- Hard work, the field must be plowed for the fruit to flourish
- Determination & persistence
- Cooperative spirit
- Principled work with others
- Imagination and creativity
- Change the language, don't get technical, put the issue on our terms
- Make connections with anti-globalization movement & show them we are fighting the same struggle
- Demand that Congress support cuts in "missile defense" program
- Put out a booklet like "Vision for 20/20" of our own
- Talk to people in international organizations about what is happening with corporations in their countries
- Put out a call to world leaders for international solidarity
- Support campaign finance reform
- Mobilize the grassroots. Local work is vital
- Read "Guns, Globalization, and Greed" by the War Resisters League
- Return to our principles of non-violence
- We should not be afraid, respect that there is something greater than us that is stronger than evil/destruction
- Go to as many public forums as possible and create a healthy tension
- Need to know where Star Wars research & development work is happening and go there for public protests. Create local debate.
- Tell our children that there are some jobs you cannot have
- Need to have a community of people that you can rely on
- Need to be willing to face arrest for standing against Star Wars
- Simplify your life
- Connect with all groups. We must work together. Listen to each other. We each have a piece of the puzzle. We need each other.
- Watch out for when politicians and some organizations begin to cut deals undermining the work of the grassroots
- Go home and organize delegations of ordinary people, every month, to visit politicians offices (do the same with the media)
- Read "The Education of Little Tree"
- Organize
October 13 local actions
in your community
- Keep having fun
- Respect the people who we are trying to organize
- Remember the moon and ask people if they want military bases there
- Get students and elders knowing each other and working together
- Talk more about how Star Wars will require cuts in social spending, education, and environmental clean-up
- Speak from your heart and represent the mother earth
- Be willing to do the most difficult things
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