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It began quietly enough, with a handful of dedicated, left-leaning activists urging an economic boycott to protest the inauguration of Bush's second term. The "Not One Damn Dime!" movement had its scoffers and detractors, but no one was laughing when the shock waves of the boycott were felt throughout the global economy, leaving a swath of financial ruin in their wake. J. H. On Wednesday, Brad Smith was a bond trader with a seven-figure bonus. Today, he wonders when he'll get his next meal. By 9:35 AM, the New York Stock Exchange was forced to shut down due to a...

Brian Becker lied about anti-war protesters not being allowed on Pennsylvania Ave, here is the link! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24246-2005Jan20.html

Global Day of Coordinated Actions on the 2nd Anniversary of the "Shock and Awe" Invasion of Iraq initiated by antiwar organizations worldwide including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition in the United States Antiwar actions in Washington DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles and in other cities around the country and around the world will take place on March 19/20.

Dissent Can Be Disloyal On December 24, 2004, Geoffrey R. Stone, a University of Chicago law professor rhetorically asked in a Chicago Tribune commentary, “Is Dissent Disloyal?” His first paragraph states “Dissent in wartime can be the highest form of patriotism. If citizens believe that our military or political leaders have blundered or our reasons for fighting are unjust, they must voice these concerns if they are to meet their responsibilities in a self-governing society. Dissent is not disloyal.” He then gives examples of dissent through out U.S. history that he views as patriotic. Unfortunately, at this point in our...

Brian Becker, National Coordinator for the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Friday, January 21, 2005; Noon ET Brian Becker, national coordinator for the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, discusses the group's demonstration, Thursday's inauguration and his disagreement with the current administration. Submit your questions and comments before or during the discussion [click here].

Several thousand demonstrators rallied at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Thursday night, protesting the inauguration of President Bush and calling for an end to the war in Iraq. After the rally, demonstrators marched along Market Street, effectively closing the street. Speakers at the rally gave fiery denunciations of Bush and his policies, with many shouting personal insults and some comparing his actions to that of the Nazis in pre-World War II Germany. "Today is a sad day in history. A war criminal has been sworn in as president," said Alicia Jrapko of International ANSWER, the group that organized...

<p>A picture's worth a thousand words. My question: Why didn't the security guards escort the PROTESTERS out of the building??? Disgusting.</p>

Tune in and listen to all the speakers spout "That Good Old Commie Melody" regardless of what group they respresent. Isn't this supposed to be a protest against BUSH right? These guys hate AMERICA, you can see and hear they say so. Take the speaker's name and search for that name and "COMMUNIST" and see what drops out. The Himmler looking Brian Becker won't admit to his WWP Secretariat credentials on his resume.

Presidential Inauguration Security Information Turned Over to Anti-American, Terrorist-linked Group D.C. Says Judge's Orders Threaten Public Safety As the nation's capital prepares itself for the presidential inauguration by going into lockdown mode and placing portable Stinger missile launchers throughout the city, Americans may be stunned to learn that the District of Columbia has been forced by a federal judge to hand over intelligence data on police tactics, training, and strategies from the last inauguration to an organization with documented ties to terrorist groups and Saddam Hussein. The District of Columbia was forced by court order to turn over this information...

(CNSNews.com) - Insisting that they are "not criminals, they are patriots," an array of Bush-bashing protesters are making last minute plans for their Inauguration Day demonstrations in Washington. However, the protesters have more in common than an aversion to war. They have a history of sympathizing with America's enemies including North Korea and Cuba, and look to a former U.S. attorney general for guidance. "We're coming in a spirit of non-violence," Shahid Buttar, a Washington, D.C., lawyer and political activist, emphasized, in a Jan. 12 news conference at the National Press Club, where various left-wing groups announced plans for...

Clinton Judge Emasculates Law Enforcement Agencies as Communist and Anarchist groups Plan Disruptions of Inaugural; Colombian Terrorists Target Bush for Death By Special Reports | January 18, 2005 Rulings by a Clinton-appointed federal judge, Gladys Kessler, have given unprecedented access to protesters to the inaugural parade route so that their "civil rights" may be protected. While the Washington Post and other Bush-bashing media are focusing on the cost of the January 20 Inauguration, a much more serious issue has emerged. Communist and anarchist groups may be planning to disrupt the inaugural and possibly commit violence. One organization sympathetic to a...

WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has agreed to give thousands of anti-war demonstrators a prime spot along President Bush (news - web sites)'s inaugural parade route that will allow them to protest during the procession. The anti-war group A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is planning to erect its own bleachers in the space, an open plaza on Pennsylvania Ave., just a few blocks from the Capitol building, said Brian Becker, national coordinator for the group. The bleachers could seat up to 1,000 people and the park service estimates up to 10,000 could fill the space standing shoulder to shoulder. "I don't think...

International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a front group for the communist Workers World Party, has released a video that agitates for 'civil war' at President Bush's inaugural parade on January 20 in Washington, D.C.According to reports, the group has received demonstration permits from the U.S. Park Service for at least two positions along the parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue: the Navy Memorial and Freedom Plaza.The release of the video follows on the announcement that Ramsey Clark, a founder of ANSWER and its parent group, the International Action Center (IAC), will be one of Saddam Hussein's...

The D.C. Chapter of Free Republic held a press conference this afternoon at the National Press Club to talk about the issues surrounding President Bush's Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2005 and the controversy over demonstration permits for it.C-SPAN and Fox News were there, as was a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.The Associated Press, which covered the morning press conference by yet another anti-Bush group planning to protest his inauguration, was a no-show at our press conference. So far, the AP has run two stories today about the anti-Bush group. Here and here. This follows the...

News Conference Inaugural Parade Protests Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) National Press Club Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 184872 - 12/17/2004 - 1:08 - $45.00 Rev. Hagler, Graylan, Minister, Plymouth Congregational Church Bray, Mahdi, Executive Director, Muslim American Society, Freedom Foundation Verheyden-Hilliard, Mara, Co-Founder, Partnership for Civil Justice Kaufman, Chuck, National Coordinator, Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), Nicaragua Network Mills, Caneisha, Coordinator, Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.), Youth and Student Involvement Becker, Brian, National Coordinator, Act Now to Stop War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) Lindsey, Peta,...

Before the W2 ball on Jan 20th, go out and help Protestwarrior protest ANSWER in operation Hail to the Chief, and show these people that they are not in the majority.

WASHINGTON - The park service has given the Presidential Inaugural Committee clearance to erect bleachers along parts of Pennsylvania Avenue where an anti-war group had requested permits to stage a large-scale protest during President Bush (news - web sites)'s parade. The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition had applied for permits to assemble, and in some cases build bleachers, along parts of the historic street that stretches from the Capitol to the White House. The National Park Service has not acted on the coalition's permits. However, angry coalition officials argued Friday that permitting the inaugural committee to build bleachers in several open spaces, such...

The Manhattan attorney Lynne Stewart has been wedded to activist causes since the 1960’s, defending a long train of leftists who have had run-ins with the law. A grandmotherly woman with a wide, jowly pink face and graying hair in a bowl cut, she has represented antiwar demonstrators, aging yippies, and Black Panthers. In one well known display of her skills, she convinced a jury in the late 1980’s that Larry Davis, a drug dealer who had wounded six policemen in a shootout, was himself the victim of corruption and racism, and won his acquittal. When Stewart arrived at a...

The Manhattan attorney Lynne Stewart has been wedded to activist causes since the 1960’s, defending a long train of leftists who have had run-ins with the law. A grandmotherly woman with a wide, jowly pink face and graying hair in a bowl cut, she has represented antiwar demonstrators, aging yippies, and Black Panthers. In one well known display of her skills, she convinced a jury in the late 1980’s that Larry Davis, a drug dealer who had wounded six policemen in a shootout, was himself the victim of corruption and racism, and won his acquittal. When Stewart arrived at a...

WASHINGTON — Anti-war protesters planning to come to town for President Bush's inauguration in January say they remain undeterred despite reports that Washington, D.C., is going to be a virtual fortress, with unprecedented levels of security, including military forces and every relevant local, state and federal agency on alert. While the Department of Homeland Security recently designated the Jan. 20 inauguration a National Special Security Event (search), thus putting into place multi-agency security for the presidential swearing-in ceremony, parade and inaugural balls, protest organizers like Brian Becker of ANSWER (search) (Act Now To Stop War And Racism) say the move...