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Saturday, September 24, 2005
DC & Nationwide Antiwar Events Set for Today
More than 100,000 people are expected to demonstrate today in Washington D.C. to bring our troops home from Iraq, with hundreds of related events scheduled in cities and towns across America in a national day of action. Protests were also scheduled for London and other places around the globe.
In Albuquerque, protestors will gather at 11:00 AM at the Truman gate to Kirtland Air Force Base and march to a location on Jackson Street SE near Highland High School for a Noon rally, speakers, music and more. Click for flyer and more information. Highland High School is located at 4700 Coal Ave SE. Here's a map of the area that shows Jackson SE.
Here's the speech Gold Star Mother for Peace Cindy Sheehan plans to give this afternoon at the D.C. rally. You can watch the entire Washington protest on TV on CSPAN or online starting this morning.
Meanwhile, Win Without War is running an antiwar ad in newspapers across the country today. The left side of the double-page ad pictures Bush and administration officials with quotes about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq under the headline "They lied." The right side lists the names of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq with the headline "They died."
Congressional Black Caucus Democrats have met with anti-war leaders and two are expected to address today's D.C. rally, Cynthia A. McKinney of Georgia and John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. But other top Dem Party "leaders" all have "plans elsewhere." Even with support caving for George's war, Dems with presidential ambitions, like Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards and Russ Feingold, as well as our Party Chair, Howard Dean, House Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Leader Harry Reid, are avoiding taking a strong stand against the Iraq War.
Can't say I'm surprised. After all, speaking out now might dismay some mythical "swing voter" somewhere on the planet and we can't have that, can we? And despite Dean's passionate antiwar stance during his presidential campaign, I guess he's now at the mercy of the limitations imposed by Dem Party bigwigs. What a shame.
September 24, 2005 at 09:15 AM in Events, Iraq War | Permalink
Comments
I went to our local event. Reports claimed more than a thousand people. Personally, I can't count that high, so I don't know. It seemed like a lot of people.
The usual chanting:
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
peace!
WHEN DO YOU WANT IT?
Now!
WOULD YOU LIKE FRIES WITH THAT?
. . .
Sorry, I think walking in the sun causes brain damage. My thanks to the organizers and participants
Posted by: Michael H Schneider | Sep 24, 2005 4:14:47 PM
In all of this, the biggest disappointment is the Democratic Party, and Chairman Dean. I guess Pelosi and Reid are supposed to bear the standards, while Dean is organizing and fund raising. Maybe the necessary pace of poarty reform is simply in conflict with my expectations and impatience. But with mid-term elections merely 13 months away, I wonder when Dems are going to become more high-profile than, say, the Green or Libertarian parties.
Posted by: John McAndrew | Sep 25, 2005 10:12:54 AM
The local march in Albuquerque was fantastic. At 500 or so, we had more anti-war marchers in Albuquerque than there were pro-war counter protesters at the main march in Washington DC! Barb, I'll send you some photos in an email, if you want to post them.
Posted by: Tom Solomon | Sep 26, 2005 5:13:30 PM
