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  Here you can find statements from individuals and organizations in support of The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime.

  Hear from the following voices on why you must come out to the protests called for October 5th:

  Bob Bossie (SCJ, 8th Day Center for Justice)

  Elaine Brower

  Faith Carr

  Chris Daly (San Francisco Supervisor)

  Daniel Ellsberg (leaker of the Pentagon Papers)

  Gary Leupp

  Ray McGovern

  Dr. Robin Meyers (UCC Minister)

  Ralph Nader

  Oakland Education Association Resolution

  Jed Stone (Past president of Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)

  Gore Vidal

  Thom Hartmann (Talk Radio/Author)

  Esther Kaplan (Author: With God On Their Side)

  Mark Crispin Miller (Author, Performer)

  Jean Rohe

  Timuel Black

  Why I Signed the Call:

  Camilo Mejia, Conscientious Objector

  Harold Pinter, Nobel Laureate playwright

  Juan Torres, Gold Star Family Member

  Naomi Wallace, playwright

  Poems:

  Eve Ensler - Fire His Ass

  Martin Espada  - 2 poems

  Sam Hamill - Eyes Wide Open

  Studs Terkel

   

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  Voices from November 2nd, 2005 Protests: (The movement to drive out the Bush regime was launched with protests across the country on Nov. 2nd, 2005, the anniversary of Bush's "re-election. Below are statements in support of the Nov. 2nd protests.)   Mumia Abu-Jamal Medea Benjamin (Code Pink) Father Luis Barrios Dahr Jamail, independent journalist Tomas Olmos Malik Rahim (Common Ground Collective, New Orleans)   Cindy Sheehan Stephen Rohde Gore Vidal   Howard Zinn Selected Quotes from Speeches at Nov. 2nd rallies

  Voices from State of Emergency  Protests: (On Jan. 31st, 2006, the night of Bush's state of the union address, World Can't Wait organized protests across the country followed by a rally demanding "Bush Step Down" in Washington, DC the following Saturday, Feb. 4th.  Below are statements made before or during the state of emergency protests.)  Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid Ed Begley, Jr. Elaine Brower at Feb. 4 Rally in DC Cerritos College MEChA Burt Cohen, Former NH State Senator Carl Dix, Spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party, at the Jan. 31st rally in NYC Daniel Ellsberg Rabbi Michael Feinberg Georgetown Law Students Hampton University Students Larry S. Jones, Americans United for Seperation of Church and State Rev. Deborah Lake at Feb. 4 Rally in DC Mark Leno, California State Assemblyman Aimara Lin, Not In Our Name Project Mark Crispin Miller Oakland Education Association Resolution Tomas Olmos, member of National Advisory Board of World Can't Wait Congressional Candidate Chris Owens Rev. Meri Ka Ra, KRST Unity Center Mark Ruffalo Rebecca Shaeffer, Georgetown Law Student at Feb. 4 DC Rally David Swanson at Feb. 4 DC Rally Sunsara Taylor at the Feb. 4th Rally in DC Gore Vidal: "President Jonah" Howard Zinn: A Message to Students

   

  Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include:

  Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood James Abourezk Mumia Abu-Jamal ACT UP, NYC Pam Africa Vincente Alba, Laborers Union Local 108, New York Alberto Lovera Bolivian Circle, New York Allison Aimee Aris Anagnos Anti-Flag Arab American Community Coalition Carlos Arango, Director, Casa Aztlan* Edward Asner Asociación Tepeyac, New York Axis of Justice Rosa Ayala, Justice for Janitors* Russell Banks Father Luis Barrios, Iglesia San Romero de Las Americas, NYC Rev. Willie Barrow, Women Connecting* Ed Begley Jr. Harry Belafonte Medea Benjamin Dave Berenson, Cleveland US Green Party Michael Berg, anti-war activist Jessica Blank, writer & actor William Blum Joan Bokaer, founder, Theocracy Watch Blase Bokaer, author Bob Bossie, SCJ, 8th Day Center for Justice* Father Roy Bourgeois St. Clair Bourne, filmmaker Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition, NYC Catharina Breinhold, musician with Nina Hagen Carol Brightman, author of Total Insecurity Dennis Brutus, Center for the Study of Human Rights Gabriel Byrne Campus Anti-War Network (CAN) Rosemary Candelario, pro-choice activist Tim Carpenter, dir., Progressive Democrats of America Chicago ADAPT CHOICE USA Ward Churchill Margaret Cho Ward Churchill Citizens For Legitimate Government Kate Clinton David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Pres. Candidate Code Pink: Women for Peace Gerry Cohen, Hollywood Director US Rep. John Conyers Jr. Harry T. Cook II, Recor, St. Andrews Episcopal Church Irwin Corey, comedian Carlos Cornier, percussionist, Funadesi, Old Town School of Folk Barry Crimmins, Air America contributor & correspondent Chris Crutcher, children's book author Culture Clash Charles W. Dahm, Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago Chris Daly, SF Board of Supervisors DC Anti-War Network Rev. Greg Dell, Broadway United Methodist Church Democrats.com John Densmore Jesse Díaz Jr. Diane DiPrima, beat poet Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party Leonard Dominguez, Candidate for Cook County Commissioner, IL Dominican Women's Development Center Ariel Dorfman, writer Tom Duane, NY State Senator Michael Eric Dyson Steve Earle Niles Eldredge, curator of Natural History Museum Edwin Ellis, President of Veterans for Peace, LA* Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers Eve Ensler Martin Espada, poet Michelle Esrick, actress, filmmaker Donelle Estey, Artists Against the War Christian Ettinger, ex. producer of The Weather Underground Jodie Evans, Code Pink Samina Faheem Fundas, American Muslim Voice* Nina Felshin, curator, writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti Ralph Fertig, president of Humanitarian Law Project Rev. John Fife Jane Fonda Barbara Forrest, prof. Southeastern Louisiana Univ. (testified in Dover against intelligent design) Francis Fox Piven Michael Franti, musician Aaron Freeman, comedian reg e. gaines, poet & playwright Martin Garbus, attorney Deborah Glick, NY State Assemblywoman Global Justice and Peace Ministries, Riverside Church Frances Goldin, literary agent Bill Goodman, Center for Constitutional Rights Sam Greenlee, filmmaker & poet André Gregory, theater director Andy Griggs, Exec. Board of United Teachers of LA Jose Guerrero, artist & muralist, Chicago Lawrence Guyot, former SNCC member and former Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Nina Hagen, singer, "mother of punk" Paul Haggis, film director, "Crash" Haitian Coalition for Justice Sam Hamill, Poets Against War* Suheir Hammad, poet Kathleen Hanna, Le Tigre David Harris, writer, founder of The Resistance* Stephen Hays, Board of Woodstock Film Festival John Heard, actor Jon Hendricks, artist Jon Hendrix, jazz singer/lyricist Hermandad Mexicana Warren Hern, MD, MPH, PhD, dir. Boulder Abortion Clinic Eric Hilton, musician, Theivery Corporation Hip Hop Caucus Merle Hoffman Rev. Robert M. Hollum, pastor, Lutheran Place Dorothy Hoobler, author Marie Howe, poet & writer Impeach Bush Coalition Mesha Monge Irizarry, Idriss Stelley Foundation Abdeen Jabara, past pres., American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Com.* Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Ron Jacobs, writer Bianca Jagger, actress & activist Dahr Jamail, independent journalist Pramila Jayapal, Exec. Dir., Hate Free Zone Washington Alan Jones, Dean of Faculty, Pitzer College* Bill T. Jones, choreographer Rickie Lee Jones Sarah Jones, poet & actor Esther Kaplan, author of With God On Their Side Brig. Gen. (ret) Janis Karpinski Casey Kasem Jeff Key, Iraq war veteran and writer, "The Eyes of Babylon" Ali Khan, America Muslim Council Margot Kidder, actress C. Clark Kissinger Frances Kissling, president, Catholics for a Free Choice* Yuri Kochiyama Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, St. Mary's Episcopal Church Ron Kovic, author & Vietnam Veteran Joyce Kozloff, artist Jonathan Kozol Reona Kumagai, Pres. of Princeton Students for Sensible Drug Policy Jim Lafferty, Exec. Director of the NLG of LA Ray Laforest, organizer DC 1707 AFSCME, member Pacifica National Board Beth Lamont Jessica Lange, actress Mark Leno, CA State Assemblyman Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor, Tikkun magazine James Levin, co-director, Cleveland Festival of Arts & Technology (Ingenuity) Philip Levine, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner Simon Levy, dir., What I Heard About Iraq Toby Devan Lewis Bruce Lincoln, prof., History of Religion, Univ. of Chicago Margarita Lopez, NY City Council Member George Lois Haki R. Madhubuti, publisher, Third World Press Devorah Major, poet & novelist Make the Road by Walking Mike Malloy, syndicated radio talk show host Lucinda Marshall, founder, Feminist Peace Network*

  Bill Martin, philosopher Bill Martinez, attorney, producer (Audioslave concert in Cuba) Luis Matos, union organizer, 1199 Father Matthius, Pastor, St. Pius V, Chicago Malachy McCourt, actor & author US Rep. Cynthia McKinney Peter McLaren, UCLA Prof. Ellen McLaughlin, actress & playwright Camilo Majia, conscientious objector Rosie Mendez, New York City Council Dave Meserve, Arcata, CA City Council member Allen Michaan, owner, Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, CA Carol Migden, CA State Senator Carly Miller, Clothing of the American Mind Mark Crispin Miller Millions More Movement, Pittsburg/Antioch CA org. Ross Markarimi Bill Mitchell, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace* Leon Mobley, musician Alderman Joe Moore, Chicago's City Council Tom Morello, Audioslave Tracie Morris, poet Viggo Mortensen Andrew Mu-ana, Images Sal-n, East LA Roger Mumford, Forefront Homes LLC Andrew Munana, Images Salon Steve Murphy, editor of Tales of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cecil Murray, retired Minister First AME Church, LA Craig Murray, former UK Ambassador to Uzbekistan National Lawyers Guild, National Office Amando Navarro, Chair of Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside Network in Solidarity with the People of the Philippines Bill Nevins Northwestern College Feminists Not In Our Name Mike and Julie Nussbaum Susan Nussbaum Efia Nwangaza, national co-chair, Jericho Movement Brian O'Leary, PhD, author, former astronaut Bertell Ollman, prof., Dept. of Politics, NYU R. Tomas Olmos, Pres., Mexican-American BA Found., LA County Barbara Olshansky, Center for Constitutional Rights E. Rendel Osburn, Southern Christian Leadership Foundation Outernational Chris Owens, Congressional candidate US Rep. Major Owens Ozomatli Jose Padilla, exec. Dir., CA Rural Legal Assistance* Christina Page, author of How The Pro-Choice Movement Saved America Grace Paley, writer Patrick Henry Democratic Club Harvey Pekar, American Splendor cartoonist Sean Penn Moisés Peréz, Executive Director, Alianza Dominicana, New York* Bill Perkins, New York City Council Rosalind Petchesky, author, Abortion and a Woman's Choice Peter Phillips, Project Censored, Soc. Dept. Sonoma State Univ. Jeremy Pikser, screenwriter, Bulworth Harold Pinter Sterling Plumpp, poet Port Townsend Peace Movement Kevin Powell, writer Progressive Democrats of America Francine Prose, novelist Puerto Rican Nationalist Party - New York Branch Queers for Economic Justice Jerry Quickley, poet & playwright Malik Rahim, New Orleans Community Organizer Victor Toro Ramirez, activista en el Sur del Bronx Michael Ratner, Center for Constitutional Rights* Reach Hip Hop Coalition Raghava Reddy, stem cell biologist, filmmaker Maggie Renzi, filmmaker, producer Eric Resnick, Gay Peopl's Chronicle* reporter Allan Rich, screenwriter & actor Walter Riley, lawyer Boots Riley, The Coup Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector Dennis Rivera Rhadames Rivera, 1199 SEIU Vice President Stephen F. Rhode, Attorney Joshua Rosenblum, Composer, Dir. of Bush is Bad Mark Ruffalo, actor US Rep. Bobby Rush Douglas Rushkoff, author Stafan Sagmeister, graphic designer Kalamu Salaam, Listen to the People Angelica Salas, exec. dir. CHIRLA JD Samson, Le Tigre San Francisco Bay View Newspaper Sonia Sanchez, poet Rev. Henry Sanders, Fountain of Life Missionary Baptist Church Sapphire, poet & writer Susan Sarandon John Sayles, filmmaker James Schamus Sheley Secrest, attorney, Pres. of NAACP Seattle-King County Rinku Sen, Colorlines* Rafael Sencion, Sec. Gen., Congreso Nacional Dominicano Richard Serra, sculptor Stephen Shapiro, professor Rev. Al Sharpton Lou Shaw, writer, creator of Quincy MD Cindy Sheehan, Gold Star Families for Peace Martin Sheen Stanley Sheinbaum, economist Michael Steven Smith, writer, lawyer, & radio host Gary Soto, children's book author Nancy Spero, artist Dona Spring, Berkeley City Council member Gloria Steinem Lynne Stewart, attorney Jed Stone, attorney Fernando Suarez del Solar, Guerrera Azteca Project, father of US marine killed in Iraq war Malcolm Suber, People's Hurricane Relief Fund David Swanson, After Downing Street Serj Tankian Jonathan Tasini Mark Lewis Taylor, Princeton Theological Seminary Sunsara Taylor, Revolution newspaper Studs Terkel Juan Torres Marrianne Torres, Peace & Justice Action League, Spokane* Dwight Trible, jazz vocalist Mark Trumeo George Tuttle & Ben Cushman, grapegrowers Gore Vidal Kurt Vonnegut Mike Vorndran, pres. of Stonewall Young Democrats Alice Walker Naomi Wallace US Rep. Maxine Waters Wavy Gravy Leonard Weinglass, attorney Rev. Dave Weissbard, Unitarian Universalist Church, Rockford, IL Timberlake Werternbaker, playwright Cornel West Rev. Phil Wheaton, Co-pastor, Community of Christ, Wash. DC Susan Wicklund, abortion provider Joan Wile, Dir. of Grandmothers Against War Saul Williams, poet Standish E. Willis, Nat. Conf. of Black Lawyers S. Brian Wilson, Veterans for Peace Krzysztof Wodiczko, artist Ann Wright, former US diplomat Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies Peter Yarrow Leeland Y. Yee, Speaker pro Tem, CA State Assembly Juanita Young, October 22nd Coalition* David Zeiger, filmmaker, Sir, No Sir! Zephyr, graffiti artist & writer Robert Zevin, Robert Brooke Zevin Associates, Inc. Howard Zinn Dave Zirin, What's My Name, Fool? Sports & Resistance in the US and thousands more.. *Affiliation for identification purposes only

   

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  Sunsara Taylor is a writer for Revolution Newspaper and sits on the Advisory Board of The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime. She has appeared on/in The New York Times, The O'Reilly Factor, CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Fox's Hannity & Colmes, Fox & Friends, the Alan Colmes Radio Show, and her writing has appeared in Revolution (revcom.us), TruthDig.com, TruthOut.org, CounterPunch.org, OnlineJournal.com, OpEdNews.com, SmirkingChimp.com, and numerous blogs.

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