[Peace-discuss] What Would Molly Do?

[Common Dreams]

June 21, 2007

Dear Friend of Common Dreams,

Early this year, the progressive community lost one of its most passionate, colorful, and relentless voices.

Molly Ivins, whose columns appeared regularly on CommonDreams.org, spoke out loudly and often for peace and democracy. 

Above all, Molly preached the politics of hope. 

Molly's unique and inspirational voice has gone silent. But we - you and I - can and must keep her message and her spirit alive.

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I'm sure you shared our optimism last November when the American people signaled their dismay with the current state of national and world affairs - and especially, with the disaster in Iraq. 

And yet, here we are . . . no closer to ending this illegal occupation.

Just weeks before she died, Molly mustered the strength to plead with us all to act. She told us to step outside and take some action - just like the people we told you about last week, in Arrowsic, Maine, who overwhelmingly approved a resolution asking President Bush and Congress to immediately end the American occupation in Iraq.

Molly reminded us that it's up to us. She told us to raise hell. "We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, 'Stop it, now!,' she wrote. 

Do we even have to wonder, what would Molly do?

This fierce defender of democracy, who once described herself as "ever optimistic to the point of lunacy" never gave up.

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With thanks and hope,



Katherine Paul 
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