Bewail The Dead
11/16/2007 2:30-5:00p.m.
front of the Marine Recruiting Station, , Berkeley, CA US
Sponsored by CODEPINK
We speak of monies and resources wasted, our rights curtailed and demolished, the impact of an occupation sometimes very far away from most U.S. folks - but the bottom line is the tragic, unconscionable waste of human lives: women, children, men like you and me unable to grow, to self-actualize, to decide what kind of lives they want to live.
Bring shoes to label with the names of Iraqi and U.S. dead for a "Walk in their Shoes" display; bring Real Faces of War photos; drums.
Among other actions, we will read the names of the dead, write their names out to leave at the recruiting station as we create an installation to mourn and remember the dead.
This is part of Iraq Moratorium and of our "How Berkeley Can U BE" month of actions to SHUT DOWN Marine recruiting in our town.
PermaLink: http://iraqmoratorium.org/events/listings/2/214.html
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We arrived at 4:30PM at one of the busiest intersections in Naples, FL and veterans and their spouses from WW2, Korea and Vietnam and other anti-this-war volunteers carrying signs like "Honk for Peace," "U.S. Out of Iraq," "Dead American Soldiers 3,832"
and 3 American Flags paraded up and down the sidewalk.
The response was overwhelming positive with hundreds of motorist beeping their horns, giving us the thumbs-up and peace signs. We stayed till 5:PM.
A very satisfying event.
