September 24, 2005 Rally at the Ellipse, Washington, DC.
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Make Levees, Not War
October 12, 2005
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This week on Making Contact we'll take you to the streets of Washington, DC where more than a quarter million people gathered to protest the American occupation of Iraq and the militarization of U.S. society. Many of them asking, in the wake of the Bush Administration's shameful response to Hurricane Katrina, where are the U.S. government's priorities?
This week's host: Tena Rubio. Special thanks to contributing producers: Ryme Katkhouda, Oscar Fernandez, Desmond Leary, and Lona Alias of the DC Radio Coop.
Featuring:
Cindy Sheehan, military mom and co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace; Elaine Johnson, military mom; Representative Cynthia McKinney, Georgia D-4th; Curtis Muhammad, Community Labor United; George Galloway, British Member of Parliament; Elias Rashmawi, National Council of Arab Americans; Suheir Hammad, artist, activist and poet; and numerous others.
For more information:
Military Families Speak Out (MFSO)
PO Box 549
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-9323
www.mfso.org
Gold Star Families for Peace
www.families4peace.org
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism)
202-544-3389
www.ANSWERcoalition.org
www.internationalanswer.org (International A.N.S.W.E.R)
United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)
PO Box 607
Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108
212-868-5545
www.unitedforpeace.org
National Council of Arab Americans
1260 Lake Blvd., Suite 208
Davis, California 95616
530-756-5548
www.arab-american.net
Black Voices for Peace
202-232-5690