Hearing
and Rally on Ending the War: September 15 in DC
On Thursday, September 15, in
Washington, D.C., Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and other Congress
Members will hold a hearing on exit strategies for Iraq.
A coalition of organizations
demanding an end to the war will hold a rally at 5 p.m. that evening in front of
the White House.
U.S. Labor Against the War
Co-Founder Gene Bruskin will speak.
Please ask your Congress Member and
Senators to take part in both events.
Email them here: http://tinyurl.com/7vjej
Or call the switchboard toll
free: (888) 818-6641.
And please come to these events
yourself if you can (but remember that we are building toward a mass
mobilization on September 24; if you can only come to DC once, come then).
Rally updates and flyers:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/2369
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HEARING:
WHEN: Thursday, September 15, 2005, 10 a.m. –
1 p.m. (may change once location is determined)
WHERE: TBD (there will be a room and a large
overflow room)
WITNESSES: U.S. Senator Max
Cleland, former member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, former
head of the Veterans Administration and triple amputee from his military service
in the Vietnam War; General Joseph
Hoar (Ret. USMC), former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command;
Ambassador David Mack,
former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East, former U.S.
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and current Vice President of the Middle
East Institute; Dr. Ken
Katzman, Middle East analyst and Iraq specialist at the Congressional
Research Service; Tom Hayden, former California State Senator and
experienced negotiator in Northern Ireland; Anas Shallal, an
Iraqi-American and founder of
Iraqi-Americans for Peaceful Alternatives.
Both
Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate have been invited. Some 25 Democratic Members are expected,
and several Republican Members, including Rep. Walter Jones Jr. (N.C.), have
indicated they will participate for at least a portion of the hearing.
Rep. Woolsey's Advisory: http://woolsey.house.gov/latestnews.asp?ARTICLE5110=44547
Sept. 6 Article in Roll Call:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/2703
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RALLY:
Rally at Lafayette Square Park (in front of White House) at 5 p.m.
ET on September 15, 2005, sponsored by Progressive Democrats of America, After
Downing Street, Code Pink, Peace Action, Democrats.com, and Democracy
Rising.
SPEAKERS: Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and other Congress
Members; Gold Star Families for Peace Member Tia Steele; Founder of American
Families United, Gold Star Mother, Member of Military Families Speak Out, and
star of "Farenheit 9-11" Lila
Lipscomb; Veterans for Peace Board Member Ellen Barfield; Family member of U.S.
soldier serving in Iraq Jawaid Khan;
Co-Founder of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Tom Hayden; Code Pink Co-Founder and
United for Peace and Justice organizer Gael Murphy; Peace Action Organizing
and Policy Director Paul Kawika
Martin; U.S. Labor Against the War Co-Founder Gene Bruskin; Center on Conscience and
War Executive Director J.E. McNeil;
PDA Board Member and After Downing Street Co-Founder John Bonifaz; Pastor of Pasadena,
Calif., All Saints Church Ed Bacon;
PDA Executive Director and After Downing Street Co-Founder Tim Carpenter; PDA Board Member and
After Downing Street Co-Founder David
Swanson; Democracy Rising Director and likely U.S. Senate candidate from
Maryland Kevin Zeese; Pacifica Radio
Washington Bureau Chief Verna Avery
Brown; Co-Founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Ray McGovern; PDA Board Member and
President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr; diplomat who
resigned in opposition to Iraq war, and Camp Casey coordinator Ann
Wright; Research
Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Erik Leaver; Pentagon
Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.