The Third Friday and weekend of April are upon us. If you haven't yet decided how you will break your daily routine and take action to end these unjust and unjustifiable wars, here are three suggestions:
1. Call your Senators and Cogressperson and tell them to vote NO! on the upcoming $34 billion supplemental appropriation to keep the war in Afghanistan. Congress already voted the administration a military budget of $708 billion dollars in January, and already the administration is comng back to the well! At a time of grave ecoonomic hardship for states and municipalities and, most of all, for ordinary Americans, this is a criminal misuse of the taxes you just finished paying.
Calling your elected officials is easier than you might think. Even if you don't recall their names, just call the Congressional Hotline at 202-224-3121 . They will put you through to one of your Senators, then the other, and finally in most cases, using your zipcode, to your Representative. If an official's office line is busy, you will probably be given a chance to record a message. If you get a live response, ask to speak to a staffer working on foreign policy. Be polite, but be firm. Enough is enough!
2. Wear, all day, an anti-war button or a black armband to honor the dead in these never-ending wars. When people ask you about it, tell them why.
3. Talk to friends, family, co-workers about the wars. Email them a link to this site or send them other information on the human and financial cost of the wars.
Thee, if you can spare another moment, tell us what you did, via email.
