Urge city councils to close down military facilities and convert them to peaceful uses.
Urge the public schools to create courses on non-violence to curb crime domestically as well as aggression against foreign states.
In his book, Swanson names a number of groups that are working for non-violent change that you could contact. These include "The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, "No War, No Warming, "Port Militarization Resistance of Washington State, and "The International Longshoreman's and Warehouse Workers' Union that "has shut down West Coast ports in opposition to the occupation of Iraq.
Swanson also urges joining and supporting groups such as his own After Downing Street, Democrats.com, Progressive Democrats of America, the National Accountability Network, the Peace Team, the World Can't Wait, CODE PINK: Women for Peace, Veterans for Peace, High Road for Human Rights, the American Freedom Campaign, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Of course, Quaker action groups should be on everyone's list.
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