Yesterday I joined the Asheville Veterans for Peace for a rolling demonstration marking the 6th year of the Bush War on Iraq. We jumped aboard Ken Ashe's flatbed truck to take our usually static demonstration to the streets of Asheville.
One stop included the Asheville Citizen-Times offices where we distributed copies of War Crimes Times. The second edition continues to make the case for indictment and prosecution of the Bush regime.
After a few hours up and down the city streets, stopping here and there to pass out the newspaper, we encountered a snag when one of Asheville's policewomen walked up as we were stopped at light to warn: "No amplification without a permit." Kim Carlyle stopped mid-sentence in his amplified reading of the list of war crimes, and we all raised the volume of our voices, still permitted by our Constitution, as we rolled on.
Our next stop was UNC-Asheville to join with the SDS students who were just winding up their on campus demonstration. Then off to our Peace Park on Hilliard where we met up with Asheville War Resisters League activist Coleman Smith, ladder in hand, to update the billboard, nailing up our call for indictment of the Bush regime for its war crimes.
I enjoy the company of these Veterans who continue to speak out against these endless wars. Even former Mayor Leni Sitnick stopped to say "Thanks," and cheer us on.
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