Activists March in DC to End the War and Impeach Bush - And Corporate Media Lies
On the 4th anniversary of Bush's criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of boisterous anti-war and pro-impeachment activists marched to the Pentagon on a cold, overcast day.
David Swanson filed this report from the march:
A huge and colorful crowd gathered at the Vietnam Memorial and marched over the Memorial Bridge, led by Iraq Veterans Against the War.
There was a tiny crowd of 100 pro-war counter-protesters who held signs and shouted as we passed, but they did not assault Cindy Sheehan as some bloggers had threatened.
The marchers gathered for a huge rally in a parking lot across from the Pentagon, welcomed by "War, what is it good for - absolutely nothing!" Speakers are demanding an end to the war and Bush's impeachment. About 30 members of Iraq Veterans Against the War are on stage now, with Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, and former Rep. Cynthia McKinney waiting to speak. I may speak too - I don't know yet.
There are tons of media here, both indy and corporate media. What they will do with the story, I don't know.
So how did the Corporate Media report the event? How is this for bullshit from the front page of CNN:
Hundreds of anti-war protesters and supporters of the U.S. policy in Iraq are in Washington for rallies, days before the war enters its fifth year. Those on one side armed themselves with signs saying "U.S. Out of Iraq Now" and "Illegal Combat" while those on the other bore banners with "Peace Through Strength" and "al Qaeda Appeasers On Parade."
Ant-war marchers outnumbered pro-war counter-protesters by several hundred to one, but CNN wants you to think they turned out in equal numbers.
Swanson just phoned in this update:
The crowd is chanting "impeach! impeach! impeach!" led by civil rights attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard. Cindy Sheehan also demanded impeachment in her speech.
I see TV cameras from C-Span and Al-Jazeera, along with lots of other media.
Some guys dressed in black are trying to get themselves arrested. That will no doubt become the headline story in the corporate media - even though tens of thousands of us ignored harassment by the pro-war "Eagles" in a disciplined, non-violent march.
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the moronarch must cease
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War in Iraq
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