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Youth activists, veterans, and antiwar organizers have taken the street near Constitution Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., and 4th St. NW in the middle of Washington, D.C.
Several hundred people have completely shut down the street, including people from as far away as Oregon and Florida. They intend to keep the street closed for as long as possible.
Hundreds of supporters have gathered on the sidewalks, as youth are erecting tents from the Encampment in the middle of the street.
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They are asking for the progressive and antiwar community in the area to come out and support them. Bring food, water, signs, and join youth from across the U.S. who are moving from protest to resistance to shut down the war.
For more information, or to find out how you can help, call 202-821-3686 .
Update from Rally at the Encampment Site
Thousands of people are joining us here at the Encampment, despite efforts by the
police to block access to the rally.
We have been informed that police have blocked an entire highway into the city in
order to stop the buses that are coming from dozens of organizing centers. We have
been on the phone with organizers, planning alternate routes into the city tobypass.
We are determined not to let the police block the outpour of resistance and
opposition to Bush’s criminal war.
The mall in front of Congress is full of thousands of activists, some from as far
away as Washington State and Hawaii .
The march is stepping off in just a few minutes, and we’ve just heard that a group
of youth are planning civil disobedience at the end of the march. Details and
updates to follow.
Labels: police state, protest, september 29
posted by Encampment to Stop the War @ 1:49 PM
Speakers from Rally in Front of the Capitol
Partial list of speakers:
Pam Africa, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
From the cast of Sicko – Donna Smith, Adrian Campbell, Larry Smith, Julie Pierce,
Tracy Pierce Jr., Dawnelle Keys, John Graham
Larry Adams (NYCLAW)
Brenda Stokely (Million Worker March Movement)
Charles Jenkins, TWU
Mumia Abu-Jamal (by tape)
Malik Rahim, Common Ground Collective
Omowale Clay, December 12th Movement
Charlotte Kates, Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Medea Benjamin, Code Pink
Bernadette Ellorin, BAYAN USA
Larry Hamm, People’s Organization for Progress
David Swanson, After Downing Street
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
Adam Kokesh, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Ann Wright
Victor Toro
Debra Sweet, World Can’t Wait
Ardeshir Ommani, Stop War on Iran Campaign
Ignacio Mendes, National Network on cuba
Walter Sinche, May 1st Immigrant Rights Coalition
Rosita Romero, Domincan Women’s Development Center
Jared Ball, Green Party of the U.S.
Leonard Peltier Statement, read by Sara Flounders
Sonia Umanzon, FMLN
Ivey Parker, Katrina survivor from New Orleans
Pam Parker, singer
Luci Murphy, singer
Usavior, Black Waxx Records, Artists and Activists United for Peace
Nana Soul, Black Waxx Records, Artists and Activists United for Peace
Mohammed Awdallah, U.S. Popular Palestine Conference Network
Ricardo Prado, Democratic Pole, Colombian political party
Kali Akuno, People’s Hurricane Relief Fund
LeiLani Dowell, FIST – Fight Imperialism Stand Together
Larry Holmes, Troops Out Now Coalition
Teresa Gutierrez, May 1st Coalition for Immigrant Rights
Sara Flounders, International Action Center
Tyneisha Bowens, FIST – Fight Imperialism Stand Together
Sara “Echo” Steiner, Florida Green Party
Christine Gavin-Lathan, Katrina survivor from Gulfport,Mississippi More:
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Have a great day,
Tommy
(Solitary news article about this weekend’s protest found on the net)