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Virtual March on Washington

  
 
grant
17:08 / 18.02.03
Here, just got this forwarded to me:

Obviously, if you disagree you can disregard, but if not,
please join me in registering for a Virtual March on Washington
on February 26th. We are asking Congress to stop the Bush
administration's rush to war, and to Let the Inspections Work.
Time is running out.

With your help, on February 26th, every Senate office will receive
a call EVERY MINUTE from a constituent, as they receive a
simulataneous crush of faxes and email. In New York and Los Angeles,
"anti-war rooms" will highlight the progress of the day for national
media. Local media will visit the "anti-war room" online, to monitor
this constituent march throughout the day.

With your help, every Senate office switchboard will be lit up all
day with our anti-war messages. This will be a powerful reminder
of the bread and depth of opposition to a war in Iraq.

Just go to:

http://www.moveon.org/winwithoutwar/

Please join me and sign up today. This has never been done
before. Let's be part of it.


It's an interesting idea - sending a call to each Senator every minute.

Sort of a long-distance sit-in.

Interests me particularly because I'm not really near a major city - no big marches in South Florida.

Think it'll work? Wanna try?
 
 
Baz Auckland
18:36 / 25.02.03
*bump*


http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15242

At 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, the telephones, faxes and email in-boxes of every Senator in Washington D.C. will start ringing, printing and beeping with messages from around the country in support of peace. The "Virtual March," organized by MoveOn.org and Win Without War, hopes to demonstrate to members of Congress the staggering levels of grassroots support for the inspections process.

While the march will target the White House as well as the Senate, the organizers are more optimistic about pressuring Capitol Hill. Peter Schurman, executive director of MoveOn.org, calls the virtual march their "best attempt to put pressure on everybody," but especially to encourage the constituents of pro-war Senators to pressure them to change their minds or risk losing their office. He says, "The power to declare war rests solely in the hands of Congress. We're trying to give them the courage to stand up and do something."
 
  
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