Largest vet-led protest in decades Thursday at White House

Civil Resistance at White House Led by Veterans I

Military veterans will lead a nonviolent act of civil resistance at the White House
Thursday, Dec. 16, at 10:00 a.m. to protest the ongoing U.S. wars and occupations.
Veterans For Peace organizers expect this to be the largest veteran-led resistance since
the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began.

Among the scheduled participants: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers; Mike
Ferner, Veterans For Peace national president; Leah Bolger, Veterans For Peace vice
president and retired Navy commander; Ray McGovern, retired CIA official; Coleen Rowley,
FBI whistleblower; and Chris Hedges, author and former New York Times war correspondent

http://www.stopthesewars.org/

Recommend.

for those who aren't near DC

Some are listed here:

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/index.php

But there are others - the one nearest me isn't on that list, I just heard about it through the grapevine.

:flag:

For a world in peace,

Nic Abramson, Veterans For Peace; Elliott Adams, Past President, Veterans For Peace; Laurie Arbeiter, Activist Response Team; Ken Ashe, Veterans For Peace; Ellen Barfield, Veterans For Peace; Brian Becker, National Coordinator, ANSWER Coalition; Medea Benjamin, Co-Founder, CODEPINK for Peace; Frida Berrigan, War Resisters League; Bruce Berry, Veterans For Peace; Leah Bolger, Veterans For Peace; Elaine Brower, Anti-war Military Mom and World Can’t Wait; Scott Camil, Veterans For Peace; Ross Caputi, Justice For Fallujah Project; Kim Carlyle, Veterans For Peace; Armen Chakerian, Coalition to Stop the $30 Billion to Israel; Matthis Chiroux, Iraq War Resister Veteran; Gerry Condon, Veterans For Peace; Will Covert, Veterans For Peace; Dave Culver, Veterans For Peace; Matt Daloisio, Witness Against Torture; Ellen Davidson, War Resisters League; Mike Ferner, President, Veterans For Peace; Nate Goldshlag, Veterans For Peace; Clare Hanrahan, War Crimes Times; Mike Hearington, Veterans For Peace; Mark Johnson, Executive Director. Fellowship of Reconciliation; Tarak Kauff, Veterans For Peace; Kathy Kelly, Voices For Creative Nonviolence; Sandy Kelson, Veterans For Peace; Ron Kovic, Vietnam War veteran and author of Born on the Fourth of July; Joel Kovel, Veterans For Peace; Erik Lobo, Veterans For Peace; Joe Lombardo, United National Antiwar Committee; Ken Mayers, Veterans For Peace; Nancy Munger, Co-President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Fred Nagel, Veterans For Peace; Pat O’Brien, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Bill Perry, Vietnam Veterans Against the War; Vito Piccininno, Veterans For Peace; Mike Prysner, Co-Founder, March Forward; Ward Reilly, Veterans For Peace; Laura Roskos, Co-President, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Cindy Sheehan, Founder, Peace of the Action; David Swanson, author; Debra Sweet, National Director, World Can’t Wait; Debbie Tolson, Veterans For Peace; Mike Tork, Veterans For Peace; Hart Viges, Iraq Veterans Against the War; Father Louie Vitale, SOA Watch; Jay Wenk, Veterans For Peace; Linda Wiener, Veterans For Peace; Diane Wilson, Veterans For Peace; Col. Ann Wright, Veterans For Peace; Doug Zachary, Veterans For Peace

Will not acknowledge this event, anymore than they did the other protest since Bush got the latest wars going. Likely go down the Memory Hole before the sun sets.

But I may be wrong. If FOX has an angle to make BO look bad, they'll cover it. Even though they've been in love with these wars forever.

My love and respect to all of these veterans. I'll check the net to see if there is any video of it. Thanks for the post.

I don't know if you remember the days of Vietnam
but this heralds to the days of old when the MILITARY got SICK of WAR as well as the people and families

Our country has Bankrupted our future for these futile wars

I think what is obvious people

is our Military is getting FED UP

Any news or pictures would be appreciated

:( and wishing I were in D.C. Peace brothers. :patriot:

:kick:

http://bit.ly/fPSwKN

They've been after Daniel Ellsberg for decades? I don't think he'd knowingly break a law after what he went through.

I won't stop marching in the streets and engaging in other freedom fighting activities, but I think I've finally gotten it through my thick, dirty fucking hippie head that the popular news outlets don't give a flying flip about citizen protest (Teabaggers excepted, but they're really more a projection of corporate opinion).