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Despite a midday downpour, thousands of anti-war activists marched from Union Square to lower Manhattan Saturday in one of 11 coordinated protests from Orlando to Seattle to New Orleans |
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Unlike some of those marches, at which city police made scores of arrests, no one had been arrested by the end of the event, according to a police spokesman. Late last night, police said they had no updated information. Saturday's protesters largely focused on the war and withdrawing the U.S. military from Iraq, but marchers and their signs touted an assortment of causes, including supporting Palestinians, opposing the U.S. naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, and expressing general disgust with President George W. Bush. |
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"Bush has done too much -- -- for me to fit on this sign," one placard said.
Long Island-based anti-war organizations rallied, too. Some two dozen people affiliated with the local chapter of CodePink, a women's group that opposes the war, rode the Long Island Rail Road into Manhattan and met up at Penn Station, said Cathy Fenton, 38, of Holbrook, a spokeswoman for the group.
The women, who wore matching pink outfits, had smeared their hands in fake blood to show solidarity with a fellow CodePink protester who was arrested last week as she accosted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to protest the war, explained Loretta Gallion, 47, of Hauppauge.
CodePink has participated in anti-war marches since the beginning of the conflict in Iraq, said Judi Gardner, 60, of Huntington, a middle school teacher.
"Now we're focusing on trying to stop the imminent war in Iran," said Susan Donnelly, 48, an artist from Melville.
A pocket of counterprotesters who support Bush and the military action in Iraq offered an opposing view.
Desiree Bernstein of Brooklyn, who said she lost her brother-in-law in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, stood with about a dozen others on the corner of Broadway and Worth Street, waving American flags and shouting that the Iraq war is necessary to protect American lives.
A counterprotester added: "And we're winning in Iraq."
Staff writer Michael Amon contributed to this story.
Rev.
Mark Lukens, Bethany Congregational Church, LI Chapter of The
Interfaith Alliance*
Sister Jeanne Clark, O.P.
Sister Margaret Galiardi, O.P.
Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue, United Methodist, Amityville
Rev. William Brisotti, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church, Wyandanch
Pastor Mark Greiner
Dr. Anne Klaeysen, Ethical Humanist Society of Garden City
Rev. Alan Bentz-Letts
Richard K. Goodman, Westbury Quakers Meeting
Habeeb Uddin Ahmed, Islamic Center of Long Island
Deacon Don Zirkel, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church, Wyandanch
Ghazi Y. Khankan
Sister Mary Beth Moore, Sisters of Charity
Dr. Hafiz Ur Rehman, Masjid Darul Quran Mosque
Rev. Ben Bortin, Membership Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist
Congregation at Shelter Rock
The. Rev. Noelle Damico, University of the Poor, School of Theology
Father Andrew P. Connolly (retired), Our Lady of Fatima RC Church,
Manorhaven
Rev. Henry J. Benack, St. Patrick’s Church, Glen Cove and
Pax Christi LI
Sister Margaret Mace, O.P.
Rev. Thomas J. Philipp, Old South Haven Presbyterian Church, Brookhaven
Cal Torpey, South Nassau Unitarian Universalist Congregation,
Freeport
Gretchen Haynes, Westbury Friends Meeting
Sister Eileen Corcoran, O.P.
Sister Camille D’Arienzo, Sisters of Mercy
Rev. Richard Parker, United Methodist, Retired, Babylon
Rev. Robert B. Lepley
Mary Dewar, Garden City Community Church, Chair of Public Issues
Committee of LICC
Sister Patricia Kollmer, O.P., Sisters of St. Dominic, Bay Shore
Sister Lillian de Lorme, O.P. Pastoral Minister, Church of Good
Shepherd, Holbrook NY
Rev. James W. Adelman, Pastor, Garden City Community Church
Imitiaz A. Rahi, LIVETOGETHER-US, New Hyde Park
Abdul
Basir Kazi, Hillside Islamic Center, New Hyde Park
Sister Jean Amore, Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood
Sister Rosemary Bellantoni, CSJ
Rev. Dr. Timothy Hoyt Duncan, First Presbyterian, Northport
Rabbi Dr. Janet Liss, North Country Reform Temple, Glen Cove
Sister Marie Danaher, O.P. Sacred Heart Church, Merrick
Sister Chris Koellhoffer, IHM, Christ the King
Rev. Dr. Barry Andrews, Minister of Religious Education, Unitarian
Universalist Congregation
at Shelter Rock
Sister Jeanne McGorry, CSJ, Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood
Sister Eugenia C. Calabrese, CSJ, North Merrick
Sister Patricia Turley, CSJ, North Merrick
Deacon Heriberto Nelson Daza, St. Mary of the Isle
Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Y. Gyamfi, St. Raymond's
Rev. Thomas G. Gallagher, Sacred Heart, North Merrick
Mary Hughes, O.P., Sisters St. Dominic, Amityville
Rev.
Michael Sehler, SJ, Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Point Lookout
Sister Kathleen Quinn, Sister of Mercy
Sister Janet Kinney, CSJ
Margaret Mary Bickar, SC, East Islip
Betty Toohig, SC, East Islip
Father Bob Splittgerber, St. John’s Lutheran Church by the
Sea, Long Beach
The Rev. Debra Low-Skinner, Rector, Christ Episcopal Church, Garden
City
Rev. Harold Lay, Parkway Community Church (R.C.A.), Hicksville
Rev. Dr. Ledyard Baxter, Old Steeple Community Church, United
Church of Christ, Aquebogue
Rev. Michael W. Caine, N.Y. Conference, United Church of Christ
Rev. Kenneth W. Prill, Pastor, Center Moriches United Methodist
Church
Sister Rose Sheridan, CSJ, Blue Point
Sister Anne Lorraine Hanna, Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood
Rabbi Dr. Steven Moss, B’nai Israel Reform Temple
Rev. Janet Porcher, First United Methodist Church, Oceanside
Sister Ann Gray, Daughters of Wisdom, Islip
Sister Lucy Blyskal, CSJ, Brentwood
The Rev. Rose Ann Vita, Pastor, Incarnation Lutheran Church, Watermill
Rev. Jack Moore, Associate Pastor, St. Mary’s R.C. Church,
East Islip
The Rev. Jill M. Bowden
Donna M. Strong, St. Margaret of Scotland–Parish Social
Ministry, Selden
The Rev. Gerardo Ramirez-Miller, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island
Rev. Peter J. Kelly, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Frederick A. Smith, M.D., communicant, Christ Episcopal Church,
Garden City
The Rev. Paul Ratzlaff, UU Fellowship of Huntington
The Rev. Paul Johnson, UU Congregation at Shelter Rock, Manhasset
Arthur B. Dobrin, Westbury
The Rev. Hope Johnson, UU Congregation of Central Nassau, Garden
City
Sister Mairead Barrett, OSU
Rev. Lorraine De Armitt, Southold United Methodist Church
M. Riad Khawan, Islamic Center of Melville
Nayyar Imam, President-Elect, Selden Mosque
Rabbi Renni S. Altman, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck
The Very Rev’d David B. Lowry, Christ Church, Manhasset
Riad Khawam, Islamic Center of Melville
Deacon George Reich, St. John Nepomucene RC Parish, Bohemia
Rabbi Jerome Davidson, Temple Beth-El of Great Neck
Rabbi Paul J. Joseph, Long Beach
Joseph Hassan, retired married priest, Albertson
Rev. Dianne Rodriguez, First Parish Chruch, UCC, Northville
Rev. Larry Duncklee, Our Lady of Good Counsel, R.C. Church, Inwood
Rev. Andrew P. Blake
Please sign on and return to: LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530 - (516) 741-4360 or email
Name:_________________________Affliation Affiliation (optional)______________________
We come together as LI Clergy and Religious for Peace to express our
moral opposition to the war in Iraq.
We call for an end to the war in Iraq and the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
We seek to encourage a broad dialogue and a discernment process among Long Island clergy, congregations and communities that will promote a new U.S. foreign policy based on moral values, human dignity, nonviolence and the rule of law.
Rev. Mark Lukens, Bethany Congregational Church, LI Chapter of The Interfaith
Alliance*
Sr. Jeanne Clark, O.P.
Sr. Margaret Galiardi, O.P.
Rev. Thomas W. Goodhue, United Methodist, Amityville
Rev. William Brisotti, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church, Wyndanch
Pastor Mark Greiner
Anne Klaeysen, Ethical Humanist Society of Garden City
Rev. Alan Bentz-Letts
Richard K. Goodman, Westbury Quakers Meeting
Habeeb Uddin Ahmed, Islamic Center of Long Island
Deacon Don Zirkel, Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Church, Wyndanch
Ghazi Y. Khankan
Sister Mary Beth Moore, Sisters of Charity
Dr. Hafiz Ur Rehman, Masjid Darul Quran Mosque
Rev. Ben Bortin, Membership Coordinator, Unitarian Universalist Congregation
at Shelter Rock
The. Rev. Noelle Damico, Associate for Fair Food, Presbyterian Church
USA
Father Andrew P. Connolly (retired), Our Lady of Fatima RC Church, Manorhaven
Rev. Henry J. Benack, St. Patrick’s Church, Glen Cove and Pax
Christi LI
(August 2007)
*Affiliations for Identification Purposes
Please sign on and return to:
LI Alliance, 38 Old Country Road, Garden City, NY 11530 - (516)741-4360/lipeace@broadview.net
JUNE 2007 ACTION ALERT: KEEP THE PRESSURE ON CONGRESS-
On May 23, Congress voted to give President Bush another $100 billion
for the war and occupation in Iraq. Representatives Ackerman, Bishop,
Israel, and McCarthy and Senator Clinton all voted against the supplemental
funding. Their “No” votes are a clear sign of the persistent
efforts of the peace community on Long Island to push our representatives
to do what we elected them to do: End the war and bring the troops home.
NOW WE MUST KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. For every month that the war continues,
100 American soldiers and 1000 Iraqis will be killed. How many more
US soldiers will we be honoring next Memorial Day for making the ultimate
sacrifice in Iraq?
CALL, WRITE, OR DROP-BY YOUR CONGRESSPERSON’S OFFICE TO DELIVER
THE MESSAGE: “It is time for YOU to truly represent the people
who elected you and use your power to end this war.
NOT ONE MORE DEATH. NOT ONE MORE DOLLAR. BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121, Toll free: 1-800-594-1015
Click on Congressional Contact List on the left sidebar for a complete
list of addresses and phone numbers for LI’s Congressional delegation.
SAMPLE LETTER
June 2007
Dear
Over 3,400 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died since the war began in March 2003. Tens of thousands have been wounded. It is time to end the war in Iraq and to begin the orderly withdrawal of our troops.
I urge you to stay strong and to vote to set a deadline for withdrawal and for a cut-off of war funding. You must do what the American people voted for in November: end the war and bring the troops home.
Every month that this war continues means another 100 U.S. soldiers and thousands of Iraqis will die and more wounded. This is wrong. The war is wrong. It is not about a new course or a new strategy. It is about ending an immoral, illegal war that should never have been started.
Continuing this tragic war is unconscionable. We cannot wait until September or until 2008. We need to decide now and to begin the withdrawal as soon as possible.
I want to hear from you about what you will do to end this war—and end it soon.
Sincerely,
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