More than 30,000 rally in DC to Defend Lebanon and Palestine! [Acidic SPEW from ANSWER]

email from ANSWER | Sunday, Aug 13, 2006

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Poster's note: Sorry this is a little messy. Had a hard time getting the email to format properly.

Now, Stand back! It's gonna get nasty!

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The country's largest protest against the U.S.-Israeli assa ult
30,000 fill the streets a round the White House
Rally to air today on CSPAN-1 at 2:46pm E DT

Washington, DC

More then 30,000 demonstrators filled the streets around the White House today chanting, “Stop the US-Israeli war agai nst Lebanon and Palestine.”

The New York Times reported today that the demonstration's “divers e crowd included many Arab-Americans and Muslims, college students and fami lies, as well as veterans of prior demonstrations against the war in Iraq.& #8221; The NY Times goes on, “thousands of people rallied near the Wh ite House on Saturday to protest what they described as Israeli aggression in Lebanon and the United States’ unwavering support for Israel ̷ 0;At the rally on Saturday, the prevailing sentiments were expressed in sig ns held aloft by marchers: “Occupation is a crime — Iraq, Leban on, Palestine.” “Stop Israeli terrorism.” “No justi ce, no peace.’’

From New York Times today:

Brian Becker, national coordinator of a c oalition called Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, a sponsor of the rally, asserted that President Bush had given Israel a green light to crush Hezbo llah in Lebanon, then 'sent cluster bombs to the Israeli Defense Forces to kill Lebanese children.'
- New York Times. Read full story.

This was the largest demonstration in the US since the commencement of t he Israeli bombing campaign of Lebanon and Gaza in mid-July.

The demonstration was initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, Muslim Am erican Society Freedom Foundation and the National Council of Arab American s. More then 150 buses brought demonstrators from, MI, IL, NY, MD, FL, VA, MA, NJ and 25 other states.

In San Francisco 15,000 people marched in one of several other August 12 actions timed to coincide with the Emergency March on Washington. In Los A ngeles 5,000 demonstrated. Smaller actions of about 600 people in Seattle a nd 300 people in Orlando Florida were also held.

August 12 a Global Day of Action

August 12 emerged as a day of coordinated wor ldwide protests. Street demonstrations were held in Mombasa and Nairobi, Ke nya; Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada;20

San Francisco

Madrid, Spain; Pa raguay; Damascus, Syria; Santiago, Chile; Mumbai, India; Istanbul, Turkey; Mogadishu, Somalia; Dhaka, Bangladesh; Karachi, Pakistan; Jakarta, Indonesi a; Sydney, Australia; Nablus, Palestine; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and many others .

Speakers at the Washington D.C. demonstration included, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark; Mahdi Bray the Executive Director of the Muslim Ameri can Society Freedom Foundation; Mara Verheyden-Hilliard an attorney and co- founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice; Brian Becker the National Coo rdinator of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition; Dr. Mounzer Sleiman of the National Council of Arab Americans; Osama Siblani Publisher at Arab American News; Peta Lindsay Howard University student and Coordinator ANSWER Student and Youth; and Dr. Clovis Maksoud the Former ambassador from the Arab Leagu e to the U.N, Arab-American Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC), and others .

Crimes against Lebanon and Palestine Continue

T he Israelis assert that the slaughter of Lebanon is in the self defense of Zionism. As a progressive Jew, I want nothing to do with that brutal and un just ideology.
- Carl Messineo, read full speech< /FONT>

The U.S.-Israeli war against Lebanon an d Palestine has created immense suffering for the people but it has al so created widespread resistance. The Bush administration and the Israeli g overnment believed that this massive bombing campaign would force all of Le banon into a new U.S. sphere of influence. Just the opposite has happened. This same fantasy has backfired in Iraq as well.

Overwhelming military power has inflicted unimaginable human suffering b ut failed in achieving its political objectives of transforming the entire oil rich region into a virtual colony. The effort to achieve the “new ” colonialism by brute force has and will inspire continued resistanc e by the Lebanese, Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian people and all th e peoples of the area.

'We want to know why our tax money is go ing to support war crimes,' said Mounzer Sleiman, vice chairman of the Nati onal Council of Arab- Americans, one of more than 15 speakers who addressed the protesters gathered in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, un der a cloudless sky.
-New York Times. Read full story

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The August 12 E mergency Demonstrations were an important step in forging the kind of U.S. anti-war movement in the United States that embraces the just cause of the peoples’ in the Middle East who are rejecting domination by the new i mperial Empire. Instead of having the people of the United States pitted ag ainst the Arab people our message is one of solidarity.

People in the United States must struggle for jobs, justice, education, and in opposition to racism at home rather than be dragged along by the war makers in Washington D.C. Their chauvinistic campaign against those in the Middle East who are seeking to freely determine their own destiny is a cal culated propaganda effort by the Bush administration -- and all those Republicans and Democrats alike -- who support its program of endless war. It is not the people of the United States but the big transnational corpora tions and banks, and especially the largest oil monopolies, who are the rea l beneficiaries of the Bush program.

Help take the next steps and stay involved as an activist or supporter o f the anti-war movement. Congratulations to all the thousands of volunteers and supporters who made the August 12 demonstrations such an important ste p in continuing to build this movement.  

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I'm sure the fine folks from the DC Chapter of FR can refute much of this.

Guys?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Very reminicent of Uncle Adolf's Nuremburg rallies back in the 30s and 40s.

[CindyDawg]

There are no Americans there.

[Dominic Harr]

Militarily, we're winning the war. We win all the battles, control the air, we're killing more of the enemy than we lose, etc.

It's culturally we seem to be losing.

Now let's see, who is it that are our cultural warriors???

Hollywood. The Press. The music industry.

Ah. THEY are the ones losing the war. I see.

What we really need now are movies, shows, songs, etc, to sell the world on a few simple things.

• Targeting innocent people is evil.
• If you believe God wants you to comit such an act, you are not talking to God.
• If someone is on a hill in the next country, and starts shooting at my kids playing in the fields -- it is just to shoot back at that man even if he's standing in a crowd of people.

It's time for our 'message' people to get in the game. I can't imagine how they could oppose such a message.

[Grendel9]

Justlook who tops the list of Speakers!
Ramsey Clark...FORMER US DA...who incited
the Impeach Bush slogan, then joined the
Defense Team for Saddam Hussein.
A true American! Just what does a person
get away with these days without being
branded a traitor and stripped of his
citizenship? I call this turkey a
Man without a Country.

[aaronarnwine]

There's no way that is 30,000 people. At most, it looks like a few thousand.

What liars.

And how many of those people are American citizens? And how many of those people were reporters that joined the protest ;-)

[Yaakov The Orator]

There is no such a thing as as "Progressive Jew."

Only a "Progressive" (Which means "perverted").

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I would not be surprised with all of the anti-American and anti-war demonstrations going on,one of or a group of protestors is going to push the wrong button.You may very well see the American people start taking the law into their own hands.

[ClaireSolt]

The usual suspects taking advantage of illegals.

[BW2221]

The ACLU national organization and many state chapters are headed by "progressive" secular (and I might add suicidal) Jews.

[American in Israel]

Need to round these people up and lock them in rubber rooms for their safety, they obviously are criminaly insane!

[SupplySider]

These fools actually believe they are the vanguard of a marxist revolution that is joining with oppressed "people of color" in the Middle East to overthrow the capitalist, racist, imperialist oppressors.

What irony. Only the most spoiled bourgeois children could ever hold such decadent views!

[Doctor Raoul]

That the NYT doesn't tell the public, protect the public, but telling the public who is Brian Becker and what does he want is an indictment againt the NYT.

The NYT is a joke. They should let people know the facts and let the public decide. But they'd rather print propoganda to help those who hate America.

[SupplySider]

It is not the people of the United States but the big transnational corpora tions and banks, and especially the largest oil monopolies, who are the rea l beneficiaries of the Bush program.

What oil monopolies? Oil is a fungible commodity traded freely on world markets. The big oil companies are publicly traded and the majority of the owners are savers and pensioners. These people want to take control of the oil business away from the people and give it to their politically connected friends! I'm sure this irony is also completely lost on them.

[SALChamps03]

I'm curious if these people can show me where exactly Palestine is located on a map.

[Just A Nobody]

I'm sure the fine folks from the DC Chapter of FR can refute much of this.

There were absolutely, positively no more than 10,000, and that is being generous. We discussed this after the event and again today at our meeting and most believe the number was somewhere between 5-7000.

This was not your ordinary run-of-the-mill commie rally. For the first time I felt really anxious as we countered them. These people were vile and out of control. They threw a half full mid size bottle of water at us and a couple other things that didn't make it to us. They went ballistic on more than one occasion and the LEO's had to move them back into the street. Some managed to get in behind us on more than one occasion.

[upchuck]

Thanks for the update.

There is an AAR w/pics from b4everfree here. Looking at the pics I got the idea that the moonbats were a little more agitated than normal.

They should have been smiling from ear to ear and having a great time. Hadn't they heard there is a cease fire ;^)

[Just A Nobody]

Hadn't they heard there is a cease fire

Nope! They were at the White House by 10:30 or before. No time to catch the news when one is on a mission. BTW, I just saw on the sidebar that hizb'allah already broke the cease fire. Whew! That was a long one!