Local Gatherings: PEACE IN OUR TIME

There are major signs of real change and discouraging signs of the same old militarism emerging from the Obama transition team. After Downing Street is tracking this news online here.

United for Peace and Justice and other peace and justice groups will soon be urging local groups and coalitions and newly-forming collections of citizens to schedule meetings between now and January to meet at length with our newly-elected or re-elected U.S. representatives and senators.

Not only do we need to communicate the public demand to FULLY end the occupation of Iraq AND the occupation of Afghanistan, but there is an opening right now for us to advocate a shift of resources from killing to living.

Find out what your representative wants to fund, build a coalition with labor, environmental, and other domestic groups, and talk about how much money is going into wars and wasteful militarism. Ask your senators to insist that Bush not negotiate a treaty in Iraq without the constitutionally-required approval of the U.S. Senate. Watch for details on this and other actions at online here.