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It is secretly being screamed all over left circles. The Workers’ World Party (WWP) has splintered. This will have no importance in the news if it wasn’t for the fact that for a long time the WWP – a formation of about 300 militants nationwide -- allegedly dominated ANSWER, one of the main antiwar coalitions in the US. According to unofficial reports, the entire West Coast membership of the WWP left the organization following the discussions about the Presidential ticket of the organization. According to different sources, some of those leaving the group opposed the WWP running candidates for President...

The delay in posting this is due to the various activities associated with the death of President Reagan.  In the report that follows, CLICK ON ANY PHOTO AND A NEW WINDOW SHOULD OPEN WITH A FULL SIZE VERSION OF THE PHOTO  . (Thumbnail photos hyperlinked to full versions.)  Also, I've linked to several sound files in WAV format.  Click on them and you should hear the sounds. Right click and save if you want to listen to them later.  For the third time in a month, DC Chapter FReepers, other FReepers, and their allies turned out on June 5, 2004...

Al Jazeera June 6, 2004 Anti-war protests have not died down in the US. Joining anti-war protests in France and Italy, thousands take to the streets of San Francisco to peacefully protest US President Bush's policies in Iraq. Chanting slogans against Bush and the US occupation of Iraq, hundreds also gathered peacefully in heavy rain in a park across from the White House to protest the war, as well as the presence of US and French troops in Haiti. "We should probably give back the Statue of Liberty until we are ready for it again," said San Francisco protestor Liam...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- They've protested. They've rallied. They've banged drums. Now those who cry loudest for an end to the military operation in Iraq are preparing to let their voices be heard at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions this summer in Boston and New York City respectively. The nation's ardent anti-war activists are planning efforts aimed during both political parties' conventions this summer to add an anti-war leg to the party platforms. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), the self-described "Peace Candidate," knows that he cannot win his party's nomination for the White House but has remained in the race...

Michael Berg: "... I don’t think that my son’s murder was solved, if you know what I’m saying ..." On Saturday I attended International ANSWER's latest "EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION" to protest the Bush administration's "criminal wars, occupations, torture and assault." According the flyer, thousands of protestors would "Speak Truth to Power" in a march from the White House to Donald Rumsfeld's front lawn. The highlight of the event was to be a celebrity speech by Michael Berg, the father of terror victim Nick Berg. Given Mr. Berg's recent rhetoric espousing what he regards as the Bush administration's culpability in his son's...

The fringe left was out in all its glory in San Francisco on Saturday (6/5), marking the anniversary of Israel's 1967 war. International A.N.S.W.E.R. organizers also managed to lump Iraq into the equation, with the blanket statement, ''End All Occupations!'' And just to cover their bases, the banner above the stage read, ''U.S. Troops Out of Everwhere!'' The banner also called for the U.S. to ''End the Torture'' and of course, there were many references to Abu Ghraib throughout the day. But all in all, it was a pitiful display and the best they could turn out was 4000-5000 people....

On saturday, June 5th, the liberal looney toons gathered to protest the war, President Bush, Israel, and a number of other things that had nothing to do with anything. The San Francisco Voice For Israel gathered in conjuction with the Protest Warriors and a few freepers. Here is my rundown on the days events. Please bear with me, I'm not much of a writer, but I'll do my best. The San Francisco Voice For Israel met at 10:30 at Market and Powell in San Francisco. Around 11:30 they marched down the sidewalk (they didn't have a permit to march in...

Anti-war protesters clash with pro-Israel confreres Thousands march down Market, want troops out of Iraq Thousands of protesters took to the sunny streets of downtown San Francisco on Saturday, hoping to turn public outrage over prisoner abuse in Iraq into demands to withdraw U.S. troops. A crowd estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 by both police and protest organizers gathered at United Nations Plaza, then marched down Market Street around noon to Justin Herman Plaza, where they listened to speakers demand an end to the U.S. military presence in Iraq. As they neared the Embarcadero, the protesters ran into about 500...

Thousands of Americans braved the rains and marched in Washington Saturday, June 5, to protest American occupation of Iraq and mark Israel 's seizure of Arab lands in 1967. The demonstrators, including mothers and fathers of soldiers who oppose the Iraq war, marched from outside the White House to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s house. The carried banners urging an end to the occupation of Palestine , Afghanistan , Iraq and Haiti Michael Berg, the father of civilian Nicholas Berg who was beheaded in Iraq , was one of the key speaker at the rally. He exhorted people of the...

So, unfortunately, Ron Dog couldn't organize a counter protest to A.N.S.W.E.R.'s communist front anti-war rally today in downtown Los Angeles (yes ACLU, named after Angels of the Christian God). The ProtestWarriors were there, 3 strong, and two part time freeperettes. Obviously we were out-numbered. I think I got there first, as I walked around the starting point at Olympic and Broadway, I figured there would be some type of Conservative turnout. I asked an L.A.P.D. officer where the Conservatives, if any, would be staging. The officer answered that there was none scheduled or permitted, but he saw fit to give...

This is an update to my previous post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1147151/posts The meeting time is --11:30 a.m.-- and we are still meeting at Embarcadero bart. Also, Channel 7 news called me and said they are interested in meeting us. I advised them of our final rally point, Justin Herman Plaza. Anyone who can show up should definately try to be here. We are anticipating our largest group to date. We welcome you all to attend if you can.

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic invites all FReepers and lurkers in good standing to join us at two events we will be holding on Saturday, June 5, in D.C. to counter the "antiwar" rally and march being held by International ANSWER that day.We will be joined by Iraqi exile leaders and some of the men who had their hands amputated at Abu Ghraib on orders of Saddam Hussein.At 10 a.m., we will hold a media availability on the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street, NW.From 2 p.m. to about 5 p.m., we will gather...

The northern Virginia-based Muslim Students' Association (MSA) might easily be taken for a benign student religious group. It promotes itself as a benevolent, non-political entity devoted to the simple virtue of celebrating Islam and providing college students a healthy venue to develop their faith and engage in philanthropy. Along these lines, its constitution declares the MSA's mission as serving "the best interest of Islam and Muslims in the United States and Canada so as to enable them to practice Islam as a complete way of life."[1] Today, over 150 MSA chapters exist on American college campuses (divided into five regional...

NEW YORK: The national leadership of Workers World Party met here on May 23 and selected party candidates to run in this year's presidential election. Representatives from party branches around the country gave their unanimous approval--and a cheering, standing ovation--to a proposal from the Secretariat of the National Committee that the candidates for president and vice president, respectively, be John Parker of Los Angeles and Teresa Gutierrez of New York. The selection of Parker and Gutierrez reflects their valuable work in the party over many years, their commitment to the struggle of the multinational working class in this country...

Like a lot of you, I was willing to cut Nick Berg's father a lot of slack considering the tragedy of his son's death, but this is disgusting: George Bush never looked into Nick's eyes. Even more than the murderers who took my son's life, I condemn those who make policies to end lives.

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic invites all FReepers and lurkers in good standing to join us in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 5, 2004 as we stand up for America against the communist front group International A.N.S.W.E.R. and their new poster boy, Michael Berg.A.N.S.W.E.R. will be holding a so-called antiwar rally and march on June 5. The rally begins at noon at Lafayette Park in front of the White House. The march is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. The commies will proceed north up 14th Street then turn west on U Street and Florida Avenue then turn north...

It was an interesting day in Nashville, Tennessee. While President Bush was here for a technology conference at Vanderbilt University and a $25,000 a plate Republican fundraiser local and Federal law enforcement descended on an American Airlines jet at Nashville International suspected of having explosive materials present. A bomb dog was guilty of having too fine a nose, signaling for a computer case that belonged to a farmer who had been handling fertilizer shortly before his flight. Fortunately the President was using an alternative airport on this trip. A.N.S.W.E.R./MoveOn.org, members and their puppets were out in force. Around 100 protestors...

Emergency!!!!-Nashville Counter Protest Freep Needed! The Commies will be protesting BUSH's fundraiser tonight May 27th 2004 from 4pm to 6pm, (I am an hour and a half away and work until 4:30pm or I would be there with all my flags and signs and stuff) Here is an Email from the rats mailing list, I only checked this account today, it's mostly kept as a spammable addy, sorry... > > > Caution-pro-communist peacenik message to begin... > "BUSH IN NASHVILLE DEMONSTRATION FOR PEACE THIS THURSDAY - MAY 27TH 4:00 – 6:00 5819 Hillsboro Road CORRECTION: Parking will not be at...

When I eulogized my son, Nick, I said that he was my teacher and my hero. He was the kindest, gentlest man I know — no, the kindest, gentlest human being I know or have ever known. Did you know that he quit the Boy Scouts of America because they wanted to teach him to fire a handgun? Nick, too, poured into me the strength I needed and still need to tell the world about him. People ask me why I focus on putting the blame for my son's tragic and atrocious end on the Bush administration. They ask: "Don't...

Mass Rally & March on June 5 Thousands at the White House will say: "Bush and Rumsfeld - Guilty of War Crimes" "I plan to be in Washington DC on June 5 at the peace rally. We will be marching from Bush's White House to Rumsfeld's house and I am hoping that everyone who cares about peace in this country will join us." – Michael BergMichael Berg, the father of Nicholas Berg who was murdered in Iraq, will be a speaker at the June 5th Speak Truth to Power mass demonstration and speak-out in front of the White House. This...