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Listen to George
Galloway and Friends
Rock the House to Close Historic Day in Washington, D.C.
"We have to raise our demands. We
don't want Bush out of the Whitehouse, we want Bush in prison with Blair and
all the other war criminals who have brought us to this pass." - George
Galloway
As Muhammed Ali said: "No Viet Cong
ever called me nigger. And I will not fight for Democracy in Vietnam when
I cannot fight for Democracy in Mississippi." Prophetic words coming
after Hurricane Katrina showed the world that the government that claims to
be able to rebuild nations, cannot save its own citizens..." - Ahmed
Shawki
"I have asked Tony Blair to meet
me for a year, and his answer always is 'I don't wand to debate a grieving
mother.' We know why he doesn't want to debate a grieving mother." -
Rose Gentle
"Only when the the United States
is at peace with itself can it be at peace with this world. We cannot allow
the administration to deny the people of the Gulf Coast and New Orleans the
right to return as they deny the Palestinians the right to return." -
Elias Rashmawi
"They hated the occupation, they
hated the power that oppressed them. But whenever there was room for dialogue,
there was dialogue. Whenever there was room for tea, there was tea. Whenever
there was room for food, there was food and they shared it with us. They shared
their Holy Koran with me, a Christian occupier of their land. So the notion
that they need 160,000 foreign troops in order to succeed is offensive to
me." - Camilo Mejia
George Galloway, Member of Parliament - UK (Respect
Unity Coalition), spoke to a capacity audience at the First Congregational
Church in Washington, DC. Ralph Nadar and Dennis
Brutus were special guests, while Louisiana activists
were honored (see below). Appearing with Galloway were, in order of speaking,
Virginia Harabin (moderator); Mounzer Sleiman, PhD,
who made welcoming remarks on behalf of National Council of Arab Americans;
Camilo Mejia, Army soldier who refused to fight in Iraq;
he is a conscientious objector and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War;
Elias Rashmawi, National Council of Arab Americans; Rose
Gentle, founding member of Military Families Against the War (UK);
and Ahmed Shawki, Editor, International Socialist Review
and Board member of National Council of Arab Americans - he introduced George
Galloway.
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Photo at right: George Galloway with Rose Gentle,
a founding member of Military Families Against the War in the UK. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved
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More Photos Below
Websites:
Sponsors of National Tour
Center for Economic Research and Social Change
http://www.isreview.org/cersc.shtml
International Socialist Review
http://www.isreview.org
National Council of Arab Americans
http://www.arab-american.net
The New Press
http://www.thenewpress.com
A few of Organizations involved with one or more tour stops
(see tour
website for complete list)
Military Families Against the War
http://www.mfaw.org.uk
Iraq Veterans Against the War
http://www.ivaw.net
Military Families Speak Out
http://www.mfso.org
Traprock Peace Center
http://www.traprockpeace.org
Tour Resources
Tour Website - http://www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com
Tour Blog - http://www.isreview.org/gallowaytour.shtml
or
http://www.traprockpeace.org/george_galloway_tour
Photos:
(we have photos of everyone in the program, but not all of the speakers. We
were dealing with starting the audio recording while Virginia Harabin was
starting the program, and needed to do periodic sound checks. All photos are
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved. National Sponsors, MFAW, MFSO
and the Stop the War Coalition (UK) have been given permissions for use. For
any other use, contact the photographer.

Mounzer Sleiman, Ph.D. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Ahmed Shawki, Rose Gentle and Virginia Harabin.
photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

The program filled the hall at the First Congregational Church
on G Street NW. photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

Ahmed Shawki with Rose Gentle. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Elias Rashmawi, National Council of Arab Americans. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Rose Gentle co-founded Military Families Against the War (UK).
She addressed the mass rally earlier in the day and then marched. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

George Galloway, MP gave a rousing speech with numerous standing
overations. photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Ralph Nader was a special guest, shown here listening to Galloway.
Also acknowledged was Dennis Brutus, South African poet and anti-apartheid
activist. photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights
reserved

Camilo Mejia being interviewed after the program. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Lionelle Hamanaka, Military Families Speak Out; Judy Linehan
(MFSO) coorinated Rose Gentle's tour in the US; and Rose Gentle. photo
© 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved

Monique Dols, Campus Antiwar Network Coordinating Committee
member, with Louisiana activists Meredyth Friend, Avery Friend and Ward Reilly.
The Louisiana activists were honored and Ward was acknowledged for his having
been a founding member of the Coalition Against War and Injustice in Baton
Rouge and for having a lead role in organizing the Peace Train that brought
several hundred Southern actrivists to DC that day for the national protest.
The Peace Train was to have left from New Orleans; this was impossible, obviously,
due to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Peace Train left from Meridian,
Mississippi. photo © 2005 Charles Jenks; all rights reserved