Here's a longer article with more photos and videos of the antiwar protest in NYC yesterday.
http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese/12th-year-afghanistan-war-begins-arrests-vets-protesting-war -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hope, Anger, and Courage: NYPD Arrests Veterans For Honoring the Dead by Abby Zimet 10.08.12 - 11:37 AM To protest the start of the 12th year of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, military veterans and their allies gathered at New York City's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza to hear speakers, lay flowers and read the names of those killed in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The NYPD marked the event by arresting 25 people - including an 85-year-old World War Two army veteran - because it was time to "close" the memorial and it was taking too long to read the names. They also reportedly arrested livestreamers recording the vigil. Really? Chris Hedges' speech here. More photos here. This is a sad day. I was a medic in Vietnam. I watched soldiers commit suicide. I had soldiers brains all over my lap. How can you do this? How can you arrest me for being at a war memorial? - Photojournalist and Vietnam veteran Mike Hastie, the first arrested. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
