Jen's Green Journal

Just found this video on You Tube.

I was in D.C. for the Code Pink rally and march just a few days before the bombs started falling in Iraq. The police had surrounded the White House so that we couldn't march to anywhere near it. They were allowing no more than 25 of the 10,000 or so of us to get close, but these women were not allowed to even go up to the gate that surrounds the property.

Since we weren't allowed near, the rest of us formed a large circle a few blocks round and linked by our hands. I was near the concrete blocked entrance to Pennsylvanian Avenue, and Starhawk led several of us in a spiral dance aimed at peace and the destruction of evil in the White House.

Meanwhile, these women, who incuded Utah's own Terry Tempest Williams, Alice Walker (of A Color Purple's fame), Maxine Hong Kingston and many others decided to make a bigger statement and risk arrest in order to call attention to the administration's clood-thirsty schemes. Amy Goodman who was reporting for Democracy Now! (and who had also MC'd the rally previous to the march) and Kirsten Michel who was filming the protest were also arrested. 

It's now official. As an anti-war, pro-peace person, I will not be able to support Hillary, as much as I'd like to see a woman president.

Back in March of 2003, just a couple of weeks before the war started, I was fortunate to be involved in the Code Pink events in Washington D.C. About 50 us were able to meet with Hillary Clinton to express our views of the war.

Thanks to Kirsten Michel, who filmed the meeting (about 16 minutes), I'm able to post the video on this blog. It's a good reminder that just because someone is a Democrat, they don't always have progressive values.

(Thank you to Kirsten Michel for the video, and thanks to my friends Rex and Rene who gave me their frequent flyer miles so that I could attend these events)