Protesters Aim To Take Over Lawmakers’ Offices, Fight War Funding

[marmar]

from the AP, via CommonDreams:


Protesters Aim To Take Over Lawmakers’ Offices, Fight War Funding
by Jennifer C. Kerr

WASHINGTON — Some opponents of the Iraq war are taking their protests straight to Congress — staging “occupations” in lawmakers’ offices on Capitol Hill and in their home communities.

A day earlier protesters were headed off before getting into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in San Francisco.

In Washington, peace activists dressed in pink showed up recently at the Senate offices of presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The protesters haven’t abandoned the larger, more familiar gatherings at college campuses, major cities and monuments in Washington. But in recent weeks, they have been turning up at congressional offices, vowing to stay until they get pledges that lawmakers will vote against more war funding — or until they are forcibly removed.

“We really see it as an extension of lobbying,” Jeff Leys, co-coordinator of Chicago-based Voices for Creative Nonviolence, said of the office occupations. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0309-07.htm

[Donnachaidh]

1. it would be NICE if this *group* stopped targeting the guys ON our side

That childish *punk* tape of Rep. Obey was an embarrassment. THEY should apologize to HIM. He's a white hat, and has been a white hat for OVERSIGHT for YEARS for the Democratic Party.

Way to go Jeff! Let's embarrass our own people by videotaping them from behind (which was ILLEGAL) and then put it on youtube.

Tell me, just when are you going to go to the Senate? Because THEY are the logjam for stopping this war. Or weren't YOU paying attention? :sarcasm:

You should be PROUD.

NOT. :grr: