Poets Against the War
Mon, 02/12/2007 - 5:21pm
DC Poets Against the War is an informal group of Washington area writers and activists who came together during the winter of 2003 to protest the planned U.S. invasion of Iraq.
DC Poets Against the War have released their anthology in June 2003. It consists of poems by such authors as Naomi Ayala, Luis Alberto Ambroggio, Rei Berroa, David Brescia-Weiler, Richard Blanco, Sarah Browning, Kenneth Carroll, Grace Cavalieri, Jahayra Corrales, Charlie Cray, Katy Didden, Scott J. Ecksel, Zein El-Amine, Michele Elliott, Wade Fletcher, Yael Flusberg, Martin Galvin, David Gewanter, Jomo K. Graham ,Patricia Gray, Leah Harris, Roberto (Bert) Ifill, Esther Iverem, Peter Klappert, Ann B. Knox, Dan Logan, Carmen Lupton, Mike Maggio, Chelsie Miller, E. Ethelbert Miller, Samuel Miranda, Michael Willett Newheart, Gregory Orfalea, Patric Pepper, Kim Roberts, Danny Rose, Joseph Ross, Kaia Sand, Elizabeth Sullam, Dan Vera, and Rebecca Villarreal.
DC Poets Against the War have been featured at such venues as Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, Fleming Center, Provisions Library, Dar Es Salaam, National Mall, the Martin Luther King Library, Reston Used Bookstore, and All Souls Unitarian Church. They also appeared on the air waves of WPFW 89.3 FM and WAMU 88.5 FM.
In addition, DC Poets Against The War have been featured in such publications as DC North and Washington Post Newspaper.For more information about DC Poets Against the War, visit them at http://www.dcpaw.org
About The Author
Afrika Midnight Asha Abney is a Native Washingtonian, freelance poet, freelance writer, former host and events coordinator, and author.
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Most of the world thinks Bush sucks
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 12:46am.
Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren't a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? How does that work in a democracy again? How does being more threatening make us more likeable?Isn't the country with
the most weapons the biggest threat to the rest of the world? When one country is the biggest threat to the rest of the world, isn't that likely to be the most hated country?
What happened to us, people? When did we become such lemmings?
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
Couldn't agree with you more
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/15/2007 - 8:49am.
You're right, we should reject interventionism and elect Pat Buchanan in 2008!
"Most of the world thinks we suck." Quite Profound.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Here's a history lesson you might find interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeasement_of_Hitler
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