On Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, hundreds of antiwar activists held a rally at DuPont Circle, in Washington, D.C. Then, they marched, led by the “Veterans for Peace,” about 15 blocks south to the White House. As they paraded, they chanted slogans, like: “Arrest Bush!”; “Prosecute Bush!”; “Stop the Torture!”; Stop the War!”; “Stop Spying on the People”; and “War Crimes!” At the White House, they tossed shoes and boots at a gate, near the recently erected presidential reviewing stands. Again they (...)
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Video: Marchers Demand: “Arrest Bush!”
20 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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“March of the Dead” Demonstration on Capitol Hill (video)
7 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentby William Hughes
On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, Antiwar activists dressed all in black, with white death masks, paraded in a steady rain and in single file, past the U.S. Supreme Court, and around the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., as the new 111th Congress convened inside.
The “March of the Dead” participants wore around their necks the names of those killed in conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Israeli Occupied Gaza.
The U.S. Congress has repeatedly voted hundreds of billions of (...) -
March of the Dead to Greet Congress on Tuesday
5 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
March of the Dead to Greet Congress on Tuesday By davidswanson Created 2009-01-05 00:48
WHAT: A long column of figures dressed all in black with white death masks and bearing the names of those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. The march will be followed by a dramatic nonviolent action intended to awaken Congress to the need to end the wars.
WHEN: March from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Additional dramatic action 2:15 p.m.
WHERE: The march will approach (...) -
George Galloway | Stop Gaza Massacre protest London Saturday 3 January 2009 (video)
4 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Photo: Joëlle Pénochet 2007
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Support to Gaza : 25 000 in Paris (video)
4 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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Global protests end in riot on London streets
4 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
By Jeremy Watson
RIOT police had to be deployed last night as a protest outside the Israeli embassy in London over Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip erupted into violence.
In a day of global demonstrations over Israel’s military campaign against the Islamist Hamas movement, thousands of protestors gathered outside the embassy with some attempting to storm the Kensington compound.
As tensions mounted in the early evening, police officers came under fire from missiles. The barrage, (...) -
Video: Ibrahim Ramey: Stand Up for the People of Gaza
3 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
On Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, Human Rights activists staged a demonstration and march, in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinian people of Israeli-Occupied Gaza. The rally began at the Israeli Embassy. One of the speakers was Ibrahim Ramey. He is the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation’s Civil and Human Rights Director. For background, please see, http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=3729 and http://masnet.org/. In his remarks, Mr. Ramey urged the large crowd of (...)
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Video: Rabbi Feldman Labels Zionism an “Illegitimate Political Movement”
3 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
On Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, Human Rights activists staged a demonstration and march, in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinian people of Israeli-Occupied Gaza. The rally began at the Israeli Embassy. One of the speakers was Orthodox Rabbi Dovid Feldman. He is associated with “Jews United Against Zionism,” and is a member of “Neturei Karta International.” For background, please see, http://www.nkusa.org/. In his remarks, Rabbi Feldman was sharply critical of the (...)
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Video: Protest at Israeli Embassy, in D.C., in Solidarity with Gazans
3 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
On Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, Human Rights activists staged a demonstration and march, in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinian people of Israeli-Occupied Gaza. The rally began at the Israeli Embassy. The activists then marched on to the Egyptian Embassy a few blocks away to stage a demonstration at that site. That part of the protest wasn’t covered by this presenter.
Emergency demonstrations on this issue are continuing to take place across the United States. For (...) -
Video: Brian Becker: The Occupation of Gaza is a War Crime
3 January 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
On Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, Human Rights activists staged a demonstration and march, in Washington, D.C., in solidarity with the beleaguered Palestinian people of Israeli-Occupied Gaza. The rally began at the Israeli Embassy. Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, was one of the featured speakers at the rally. The activists then marched on to the Egyptian Embassy a few blocks away to stage a demonstration at that site. That part of the protest wasn’t covered by this (...)