War opponents occupy congressional offices
CounterPunch
by Mike Ferner
02/08/07
From Alaska to Washington, D.C. yesterday, peace activists escalated their tactics and occupied Congressional offices, demanding elected officials vote against George Bush’s request of $93,000,000,000 to extend the war. The Occupation Project, organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence (VCNV), kicked off at noon, Eastern Time when four people were arrested holding a funeral service in the Chicago office of Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and four more people were arrested in the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), reading names of Iraqis and U.S. soldiers. At the same the same hour, 10 people sat down and were arrested in the Washington, D.C. office of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) …. On the opening day of the six-week project, a total of eight local congressional offices were occupied across the country...
http://www.counterpunch.org/ferner02062007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Ferner
by Mike Ferner
02/08/07
From Alaska to Washington, D.C. yesterday, peace activists escalated their tactics and occupied Congressional offices, demanding elected officials vote against George Bush’s request of $93,000,000,000 to extend the war. The Occupation Project, organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence (VCNV), kicked off at noon, Eastern Time when four people were arrested holding a funeral service in the Chicago office of Democratic U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and four more people were arrested in the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), reading names of Iraqis and U.S. soldiers. At the same the same hour, 10 people sat down and were arrested in the Washington, D.C. office of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) …. On the opening day of the six-week project, a total of eight local congressional offices were occupied across the country...
http://www.counterpunch.org/ferner02062007.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Mike+Ferner
rudkla - 9. Feb, 15:36
