Chanting "No! No to terrorism!" and "No! No to America," thousands of supporters of a radical Shiite cleric who once led uprisings against U.S. troops called Saturday for American forces to withdraw from Iraq, staging a massive protest at the same square where - two years ago to the day - protesters pulled down a towering statue of ousted Saddam Hussein.
Compare the protests- which one looks like the ’voice of the people’ to you?
The protest reflected frustration with the U.S. government, (...)
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Massive "End the Occupation" Protest in Baghdad Dwarfs the "Saddam Toppled" rally: Photos
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BOYCOTT 911truth.org’s bogus march on 9/11
23 August 2005BOYCOTT 911truth.org’s bogus march on 9/11
By Nico Haupt aka ewing2001
August 22, 2005
BOYCOTT 911truth.org’s anniversary march on 9/11 in NYC and instead show up at GROUND ZERO only!
Start an independent investigation into 9/11truth.org, its financial background and possible cointel-pro background ties!
Demand a clear opposition towards all gatekeepers, from the left and right!
BACKGROUND: On September 11th, 2005, ny911truth.org, affiliated with 911truth.org is planning a march from (...) -
Cindy Sheehan: "The Secret Service is Trying to Intimidate Us"
7 August 2005Cindy Sheehan called After Downing Street moments ago at 10 p.m. ET to report that the Secret Service is trying to intimidate her and members of Gold Star Families for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Veterans for Peace into leaving their protest near Bush’s Crawford, Texas ranch.
This morning Cindy led dozens of protesters as close as they could get to the ranch; they were stopped by local police about five miles away. Cindy and others plan to stay there throughout Bush’s five-week (...) -
Did Bush administration attack peace movement with military grade biological bacteria?
22 December 2006What do we make of the Saturday, October 1 Washington Post headline “Poison Found in Air During Anti-War Protest”?
Washington D.C. Public Health Director Greg A. Pane posed the right question in the Post article, “Why that day? That’s what is not explained.” Pane pointed that it was “just this 24-hour period and none since.”
The Post noted that Pane found “. . . it was puzzling that the finding was from a day when the mall was packed with people.”
Puzzling? Indeed. Biohazard sensors detected (...) -
Cop Assaults Activist at Lockheed Martin Protest
23 December 2006“We’re not disturbing the peace. We’re disturbing the war.” - Activist Patrick J. Elder
Montgomery County, Maryland - A protest action was held on Friday morning, Dec. 22, 2006, in front of and along the sidewalk of a huge complex of office buildings, housing the national headquarters of Lockheed Martin, one of the world’s largest producers of cluster bombs. Over a million of these lethal weapons were used by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the recent war this past summer in Lebanon. (...) -
Outrage against police brutality comes to Wall Street
22 December 2006Protestors march toward Wall street Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006 in New York. Several hundred people demonstrated near Wall Street on Thursday to protest the shooting of an unarmed black man by police officers in Queens. The march in Manhattan’s financial district was the latest in a series of protests over the death of Sean Bell, who was killed last month by a fusillade of police bullets as he left a Queens nightclub hours before he was to be married.
A demonstrator holds his fist aloft while (...) -
Joan Baez to play concert at Camp Casey
17 August 2005Today on the Mike Malloy show, Cindy announced that Joan Baez will be Coming to Camp Casey to play a concert for Cindy and her supporters.
Woodstock 2005 begins....
At a time in our country’s history when it was neither safe nor fashionable, Joan put herself on the line countless times, and her life’s work was mirrored in her music. She sang about freedom and Civil Rights everywhere, from the backs of flatbed trucks to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s March (...) -
Bioterrorist attack in Washington, D.C. at last UFPJ Rally
22 December 2006On September 24, six bioweapons air sensors around the Mall in Washington, D.C., registered positive for airborne traces of francisella tularensis, bacteria with flu-like symptoms that can be deadly if untreated. At the same time, 300,000 people were on the Mall protesting the Iraq war. So far as anyone can tell, nobody died. Was it a terrorist attack gone wrong, the government running some kind of test, or something else?
First, what we do know.
On Sep. 24, a large anti-war protest took (...) -
Urgent: Woodstock 2005 Bands Needed NOW- Crawford, Texas- Drop your sched and GO
7 August 2005by Ben Frank
To all who want peace in America, now is the time to expose the corruption. We urge everyone to drop their schedules and go to Crawford, Texas right now. It’s time to stage the Party to end all parties, camping out in the heat of texas will make for great tv ;-)
The truth has emerged, it’s just a matter of getting it to the masses. They all Deliberately lied, they Used 9/11 as a pretext for war.
Now Bush, Cheney and all those dopes in Congress are on Vacation! While more (...) -
Violent protests in Copenhagen
17 December 2006Sunday December 17 More than 300 demonstrators were arrested in the Danish capital on Saturday after violent clashes between police and youths who were protesting against the planned closure of a youth centre in the city. "Ungdomshuset-The Youth House Stays"
1 - Protestors throw stones at police vans in a Copenhagen street December 16, 2006. Riots broke out when hundreds of young people started an unannounced demonstration to avoid eviction from Ungdomshuset (youth house). The use of the (...)