Sunday, March 19, 2006

TIME TO MARCH

Here are a couple of articles about current March's taking place...............PEACE.............Scott


Protesters March Through Gulf Coast to New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031706S.shtml
About 200 people marched on Highway 90 in Gulfport - protesting one war in the
hopes of trying to avoid another. A war of what they call the neglect of the
people in America. "I am shocked that something like this is happening on
American soil and there's still this much destruction here six months later. I'm
shocked that so much of this landscape looks exactly like what I saw in Iraq,"
said Iraq war veteran Michael Blake.

Katrina Survivors: Don't Abandon Us
A Film by Chris Hume
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
On Tuesday, March 14th, Katrina survivors converged on Washington to protest
FEMA's eviction of those displaced by Katrina from their motel rooms. Chris Hume
spoke to people affected by the policy. This time there has been no extension or
court order extending the program. People once displaced by Katrina are now
being displaced by our government.


Iraq War Resisters Stage 241-Mile Peace March Across US-Mexico Border
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/031706T.shtml
A group of anti-war protesters are staging a 241-mile march for peace across the
Mexico-US border and through California. Amy Goodman spoke with one of the
march's key organizers, Pablo Paredes. He is an Iraq war resister who refused
orders to board a ship in 2004 heading to Iraq.

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