Well, this is the first posting of our newly launched blog for the “The Raise Hell for Molly Ivins Campaign”. The campaign is focused on building a series of peaceful public protests of the Bush surge strategy and the war in Iraq. It is inspired by Molly Ivins‘ last column calling for people to, “Raise hell... hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge!"
Our goal for this blog is to share thoughts and ideas for creative strategies to end the war in Iraq. Here you will see blog posts from the people involved with the campaign as well as other peace activists and progressive bloggers. We are excited about the opportunity to add our voices to the larger chorus of people blogging to end the war!
Our campaign is organizing people in cities and towns throughout the country to demonstrate in a monthly nationwide remembrance of the March 19th 2003 anniversary date that started the Iraq War. We are gathering at local offices of congressional representatives and Senators on the 19th day of every month to bang pots and pans and peacefully demand that Congress act to end Bush’s policy of war without end.
We invite all Americans, peace groups and veterans groups to join us as we mobilize the voting public to tell Congress, as Molly said, "We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders.” We ask our fellow citizens to join us as we gather in front of Congressional district offices in towns across the USA on the 19th day of every month to bang pots and pans for peace!
We are strongly inspired by Molly Ivan’s life and work. We hope to continue her legacy by organizing to speak truth to power with wit and style. We are working on a variety of creative strategies to do this and bring attention to our campaigning.
- We have created a public website to coordinate this grassroots campaign
- We have Yahoo and Google Groups for people in cities and towns to organize local demonstrations
- We are producing a special video with the San Francisco Mime Troupe to promote the campaign.
- We are coordinating a “Ballad of Molly Ivins” songwriting contest to honor her legacy and spirit.
And now we have a blog!
Back in 1861, Wilbur Storey of the Chicago Times said, "IT IS A NEWSPAPER'S DUTY TO PRINT THE NEWS AND RAISE HELL." That’s exactly what we intend to do with the Molly Ivins Campaign blog.
-Brian Webster
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