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Message to Pelosi: Defund the War! Part 1

by Robert B. Livingston (gruaudemais [at] yahoo.com)
PART 1
San Francisco Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi (District 5) and Chris Daly (District 6) joined other activists including representatives from Code Pink an Pelosi Watch to implore San Francisco's Representative in Congress and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Defund the War for the purpose of ending it and bringing American troops home.

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote upon a supplemental appropriations bill tommorrow or Friday.

Here are some photos and mp3 recordings of today's speakers.
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March 21, 2007
San Francisco

Meeting at the foot of San Francisco's Federal Building this morning, San Francisco Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly joined other speakers to demand that Congresswoman and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi honor their resolution and the opinion of a majority of citizens to discontinue funding military operations and hold the Bush administration accountable for its total failure in Iraq.

Following are some photos of speakers in chronological order with short mp3 recordings of their statements.

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§Denise D'Anne
by Robert B. Livingston
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Denise D'anne thinks it may be time to get militant.
§Denise D'Anne (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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§An aide to Supervisor Chris Daly introduces the speakers
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Purpose of the press conference and introductions (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Janet Weil of Code Pink
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Janet Weil (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Toby Blome of Code Pink
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Leslie Angeline of Code Pink
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Toby Blome and Leslie Angeline of Code Pink (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Kathy Lipscomb
by Robert B. Livingston
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Kathy represents Declaration of Peace
http://tinyurl.com/2vw35r
§Kathy Lipscomb (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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§Cathy Swineford
by Robert B. Livingston
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Cathy represents Stop Funding the War Coalition
http://www.stopfundingthewar.org/home/
§Cathy Swineford (mp3)
by Robert B. Livingston
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