Statement of Purpose
This blogswarm will promote blog postings opposing the war in Iraq and calling for a full withdrawal of foreign occupying forces in Iraq. Five years of an illegal and catastrophic war is five years too many. On the March 19 anniversary of the conquest of Iraq by the Bush Administration, there needs to be a loud volume of voices countering the pro-war propaganda from far too many politicians and corporate media outlets.
Trying to Decide What to Write?
You are encouraged to write against the war from a variety of perspectives. The war is a huge problem, and that makes it an enormous subject for blogging. Here are some things you might want to consider if you are having difficulty making up your mind:
- Attend an anti-war event and report on it.
- Interview military families and veterans.
- NEW IDEA: Blog reactions to Pacifica's Live Radio Coverage of the Winter Soldier testimony by Iraq Vets would be of great interest. Coverage from the event in Washington, DC would be great too. This event deserves all the coverage it can possibly get.
- Examine current plans and the rather shadowy oil laws as well as long term military bases.
- Compare and contrast candidates stated intentions on what they claim they will do with their records.
- Publicize online action alerts by pro-peace organizations.
- Discuss the economic impacts of the war on people in Iraq and/or western countries.
- Discuss the casualties on both sides.
- Explore issues and impacts often ignored by most media outlets.
- Analyze war propaganda.
How to Participate:
1) Post a comment here- Bring the Noise! Bring the Swarm! with your blog's title and URL. (A Blogger ID may not be enough for us to figure out who you are.) There are regularly updated listings of all participating blogs.
2) Optional: Save one of the blogswarm graphics to your system and upload it to your blog, linking to:
http://march19-blogswarm.blogspot.com/
Here are some graphics for this purpose.
3) Be sure to follow up on your commitment to write a posting on March 19 against the war.
4) Spread the word among other people who want to end this nutty war.
nb. The comment thread for this post is now closed. To leave your details comment here- Bring the Noise! Bring the Swarm!
Thanks.
259 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 259 of 259I'm one of the MOMocrats writers and I'll be blogging this at my personal blog P i l l o w b o o k as well as at MOMocrats.
Peace,
Cynematic
I am still in - and happily so - but am learning how to post! so here is another go...see you on the 19th!
Here's my blog:
headspa
I'll post it on my Notes from underground blog at
http://methodius.blogspot.com
and promote it on my Khanya blog.
If you could, please remove All Things Democrat from the list. Last week saw the conclusion of that blog until further notice. Thank You.
I'm in
Cobus van Wyngaard blogging at mycontemplations.wordpress.com
Scarlet P. Freewayblogger Here:
http://freewayblogger.blogspot.com
I'll be putting large signs on freeways for the event, pix on the blog.
I'd be glad to write something on the the 19th! I'm at:
http://koboldorum.blogspot.com
We're in....going to go get a button now.
I've been listing to Winder Soldier 2008 all weekend, gearing up my determination for speaking up for peace. Please count me in!
100 Voices (http://100voices.wordpress.com)
Hello from Germany!
My blog :
http://schau-hin.blog.de
Hello,
I have added your graphic to my blog here and will be participating on the 19th! Stop War NOW!
I want to participate too.
http://tippytoesandtantrums.typepad.com/
Tippytoes and Tantrums
2 of my blogs are participating (with two different authors)
1. justiceandcompassion.com
And
2. oxymoronredundancyparadoxtrap.blogspot.com
Twist my arm. I'm in. (This looks like it's going to be the biggest blogswarm I've taken part in. Good work!)
Happy Jihad's House of Pancakes
http://hjhop.blogspot.com
HJ
Please count me.
I am a german blogger and I will partizipate in this good action.
http://nemetico.myblog.de
Proud to be posting on March 19!
bonggamom,
www.bonggamom.blogspot.com
Go to our REAL LIBERAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH blog at http://www.realliberalchristianchurch.org/wordpress/ and do a source code. Copy and paste from <!-- copy/paste --> to <!--/copy/paste -->, and paste it here in this blog. For all others, we put a select-textbox in the main body on every page of our site. You can't miss it if you scroll down. Just click the select button and do a Crtl-c (hold them down at the same time). Then paste the code into your blog. You may have to tinker with the code if the long links break your theme. I did. The code in the box is identical to what you see on this blog. Of course, your css may impact upon it. Hope this helps!
Please count me in
Paul Martin
URL is
http://turbulentcleric.blogspot.com
I'll post on Wednesday.
Question That
Count us in
http://stanneprayforus.blogspot.com/
Excellent - I'm most definitely in. Jan and I were only saying to each other last night that this was getting to be an action reply of Viet Nam. Lord, have mercy...
http://themercyblog.blogspot.com/
I will participate in this blogswarm because this war is madness. It is illegal, morally wrong and causing excruciating suffering and totally unnecessary deaths.
Many thanks to the organizers of this blogswarm for putting this together.
My blog is mightywatersoflife.blogspot.com/
Five years huh? unbelievable, shocking, terrifying, scary and evil (all the verbs Bush used to describe his so called imaginary terrorists). The only cloud with the silver lining is that more and more people are waking up to the so called politicians in the states who have proved themselves beyond any doubt theat they are the real terrorists. God help us!
I plan on writing as well.
Robyn
Who's the Boss?
http://www.whosthebossblog.com
Ich nehme am Blogswarm am 19.3. 2008 gegen den Irakkrieg teil.
http://opablog.twoday.net/stories/4793003/
Count me in. My blog is "Wounded Bird". My url is:
http://thewoundedbird.blogspot.com
Granny Geek is in!
www.grannygeek.us
Irak: die westliche Demokratie tötet zuerst die Kinder
URL: http://dassystem.blogspot.com/
I have already created an anti-war post with a link to this site that will go up on my photo blog on March 19th.
I just posted a comment to sign up but neglected to include the link to my blog in the text of the comment, here it is: http://anthro.aminus3.com
Naj
Neoresistance
http://iranfacts.blogspot.com
http://stopsecondholocaust.blogspot.com
Stop the Second Holocaust
Please add my blog: On The Road to 2008
Also, people need to go to http://www.responsibleplan.com/ and read the newly announced plan there and write about it!
Currently running a series of the lies running up to the invasion with a rebutal planned for Wednesday.
The Left Shue
Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue
The Moline Democratic Maverick blog will be participating also.
http://molinedemocraticmaverick.blogspot.com/
Jing-reed from Thailand will be joining in the recognition of this illegal and senseless war.
Button and commentary ready for the 19th.
http://jingreed.typepad.com
Add me to the list.w
If a presidential candidate stands a chance with a promise of a hundred year war, there is indeed something very sick in society!
blog:
al Qaeda in Albuquerque
url:
http://alqaedanabq.blogspot.com
internetjoe
http://www.squidoo.com/iraqwardead
Squidoo Blogswarm Page
http://www.squidoo.com/deadbabies
Many links to Iraq War Dead info
http://stor-e-tella.blogspot.com
Me
I'm in.
Donkey Punch:
http://t4toby.wordpress.com
Arriving late but enthusiastic. An image is up and I'll be participating. Thanks for the opportunity. John Gabree / Impractical Proposals
http://ImpracticalProposals.blogspot.com
Count us in at http://stolenskies.net/blog/
I'll be posting about Iraq as a mass sacrifice, with commentary by Olbermann and others.
Only through the rigorous spreading of knowledge can we disperse the ruling elite and neutralize fear.
I have posted on my blog
http://fourdogmom.blogspot.com
Adding myself now
Erin Kotecki Vest
http://queenofspainblog.com
http://huffingtonpost.com
http://momocrats.typepad.com
Dean is in.
www.stifledmind.blogspot.com
randy.fenstermacher
i work in the Harvard libraries. i'm the guy by the door. i blog about the war:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/fensterm/
My post is up at Happy Jihad's House of Pancakes. Despite the URL, the title of the post is "Well worth the effort."
http://hjhop.blogspot.com/2008/03/well-worth-cost.html
HJ
OK,I'm really late with the reply on this, but I'll definitely have material up on these sites:
appletree
Liberal Avenger
So glad to be a part.
I am posting at LeftInAlabama.
www.LeftInAlabama.com
I am a member of Amnesty International and a member of the social democratic party Japan.
All war aims at killing the people.
War is the foolishest in the human behavior.
I am convinced only devil makes all wars and they have no justice!
I made a post today, 3/19/08 to participate in the Blogswarm:
http://blazingindiscretions.blogspot.com/2008/03/for-blogswarm-winter-soldier-testimony.html
Count me in.
I believe this will go well.
Count me in!
http://joshingpolitics.blogspot.com
My blog is Remain Calm, satp.blogspot.com, and I will be posting about what I saw in CNN this morning, Kyra Phillips looking like she was dressed in Vietnam era basic army uniform, when asked about electricity and other basic services, said the biggest problem is Iran.
http://articleofaith.blogspot.com/2008/03/doofus-no-regrets.html
Article of Faith has been proudly anti-war for 3 years now, and its author since 2002.
I posted in my blog
Life On The Run
wmwaJust added my post and a graphic.
www.notinfrontofthechildren.blogspot.com.
i forgot about this blogswarm and posted on this today anyway - thank you for the reminder.
the definition of insanity
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