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09/25/2005:

"Largest, most powerful protest in the U.S. since the Vietnam War - The People Put the Enemy on the Defensive"

Washington – At Axis of Logic, we have been involved in all of the anti-war protests in Washington, New York and Boston since the U.S./U.K. invasions of Afghan and Iraq began. Yesterday’s mobilization in Washington D.C. was undeniably the largest, most high-spirited anti-war protest in the U.S. since the first attack on the people of Afghanistan in 2002. About 5-6 hours were required for the river of people to flow past the White House on a packed Pennsylvania Avenue. There was no sign of George W. Bush or anyone in his regime - all bunkered down - afraid to face the people who came to their doorstep to confront them. But present or not, they know and that is what is important.

One by one – we watched massive contingents from many states, organizations and tens of thousands of individuals, families and children file past the White House. Smiling faces spoke of self-empowerment and the very real possibility of the end of empire. Street theater, music, chants and spontaneous-uproarious swelling of audible protest moved the long procession past the temporary home of the neoconservative regime. U.S. soldiers - 1900+ killed and the 15,000+ wounded were well-represented before the gates of the enemy.

Throughout the day, the ghosts of a hundred thousand Iraqis haunted Pennsylvania avenue under a gray, overcast sky. The speeches from the stage powerfully articulated the voice of the people. The moving messages from musicians like Joan Baez, Steve Earle and The Coup stirred and united the spirit and purpose of the massive and diverse crowd.

But it was the people … allow me to say the words more slowly and with reverence … the people … who brought the anti-war movement to the level of a threat to the entrenched, corrupt government that leads the global corporate empire with their magnificent, united voice.
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