Where next for anti-war / pro-peace

Mark Pilgrim has a list of peace blogging sites and via Ben Hammersley, an article from The Simon by Sarah Zanolini, which essentially says that protesters are a certain sort of person, but that voting *will* make a difference. Interesting read, but voter apathy is quite strong and the next elections are a couple of years off for both Blair and Bush.

The media focus is starting to drift onto what happens next, as well as starting to compare the current war to Vietnam. Apparently Blair is angry with BBC, Andrew Marr's reply is lovely "[the Govt is] angry that they can control where reporters go but what they cannot control is what they see". Other reporters, Henry Norr for the SF Chronicle are getting arrested and then suspended without pay, or sacked by NBC and rehired by the Mirror with Peter Arnett.

So what should the Stop the War Coalition do next, is another march going to make any difference? The next march will be in slightly less than two weeks time, so should have a good attendence, but even if it is 1.5 million, it'll be difficult to top the first march. I'm not saying stop protesting, but it feels like another march will get even less coverage than last time. What else can we do to show our feelings?

Sarah Zanolini notes in her article that every cause has a button or ribbon etc, she feels that they end up as noise after a while. I've still got a "not in my name" badge and I notice other people who have them, but like the last march it feels a bit preaching to the choir. I'll go on the next march, but I'm unsure if it is the best thing to do.

If marching is not the thing to do, then what are the other possibilities

• sit down protest
• lobby of MPs
• posters in windows

It gets hard once the war starts, things are either too expensive or too disruptive of people's lives. If you have any thoughts, please comment below.