Activism Across America

Tomorrow, there are 79 different Iraq Moratorium protests taking place. People who participate in the Iraq Moratorium take the third Friday of each month to break their routine and take some form of action to build pressure to end the American military occupation of Iraq.

This month, the Idaho Peace Coalition is joining in the Iraq Moratorium, with a protest at the corner of 6th and State streets in Boise. The protest will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. For more information, call Gwen at 433-9803.

You might think from the coverage of the unfolding Larry Craig debacle that Idaho is simply filled with angry right-wing white men who furtively meet in bathroom stalls. But Idaho is, and always has been, more complicated than that. New Yorkers might not believe it, but there is a community of progressive activists in Idaho who are engaged in important organizing and witnessing work. Take, for instance, the Idaho Peace Coalition, which has a full calendar of educational activities and protests for the months of August and September. This upcoming Sunday, as on every Sunday, members of the coalition will meet at the Anne Frank Memorial in Boise and walk along the Greenbelt in a persistent anti-war protest. That’s at 3 pm, folks. Will you add your body, your voice, your presence, your peaceful force?