Moveon action against Iraq escalation

Tomorrow, February 1st—just days before the Senate votes on the escalation—we’re letting senators know where their constituents stand by flooding their offices with 1 million messages.

We need your help to make this Virtual March on Washington really big. Can you ask people who read your blog to sign up for a time to call their senator this Thursday? Here’s the sign-up link:

http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/?rc=iraq_moveon_bloggers

This nifty Virtual March link allows you to see what times others signed up for, so calls can be spread throughout the day. Also, you can opt to get a text message reminding you to call.

We’re not just calling Congress. All through the week, the Virtual March has been pushing forward on many fronts—building energy towards the big day:

* Blogs such as Daily Kos, MyDD, Firedoglake, and Digby have raised awareness and encouraged people to join the Virtual March.
* People can download an anti-escalation Instant Messenger icon, join an anti-escalation Facebook group, or sign up to help stop escalation in other tech-savvy ways by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/innovation.html
* Folks can use MoveOn’s one-of-a-kind call technology to contact MoveOn members in target states—whose senators most need persuading—and invite them to call their senator tomorrow. People can make calls by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/mem2mem.html
* MoveOn members are pledging to get our friends and family involved in the march.
* We’re organizing MoveOn members in Washington, D.C. to deliver close to 600,000 messages to the Senate opposing escalation in person on February 1.

Passing a bipartisan resolution opposing escalation will be the strongest stand Congress has taken on the war since it began—and it will give our leaders in Washington the support they need to take future actions to stop the war

Thursday is going to be a huge day of action all over the country. MoveOn members, along with members of True Majority, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, USAction, CampusProgress and many others are working together to make sure Congress gets the message: Americans not only oppose escalation, but are counting on Congress to block it. And if enough of us get involved, we can really win this vote.

Thursday is going to be a critical day in the fight to end the war. Can you join us by blogging about it? People can sign up for the Virtual March on Washington here:

http://pol.moveon.org/virtualmarch/?rc=iraq_moveon_bloggers

Thanks for all you do,

–Nita, Tom, Eli, Adam G., Daniel, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

PS—This links to the Virtual March page:

PPS—Here are what some bloggers have written about the Virtual March so far:

Daily Kos:
You have a perfect opportunity tomorrow to make your voice heard, to let Congress know directly that they need to be more assertive in challenging the Bush administration on Iraq. MoveOn is sponsoring a virtual march to end the war tomorrow. Follow that link and sign up for a time slot to call your Senators tomorrow.

Firedoglake:
If you haven’t seen this yet, please take a few minutes to sign up for the virtual march against escalation that MoveOn.org is doing. It only takes a few minutes—but adding your name to the list helps them deliver a stronger message to Congress that this is not what America wants.

Digby:
Go sign up. It is a great way to keep the pressure on.

MyDD:
There is more than one-way to march on Washington. MoveOn.org is sponsoring a virtual march on Washington on February 1st…This march will be made in the form of phone calls, emails and faxes, to send one million direct contacts to member of Congress to stop the escalation…everyone can take part in this march. If, for one day, no one in Congress received any other messages from constituents except a call to stop Bush’s escalation in Iraq, we can be louder and clearer than any mass rally. You can take part here. I will be signing up shortly myself.

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