Over a hundred and fifty years ago Benicia, California, a sleepy little community in the North Bay area near San Francisco, had its 18 months of fame as the state capitol. Today, the town is known more for its antique stores and artistic community, then it is for its political activism. However, since shortly after the Iraq War started a small, but persistent group of the Anti War Crowd (AWC) have ‘occupied’ the downtown city park each Thursday evening. Well, actually, it is not the whole park, but instead it is the prime corner of the park, directly across the...