Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May-June 2008, page 74

Waging Peace

L.A.’s Stop War Rally Draws 10,000

	Leading a procession of 10,000 anti-war protesters March 15 in Los Angeles were (l-r) singer Avis Harrell, former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and Ron “Born on the 4th of July” Kovac (Staff photo S. Twair.)

EVEN THOUGH the Los Angeles Times dismissed the March 15 anti-war rally in Los Angeles with a photo and caption stating that only 2,000 had attended, the crowd filled more than one city block, ending at the high rise headquarters of CNN.

Speaking onstage was James Lafferty of the National Lawyers Guild who explained: “We’re here in front of CNN because of its shameful behavior in ignoring the anti-war movement. It would be good if CNN went beyond the sound bites of presidential candidates and demanded answers about their real plans for Iraq.”

The crowd chanted “CNN Can’t You See, Show This Protest on TV” in response to Lafferty’s claim: “Cinton and Obama won’t pull out of Iraq until their Wall Street backers control Iraq’s oil.”

Actor Mike Farrell called for the U.S. to be taken back from the liars and thieves who are in control. “George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Feith and all the liars should be stripped and forced to walk naked in every town and hamlet in the U.S.—and then they should be forced to walk through Iraq.”

—Pat McDonnell Twair