Madame DeFarge knitted her way through the French Revolution. At least her knitting had a political purpose. I, on the other hand, am spending this weekend selling my crocheted “accessories for heads and shoulders” at a craft fair. As I sit there in my booth under a tent in the rain, crocheting, I can’t help thinking that I should be doing something more political than crocheting. But what can I do? What can I do? Unlike Madame DeFarge, I’m not a player with a capital “P.” And this is not a revolution. Yet.

OK. So Congress passed the resolution empowering King George to wage war. Now what do we do?
One thing we can do if we live near (or can get to) Washington D.C. or San Francisco on October 26th is to join the marches being organized by International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), a broad coalition of peace groups, religious organizations, student groups, anti-globalization, and anti-racism groups. ANSWER was formed to oppose war, support global justice and self-determination, stop racist attacks on Arabs, Muslims, South Asians and all people of color, and defend civil rights and civil liberties.
Detailed information about ANSWER and the marches is here.