Follow the lead of patriots for peace like Tomas, and turn your opinions into action to end the war and bring our troops home now!
1. Support GI Resistance
If you are an active duty service member, a veteran, or considering the military this is the time to take a stand. The most important force for ending this war is the troops who understand first hand the horrors of it. And those, like Tomas, who have stepped up to oppose this war deserve our support.
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Courage to Resist
2. Demand the Best for Our Vets
Veterans services and care for injured vets has suffered the same fate as education, healthcare, and all other social services; slashed to pay for the war. This war may be illegal and immoral, but our vets deserve the best possible care.
Iraq Veterans Against The War, Vet Resources
VA Watchdog
3. Twist the Arm of Congress
We must continue to demand an end to war funding. The only new funding for the war must be for the safe and immediate withdrawal of our troops. Call, visit or send a message to your Congressional Representative and Senators.
United for Peace and Justice
DEFUND The War and REFUND Human Needs
4. Stop the Military from Preying on Our Kids
The military is dependent on a steady stream of young men and women who believe they have no other options but to enlist. Work to get Military Recruiters out of our schools.
Not Your Soldier
Leave My Child Alone
Military Out of Our Schools
Campus Antiwar Network
5. Take to The Streets
Join the millions who have marched, rallied, and engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience to show Washington that People Power cannot be ignored. Get involved in grassroots action to bring the war to an end.
Code Pink
United for Peace and Justice
Declaration of Peace
Campus Antiwar Network
6. Take it to Your City Hall
While we don't know when inaction in Washington will end, we can mount pressure from the bottom-up by getting our local governments (cities, towns, even states) to pass resolutions calling on Bush and Congress to bring the troops home now.
Cities for Peace
7. Go on Record Against The War
Add your voice and name to the millions who have signed pledges and declarations expressing their active opposition to this war. There are many organized efforts, find the one that speaks to you.
The Voters Peace Pledge
Not in Our Name
Code Pink Pledge to Action
The Declaration of Peace
US Labor Against The War
8. Stop War Profiteers
Many of America's biggest corporations, from Chevron to Halliburton to Blackwater, have billions of dollars at stake in the continued war and occupation in Iraq. They are literally making a killing.
Track and Take Action Against War Profiteers
9. Stop the Next War Now
As the Bush Administration sets the stage for another war, we must not sit by and watch. The best way to stop a war is to prevent it.
Peace Action Petition Against War with Iran
Moveon.org Petition Against War with Iran
10. Connect the Dots
Oil dependence is at the heart of both catastrophic climate change and our current conflict. Iraq, Katrina, Global Warming… it's all connected.
No War, No Warming
Environmentalists Against The War
Oil Change International
11. Shut Down Secret Prisons; End Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
One of the most terrifying realities of the so-called "War on Terror" is the wholesale disregard for US law, International Law and International Conventions on human rights, tortures and the rights of prisoners.
Denounce Torture: Stop it Now!
12. Pull the Plug on The War
They can wage war without our approval, but they can't do it without our money. Join the thousands of Americans who participate in the century-old tradition of refusing to pay for war through War Tax Resistance.
War Resisters League
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
The Movement against the Iraq War is massive and growing. The following are just a few of the organizations taking action to bring the troops home now.
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Military Families Speak Out
Gold Star Families for Peace
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Veterans for Peace
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
GI Rights Hotline
Not Your Soldier
National Network Opposing Militarization of Youth
Military Free Zone
Campus Antiwar Network
Leave My Child Alone
War Resisters League
Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft
Courage to Resist
American Friends Service Committee Iraq Campaign
United for Peace and Justice
Not in Our Name
Code Pink For Peace
Cities for Peace
Student Peace Action Network
US Labor Against the War
Environmentalists Against The War
Declaration of Peace
Antiwar.com
National Priorities Project