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Mike Thompson Watch
The end of January saw hundreds of people demonstrating locally
in Eureka and Fr. Bragg, thousands in regional centers like San
Francisco and hundreds of thousands in Washington. DC.
"Local forces have dug in against Rep. Mike Thompson, whose
level of urgency over the issues of war and impeachment remains
unacceptable – however sincere his anti-war efforts,"
said peace activist Paul Encimer. Every Monday a dozen or more
activists appear at Thompson’s offices in Fort Bragg and
Eureka with the message that Thompson must act appropriately to
the state of emergency caused by the war in Iraq.
Meanwhile protestors led by Kathy Kelly and the Occupation Project
in DC, and including Codepink, Vets for Peace and other cutting
edge groups, have launched a campaign of sustained nonviolent
civil disobedience for February
and March to remind Congress that it has the constitutional power
to remove this out of control, criminal President and his cronies.
"Locally we can continue to parallel the various national
campaigns which will peak during the week of March 16 to 19. Several
organizations – Declaration of Peace and World Can’t
Wait – will stage campaigns involving civil disobedience
in the Halls of Congress. ANSWER has its eye apparently on the
Pentagon in that same time period. It looks like every nook and
cranny of the nation will ring with activity during this upcoming
historic week in March," according to Encimer.