IfP/VfP/WCW on the RNC Protest Stage

width=”110″ height=”146″ align=”left” St. Paul, Minnesota — On the third day of the RNC (Wed, Sept. 3rd), Impeach for Peace will be taking the Protest Stage at 1pm and World Can’t Wait will have the stage at 4pm.

So far, the list of speakers includes:

Ray McGovern, is a retired CIA officer turned political activist. McGovern was a Federal employee under seven U.S. presidents over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House for many of them.

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width=”100″ height=”109″ align=”left” width=”11″ height=”97″ align=”right” John Nichols: Author of “The Genius of Impeachment.” Nichols writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and dozens of other newspapers.

Sylvester Spoon, Cofounder of Patriots for Corporate Rights. An organization which advocates for the Iraq War, the coming Iran War, corporate rights, and defends the practice of torturing. They have had many protests against impeachment, and support rallies for President Bush around the Twin Cities.

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width=”200″ height=”134″ align=”left” Debra Sweet is the National Director of World Can’t Wait. World Can’t Wait is organizing people living in the United States to take responsibility to stop the whole disastrous course led by the Bush administration. World Can’t Wait seeks to create a political situation where the Bush administration’s program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking U.S. society is reversed. width=”134″ height=”137″ align=”right”

Ann Wright, a Colonel in the U.S. Army and a career diplomat who resigned in protest the day before the war began.

Jodin Morey: Cofounder of Impeach for Peace (ImpeachforPeace.org), a grassroots, nonpartisan organization based in Minnesota with chapters in twelve states throughout the country working to achieve the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and holding them and future elected officials fully accountable under the Rule of Law.

Other speakers such as Scott Ritter (United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998), and members of the Glassbead Collective may also speak.

Join us outside the Xcel Energy Center for these great speakers, and to learn how we move forward from here towards accountability in government and restoring our civil liberties and freedoms! The stage is on W. 7th St. between W 5th and 6th Street. It’s easiest to get there by coming from the North on St. Peter, and heading West on 7th St. Parking is easiest just North of the State Capitol Building.

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Jodin Morey

Cofounder: Impeach for Peace