30 July 2007
With little help from Congress to force an end to the war in Iraq, anti-war activists are mobilizing to work at the grass roots level. The push is coming from the bottom up. Activists are gathering in Washington to show the hundreds of small-scale, anti-war resolutions passed by cities, towns and other municipalities. Local measures have no tangible impact on the war, but they do register public frustration and create a grass-roots message. Democracy in America works best at the local level.
More than 300 cities, towns, states and mayors have made public statements against the war since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. This information is from a tally by the Cities for Peace project. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed a statement of opposition and city councils in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Santa Fe, N.M., have recently passed resolutions calling for an end to the conflict. More resolutions are before city councils in Dayton, Ohio; and Fort Collins, Colo. As soon as a resolution passed in one place, cities in other places are joining and it’s spreading like wildfire.
On Tuesday, local officials from Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin, Washington State and other places will march to the White House to deliver their anti-war resolutions to President Bush. This is Democracy in action!
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