Antiwar Effort Emphasizes Civility Over Confrontation

In fact, some might say this movement - which unlike the one during Vietnam began before the start of the Iraq conflict - failed in its most important goal: to stop the war before it commenced. Certainly the protesters say they have learned that they need a long-term strategy.

"It's tremendously saddening," said Eli Pariser, international campaigns director of MoveOn.org, a member of the Win Without War coalition, said of the start of the war.

"At the same time, there still is optimism that in terms of our larger goal, which is to end this foreign policy that is so dangerous, there's still hope, and quite a lot of it."

A good article in the Times on the shifting focus and tactics of the mainstream peace movement.