College Students, Veterans, Old Folks Shut Down Capitol Hill (VIDEO) March 13, 2008 Bush Era, D.C., Impeachment Events Comments Off on College Students, Veterans, Old Folks Shut Down Capitol Hill (VIDEO) afterdowningstreet.org By David Swanson [More videos available on After Downing Street] Today was the day for Stop-Loss Congress. We notified every Congress Member and Senator over the past two days that they were being stop-lossed and denied permission to leave until they end the occupation of Iraq. Today we took action. A group of activists dressed as Ghosts of War stood and spoke in the Senate and closed the place down – 10 arrests, I’m told. Then groups of dozens of people, primarily college students, split up and blocked intersections and garage exits around the Hill. I went with a group of 40 or so to the intersection of Independence Ave. and 1st Street, which we blocked for a long time, with people and coffins and banners and megaphones. Dozens were arrested, most of them college students, some Vets for Peace and other old folks too. I shot video of the whole thing. (Source)