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Philly Against War - Photo-essay on rally of Oct 10th
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Rich Gardner | 10.11.2008
Philly Against War conducted a spirited rally against the many wars of the Bush Administration in a very cheerful and noisy demonstration.   We had a nice-sized crowd throughout our rally that included lots of young people hollering at the passing cars to honk their horns in solidarity. Lots and lots of drivers cheerfully complied.
 Sandy here usually makes the Final Friday demonstrations at the corner of Broad & Arch streets (5:00pm to 6:00pm on the last Friday of each month) and asks passing cars to "Honk for Peace."
 Actor plays the villain of our story, the man without whom the Iraq War would never have occurred. Of course, President Bush could never have succeeded had the US not had a Democratic Party that was led around by a group called the DLC, which was convinced that the way to electoral success to act as a "Republican-lite" sort of party. A frivolous, decadent and corrupt press corps didn't help matters, either.
 R. W. looks very dignified with his pesudo-American flag.
 Rich, your loyal photographer, webmaster and member of Delaware Valley Veterans for America.  Philly Against War was founded to show Philadelphia that "Yes, the peace movement still exists and is still actively concerned about the waste of lives and resources that has gone into the Iraq War." Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi said Tuesday afternoon that if the presence of the US troops in Iraq continues, it will neither benefit the Iraqi nation nor the regional states.
So if people try telling you that Iraqis wish for Americans to stay in their country, ask them why we can't seem to find any Iraqis who will testify to that.  A reporter interviews one of our people. We saw a number of cameras and reporters, so this event was definitely a good one for making the peace movement visible.
To expand on an earlier statement, that the traditional media remains "frivolous, decadent and corrupt," there are certainly many media outlets that have produced outstanding work (PhillyIMC is a good local one and McClatchey Newspapers has produced many good reports), the website Media Matters has examined the John McCain-traditional media relationship and finds it's still very much one where McCain says "jump" and the media asks "How high?"  As to the Democratic Party, they've certainly improved from the election of 2002, where the DLC's "Republican lite" strategy did so poorly for them, but there are still signs that the lessons of the successful 2006 elections haven't really sunk in yet. They're still not fully convinced that running on principle is a good way to go.  Celeste Zappala is a Gold Star Mother who lost her son, Sargeant Sherwood Baker in Iraq in April 2004. She is also a member of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown.
 That's Betsey of Philly IAC and John, who chaired many of our organizing meetings.
 The Northwest Greens do a monthly protest near Senator Specter's house along with several others.
 And of course, it's always heartwarming to see young people at protests. That is, of course, how any movement survivies, by constantly bringing in new members.
 All in all, cause for contentment, at least for the moment. We all had a good day and Philadelphia was a little more aware than it was beforethat yes, the peace movement is still alive.
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Great photos
Submitted by HansBennett on Dom, 10/12/2008 - 12:54amLooked like a spirited protest, and the photos presented a good variety of protesters and signs...
Thanks for taking and posting the photos.
Hopefully, we will see an end to these wars soon. But, even though I like Obama better than McCain, Obama also scares me a lot with all his talk about escalating the war in Afghanistan, and...
Also raiding Pakistan--which the US has been doing for some time now, with barely any mention in the press. uggh!
Where are the IMPEACH SIGNS? Effort to stop the War is Lost
Submitted by John H Kennedy Denver CO (no verificado) on Dom, 10/12/2008 - 1:08pmI truly do not understand why the peace movement cannot at least temporarily move beyond the topic of stopping the war.
We lost the struggle to prevent the war years ago. We lost the struggle to stop the current funding for the next year when the House voted to fund it through next summer. It is a dead issue until later next spring.
The only effort that could possibly hasten the end of the Iraq War, bring the troops home sooner, and bring accountability to Bush and Cheney
IS IMPEACHMENT...
or rather the start of Impeachment Hearings.
The peace movement needs to start demonstrating for impeachment every week, in every city and town from now until Jan 20th, 2009. It needs to be a national effort and United For Peace and Justice needs to support it at least and lead it if possible.
If the peace movement is more than just being "surrogates for the Democrats", pressuring the Bush Administration when the Dems call and backing away from impeachment to build their relationship with the Democrats...
it is time for peace advocates everywhere to support the holding of Impeachment Hearings.
We have until January 20th at most. Probably just until the end of this session of the House.
Take action. Now. Before the additional Presidential powers assumed by Bush become precedent.
Respectfully,
John H Kennedy
Denver, CO
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