CSPAN will be covering the DC protest on Saturday - great line-up of speakers

[LynneSin]

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp?timeid=212036599548

They have it tenatively from 11-6, although that doesn't meant they'll be there the entire time. But what I am grateful for is that ANSWER is NOT a part of this protest. The speaker list for the event (see below) is concise and appropriate for why 99% of the people are there for the protest - to end the war. I appreciate there are some pet causes out there, but they shouldn't ride on our coattail hogging up airtime when it could be better served showing the march itself. At the Sept 25th 05 protest, ANSWER hijacked the speaker list, added dozens of extra non-announced speakers and keep C-Span on those speakers even though everyone was marching and the only people watching the speakers were the garbage detail folks. It was embarassing - it looked like no one showed up for this event.

UPJ has severed their ties with IA and I just love the speaker list - THREE representatives are speaking there (Kuchinich, Waters, and Woosley).

Looking forward to meeting many many DUers there and if you can't be there or make a local protest then perhaps you can watch for us on CSPAN

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3503

Mayor Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City

Moriah Arnold, 12-year-old sixth-grader from Harvard, MA

Carlos Arredondo, Gold Star Families for Peace

Medea Benjamin, founder of CodePink

Leslie Cagan, National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice

Eve Ensler, playwright

Jane Fonda, actress, author

Kim Gandy, President of the National Organization for Women

Danny Glover, actor/activist

Reverend Graylon Hagler, Plymouth Congregational Church, Washington, DC

Reverend Jesse Jackson, RainbowPUSH Coalition

Jonathon Hutto, active-duty member of the U.S. Navy

Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)

Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Magazine

Kevin Martin, Executive Director, Peace Action

Tim Robbins, actor/activist

Susan Sarandon, actor/activist

Bob Watada, father of Lt. Ehren Watada, first officer to refuse deployment to Iraq

Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Representative Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)

Ann Wright, retired Army Colonel, former State Dept. diplomat

[flordehinojos]

1. i will make room to watch as much of it as i can, maybe even the whole thing.

i for sure do not want to miss jane fonda's speech (i think...even when i may get flame for this, that she should have never apologized for her anti vietnam war stance); i also do not want to miss maxine waters one of the very few democrats who has never been afraid of the bush cabal and never afraid to call truth to power. in fact, in my head, a gun-ho ticket would be that of waters/fonda or fonda/waters ... i may be the only one on this planet to think so. but i do... i could even change it to waters/sharpton, or sharpton/waters ... wow!

[Forrest Greene]

4. Here's A Not-Flame.

"(i think...even when i may get flame for this, that she should have never apologized for her anti vietnam war stance)"

You're right.

[flordehinojos]

6. a toast ...

to you and to jane fonda.

:toast: :hippie:

[marmar]

2. I wish I could stay home and watch......

but I'll be marching in DC! :)

[LynneSin]

3. They'll do repeats and there is also TiVO

:D

[flordehinojos]

5. great for you ! i, wish i could be in the march.

but i will be there in spirit ... sending all my positive energy out there!

[bdamomma]

7. you are doing a wonderful service to all of us who cannot

be there, there will be another march planned in March, which I definitely plan to go to. Just think of us who are not there, our spirits will be with you all. :patriot:

[Forrest Greene]

8. Thanks

...on behalf of those of us who can't make it. While you're there, look around you, & know that for every person you see, there are five, ten, fifteen others elsewhere who agree & support you.

[Lex]

9. I'll be there! I'll be holding this flag

Thanks for the list of speakers.

[oasis]

10. kick

[Lex]

11. .

:hi:

[Lex]

12. ..

another kick for the marchers . . .

[Bobbie Jo]

13. I want to see.....

A sea of 10 ft. IMPEACH signs throughout the crowd.

[hashibabba]

14. Thanks. I'll be watching! eom

[Synnical]

15. I just set my telly to TIVO C-Span all day

Sure wish I could be there!

In peace and solidarity,
Cindy in Fort Lauderdale

[Alamom]

16. Thank you for posting. I was hoping the protest would be on... somewhere.

I HOPE some of the MSM will cover it. Maybe they will...now.