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[[Direct Action to Stop the War]] ('''DASW''') was an organization that coordinated [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] [[direct action]]-based opposition activities to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] in the [[San Francisco Bay]] Area. The organization was founded in October 2002 following a overnight [[sit-in]] and morning blockade at the San Francisco Federal Building following the [[U.S. Congress]]'s authorization of the use of force against [[Iraq]]. Operating primarily through the use of [[affinity group|affinity groups]] and a [[spokescouncil]], it coordinated a mass effort by 5,000 to 20,000 people to disrupt business in the [[financial district]] of downtown [[San Francisco]] following the beginning of the war in March [[2003]]. The organization persisted through 2004, coordinating a variety of local protests against corporations with ties to the war effort and sending hundreds of activists to protests in Cancun, [[Miami]] and [[New York]]. |
[[Direct Action to Stop the War]] ('''DASW''') was an organization that coordinated [[nonviolence|nonviolent]] [[direct action]]-based opposition activities to the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] in the [[San Francisco Bay]] Area. The organization was founded in October 2002 following a overnight [[sit-in]] and morning blockade at the San Francisco Federal Building following the [[U.S. Congress]]'s authorization of the use of force against [[Iraq]]. Operating primarily through the use of [[affinity group|affinity groups]] and a [[spokescouncil]], it coordinated a mass effort by 5,000 to 20,000 people to disrupt business in the [[financial district]] of downtown [[San Francisco]] following the beginning of the war in March [[2003]]. The organization persisted through 2004, coordinating a variety of local protests against corporations with ties to the war effort and sending hundreds of activists to protests in Cancun, [[Miami]] and [[New York]]. |
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* [http://skyeome.net/wordpress/?p=68 Reference to DASW Web Archive] |
* [http://skyeome.net/wordpress/?p=68 Reference to DASW Web Archive] |
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Revision as of 20:15, 20 August 2006
Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW) was an organization that coordinated nonviolent direct action-based opposition activities to the 2003 invasion of Iraq in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization was founded in October 2002 following a overnight sit-in and morning blockade at the San Francisco Federal Building following the U.S. Congress's authorization of the use of force against Iraq. Operating primarily through the use of affinity groups and a spokescouncil, it coordinated a mass effort by 5,000 to 20,000 people to disrupt business in the financial district of downtown San Francisco following the beginning of the war in March 2003. The organization persisted through 2004, coordinating a variety of local protests against corporations with ties to the war effort and sending hundreds of activists to protests in Cancun, Miami and New York.