On Dec 16, 2010, Veterans for Peace, in coalition with several other organizations organized a demonstration and die-in in Washington D.C..
The same coalition held a companion demonstration and die-in in San Francisco. This post reports on the San Francisco demonstration.
The demonstration started at 12 noon. Bill Creighton of VFP served as master of ceremonies. David Hartsough of PeaceWorkers served as stage manager.
A folksinger (Francis Collins) opened with a song.
Emcee Bill Creighton then introduced each of several speakers who each spoke for a few minutes.
Selected Photos from the event (© 2010 Jeff Johnson),
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- Veterans for Peace sign
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- Sign
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- Folksinger Francis Collins opens
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- Bill Creighton, VFP, Emcee
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- VFP Poet Fred Norman reads a poem
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- Audience listens to poem
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- Bill Hackwell, VFP/Answer Coalition
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- Bill Hackwell, VFP/Answer Coalition
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- Sign
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- Mike Wong, VFP
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- Sign
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- Judith Mirkinson, WILPF
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- Jeff Paterson, Courage to Resist
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- Sign
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- Michael Eisenscher, Bay Area Labor Against the War
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- Sign
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- Wage Peace
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- Janet Weil, Code Pink
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- Sign
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- War is a Racket
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- Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, First Unitarian Universalist Church of SF
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- Stephanie Tang, World Can’t Wait
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- Grandmothers Against War
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- Sign
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- Veteran for Peace
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- Code Pink
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- Paula and Ruben Santos, parents of suicide victim Reuben Paul Santos, an Iraq combat veteran.
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- Sign
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- Sign
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- Flags
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- Charlie Liteky, returned Congressional Medal of Honor
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- Charlie Liteky, returned Congressional Medal of Honor
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- Charlie Liteky, returned Congressional Medal of Honor
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- Veterans for Peace
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- David Hartsough reads code of non-violence
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- Richard Sanderell
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- Charlie Liteky interviewed by media
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- Procession towards bldg entrance for die-in
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- Procession towards bldg entrance for die-in
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Die-in at front entrance
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- Sounding gong to commemorate war casualties
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- Sounding gong to commemorate war casualties
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- Sounding gong to commemorate war casualties
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- Police decide how to respond
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- Grandmothers Against the War
