Who's heading to DC for the 24th?

I'll be there with a couple friends and my son. Any other hipforumers going?

Maybe a meetup coould be organized....

 

im most likely going.

 

What's going on down there? I wouldn't mind a day trip.

EDIT: found out in another thread. sounds fun, actually....

 

there are lots of websites about different protests going on that day

 

Iraq: Bush's Vietnam
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We are coming together to build
real unity in mass protest
on September 24
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The "Vietnam Syndrome" - that strange malady in which the people of the U.S. turn decisively against a U.S. war of aggression in a far away third-world country - is coming back, and the White House knows it. The warmakers today will learn, as they did during Vietnam, that it is impossible to sustain such a war as the people of the U.S. turn the issue of the war into an unending "domestic crisis."
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Public opinion has shifted so dramatically against the war in Iraq that Bush and his administration have turned this week into a P.R. campaign to, as the LA Times put it, "salvage public support on Iraq." Faced with a nose-dive in support for Bush's attacks on social programs at home and his imperial conquests abroad, the White House and the Pentagon are afraid of losing their grip and are undertaking a mass propaganda offensive to rein in the one thing they fear the most - the power of the people as they turn against the warmakers. This orchestrated campaign, however, has not begun well for them.

Today, appearing before a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing in a failed attempt to paint a positive view of the war, Army Gen. John Abizaid, the top commander for U.S. aggression in the Middle East, was forced to directly contradict Vice President Cheney's recent announcement that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes." Abizaid stated that the power of the Iraqi resistance was undiminished and added, "you'll forgive me from criticizing the vice president." Donald Rumsfeld again had to explain why he has "not resigned," and a Republican lawmaker from South Carolina who supports the war complained in the hearing that "Public support in my state is turning... People are beginning to question. And I don't think it's a blip on the radar screen. We have a chronic problem on our hands."

On September 24 the people of the U.S. have the opportunity to make history. The mass demonstration in Washington DC initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition in partnership with other organizations who have come together to form the September 24 National Coalition will be a powerful expression of an increasingly incensed population. This is the political force at home that is the single biggest threat to the ambitions of Bush and the warmakers. In the next months the growing outrage at the grassroots level can develop into a political force as potent as that faced by the Johnson and Nixon administrations three decades ago.

 

i'd go but im preeeety far away.....

 

I plan to be there with the direct action contigent.

Ellis, how old is your son? If he's under 13 or 14, I wouldn't recommend it with the new weapons cops are learning to employ on its own citizenry, including kids.

 

He's 3, and a veteran of protests by now. Attended his first one at 3 months of age.

Obviously, we steer clear of the direct action crowd and the "black bloc" these days. He's a LITTLE too young to spend a weekend in the can (like his daddy has on occasion). DC marches are actually pretty safe compared to some of the other places I've been. The DC cops are used to big crowds of protesters just about every weekend and USUALLY don't tend to over-react like NYC cops do.

 

I've seen D.C. cops drive their motorcycles into standing or walking crowds of protesters. Don't put your faith into any police jurisdiction. Just my advice. Cops are always at best, unpredictable.

Stay safe!

 

I'd love to head down there but I am bummed because I have no way of getting there.

 

I live in Scotland and I have no money, But I would love to be their with you all. Take Bush by his balls and throw him in to hell Once and for all. If some one offers to get me a return ticket from the UK I would love to come.

 

yeah i would love to be there and im gonna try like hell but if i dont get there give them hell for me

peace

"And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, and don't hesitate
To send your sons off before it's too late.
You can be the first ones in your block
To have your boy come home in a box" -contry joe at woodstock

 

on the 24th I will be well on my way to making war on iraQ.... at least as far as the Mediterranian (sp?) maybe even eastern med......

 

I'll be there with about twenty other "Young Greens" from the Baltimore area. We're coming up for the day probably, and I'm actually going to have to leave my house to get there which will be difficult because my parents will surely protest that.

If anyone's looking at weather, it's still muggy and humid here. You'll be caked in a light layer of sweat after like five minutes outside. I'll post more updates when it gets closer to the march. I'm probably going to wear my hemp poncho, but only if it's cold.

 

and it's a saturday! perfect.

 

It's like the whole weekend. The main attraction I suppose is the march, which is on the Saturday.

 

man i told my friend about it and he got all gay and started saying that protesting is gay and it will never change enything and that we hsould respect hte president cuz hes the president


fuck that

 

i think i might be able to get down is enybody meeting enywhere

 

i'm in pa, and theres a local peace organization who's getting busses and taking anyone who wants to go. 30 dollars or whatever you can afford... but so far they only have enough people to fill half a bus.

 

Protesters don't change anything...but in any case, congratulations on nothing....