By Eric Garris
100 San Francisco antiwar activists
protested against the Iran blockade bill, HCR 362, at Nancy Pelosi’s
house on Saturday. The protest was emotional, and three people were
arrested for trespassing.
This coverage was the lead story on KRON
Channel 4’s evening news. The main speaker is Marc Joffe, a local
libertarian supporter of Antiwar.com.
Update: Here is an additional report from Janet Weil of CODEPINK:
Three activists arrested for breaking
through police barricades around Pelosi’s Pacific Heights mansion
and “dying in” on her walkway.A strong, heartfelt, focussed coalition
action with great music, signs with photos of Iranian children, an altar
with symbols of Iranian culture, many banners and signs including on
H Con Res 362 and $400 million for covert ops in Iran!
At a powerful “No War with Iran”
action at Pelosi’s Pacific Heights home, code pinkers Toby Blome and
Phoebe sorgen (yes, lower case s) and peace organizer David Hartsough
were arrested during the Die-In. They broke through the police barricades
around Pelosi’s home (no, she was not home – she was in Austin,
Texas being protested by Austin CODEPINK!) to lie down as examples of
the death that will come to yet another country if the build-up toward
war is not halted.
Medea Benjamin and Leslie Angeline were
among the dozen or so representing CODEPINK. They joined over 60 others
from Action Against Torture, DASW, World Can’t Wait, Western States
Legal Defense and probably other organizations. FM DJ Soul of 104.1
in Berkeley spoke out powerfully during the Die-In
A strong, heartfelt, focussed action
with great music, signs with photos of Iranian children, an altar, many
banners and signs!
When Toby was being walked to the police
car in handcuffs, she called out in a strong but anguished voice, “Pelosi,
not another war!” The crowd warmly cheered and applauded the courage
of Toby, Phoebe and David.
At the end of the gathering, Medea, just
back from DC, said that we need to call Pelosi’s office on Monday
to demand that she withdraw H Con Res 362 which calls for a naval blockade
of Iran, and that East Bay pinkers need to contact Barbara Lee’s office
to get her to step up public opposition to the resolution.
This article originally appeared on
the blog antiwar.com
This was a fantastic action and we need more just like it: right where they live.