The People's Organization for Progress, the terrific Newark, NJ, group which is at the center of recent anti-war initiatives in the Black community in Northern Jersey has stepped forward again. On Saturday, POP held a rally that drew 80 peace and justice activists to the intersection of Broad & Market Streets in Newark.
Their demand was simple: that the entire Bush regime be held accountable for lying to go to war.
"Impeach Bush and Cheney, Bring the Troops Home Now!" the pickets chanted as Larry Hamm, POP's state chairman, read the applicable articles from the US Constitution explaining the impeachment process. He also ran down the reasons to impeach and try both Bush and Cheney, as well as Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Gates, Alberto Gonzales, Homeland Security Director Chertoff and former SecDef Rumsfeld. They are, after all, collectively and individually responsible for the unjust war against Iraq and Afghanistan as well as for the war against the poor at home.
Speakers slammed the administration, and so did participants in the crowd:
Today, the overwhelming majority of people in the US agree that the war must end and the troops must be returned home now. Still the Bush regime shows their true stripes, ignoring the will of the people in order to follow the dictates of Exxon, Mobil, Shell, and BP Oil.
FotM regular Bondi, who submitted the information in the above report, also provided the press release POP sent to the media in advance of the action:
PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS
POST OFFICE BOX 22505
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07101-2505
(973) 801-0001
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LAWRENCE HAMM (973) 801-0001
PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS WILL
PROTEST BUSH VETO AND DEMAND IMPEACHMENT
The People’s Organization for Progress will have a demonstration to protest President Bush’s veto of the war funding bill calling for withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and to demand his impeachment on Saturday, May 5, 2007, 12:00 noon at the corner of Broad and Market Streets in Newark, New Jersey.
“The majority of Americans want this war to end. By vetoing this bill President Bush is telling the majority of Americans that our opinion doesn’t matter. He is going to do what he wants to do anyway,” POP chairman Lawrence Hamm stated.
“The president and vice president are going to stubbornly follow their failed policy no matter how many Americans and Iraqis are killed and how much money it costs. This madness must end,” Hamm said.
“Because the president and vice president have led the country into a war of aggression based on false assertions, continue to squander billions of our tax dollars on this failed effort, and refuse to heed the will of the people on this matter we are compelled to call for their impeachment,” he said.
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Oh, yeah, the photo was taken from this site, where, if you scroll down, there are eleven more inspiring shots.
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It's a list of the 25 most recent comments made by real Americans participating in an online poll/letter-writing campaign concerning the impeachment charges recently filed against Vice President Cheney, which are now being evaluated by the House Judiciary Committee. Comments can be sent to elected representatives and local newspapers at your option. The participation page is at:
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