Very interesting. It seemed a little odd/out of place to include the Jena 6 in the midst of an anti-war protest. What if a person agreed with the anti-war position, but didn't agree with the Jena 6, or (more likely) didn't feel he had enough knowledge to form an opinion yet? Would that pose any conflict for an individual marcher? Just curious; I've never organized a march, so maybe it's not a big deal. I just remember being annoyed with Rocky when he injected unrelated issues into the first antiwar rally I attended, potentially driving a wedge between participants.

The demands of the organizers, and therefore by participants, for this action were:

--Troops Out Now
--Impeach Bush & Cheney for War Crimes
--End All Occupations -- from Iraq to Palestine to Haiti to the Philippines
--Let's act in unity with many movements and struggles raising demands including:
--No war against Iran
--The Right to Return - from Palestine to New Orleans
--No to U.S. intervention - Hands off Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Zimbabwe & Sudan
--Stop the raids against immigrant workers - Full rights for undocumented workers
--Justice for Katrina survivors -
End racist police terror -
Stop the war against Muslims
--Free Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier, the Cuban Five, Jose Maria Sison & all political prisoners
--$$$ for healthcare, jobs & education, not endless war

In other words, the protest was in response to the continued waged wars on people around the world - including in America.

The Jena 6 is just another example of the war that is going on in the U.S. - on the poor, persons of color and underpriveleged.

You can read more on the Green Party's position on the Jena 6 issue at: http://www.gp.org/press/pr_2007_09_19b.shtml

Deanna, great blog; good job with all your hard work. Looking forward to working toward ending the war, in unity with you and other Greens and Non-Greens at the October 27th event!

Peace,
Kim Spangrude
Utah MFSO and We the People For Peace and Justice