Activists Arrested: Ask Obama to Halt Wars, Close Overseas Prisons

[Orwellian_Ghost]

In the wake of terrible news out of Afghanistan, there is renewed debate at the Pentagon and White House over the future of the war.


As the US led war in Afghanistan begins its ninth year this week, activists brought a strong message to the White House that war, torture and drone bombing are outrageous, unacceptable and must end immediately. Sixty-one people were arrested during the protest.

In the first five days of the month, there have been more deaths of U.S. service members than in all of October in 2008. And the calls for an end to the war were increasingly loud outside the White House Monday afternoon.

In a defiant display with hopes of influencing the president's plan on Afghanistan, hundreds of people marched from McPherson square chanting and holding signs. Some chained themselves to the White House fence, demanding we leave Afghanistan now and wondering aloud, where's the "change" they were promised.

"I hope he's not in the business of ignoring us because if he's about the business of ignoring, it's going to spell his downfall," said Bill Dyson of Connecticut.

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http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1009/665693.html

[G_j]

1. K&R

[Dogtown]

2. K&R n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. K&R

[frazzled]

4. Well then, they accomplished their goal

The point is to get arrested. Otherwise, you are just a group of people with some signs. If you get arrested you are news. Getting arrested is the whole point of civil disobedience.
But it's a doubled-edged sword: sometimes your tactics get in the way of your message. I don't know if that was the case here.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

5. Bumping

for direct action. Need more of this.