Street Peace Friday
11/16/2007 5:00PM
Children's Park, 1st and Broadway, Chico, CA US
Sponsored by Street Peace and Chico Peace and Justice Center
Street Peace Friday
Please join us in front of Children's Park in downtown Chico. Add your voices to the millions around the world in opposition to the war in Iraq. Check local weather-- dress accordingly. We will have music and extra signs. Tell your friends, bring your children!
PermaLink: http://iraqmoratorium.org/events/listings/2/230.html
Reports, Updates, Comments
We had about eight people show up for two hours. During our protest we had several passers-by pick up signs and stand with us for a time. An active duty marine officer, not in uniform, came by and we offered him a sign. He said he wasn't able to hold one...which was my clue he was an active duty miltary person. He talked with us for about 20 minutes. He had already been to Iraq twice and was getting ready for his THIRD deployment. He was very sharp and offered a lot of insight into the minds of soldiers. He said that the decision to go to war in Iraq was the biggest policy blunder he had witnessed in his lifetime and he thanked us for standing up to change these awful policies. He also said the he thought declaring the Iranian RKK a terrorist group was just wrong. He said the RKK was part of a soveriegn state's military and that calling them a terrorist group just opened the door for others to declare the US military a "terrorist" organization. If only this administration was as smart as this Marine Officer.
Chico Street Peace and the Iraq Moratorium stood in solidarity last night with the group 1000 Grandmothers. 1000 Grandmothers are in Fort Benning this weekend protesting to shut down the School of the Americas. We have so many things to do and the 1000 Grandmothers are truly an inspiration to all of us.