Massive Anti-War March Says 'Troops Out Now'
The Political Beat
January 31, 2007
"Celebrities, elected officials:
Actor Jane Fonda, the leading celebrity activist during the Vietnam War, especially in the movement supporting GI resistance, rejoined the anti-war struggle after a 34-year absence from protests. She had been attacked mercilessly by the rightwing since that time. She told the audience she had not wanted to add notoriety to the movement, but that now, 'Silence is no longer an option.'
Actors Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon spoke, with Sarandon standing up for the veterans abandoned by the Bush administration after they've finished their tour in Iraq.
A small number of Democratic Party representatives in the House spoke or showed their faces, most demanding that their party's protest go beyond the 'symbolic.' Rep. John Conyers (Mich.) was there, also Jerry Nadler (N.Y.), who introduced a bill cutting off funding except to bring the troops home. Dennis Kucinich (Ohio) came out against any funding for the war.
Rep. Maxine Waters (Calif.) raked Bush and Dick Cheney over the coals: '[Bush] says he is the decider. He's not. He's the liar.'..."
http://emergingminds.org/Massive-Anti-War-March-Says-Troops-Out-Now.html
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