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Selected list of speakers at Oct. 5 rallies

Posted on September 26, 2006
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Join Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Cynthia McKinney, Michelle Phillips, Thom Hartmann, Missy Beattie, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Daniel Ellsberg, Esther Kaplan, Scott Ritter, Jodie Evans, Medea Benjamin, Outernational, U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, Rev. Byrd, Imam Abdul-Alim Musa, Kevin Powell, Bob Watada, Ann Wright with special messages from Sean Penn, Paul Haggis, Mark Ruffalo, Eve Ensler and many more“

Medea Benjamin, Founding Director of Global Exchange & co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, San Francisco rally

Prof. Timuel Black, Chicago rally

Reverend Edgar Boyd San Francisco rally, Bethel AME Church of San Francisco, San Francisco rally

Betty Brooks, co-host of KPFK’s Feminist Magazine, Los Angeles rally

Missy Beattie, military family member, NYC rally

 

Craig & Cindy Corrie, parents of Rachael Corrie, Washington DC rally

Jesse Diaz, Jr., co-founder of the March 25 Coalition for immigrant rights, Los Angeles rally

Bernadine Dohrn, Chicago rally

Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Come Hell or High Water”, New York rally 

Nick Egnatz, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Vets for Peace, Chicago rally

Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the “Pentagon Papers”, San Francisco rally

Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink: Women for Peace, Los Angeles rally

Larry Everest, author ” Oil, Power and Empire, contributing writer to Revolution newspaper, Pacific News Service, and Z magazine”, San Francisco rally

Thom Hartmann, radio talk show host , Portland rally

U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, New Paltz rally

Jack Hirschman, San Francisco Poet Laureate 2006-7, San Francisco rally

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, poet, National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, featured artist on HBO Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry, San Francisco rally

Esther Kaplan, author of “With God On Their Side”, NYC rally 

Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor TIKKUN Magazine; author of “The Left Hand of God: Taking Our Country Back from the Religious Right, San Francisco rally

Allan Lichtman, Professor of History, American University, Washington DC rally

Dave Lindorff, co-author of The Case for Impeachment, Philadelphia rally

devorah major, poet, novelist, and essayist; San Francisco’s Poet Laureate 2002-3,  San Francisco rally

Janice Matthews, 9-11Truth.org, Kansas City rally

US Rep. Cynthia McKinney, NYC rally

Rev. Richard Meri Ka Ra Byrd, Krst Unity Center, Los Angeles rally

Travis Morales, World Can’t Wait, co-MC, Washington DC rally

Tom Morello, musician, will be appearing at 2pm in Pershing Sq. in LA as part of the Oct 5 World Can’t Wait protests. His appearance is scheduled for 2pm and Pershing Sq. is located in downtown LA between 5th & 6th Sts. and between Olive and Hill Sts.

Alderman Ricardo Munoz, Chicago rally

Gael Murphy, Code Pink, Washington DC rally

Imam Abdul-Alim Musa, Masjid Al-Islam, Washington DC rally

Jumana Musa, human rights attorney, Washington DC rally

Michelle Phillips, actress/singer, Los Angeles rally

Kevin Powell, writer and activist, New York City rally

Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Western Michigan University rally 

David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, Washington DC rally

Debra Sweet, National Coordinator of World Can’t Wait, NYC rally

 

Sandra Telep, Pride at Work, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC rally

Bob Watada, father of Lt. Ehren Watada, 1st officer to refuse to fight in Iraq, Los Angeles rally

Ann Wright, former US diplomat, NYC rally

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, co-MC, Washington DC rally

Kevin Zeese, Democracy Rising, Washington DC rally

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