Iran/Afghan War Vets White House Civil Disobedience
On December 16, 2010, in the freezing Washington snow, more than a hundred people—including Iraq and Afghanistan veterans—were arrested in a civil disobedience action at the White House protesting America’s endless wars. This video documents that day, pairing the voices of returning soldiers who turned against the wars with a blistering anti-war speech by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges and commentary from whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. It’s a snapshot of a moment when veterans, activists, and journalists stood together to say that permanent war is a moral and political dead end.
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges provides an extraordinary anti-war soliloquy, intercut with Iraq/Afghanistan war veteran interviews and Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the top-secret Pentagon Papers.
Read John Halle’s piece about this film
https://dissidentvoice.org/2010/12/wh...
This action was organized by Veterans For Peace
https://www.veteransforpeace.org/
Stop These Wars
http://www.stopthesewars.org/
Full transcript of the Chris Hedges speech
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Hope...
“Bitter Memories of War on the Way to Jail,” December 20, 2010, by Chris Hedges in Truthdig | Op-Ed
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/bit...
Another interview on Democracy Now! where he discusses his book “Death of the Liberal Class”
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/12/2...
More about “Death of the Liberal Class”
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Liberal-C...
Iraq Veterans Against the War
Operation Recovery
678.986.0617
https://www.ivaw.org
Newspaper about the action
http://www.classwars.org/Woodstock_In...
Poll: Assessment of Afghanistan War Sours, 60% Now Oppose
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Record six in 10 say it’s “not worth fighting.”
Analysis by Julie Phelan and Gary Langer, Dec. 16, 2010
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-ne...
“Sixty-six percent of conservatives said the U.S. should diminish its military presence in Afghanistan — 39 percent supported reduced troop levels while 27 percent championed prompt withdrawal. ... Of tea party supporters, the epicenter of the Republican base, a mere 28 percent thought the U.S. should continue on its current course, as 64 percent insisted the government ought to either reduce troop levels (37 percent) or begin withdrawing from the region (27 percent).”
From “Conservatives growing weary of Afghan war: study”
https://www.rawstory.com/2011/01/cons...