Veterans for Peace White House Civil Disobedience to End War

On Thursday December 16th 2010, snow fell as 131 people were arrested in a Civil Disobedience at the White House protesting the continuing wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and in Iraq. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Chris Hedges provides an extraordinary anti-war soliloquy which is inter-cut with interview of Veterans of the recent wars and with Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the top secret Pentagon Papers. Read John Halle piece about this film www.johnhalle.com This action was organized by the Veterans Peace www.veteransforpeace.org Stop These Wars www.stopthesewars.org The March Forward www.answercoalition.org A story by John Halle describes the challenges to organizing the event. dissidentvoice.org A partial transcript of this video can be found at www.examiner.com Full Transcript of the Chris Hedges Speech www.opednews.com Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail, Monday 20 December 2010 by: Chris Hedges in Truthdig | Op-Ed www.truth-out.org Read an interview with Chris Hedges just after the speech on the RawStory www.rawstory.com And another Interview on Democracy Now where he discusses his most recent book, "Death of the Liberal Class" www.democracynow.org More about "Death of the Liberal Class" www.amazon.com Iraq Veterans Against The War Operation Recovery 678.986.0617 www.ivaw.org Newspaper about the action www.classwars.org Poll: Assessment of Afghanistan War Sours 60% now Oppose ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Record Six in 10 Say it's 'Not Worth Fighting <b>...</b>
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