The groups gathering in Washington this weekend to protest President Bush and the war in Iraq have ties to radical left-wing groups and communist organizations and have enjoyed the support of the left's biggest financial supporter, George Soros.
United for Peace and Justice (UPJ) and International Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) are the two main organizers of the weekend of events -- the first major public protest allowed to surround the White House in more than 10 years -- and expect 100,000 people from dozens of smaller left-wing and liberal organizations.
A highlight of Saturday, the first day of protests, is an appearance and speech by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan...
The leaders of ANSWER, founded three days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, are connected to the Workers World Party, a Marxist group that has expressed support for such dictators as North Korea's Kim Jong-il, Yugoslavia's Slobodan Milosevic and Iraq's Saddam Hussein...
Other groups associated with ANSWER are the Free Palestine Alliance, U.S.-Mexico Solidarity Foundation and the Muslim Student Association of the U.S. and Canada.
UPJ, founded by liberals who say they were concerned about the radical tactics and smorgasbord of issues trumpeted by ANSWER, says it organized the "S24," or Saturday (Sept. 24) protest first, but Mr. Dobbs said there's "a big overlap" between the protests and "the major point is that we're in D.C. to stop the war in Iraq."
Among the nearly 1,000 groups in the UPJ coalition are Punks for Peace, Queer to the Left, September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and Historians Against the War.
California-based Code Pink, which has established a reputation for aggressive protesting, and MoveOn.org will also be out in force this weekend...
ThePeaceMovement · Thu, 09/22/2005 - 05:45 · · Importance: 1
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Comments
I love it, it's so much fun to watch this bull and i love the lines of peace and justice what a joke.
The fact is the so called people should just say it right up front and say "We Love the bin laden guys", and we want the third world hate and murder and rape right here in the good old usa.
Cindy Sheehan will make a great tool for bin laden to use on you!...what a total joke, but lets face some facts, the right wing wants open borders for big money and the dismantling of the usa, the left wing also wants the dismantling of the USA, but for control and big money and to FIGHT, so called racism?, but say the left gets what it wants, how long before you would start to see mass race war?..how long would it be before your kids get killed and your wife gets used by some gang rat?...hey people think use the mind to see the real outcome of the right and left nut's who want you dead.
Posted by: Fred Dawes at Sep 22, 2005 11:53 AM
Two words maybe: message and messenger.
Posted by: eh at Sep 22, 2005 8:12 AM