This is really just the communications from Matthis Chiroux (pictured above from the DNC IVAW march), who you may know for his refusal to go to Iraq despite orders and is now considered a deserter.

The Hempstead 15 went to court on the 10th.

Here is Matthis's letter:

It was a sad day for Nassau County, but a proud one for veterans and activists nation-wide when the Hempstead 15 plead not guilty Nov. 10 in the Nassau County District Courthouse to charges of disorderly conduct while a crowd of nearly 100 supporters cheered them from in and outside the building.

This too is America

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As promised, I am posting more images taken at the Hollywood, California "Stop the War Protest" held March 17th, 2007--Part I on this subject can be found here.

Martin Sheen puts his heart where his shoulder is...

I went to the Iraq War Protest in Hollywood on Saturday, March 17th (an intoxicated tip of the intoxicated cap to our Irish friends) and took a bunch of pictures. Four years ago I marched in Downtown Los Angeles (in pouring rain) to protest the coming war—millions of us across the planet were making our voices heard, but the War Lobby won and subsequently thousands of Iraqis and Americans, Brits and Name Your Favorite Coalition Casualty Here have died, been maimed, made insane or left to blame as this hideous occupation heads into its fifth year...

Am I bitter about these awful events? Fuck no. I buried my bitterness, along with that greasy sack of Respect for Republicans, in a vast, sucking hole at the center of the Universe. Now I am witness.

Many images to follow...

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