from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Kathy Kelly was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Ms. Kelly is a social justice activist, author and a former Nobel Peace Prize nominee on three separate occasions. For a short bio on Ms. Kelly, go to: http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/kathy-kelly and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Kelly

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Ralph Nader, a political gadfly par excellence, a distinguished and best selling author and a persistent Third Party presidential candidate, was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The spirited event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Nader go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader This video contains excerpts from his remarks.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Chris Hedges, journalist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Hedges, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges Many of his most recent commentaries can be found here: http://www.truthdig.com/ This video contains excerpts from Mr. Hedges’ remarks.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Rep. Kucinich has acted as the conscience of the House of Representatives in opposing U.S. wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Gael Murphy, cofounder of Code Pink, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. For information on Code Pink, go to: http://www.codepinkalert.org/

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Brian Becker was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. Check out: http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage The ANSWER Coalition is planning a massive antiwar demonstration for Washington, D.C. for March 20, 2010.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, David Swanson, activist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Swanson is the cofounder of the popular AfterDowningStreet Web Site, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ His best selling book, “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency,” is both timely and well written. Check out: http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/65972

from Morris

David Aaronovitch is a well known authour and TV presenter in the UK. Regularly appearing in the Times, the BBC etc.

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a “Speak Out” rally in front of the White House. They are demanding that the federal government bail out the people and not the Wall Street banks. The bail out of the “Banksters” may have exceeded $12.8 trillion. Check out: http://www.truthout.org/051309J The White House event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ Speakers included Larry Holmes, one of the leaders of the BOPM; Mike Gimbel, a member of AFSCME 375, New York City; and, Aminifu Williams, a former auto worker and member of the UAW and also a leader with the People’s Organization for Progress. Activist/Nurse Sharon Black of Baltimore, MD, served as the MC for the spirited demonstration.

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a “Speak Out” rally in front of the White House. They are demanding that the federal government bail out the people and not the Wall Street banks. The bail out of the “Banksters” may have exceeded $12.8 trillion. Check out: http://www.truthout.org/051309J Meanwhile, the Middle Class in America is fast disappearing. Go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html
The White House event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ One of the speakers was the author, writer and activist--Fred Goldstein. His latest book is “Low-Wage Capitalism.” See: http://www.lowwagecapitalism.com/ Mr. Goldstein is also a contributing editor of “Workers World” newspaper. Check out: http://www.workers.org/ Mr. Goldstein said: [President Barack] Obama “started...escalated two wars yesterday;” one in Afghanistan and another “against the people, against the workers...against the poor...and against the cities in the United States.” Activist/Nurse Sharon Black of Baltimore, MD, served as the MC for the spirited demonstration.