Tuesday, February 06, 2007

War, What is it Good For?

Saturday, January 27, was a historic and inspiring day for the US peace movement. A coalition of peace, social justice, community groups, private citizens, Hollywood stars, university students, houses of worships, national organizations all came together at the Mall in Washington DC, under one umbrella and united against President Bush’s ill-conceived war and his "new way forward strategy."

While, their were many voices and cries of "end the war…peace now, bring our troops home," some wondered if Mr. Bush would continue to ignore the wishes of the American electorate and stubbornly press on with the "surge." Some hoped the billions of US dollars designated to the war effort would be earmarked for our failing public schools, a US job creation program for our urban poor, an universal health care program, and restoration of the Gulf Coast, among a forgotten domestic policy agenda.

If you wondered where the old hippies of yesterday have been, well they have been reincarnated into today’s peace makers. We saw the old, the young, white, brown, yellow, black, toddlers, tweens, teenagers, rich, middle-class, and the poor.

January 27th lays a new foundation for the US Pease movement as it fights to reclaimed its will to engage in the business of democracy…expressing the voice of its citizens in a peaceful protest against militarism, unilateralism, and imperialism. Let democracy ring. Let us be vigilant for peace. And, long after the last placard has been read.... let us stay the course for an end to war forever.




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