Speakers for the Jan. 27th D.C. Rally (Maxine Waters, Dennis Kucinich, more...)

[Hissyspit]

LynneSin posted this in the D.C. forum, but it's not getting any recommendations, so I thought I would post it here for more exposure.

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

Confirmed Speakers and Performers for Jan. 27th Rally

Speakers, in alphabetical order:

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

[Jcrowley]

1. K&R n/t

[Captain Hilts]

2. Please, PLEASE, someone ask Jane Fonda NOT to speak. Jesse Jackson too.

They're old hat, and Jane Fonda is tarnished ever since she got on that anti-aircraft gun in North Vietnam. I know liberal vets that HATE her.

This list looks like the same people who spoke at the rallies three years ago.

GET NEW PEOPLE!!!!

Where's Tammy Duckworth?

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. The people who hate them are of no consequence. They are

always wrong about everything, who cares what they think?

It takes eccentric people to actually speak out against government policy at these rallies, it's always been that way & always will. If you are waiting for mainstream shits to stick their necks out, you will be waiting a long time.

[Captain Hilts]

5. I'M sick of hearing them! Get new blood! nt

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. From where? The mainstream guys are shit scared of all of this.

They are all about "supporting the troops".

The Vietnam War protests weren't attended/organized by mainstream people, they were inconvenient offensive people too. This isn't a popularity contest or entertainment.

[Captain Hilts]

12. The anti-war movement is diverse. The speaker's list is not. nt

[Webster Green]

10. Bullshit!

Jane Fonda is awesome.

[midnight]

3. Some interesting people showing up at this event over the

weekend. I would love to here what Bob Watada has to say. Bring them home.

[BayCityProgressive]

6. I dont get why

vets hated Fonda when they were the ones murdering Vietnamese civilians? We shouldn't have been there to begin with and soldiers should follow their concience and refuse to fight immoral wars.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Easier said than done for the poor kids that got drafted while the rich hid in college.

And, no, all Vietnam vets weren't babykillers.

[BayCityProgressive]

9. I understand that there was a draft

but why not disobey. Just as people can't say "the devil made me do it", I dont believe we should be able to say "the government made me do it" either. I would rather sit in prison than go to Iraq and kill any Iraqi. They have done nothing to me and I never asked for this. They are no threat to us. It would be a cold day in hell before I killed someone to make Dick Cheney richer jsut because the government told me it was okay to do it. That wouldn't clear my concience.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

11. There's supposed to be rallys all over the country....

But I can't find any info on Portland. :(

[Hissyspit]

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