| On February 21, when Congress was trying to
figure out how much money they would hand Bush to continue the
bloodbath in Iraq, members of NWOPC had a better idea. "Don't
send him any money." Members decided to go to our
congresswoman, Marcy Kaptur, let her know how we feel and
stay there until she understood. 17 of us marched to her
office in Toledo early that morning demanding an end to the money flow
that keeps the bloodbath in business. |
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Creative Nonviolence, a campaign of resistance to end the
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/21/2007
After talking to the
staff and being told Kaptur wasn't available we informed them that we
would be staying until she agreed to vote no to any funds to
continue the occupation and bloodbath being imposed on Iraq.
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/21/2007
Members
made themselves at home and filled the office with determine
constituents preparing themselves for a long stay, occupying their
space to give them just the slightest taste of what occupation feels
like.
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Occupation Project Kaptur's Office 02/21/2007
Members read the names of all the troops
that had lost their lives, to date, as a result of the pack of lies
that took us to war with Iraq along with the names and ages of hundreds
of Iraqis who have perished as a result of this wrongful act.
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/21/07
The occupation continues as members await
for word that Kaptur agrees to our demands to represent her
constituents by not voting for funds to continue the injustice we've
imposed on Iraq.
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/21/2007
Members continue to read names throughout
the day to honor the dead and to impress upon the staff that these are
real people who are dying as a result of the policies passed
by our
representatives in Congress and the White House.
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/22 07
At around 12:30 AM, with 10 occupiers still
waiting, some 15 hours of occupation still hadn't convinced Kaptur to
do the right thing and the police were called to tell her constituents
to leave and to arrest those who refused.
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Occupation
Project Kaptur's Office 02/22/2007
Four courageous individuals decided it would
be a small price to pay to risk arrest and continue to stand firm in
the hopes the community and our representatives would hear the cry for
justice, and to seek answers to what it means to continue to spend our
tax dollars on an immoral and brutal occupation of a country for no
other reason than the spread of U.S. empire and the pursuit of
profit.
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Occupation
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