November 30

Category: Actions

  • Send a message to the Twin Cities: release journalists

    I do have this rather strong attachment to the idea that journalists should not be imprisoned for attempting to cover news. Especially when that news is of legal protesters being arrested. Now more footage is coming out of Minneapolis/St. Paul of arrests of journalists — in this case, a house raid on a group of…

  • Wexler signs up 100,000 folks for impeachment this week

    And I’ve signed on to his call to impeach Cheney as well. I’ve been slow to sign onto impeachment hearings, because they didn’t seem that likely to be helpful in dealing with Bush. I mean, what if he was impeached and removed from office as a result? Dick Cheney could potentially become president… oh, wait,…

  • Thousands of people marching for peace in Seattle

    I made it up to the Seattle peace demo along with several friends (and one charming old dog) but I did not take a camera with me. Luckily, my fine friends at PDX Peace did, and they’ve posted lots of photos at Flickr. Pictured on the left are the banners that AFSC brought up for…

  • Code Pink calls Secretary Rice a war criminal… pressure is building

    Code Pink was at the Capitol Tuesday, and a member approached Secretary of State Rice with her hands painted in blood, calling her a war criminal. The woman was arrested, and then, as you can see in this video, the police rounded up other people and forcibly took them out of the room. This follows…

  • Tear It Down: Guantanamo Bay Prison

    I’m adding the “Tear It Down” badge to my site. Amnesty is launching a campaign to get half a million people to sign on to their petition calling for the closure of that infamous prison. Hundreds of people are still incarcerated there, with no charges against them, no clear evidence, and no civil rights protection.…

  • 200+ folks turn out for Hawthorne Bridge anti-war vigil

    I showed up for the gathering part of the vigil that was before they actually went onto the bridge, but when I was there I saw over 200 people. I didn’t realize that the event was actually at the Esplanade, so I wound up looking down on it from the Hawthorne Bridge ramp, but it…