I sat down on the corner of Long Beach Road (one of the busiest roads in town) holding a sign that had "War" circled and crossed out in red. Not original, but I got a lot of looks from passers by, and cars stopped at lights.
Ali, Tuesday June 26th:
I had a peace sign on my hand for a while (until it washed off) and driving through Amherst I yelled, "End the war!" with electro blasting. Good times.
Me, Tuesday July 17th:
For my Antiwar Tuesday activity this week, I visited Congressman Duncan Hunter's office and read out a brief message... (full story and message can be viewed here)
Other actions include a lot of peace signs on hands and legs, people wearing black armbands and random yelling. I do a black armband every week and now try to add something else since I've gotten so used to wearing the armband. But that's part of the project's potential: it makes participants more and more ambitious as they get into the habit of resistance and feed off the energy of other participants. There's no way in hell I would have shown up at Duncan Hunter's office if I didn't feel some kind of energy behind me, something telling me it's time to do more. Solidarity is powerful.
I want to make the project bigger, so I'm bringing it to Daily Kos. Each Tuesday at 7ET/4PT, I'm going to post an Antiwar Tuesday participation thread. Please contribute. Do something, post your story, inspire more resistance.
Why not?