By amending the war powers act to disallow war without Congress, to require annual reauthorization, and to make violations impeachable offenses and felonies. And not to further weaken it by giving Congress the role of consultants.
By instituting a fair draft in time of war.
By making war profiteering a major felony and banning the ownership of war companies by elected officials.
By passing Rep. Betty McCollum's ACORN Act (Against Corporations Organizing to Rip-Off the Nation).
By passing Rep. Jim McGovern's bill to require an exit strategy for Afghanistan.
By banning war propaganda (including a lot of recruitment ads and the Army Experience Center).
By requiring that family members of presidents and congress members who vote for wars participate.
By limiting to 25% the portion of the public budget that can go to the military and requiring a balanced budget. And by creating a separate line on income tax forms for military and war costs.
By requiring free comprehensive healthcare and education be provided to all military veterans.
By protesting at the White House on Monday, October 5th, along with http://www.nogoodwar.org
By working toward the vision Ben Manski presented today at http://www.whodecidesaboutwar.org of militias as opposed to standing armies, militias being volunteer forces that tend to resist foreign wars of aggression. By working toward the similar vision John Judge presented today of a democratic military without a judicial system separate from the civilian, with the freedom of soldiers to decline participation in wars, and with the right to unionize.
By developing, as discussed today at http://www.whodecidesaboutwar.org a legal structure for addressing impending acts of genocide around the world without permitting or facilitating wars of aggression.
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