The Iraq Moratorium called on everyone to take some public action to stop the war on Iraq - on Friday September 21st and every third Friday of the month from now on. In San Francisco there were actions Friday at 1187 Franklin at 10am and at Market & Montgomery at 5pm. In San Mateo, 150 people gathered for an evening rally ( Photos ). In Berkeley, there was a rally at Acton and University. In Palo Alto there was a rally at Lytton Plaza. In Oakland, there was a march on the docks starting from the West Oakland BART station. Info On More Bay Area Rallies

A "moratorium" means a time out. It was dreamed up in 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War by people who had tried and failed with Eugene McCarthy's peace candidacy the year before. The original Vietnam Moratorium, October 15, 1969, was a decentralized anti-war demonstration in which millions showed their opposition to the war around the world in a vast variety of ways. There were many school walkouts and closures; local demonstrations involving thousands around the country (a quarter of a million in D.C.; 100,000 in Boston); workplace sickouts; vigils, sit-ins at draft boards and induction centers.

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