Cleveland Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich on Saturday urged crowds at a Seattle marijuana legalization rally toward "mass action" to end wars and corporate interference in government, legalize gay marriage and marijuana use, and demand hospitalization rather than incarceration for those with drug problems.

"This is why and how recent movements for freedom in Tunisia and Egypt gained momentum," Kucinich told the crowd at Seattle's Hempfest.

"This is how Ghandi cast off the British empire. This is how America's suffragettes ended up getting for women the right to vote."

Kucinich is weighing a run for Congress in Washington state if his Ohio seat is eliminated when the state's GOP-controlled legislature redraws district lines. Ohio will lose two seats in Congress during 2012 because of its slow population growth, while Washington will gain a seat. Kucinich has made frequent trips to the Seattle area all year.

Click on this link to see a gallery of colorful Hempfest photos shot by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Below is a video of his entire speech. If you'd prefer to read it, Kucinich posted the text on The Huffington Post, titled "The Seattle Declaration; A Call for a New Civic Activism."