Music was provided by Annie and the Vets and Steven Gray (click on his photo for the lyrics).
Many spoke, including- (Click on photo for the text of their speech)
Joyce Lynn, Ed Rippy (Click here for Ed's talk on Ali Mohammed: US Foreign Policy Asset), David Kubiak, Dennis Kyne,
Christian Pecaut, Green Party Candidates Laura Wells, Tian Harter,
Katrina Morrow, and Carol Brouillet. newly elected City Councilman Peter Drekmeier, Swami Beyondananda, T.U.C.’s Maria Gilardin,
Dennis Kyne
Carol announced her decision to run for Congress with a short statement-
“Like Martin Luther King, Jr., I have a dream, too. A dream of a world, without war, a dream of a world where resources are not squandered on weapons, a dream of a world where wealth is measured by the health and well being of our relationships, our children, our community, our planet.
“Truth is the first casualty of war. The official 9-11 story is a lie. Lies are used to sell unjustifiable wars. The PATRIOT Act was anything but patriotic. Rather, it was an attack upon the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, dissent. Congress was terrorized and pressured into passing it quickly.
“Congresswoman Eshoo has supported the lie and co-sponsored the Intelligence Transformation Act. The expansion of the Intelligence Agencies is the foundation for a global police state.
“National Security/Homeland Security/ FEMA provide us with a false security based on sophisticated weapons, surveillance devices, and control over communications systems. This militarization threatens the Real Security of most people- their health, well being, civil rights. Real Security means water, food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and healthy relationships between people, and between people and planet.
“The “War on Terrorism” is a bogus war, a war of terrorism against all people, a war on truth, a war on freedom.
“We need a national dialogue on Impeachment, and the responsibility of the American people and Congress to rein in a criminal regime.
“Impeachment, Repeal of the PATRIOT Act, peace, are our best hope for the country, the world. Apathy, Disengagement, Fear and Cynicism are the forces which perpetuate a war economy. Engagement, Empowerment, Hope, Courage, Truth, Humor, Compassion can transform it to serve life.
“I have a dream, a dream of a world where Ecological Wisdom prevails. We cannot continue to control, dominate, harvest, and trash resources, the planet, regardless of the future, if we wish to survive. We must learn to live cooperatively with all people, and all species. We must realize how much power each one of us has. In a world of terrible inequities, in a world of intricate interdependencies, we bear much responsibility. The world is in our hands.
“As citizens, our greatest duty, to ourselves, to our families, to the world, is to rein in our own government, to hold it accountable for its actions. Regime Change should begin at home. We owe it to those who walked before us, who have given their lives for peace, justice and truth. We have a responsibility to oppose tyranny in all of its forms. While the task may seem daunting, there is a communications revolution underway, we have enormous opportunities to challenge the lies and nurture hope. I hope you will support my decision to run for Congress, to champion Truth, Peace, Justice, and Ecological Wisdom. Together we can do what no one of us can do alone. Please join us."
We taped and plan to edit the rally for television and internet broadcast. After over four years of the weekly Wednesday’ “Listening for a Change,” Project. I decided to change the title to “Listening and Speaking for a Change” and reserve the first hour for Listening, and the second hour for Speaking and organizing. Please join us on a sunny/cloudy/non-rainy Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm at Lytton Plaza.
