Comments on: September 2007: Toward an Iraq Moratorium Day http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/ Just another troublemaker Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: katie http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-754 katie Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:30:47 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-754 we need a iraq moratorium day. i was a tenth grader on october 15,1969. i went to cody high in detroit, mi. our school participated in the nation wide event. it was probably one of the most memorable times in my life. we need a national show of peace. we need a iraq moratorium day. i was a tenth grader on october 15,1969. i went to cody high in detroit, mi. our school participated in the nation wide event. it was probably one of the most memorable times in my life. we need a national show of peace.

]]> By: The Agitator http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-123 The Agitator Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:48:54 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-123 [...] Iraq Moratorium Day. If any of my handful of readers have wondered why this blog had fallen silent, it’s because I found myself working with a diverse group of grassroots antiwar activists to lay the groundwork for just that. [...] [...] Iraq Moratorium Day. If any of my handful of readers have wondered why this blog had fallen silent, it’s because I found myself working with a diverse group of grassroots antiwar activists to lay the groundwork for just that. [...]

]]> By: rjones2818 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-104 rjones2818 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:26:31 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-104 Agitator, Start a list and I'll join. My guess is it'd be a good idea to contact Dennis! It's one way to keep pressure on the leadership and membership of Congress! Agitator,

Start a list and I’ll join. My guess is it’d be a good idea to contact Dennis! It’s one way to keep pressure on the leadership and membership of Congress!

]]> By: theagitator http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-81 theagitator Sat, 26 May 2007 00:52:25 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-81 Hey Jimmy I was hoping you'd be by and could weigh in on the labor question. I know just enough about union work to know that I shouldn't venture any assessment. Thanks for the input on that, your approach sounds very feasible. I'll definitely be looking forward to the Moratorium site. OPOL (One Pissed Off Liberal) over at dkos posted on moratorium yesterday asking people interested in working on it to email him. His addy is in his profile over there, you might want drop him a note on the forthcoming site. Hey Jimmy

I was hoping you’d be by and could weigh in on the labor question. I know just enough about union work to know that I shouldn’t venture any assessment. Thanks for the input on that, your approach sounds very feasible.

I’ll definitely be looking forward to the Moratorium site. OPOL (One Pissed Off Liberal) over at dkos posted on moratorium yesterday asking people interested in working on it to email him. His addy is in his profile over there, you might want drop him a note on the forthcoming site.

]]> By: Jimmy Higgins http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-80 Jimmy Higgins Fri, 25 May 2007 15:29:46 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-80 Hey, Aggie (pronounced, of course Adjy), thanks for keeping this on the front burner. I agree that the Dems' total cave-in on funding creates favorable conditions for pushing the Moratorium. I just mentioned this under your comment over at Fire on the Mountain. As for labor, speaking as a union member since 19 ought and 68, we should be careful to scale things at a sustainable level, especially for the first Moratorium Day or two. My idea is to get cores of folks in larger workplaces to leaflet a little before to explain the whole thing and then distribute, on the day, black ribbons or armbands as people go to punch in. A few of us did this around another, and considerably more controversial issue, at my shop, which had maybe 5,000 workers on three shifts, seven days. We got out--I gotta check--I don't remember if it was 500 or 1000 ribbons in two shifts and every place you looked after that for at least a week, you'd see somebody wearing one. When the Iraq Moratorium website goes up--within a week I hope--there'll be a blog-type feature where folks can discuss and debate various tactics and approaches. Hey, Aggie (pronounced, of course Adjy), thanks for keeping this on the front burner. I agree that the Dems’ total cave-in on funding creates favorable conditions for pushing the Moratorium. I just mentioned this under your comment over at Fire on the Mountain.

As for labor, speaking as a union member since 19 ought and 68, we should be careful to scale things at a sustainable level, especially for the first Moratorium Day or two. My idea is to get cores of folks in larger workplaces to leaflet a little before to explain the whole thing and then distribute, on the day, black ribbons or armbands as people go to punch in. A few of us did this around another, and considerably more controversial issue, at my shop, which had maybe 5,000 workers on three shifts, seven days. We got out–I gotta check–I don’t remember if it was 500 or 1000 ribbons in two shifts and every place you looked after that for at least a week, you’d see somebody wearing one.

When the Iraq Moratorium website goes up–within a week I hope–there’ll be a blog-type feature where folks can discuss and debate various tactics and approaches.

]]> By: theagitator http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-79 theagitator Fri, 25 May 2007 05:07:41 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-79 Hi Kerry! thanks for coming by and for the idea! I suspect that for the general public, organizing anything on Labor Day weekend is a losing proposition. The unions themselves, well, that's a good question that I don't feel I have a good enough handle on to answer. I also have a poor idea of where the internationals, who would have to be the ones organizing a Labor march on DC, come down on the war. My gut sense is that most of the internationals have a theoretical antiwar position but that they don't see it as a priority for an embattled union movement. I could be completely off the mark there though, in several different directions. Speaking more generally about labor and an M-day. Union support, if only from the more radical locals and internationals, could be a huge part of an effective M-Day. Large-scale sickouts and things like 1-hour "warning strike" walkouts are very much in my mind of part of what an ideal M-Day would include. Hi Kerry!
thanks for coming by and for the idea! I suspect that for the general public, organizing anything on Labor Day weekend is a losing proposition. The unions themselves, well, that’s a good question that I don’t feel I have a good enough handle on to answer. I also have a poor idea of where the internationals, who would have to be the ones organizing a Labor march on DC, come down on the war. My gut sense is that most of the internationals have a theoretical antiwar position but that they don’t see it as a priority for an embattled union movement. I could be completely off the mark there though, in several different directions.
Speaking more generally about labor and an M-day. Union support, if only from the more radical locals and internationals, could be a huge part of an effective M-Day. Large-scale sickouts and things like 1-hour “warning strike” walkouts are very much in my mind of part of what an ideal M-Day would include.

]]> By: Kerry http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-78 Kerry Fri, 25 May 2007 04:36:34 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-78 What about a labor day weekend march on Washington along with protests around the country. Give them something to come back to. What about a labor day weekend march on Washington along with protests around the country. Give them something to come back to.

]]> By: theagitator http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-62 theagitator Thu, 17 May 2007 02:09:50 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-62 Hi Jimmy! Hey that's really good to hear, thanks for passing the word. The range of folks you describe as discussing it is the outlines of the broad fron that would be necessary to make it happen. (And right on to the Labor people getting out front!) Thanks for stopping by my new house here. Decided it was time to try doing one of these things, sow a few electrons. I needed a place to do actual Left things like the MayDay project. (I learned so much doing the research for that, the G8 in Heiligendamm this June is going to be a humdinger.) BTW, I've lurked for 8-10 months over at burningman, is there any word what's up? Hi Jimmy!

Hey that’s really good to hear, thanks for passing the word. The range of folks you describe as discussing it is the outlines of the broad fron that would be necessary to make it happen. (And right on to the Labor people getting out front!)

Thanks for stopping by my new house here. Decided it was time to try doing one of these things, sow a few electrons. I needed a place to do actual Left things like the MayDay project. (I learned so much doing the research for that, the G8 in Heiligendamm this June is going to be a humdinger.)

BTW, I’ve lurked for 8-10 months over at burningman, is there any word what’s up?

]]> By: Jimmy Higgins http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-61 Jimmy Higgins Wed, 16 May 2007 18:04:52 +0000 http://theagitator.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/september-2007-toward-an-iraq-moratorium-day/#comment-61 Great minds are evidently thinking alike. I've been blogging this for some time at <a>Fire on the Mountain</a> and tracking developments through the grapevine. I know folks in the new SDS have been discussing it. US Labor Against the War decided to endorse a Moratorium proposal and it's on the agenda for the United for Peace and Justice convention at the end of June. I rather expect someone to stage a noisy rollout or at least issue a formal call within the next two weeks. Great minds are evidently thinking alike. I’ve been blogging this for some time at Fire on the Mountain and tracking developments through the grapevine. I know folks in the new SDS have been discussing it. US Labor Against the War decided to endorse a Moratorium proposal and it’s on the agenda for the United for Peace and Justice convention at the end of June.

I rather expect someone to stage a noisy rollout or at least issue a formal call within the next two weeks.

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