See photos from Feb 7th and 14th
We began our participation in the Occupation Project with a vigil in Senator Kohl’s Madison office Wednesday February 7. Senator Kohl refuses to take any kind of stand or do anything to end the war in Iraq. We have occupied his office many times over the last couple of years. Now, as part of the Occupation Project we plan to occupy his office weekly for the next couple of months.
Six adults and one 4 month-old baby (my grandson) were present in the reception area of Senator Kohl’s office and read names of Iraqi people, many many of them children, and US military people who have died in the war. We had three large posters. One said “Senator Kohl. Listen to the People. Stop the War Now.” One had pictures of Iraqis, showing the horrors and suffering of the war. One showed pictures of the 67 Wisconsin soldiers who have died in the war. When I updated the poster, I had to add seven pictures of Wisconsin soldiers who have died since November. As I printed their pictures and added them to the poster I thought about the terror they must have felt the last moments of their lives, dying so young and so far from home and loved ones.
February 14 - Ten of us met inside Senator Kohl’s Madison office for the second week in a row as part of the Occupation Project, demanding that he listen to the people and vote no on supplemental funding for the illegal and immoral war and occupation of Iraq. We brought Valentines to Senator Kohl asking him to “Be Ours” and vote no on funding the war. We also had a small casket as a reminder of the human suffering that the war is causing, as well as large posters. While there, we talked to his staff about our concerns. We read names of Iraqis and US military who have died in the war. We left peacefully at 5:15 when the office closed. Others involved in the Occupation around the country are being arrested for doing the same thing we are doing at Senator Kohl’s office. We will be talking about how to up the ante and try to do something more provocative.
We will be visiting Senator Kohl’s office on Feb. 21 and weekly after that to demand that he vote no on the supplemental funding for the war. We will increase the level of our actions, continuing to risk arrest, as we call for an end to the immoral and illegal occupation of Iraq.
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