Hi. I am Wakana Yokota, who goes to school in Boston now. I went to the protest in NY on Feb 15. It was a great experience, and I was really happy to be there being a part of the big crowd. I left Boston about 7:00 am and I arrived at 45 street, 9th ave in NYC at 10:30am. I was going to 47 street 1st ave, but police blocked streets so I couldn't get there. Around 11:00am, many … [Read more...] about Wakana Yokota on NY demonstration
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– Japanese Peace Group Puts Ad in Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A Japanese citizens' group and a former U.S. servicemen's group placed an advertisement opposing a war on Iraq in the Washington Post's Thursday editions, asking, "Is America addicted to war?""Please bring your soldiers home. Iraq is contaminated with radiation from depleted uranium used by the U.S., causing suffering of Iraqi children and Persian Gulf War … [Read more...] about – Japanese Peace Group Puts Ad in Washington Post
(1) Woman Disables U.S. Death Plane/ (2) Gloucester Weapons Inspectors
Five members of the pacifist Catholic Worker Movement ( 2 ) cut their way into Shannon Airport ( 2 ) early on Monday. The peace activists poured human blood on the runway that has been servicing US military flights, deploying troop and munitions to US military bases in Kuwait and Qatar. They then constructed a shrine on the runway to Iraqi children killed and threatened by … [Read more...] about (1) Woman Disables U.S. Death Plane/ (2) Gloucester Weapons Inspectors
– Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
1-3 VOICES FROM THE WILDERNESS (Anti-War Activists in Iraq)4 MEDIA ADVISORY: Iraq's Hidden Weapons: From Allegation to Fact (FAIR) Job of inspectors-not Pentagon- is to find and destroy weapons, but media is cheerleader for war1. CRUCIAL DAYS AHEAD BY KATHY KELLYJanuary 30, 2003BAGHDAD - Nine of us arrived in Baghdad close to midnight last night. This is my … [Read more...] about – Activists in Iraq/Media is cheerleading for war
NY City witholding permit for anti war demo? Demo info here
The NYC authorities are refusing march permits for Feb. 15. Under no circumstances, they say, will there be a march bigger than 10,000 people. Why? Because the police cannot contain it. The following are *excerpts* of notes from Co-chair Leslie Cagan of the United For Peace and Justice Coalition(admin. committee notes.)a) The NYC Police Dept. informed our lawyers today that … [Read more...] about NY City witholding permit for anti war demo? Demo info here