OCCUPATION PROJECT ROLLS INTO McCAIN’S WORLD By Bill Rau for www.consumersforpeace.org Washington, D.C. February 5, 2007 The arrests started just five minutes after people entered Senator John McCain’s (R-AZ) office in the Senate Office Building. The first of a planned three-month series of occupations of U.S. legislators’ offices was designed to demand specific action to… Continue reading OCCUPATION PROJECT ROLLS INTO McCAIN’S WORLD

MARCHERS SEND MESSAGE-AND DESERVE BETTER By Charles Jenks January 31, 2007 See photos See videos of march On January 27th, the people sent a clear message to Washington – “Get U.S. Troops Out of Iraq Now!” Hundreds of thousands of people marched, and they completely – for the first time in history it is reported… Continue reading Marchers Send Message – and Deserve Better

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? Why protest matters By Sharon Smith | February 9, 2007 HUNDREDS OF thousands of antiwar protesters amassed on the streets of Washington, D.C., on January 27, emboldened by the optimism of an antiwar majority that has finally found its voice. To be sure, skeptics were quick to point out that… Continue reading Why protest matters

At YouTube The Campus Antiwar Network brought hundreds of students into the Unified Youth and Student Contingent on January 27th in DC. The new SDS, World Can’t Wait and other groups joined in one of the largest contingents in the march, and clearly the largest student bloc. This 8 minute video shows the march to… Continue reading Campus Antiwar Network Marches in DC

https://www.consumersforpeace.org/news_former_generals_involved_war.html FORMER -GENERALS WHO WANT THE U.S. TO STAY IN IRAQ ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE WAR INDUSTRY – Keane devises and pushes Bush’s “surge”. – McCaffery wants more arms and money for Iraqis. – Hoar and Odom, little connected to military business, call for withdrawal. – The importance of “contractors” in sustaining the war;… Continue reading Generals with conflicts of interest advocate more war

This video joins 10 clips together to give a sense of this historic event, on January 27, 2007, which brought about 500,000 people to DC to march on the Capitol. The video starts with a short clip of the intended ‘head’ of the march, with celebrities and politicians. A large swarm of photographers and videographers… Continue reading Video of DC Peace March – January 27, 2007

On January 27, 2007, 500,000 marched against war and occupation in Washington, DC. After this mass demonstration against the war, Kelly Dougherty, co-founder and Executive Director of Iraq Veterans Against War, and Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal, spoke at the Bus Boys and Poets cafe. Their talks followed an incredible performance… Continue reading End the Occupation Packs House at Busboys

Testimony by Anthony Arnove before the Congressional Out Now Caucus – January 29, 2007 Our Now Caucus Iraq Book Fair 1100 Longworth House Office Building Representatives Waters and Woolsey, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War in the gallery, colleagues: It is an honor to speak today about my book Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal.… Continue reading Anthony Arnove Testifies before Out Now Caucus

This program, with ANTHONY ARNOVE, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, was held at the University of Illinois at Chicago on January 20, 2007. (JEFF ENGLEHART of Iraq Veterans Against the War also spoke, and will appear in a separate video.) You may also download the audio of both of the speaker presentations –… Continue reading Anthony Arnove – end Iraq occupation now

Target Iran: The Truth about the White House Plans for Regime Change –Today’s discussion? —————————————————————————————————————- PUT THE BRAKES ON WAR WITH IRAN “Not only did the President single out Iran (four times, according to an NPR commentator), but I heard no rebuttals from members of Congress regarding the threat of US war against Iran, with… Continue reading Bush Singles Out Iran in Address