Who Is Really Behind the Anti-War Movement?

Vanity | September 18, 2007 | capergal1

[caper gal 1]

Who Is Really Behind the Anti-War Movement?

On Saturday, September 15, there was an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. in La Fayette Park directly across from the White House.  CSPAN ran it in its entirety on Sunday, and as I was watching, I began to wonder, “Who are these people”?  I did some research and the results are alarming.

There is a common Marxist-Leninist thread that ties many of these groups together along with a number of pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli speakers early on whose names I didn’t catch. 

Here is some of what I found, with links to info on the organizations, the speakers and the organizations’ websites. 

The rally was organized by ANSWER.

·        Anti-war front group for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party

·        A major organizer of the massive anti-Iraq war rallies of 2002 and 2003

·        Opposes embargo against Communist Cuba

·        Supports convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal

Brian Becker Co-Director was a featured speaker. Watch his speech           

·        Co-director of the International Action Center

·        Member of International A.N.S.W.E.R.'s steering committee

·        Member of the Secretariat of the Workers World Party

Co-sponsor of the rally was Muslim American Society (MAS).  This group espouses that the US is responsible for provoking the attacks of 9/11.

Mahdi Bray – Featured Speaker - Here’s a clip of Bray enthusiastically showing his support for Hammas and Hezbollah.

·        Executive Director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation

·        Advisory board member for numerous Muslim organizations

·        Has worked in concert with International ANSWER

·        Declared that he and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist fundraiser Sami al-Arian are “kindred spirits” on the issue of Muslim political activism

Code Pink

During the last week of December 2004, Medea Benjamin (Code Pink Founder), announced that Code Pink, Global Exchange, and Families for Peace would be donating a combined $600,000 in medical supplies and cash to the families of the terrorist insurgents who were fighting American troops in Fallujah, Iraq.  (Emphasis added)  Watch Benjamin’s comments

 

Voters for Peace and Democracy

·        Voter-education organization that endorses only anti-war political candidates

·        Project of such anti-war organizations as After Downing Street, Backbone Campaign, Code Pink, Democracy Rising, Global Exchange, Gold Star Families for Peace, Peace Action, Peace Majority, Peace Majority Report, and United For Peace and Justice.

Kevin Zeese – President, was a featured speaker - Watch his speech

Col. Ann Wright –

USAR, Ret.,

Former State Dept. Official 1987 – 2003

 

Common Ground Collective

                        Malik Rahim, Founder, speaker

           

·       Former Black Panther

·       Convicted felon

·       Current Green Party member

·       Long-time housing and prison activist in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

·       Gained publicity as a community organizer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

 

Ralph Nader

·        Far-left anti-capitalist activist

·        Two-time nominee for president

Ramsey Clark – He repeatedly pushed this site:  impeachbush.org

·        Former U.S. Attorney General

·        Acted as counsel for North Vietnamese Communists and Iran’s Islamic dictatorship

·        Founder of International Action Center, which is staffed by members of the Workers World Party, a Marxist-Leninist vanguard.

Some of Clark’s quotes from the rally:

“Our country doesn’t like poor people . . . especially here at home”. 
“We’ve got to cut our military budget by 50%”. 

“We spend more on military arms here than all other countries in the world combined”.

“Nothing is going to stop this war except the impeachment of George Bush and his gang”.

 

Partnership for Civil Justice

·       Sub-unit of the International Action Center, a front for the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party

·       Provides legal services for protesters arrested during demonstrations

·       Publishes literature designed to protect the civil liberties of terrorist suspects

 

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney & Co-Founder, was their featured speaker

·        Co-founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice Legal Defense & Education Fund

·        Attorney for the International Action Center

·        Anti-war activist

Gold Star Families for Peace  - Listen to what she had to say.

            Cindy Sheehan, Co-Founder President (does she really need any introduction at this point???)

            Cindyforcongress.org

 

Some memorable Cindy quips from Saturday:

 

            “We need to stand up and lie down”.

            “These people are the fascist elite.”

            “Power to the people.  Power to the people.   Power to the people.  Right on.”

            She left the stage to the crowd chanting “Impeach Bush. Impeach Bush”.

 

            I can see why she believes she’s a shoe-in for Speaker of the House.

 

This is not an anti-war movement; it is an anti-American, an anti-capitalist, impeach-Bush movement. 

We need to get this information to as many Americans as possible to do whatever we can to thwart their efforts. 

We cannot let these people mis-lead the American people while hiding their true agendas. 

We cannot afford to let them lose this war as they did forty years ago.  The stakes are too high. 

We are engaged in a struggle not only for the American way of life but for the survival of Western civilization. 

Please do your part by passing this on to your sphere of influence.

 

 

 

[AppyPappy]

Wow. You did all this yourself?

[CRBDeuce]

and here all along I thought it was just Jon Cary

really I did.

[MamaB]

You just now discovering this. Ramsey Clark has been anti-American since his Johnson days. They are a bunch of kooks who hate this country and would like to see it as a 3rd world country.

[MamaB]

You just now discovering this. Ramsey Clark has been anti-American since his Johnson days. They are a bunch of kooks who hate this country and would like to see it as a 3rd world country.

[Popman]

Great job

[Logophile]

There is a common Marxist-Leninist thread that ties many of these groups together along with a number of pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli speakers early on whose names I didn’t catch.

In other words, they are the usual suspects.

The anti-American Left has become tiresome and predictable.

[Jacquerie]

Whatever you do, don’t call them unpatriotic. /s

[ejonesie22]

You left out Ron Paul...

Just sayin’...

[Safetgiver]

Follow it back further. Many of these same people (the groups change names) are the same who fought tooth and nail to pull us out of Viet Nam. We were winning that war until Kerry, Kennedy, Clark, et al. pulled funding. There are a lot of ghosts in SE Asia that moan because of them.

[SpaceBar]

Whatever you do, don’t call them unpatriotic. /s

Great tagline material.

[BallyBill]

I know they all stand for everything I despise in my country. Many of them shouldn't even be able to stand each other if they were actually serious about what they claim, but they aren't serious.

The all want chaos and anarchy.

[DoughtyOne]

You did a nice job. I appreciate your efforts very much.

Some of us who have been here for years are pretty much aware of all this, but it is important to keep it front and center, so I think you’ve done the forum participants a good service.

Thank you.

What disturbs many of us, is that these facts aren’t all that hard to uncover. That’s not a besmirchment of you, but it sure begs the question what the hell is our Justice Department up to, that it can’t find what you have and take the appropriate action.

You take care. I look forward to your next project.

[gonzo]

Welcome to Free Republic, caper gal 1. Ramsey Clark also sought to defend Saddamm Hussien .................... FRegards

[Haddit]

Thanks, I needed that.

[Popman]

Never forget that these people are just the foot solders and front line leaders, many are simple tools which can't think for themselves.

The money that funds these organizations and the sycophantic media are the true enemy.

[Theresawithanh]

I heartily second DoughtyOne’s post, and welcome to FR!

[GiovannaNicoletta]

bookmark

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

First of all welcome to FR.

You did a good job in your research. While what you posted is common knowledge on FR, it obviously was an eye opening experience for you.

There is a whole lot more that you will learn on FR.

[familyop]

...and a fascist thread: the “paleo-cons,” “libertarians” or whatever, with sites like the “antiwar.*” and “rockwell.*” sites. ...also behind our currently most-hyped crop of RINOs.