"Why I’m marching on September 15th"

Kokesh 207 “This is not just another protest, because protesting is not enough. Come for the rally, stay for a week of direct action. With National Truth in Recruiting Day, we will confront the military based on lies, and force a choice between a broken army or one that represents the will of the people.”
- Adam Kokesh,
Former Marine Sergeant, Iraq Veterans Against the War
ramsey_207 “Each and every one of us must do all that we can to support the major Peace/Impeachment demonstration in Washington, DC on September 15, 2007, backed by more than a million votes for impeachment, and accelerating... Only if we do our part might the rest of the world again believe, as it usually has, and has always wanted to do, that the American people are their friends, it is their government that is the problem. ”
- Ramsey Clark, Fmr. U.S. Attorney General
Hutto 207

“The invasion of Iraq by the United States is an attack against humanity.  It is an attack against the people of Iraq killing over 700,000 and destroying their way of life.  It is an attack against the people of America, killing over 3000 troops, maiming tens of thousands and burdening Americans at the expense of health care, education, jobs and justice. I come engaging the struggle to bring these troops home, end Imperialist War toward building an equal society.”
- Navy Petty Officer J. Hutto, Sr.,
Co-founder of Appeal for Redress 

Tina Richards 207

“We, as a peace movement, have spent the last five years exposing  the illegality and immorality of this war.   We have the Nation, the World on our side. We have marched in the streets. We have demonstrated at the polls.   We have demanded  our government, “End this War NOW!”  Why has our government not responded?  We are obligated to take the next step as a peace movement. We cannot become the path of least resistance.   This next step is action.  It is time we throw our bodies on the gears of the war machine and shut it down.   Join me on September 15 in Washington DC as we march to the capitol and hold a funeral for all who have fallen, American and Iraqi.”
- Tina Richards, Founder, Grassroots America  

mara_207

“We must all stand together with Iraq veterans and their families on September 15th in Washington, DC. Bush and General Petraeus do not speak for the people. The decisions made in mid-September will affect the lives of tens of thousands, both among the Iraqi people and U.S. service members.” 
- Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Partnership for Civil Justice, co-founder

malik_207

 “Common Ground has served more than half a million people without getting any government support. At the same time, billions of dollars have been spent on a needless war in Iraq, that has drained our country's resources that could be meeting people's needs. We'll be paying for this war for the next 50 years. That's why I'll be marching on Washington on September 15th.”
- Malik Rahim, Founder, Common Ground Collective, New Orleans
mounzer_207 “This National Security State is driving the U.S. to a permanently dangerous, aggressive, open-ended "Long War." It is turning the Arab and Islamic World into a killing field in the service of an illusionary goal of building a dominating Empire. At the expense of American blood and treasury, the war profiteers are cashing in on the Bush policies of military intervention abroad and surveillance at home.”
- Mounzer Sleiman, Vice Chair, National Council of Arab Americans
Yearwood_207 “We are at a critical moment in history, our generation must stand up! This is our lunch counter moment for the 21st Century. We must gather in Washington DC on September 15th so our movement can be at the peak of resistance. If we fail to show up, and fulfill our destiny, then not only will the blood of so many innocent Iraqi civilians be on our hands, but our generation will be known throughout history, as the generation of least resistance.”
- Rev. Lennox Yearwood,
President, Hip Hop Caucus
bray207

“We are at a critical state pertaining to the war, it is not enough that we voice our position to the war, if we really want to stop this war we must engage in massive resistance to the war.  Congress has acquiesced the mandate given by the people to stop the war; only we the people can stop it.  Stop this war and bring the troops home”
- Mahdi Bray, Exec. Dir., Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation

Claudia de la Cruz

“Young people, and especially young women, have always played a major role in the struggle for social justice and in opposition to war.  It is our duty to help make this new anti-war movement a powerful and effective force.  That's why we are mobilizing young people from Washington Heights in New York City to march on Washington on September 15th.”
- Claudia de la Cruz, Director, Dominican Women’s Youth Development Center