Camp-In Protest Begins in DC March 13-Stay as long as it takes

[happy_liberal]

In March of 2010, Cindy Sheehan and other activists from a group calling itself "Peace of the Action" will be converging on Washington, DC, to set up a camp on the National Mall.

When asked how long the encampment will last, Sheehan responded, "as long as it takes, that will be up to the government; we are prepared to stay until our demands are met."

Sheehan went on to say that the demands are simple, "troops out of the Middle East, which includes drones, permanent bases, contractors and torture/detention facilities."

Sheehan said that she has known for years that the peace movement needs to take bolder action and that the group's goal will be to hold multiple civil resistance actions daily throughout the nation's capital.

Sheehan said that participants will be asked to adhere to agreed-upon nonviolence guidelines while standing up and resisting against what she called the "robber class."

She said they will also be reaching out to the homeless in DC by providing them food and clothing. "While there are a lot of long time homeless people with mental illnesses, increasingly there are people joining the ranks of the homeless for purely economic reasons stemming from the war economy" said Sheehan.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/cindy

[New Dawn]

1. K&R

[femmocrat]

2. Is that even legal?

Although I remember a Poor Peoples' tent city on the Mall back in the late 1960s.

I just hope she has a permit and doesn't get thrown off the Mall. I admire her commitment and dedication to fighting on, but I am afraid for her at the same time.

[patrice]

3. Good.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Good for Cindy

[vadawg]

5. in the grand scheme of things is she even relevant when it comes to the general public

i cant help but think that people are just going to ignore her and the camp, though if they start to snarl up traffic etc by civil disobedience then people will just get pissed of at the camp..

[happy_liberal]

6. It's not about Cindy

I am grateful that she is still doing something. Where are the other groups that progressives have been sending money to during the Bush years?

We need millions of Americans to join Cindy, enough so that it cannot be ignored. The Corporate media is likely to cover it this time because they are happy to support any discontent with Obama. Then hopefully Obama will listen and respond thereby giving us a chance to end these wars and maintain the House and Senate 2010 and the presidency 2012.

[happy_liberal]

7. Anyone at DU think they might show up to this?

??

[tavalon]

9. distinctly possible

[happy_liberal]

10. excellent-thank you!

:applause:

[happy_liberal]

8. kick

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