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In San Francisco last week there was a gathering of the great unwashed, better known as anti-war protesters. They carried signs and banners bearing anti-American and anti-Bush slogans. One of those banners proclaimed "We Support Our Troops When They Shoot Their Officers" according to the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto. Sgt. Asan Akbar apparently heard the message. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, in an army camp in Kuwait he rolled hand grenades into three tents killing a captain and injuring 15 others, including a brigade commander. According to The Los Angeles Times soldiers in his unit, the 326th Engineer...

Hundreds of chanting anti-war protesters lined Fifth Avenue on Thursday and dozens rushed into the street and lay down at the beginning of a series of civil disobedience actions planned for throughout the day. Officers, some in riot gear and on horseback, clamped plastic handcuffs onto about 150 protesters who refused to get up, and half-carried them into police vehicles. Anti-war groups have called for a day of widespread civil disobedience, including blocking busy intersections and a “die-in” to protest media and corporate “profiteering from the war.” As helicopters hovered overhead, the protesters — some beating drums and chanting “Hey-hey,...

This is a great site for our side...www.protestwarrior.com It shows the "useful idiots" for what they really are....communists (as evident by the materials/literature available to those who attend!

Just a few moments ago, the morning crew at Fox News was interviewing a wounded soldier from the Army Hospital in Germany and they showed him some footage of the couple dozen "die-in" protesters on Fifth Avenue in New York to get his reaction. When they set it up, the reporterette said, "You've got to keep in mind, Sargeant, that this group is organized by 'Anarchists and Communists,' 'The International Socialist Organization,' and 'Psycho Therapists against War.'" All three reporters took a shot at the inane, professionally-organized protest and the sargeant just shrugged and said somehing to the effect of...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A San Francisco supervisor said Wednesday that the district attorney's office may issue fines against the organizers of last week's anti-war protests that resulted in over 2,000 arrests and millions of dollars being paid for police overtime and for other city services. Supervisor Tony Hall said the city was "fed up" with mass 'direct action' demonstrations like the ones last week that brought business to a near halt in downtown San Francisco. "I think there is no question about it, people on all sides of the war are really fed up with people coming into our city...

Some random thoughts here for consideration.The US media is aggressively covering the various demonstrations taking place which call an end to the War on Iraq by the Bush Administration.I have examined in detail both the websites of these various groups in the US and overseas as I have analyzed the speeches that are given, in terms of rhetorical comment.I have taken a good look at the posters and rally slogans also in these various gatherings.And here is the question:US media highlights these demonstrations, when they occur internationally, as being "ANTI-AMERICAN".And yet, when they occur in the United States they are...

Just saw Protesters in nYC running from scene of what it looks to be an assault on a Car and Motorist, It's time to turn bring these so called Humane, peaceful protesters to their Knee's. Bloomberg needs to order polic to strike back and hard.

In the January 26 issue (#299) we reported that the anti-American & anti-war protests were very interesting not so much because of the subject matter but because of the players. About 5% were known mainline socialist/communist organizers. Nearly 20% had no reason for being there other than to try to get lucky. Another 20% were has-been hippies who just do not fit in anywhere anymore. At least another 20% had issues other than protesting a war. And it looked like the rest were just there because someone made them think it might be a good idea. It was something to...

Direct Action Plans for the Next Business Day After the War Starts Direct Action to Stop the War has called for mass nonviolent civil disobedience in downtown San Francisco on the next business day after the Bush administration begins military strikes on Iraq. ****(commie crap snipped)***** We are calling on people from all walks of life and all backgrounds to join us at 7am in Justin Herman Plaza. ****(commie crap snipped)**** We believe that silence is agreement and that peace is an idea which demands action. Our goals are to nonviolently transform downtown San Francisco from profiteering and war to...

<p>Even as U.S. forces advance on Iraq, a home front is forming. Antiwar groups, many of them trained in a series of often-violent antiglobalization protests in recent years, are planning demonstrations aimed at shutting businesses and financial markets.</p> <p>During the past week, protesters have halted trading on London's International Petroleum Exchange and created traffic havoc in San Francisco's financial district. Wednesday, 27 demonstrators were arrested following a sit-in in front of the White House, while other protests took place in Boston, Detroit and New York, among other cities. Activists plan more widespread disruptions the day after hostilities break out.</p>

Arlington Police and fire have blocked off Lynn Street and other streets in vicinity of Key Bridge. Looks like hundreds of police on the scene. So far no word on what precipitated the event, but this hasn't happened before.

NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION:EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN THURSDAY, MARCH 20: No Business as Usual! STOP the War on Iraq! WALKOUTS AND PROTESTS NYC, DC, SF, LA, Boston and cities across the countrydownload leaflets and placcards here and at www.votenowar.org [list your local emergency response event] [Volunteer to build emergency response actions] [Contact a center near you to learn about local actions ]Bush administration has begun terrorist assault against Iraq EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS Iraq, a country that has not attacked or threatened the United States, is now the subject of a state-sponsored terrorist assault from the skies as the...

MTV anti- American musician: "This isn't America's war, this is George Bush's war - it's a sham!" "Most Americans do not support this war" This is what they are feeding the youth of America. MTV commercial: "Most Americans are against the war but the media has whited them out." They just stated that the US deserves 9/11!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dozens of people were arrested on Wednesday when hundreds marched in cities across the United States to protest a looming U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Demonstrators in Washington, New York , Boston and San Francisco railed against war, shouting "No Blood for Oil" and "Shame," while the clock ticked toward an 8 p.m. EST deadline set by President Bush for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to go into exile or face a massive invasion. "If the war breaks out, walk out!" chanted a crowd of about 250 people around Lafayette Park, which faces the White House . In Boston,...

Not In Our Name and the World Wide Terrorism WebBy Michael TremoglieFrontPageMagazine.com | March 19, 2003 In the run-up to this war, Not In Our Name became one of the major “peace” organizers and coalitions in the United States. Not In Our Name has spared no cost purchasing ads in newspapers around the world to publish its anti-American Statement of Conscience.  Its signatories include scores of Hate America bigwigs, like Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Gloria Steinem and Barbara Kingsolver.  Hollywood icons (and many more has-beens) like Danny Glover, Jessica Lange, Tyne Daly, Martin Sheen and Ed Harris have...

ANSWER is planning an anti-war protest in Chicago IL. for the day the war to liberate Iraq starts. They plan to meet at the Federal Plaza on Dearborn St. between Jackson and Adams @ 5pm and will gather at the exit from the Blue Line on the NW corner of Jackson and Dearborn.

"How can Bush claim to care so much about human rights in Iraq while embedding himself in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait?" Lindsay said during a recent antiwar rally in Washington. "Will America forget about nation building in Iraq -- the same way America forgot about nation building in Afghanistan -- as soon as the Iraqi oil wells are secured?"

Soldiers’ journey halts for protest 182nd transport group heads to training, war From Record-Eagle staff TRAVERSE CITY — The 182nd Transportation Co. got off to a late and emotional start Monday morning after peace activists blocked the 60-vehicle convoy. The National Guard reservists later left amid hugs and tears from loved ones and waving flags of supporters, family, friends and veterans. One of the 14 protesters threw himself under a fuel tanker while the others plopped down in front of the truck about 7:20 a.m. as it stopped at a sign just outside the gate of the Army Reserve Center...

March 18, 2003, 9:00 a.m. Seeing Red Spontaneous anti-American demonstrations? Think again. By Ion Mihai Pacepa Over the March 15-16 weekend there were simultaneous anti-American and pro-peace demonstrations around the world, with the largest in Athens and Moscow. It is significant that the headquarters of the Soviet-created World Peace Council (WPC) is now in Athens, and that its honorary chairman is still the same KGB asset, Romesh Chandra, who chaired this Cold War organization during the years when I was a Communist general. This current bashing of the U.S. makes me believe I am watching a revival of an old...

We would be for the defeat of the U.S. in this war," explained Abram Negrete, the leader of a small group that trekked from the Big Apple to the Washington Monument for this weekend's antiwar protests. "We are for the defense of Iraq. It is in the interests of working people in the United States that the same government which is trying to intimidate and silence them be defeated in this war." According to Negrete, America's plans are much more ambitious than merely deposing Saddam Hussein: "The current plan is to launch a war which is with the explicit intention...