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Critical
Voice members took part in the The March of the Dead (M19) which
began at Arlington Cemetery at 9:30 a.m. at the Womens' Memorial.
It then left there in a single file, slow, solemn procession
and proceed toward the city, stopping at the nearby site of
the war memorials to read the names of the dead for five minutes,
in recognition of five years of illegal occupation of Iraq.
The procession then continue past the State Department and passed
the K Street corridor, the offices of many war profiteers. It
broke for an hour then reconverged at the White House, to the
Justice Departments, then came to a final convergence at the
Capitol reflecting pool. Photographs.
One personal accounts of the day.
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On
September 11th a day or mourning,
5000 Postcards were read aloud on the Capitol lawn with messages
from all over the Country to IMPEACH BUSH & CHENEY, END
THE OCCUPATION AND BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW. Activists gathered
from all over the country to take part. A projection screen
displayed images of the atrocities in Iraq and protest in
America.
On
September 12 a day of rage,
at 10 AM, hundreds went to Nancy Pelosi's Office to deliver
the thousands of postcards. The reading lasted seven hours
as the occupation of the office reinforced the message.
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more pictures of the reading
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ACLU
Sues TSA Official, JetBlue for Discriminating Against Passenger
Wearing Arabic T-Shirt
(8/9/2007)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: media@aclu.org
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U.S.
Government Silences "We Will Not Be Silent" T-Shirt.
Left::Raed
Jarrar in his t-shirt.
NEW YORK
- The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties
Union today filed a federal civil rights lawsuit charging
that a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official
and JetBlue Airways illegally discriminated against an American
resident based solely on the Arabic message on his t-shirt
and his ethnicity. JetBlue and the TSA official, identified
as "Inspector Harris," would not let Raed Jarrar
board his flight at John F. Kennedy Airport until he agreed
to cover his t-shirt, which read "We Will Not Be Silent"
in English and Arabic script. According to the complaint,
Harris told Jarrar that it is impermissible to wear an Arabic
shirt to an airport and equated it to a "person wearing
a t-shirt at a bank stating, ‘I am a robber.'"
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Eddie
Vedder and Ben Harper singing " No More War"at
Lollapalooza in Chicago this weekend 8/11. In addition to
Vedder and Harper, an Iraq Veteran against the War was present
wearing a "We Will Not Be Silent" shirt on stage,
along with 30,000 fans singing " No More War".
terrific
video !!!
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Have
you seen this campaign? It's everywhere! If
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Multiple
actions occurred in the early afternoon of April 26th inside
the Hart Senate Office Building. Eight New York activists were
among the 15 plus arrested. On this day
A.R.T.* OCCUPIED THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN A DRAMATIC TWO-PART
ACTION.
First, in a massive distribution, A.R.T.hand-delivered a 20-page
tabloid petition to every representative.It contained documentary
evidence for indictments, literally putting impeachment back
on the table. Then, at 1PM, in a spectacular visual feat, A.R.T
displayed the full text of Article II, Section 4 to the Senate
as a 30-foot banner drop in the Hart Office Building atrium.
A second 30-foot banner read "YOUR SILENCE YOUR LEGACY".
Organizers said, "We must magnify the refusal of Congress
to uphold the Constitution. Their silence equals complicity
in the flagrant crimes of this administration."
For
more on this action, contact: *A.R.T. (Activist Response Team)
email: stateofemergencyaction@gmail.com ACTION
FILM CLIP!
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“ENDLESS”
WAR: A MEMORIAL Times
Square Recruitment Center, NYC - How can you ask another person
to be the last one to die for a lie?
At dawn on Sunday, March 11th, 2007, as we approached the fifth
year of the invasion of Iraq, people of conscience began reading
the names of the war dead, both civilian and military. We continued
reading from sunrise to sunset for six days, through Friday,
March 16th, 2007. We invited all to join us and read for a period
of time, to bear witness to this tragedy and suffering. They
are a part of a growing resistance movement demanding an end
to the illegal occupation of Iraq and saying “NO”
to an attack on Iran. .More
pictures of this action...
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'Endless' War Memorial
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Rayburn
White Rose Drop
Nine
were arrested on Monday January 29th when they gathered in the
courtyard of The Rayburn building in Washington DC to read the
names of American and Iraqi war dead.
They
laid 1,500 white roses and numerous postcards in the reflecting
pool. Three held a 20 foot black banner with one word: WAR.
They each wore shirts that read "WE WILL NOT BE SILENT"
in Arabic and English. Capitol police cleared the courtyard,
even threatening the press with arrest.There was a large crowd
of supported who sang and cheered as the protesters were escorted
out.More
pictures
 ToddTodd
Eaton being escorted out by Capitol police
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As
the new Congress convenes, New York based activists were
present to demand that our representatives put an immediate
end to the illegal occupation of Iraq and bring to justice
those responsible for a U.S. policy of torture and illegal
detentions.These are our first steps
to let the members of Congress know that we are watching,
and will come back again and again until the war, occupation,
torture and detentions stop.
On
January 4th, activists entered the Senate Hart building
and dropped four billboard size banners to put the110th
Congress on notice: we demand accountability now. See
Democracy
Now! for and footage.
 Above:Capitol
police removing the 'lies' banner
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the
Tying the30 foot banner onto the railing.
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WE
WILL NOT BE SILENT
A T-shirt campaign in Arabic, English, Spanish, Farsi, German
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"We
Will Not Be Silent" is a statement attributed to
a student-resistance movement in Nazi Germany called The
White Rose. It is a statement of purpose, intended
to inspire acts of resistance and dissent against a corrupt
government that abuses its power, and abandons the rule
of law.
All
of us who believe in our freedom and that of others, and are
against a policy of war, torture and lies, cannot afford to
be silent.
The
Campaign on Democracy
Now! Laurie interviewed by Amy Goodman about
the Jarrar incident, our response, and the history of the
statement.
Pictured
left, Stephanie Schwartz (third from right) at the Staten
Island Ferry action.
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