{"article":{"id":179830,"heading":"Peace Group Shuts down  Army Recruitment Center in Hollywood","author":"A","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2013-11-11 00:44:27","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:44:27","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Early this morning a group of about 50 marched down Hollywood Blvd. to the recruitment center and proceeded to block the entrance.  They were prepared to risk arrest but it did not come to that.  Police monitored the group but did not interfere.  It is believed that the center knew in advance of the action and closed because of the demonstration.   <br><br> About 25 people set up an all day vigil at the front doors to make sure the recruitment center did not try to reopen.  One of the people who took part, Ann Bishop, said of the action &ldquo;We may have saved a few lives.  Somebody didn&rsquo;t sign up, and maybe having a day to think it over they won&rsquo;t sign up, and they won&rsquo;t go some where and be killed or kill any body&rdquo;.   <br><br> The organizers of today&rsquo;s action say they will be back.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"LOS ANGELES, September 25, 2006 \u2013 A coalition of faith based groups succeeded in closing the army recruitment center in Hollywood today.","numcomment":22,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2006\/09\/1.jpgzecnlt.jpg","filesize":"32.3 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2006\/09\/179830.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2006\/09\/1.jpgzecnlt.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2006\/09\/1.jpgzecnlt.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":179831,"heading":"March arrives","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-29 15:49:40","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/2.jpggiawib.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/2.jpggiawib.jpg"}},{"id":179832,"heading":"Blocking the entrance","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/3.jpgzhkx17.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/3.jpgzhkx17.jpg"}},{"id":179833,"heading":"Sitting down in front","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-29 15:49:52","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/4.jpgi62fro.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/4.jpgi62fro.jpg"}},{"id":179834,"heading":"Police Response","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/5.jpgzc0ttp.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/5.jpgzc0ttp.jpg"}},{"id":179835,"heading":"Police Response","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/6.jpg6qhz7v.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/6.jpg6qhz7v.jpg"}},{"id":179836,"heading":"Black coffin for Iraqi dead","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/7.jpgs9rnbi.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/7.jpgs9rnbi.jpg"}},{"id":179837,"heading":"1984 Media Mind Control","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","modified":"2006-09-26 23:27:09","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/8.jpgpkcz8d.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/8.jpgpkcz8d.jpg"}},{"id":179838,"heading":"Closed for Peace","article":"","author":"A","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2006-09-26 23:27:10","modified":"2006-09-29 15:50:16","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/9.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2006\/09\/9.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":179878,"heading":"Statement Read","article":"Attached is a mp3 of the statement read on Monday at Armed Forces Recruiting Center in Hollywood:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/la.indymedia.org\/news\/2006\/09\/179863.php\r\n\r\nfor more information see:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/peacewitnessla.org","author":"Steven Gibson","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-27 07:04:03","modified":"2006-09-27 07:04:03","fileurl":""},{"id":180132,"heading":"RIGHTFULLY EXERCISING AMERICAN LIBERTIES","article":"<br>\r\nThese individuals where legaly and rightfully<br>\r\nexcercising their rights entitled to them in the<br> 1st Amendment of the Constitution of the United States<br>\r\nof America.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nTheir purpose is to expose the illegal\/immoral activities<br>\r\n of the  people who control our young men\/women in<br>\r\nthe armed services.<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe &quot;phony&quot; accusation is merit-less and point-less in<br>\r\nlight of the fact that they serve to benefit nothing by<br>\r\nparticipating in this act, in fact they are most assuradly<br>\r\nrisking attack by ****** ******* ******** ***** and hate<br>\r\ngroups such as the minute men.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p>\r\n<b><i>\r\n    The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.... The chain reaction of evil \u2014 hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars \u2014 must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.\r\n          -MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.,  &quot;Strength to Love&quot; (1963)\r\n<\/i><\/b>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.artlex.com\/ArtLex\/f\/flags\/20.us.oncoffins.04.jpg&quot; height=100 width=100>\r\n<img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.aljazeerah.info\/News%20photo%20negatives\/2003%20news%20phot%20negatives\/March%2003%20pho%20neg\/page4.jpg&quot; height=100 width=150>\r\n<img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.ceece.net\/archives\/cost%20of%20war.JPG&quot; height=150 width=200>\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"American","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2006-09-28 19:33:37","modified":"2013-11-11 00:45:06","fileurl":""},{"id":180133,"heading":"This perspective isn't given enough attn in MSM","article":"This perspective isn't given enough attn in the mainstream right wing pro-war pro-israel mainstream media...","author":"Thanks for posting this...","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-28 19:44:08","modified":"2006-09-28 19:44:08","fileurl":""},{"id":180231,"heading":"Peace is Patriotic","article":"By shutting down the \u201ccareer\u201d center for one day, we prevented any children or young people from being recruited to kill other children or young people.  I am very proud of what I did and believe in my heart that Peace is Patriotic.","author":"Kathleen","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-29 11:16:52","modified":"2013-11-11 00:45:06","fileurl":""},{"id":180234,"heading":"Ms","article":"Wow, I listened to audio recording of the speech given at the LA action and was amazed--as someone who has worked on the national level developing the strategy of this campaign, I can say that this was the best speech I have heard about what this campaign is about and why we are doing what we're doing. I hope that this speech can be circulated as widely as possible in print or audio so folks everywhere can hear and understand what we're about.\r\nThank you so much for doing this!","author":"Patty Adams","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-29 12:00:42","modified":"2006-09-29 12:00:42","fileurl":""},{"id":180248,"heading":"Ms","article":"Well done there, I hope your efforts hit the news big-time! I see the 'police' are there with cameras, I hope that they don't give you protesters, too much 'gyp'.\r\n\r\nHere in England, such 'protesting' is sometimes punished, by beating and\/or police harassment!\r\nSo stay clean and keep on sticking up for your rights!\r\nWe see you.............\r\n...........................your sisters and brothers in England.\r\nmuch love and respect........","author":"Christine","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-29 15:57:00","modified":"2006-09-29 15:57:00","fileurl":""},{"id":180324,"heading":"ministers","article":"The three guys in robes look like ministers or priests.\r\n\r\nAny idea what churchs they're part of?","author":"CD","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-30 01:01:05","modified":"2006-09-30 01:01:05","fileurl":""},{"id":180380,"heading":"NOT FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED","article":"ANYONE WHO THINKS BREAKING THE LAW BY SHUTTING DOWN A LAWFUL GOVERNMENT AGENCY IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS DEMONSTRATING A FUNDAMENTAL LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.","author":"TOM","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-30 11:12:12","modified":"2006-09-30 11:12:12","fileurl":""},{"id":180383,"heading":"&quot;BREAKING THE LAW&quot;","article":"the police where right there...\r\n\r\nI didn't see anyone arrested\r\n\r\nPS - has your CAPS key malfunctioned ?\r\n\r\n","author":"hex","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-30 11:40:43","modified":"2006-09-30 11:40:43","fileurl":""},{"id":180394,"heading":"Civil Disobedience","article":"The march from the church along Hollywood Blvd. was our expression of Free Speech, protected by the 1st Amendment.  We had a police escort on bicycles the entire time.  The police asked us to allow the tourists to enjoy their time in Hollywood.  We did not block stores, restaurants nor did we walk on the stars on the sidewalk.\r\nBy blocking the entrance to the Military \u201cCareer\u201d Center, we were engaging in an Act of Civil Disobedience.  CD encompasses the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands and commands of a government or of an occupying power without resorting to physical violence.  You might want to read Henry David Thoreau's 1849 essay on the right and obligation to follow your conscience.  \r\nCivil disobedience has been used in nonviolent resistance movements in India (Gandhi's social welfare campaigns and campaigns to speed up independence from the United Kingdom), in South Africa in the fight against apartheid and during the American Civil Rights Movement in the fight against segregation and disfranchisement.  Yesterday CD was used to protest the treatment of immigrant workers by hotels near LAX.\r\n","author":"Kathleen","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-09-30 12:31:28","modified":"2013-11-11 00:45:07","fileurl":""},{"id":180567,"heading":"NOT APPLICABLE","article":"Thoreau's essay provides a convenient excuse for those who can't get their way through the ballot box.  His work is not the law.\r\n\r\nThe instances you cite were examples where democratic institutions did not exist. Those people had no option but to use illegal methods for social change.  The classic example is the American Revolution.  Parliment had passed laws to tax, etc. without legal authority.  Remember, &quot;taxation without representation is tyranny.&quot;?  They were not saying that taxes were wrong, but that representation is required to do it, i.e. the local legislatures such as the House of  Burgesses must make these decisions.  Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence expresses these sentiments.  The works of John Locke would be useful to read as well.\r\nThose folks in front of the Recruitment Center are undemocratic and UNAMERICAN.\r\n","author":"TOM","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-10-01 14:02:11","modified":"2006-10-01 14:02:11","fileurl":""},{"id":180568,"heading":"&quot;un-American&quot; claims the super-patriot","article":"I would rather someone was wrapped in the Constitution burning the flag than wrapped in the flag burning the Constitution. \r\n","author":"hex","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-10-01 14:14:21","modified":"2006-10-01 20:52:26","fileurl":""},{"id":183637,"heading":"TOM still thinks the US is a democracy","article":"TOM still thinks the US is a democracy, but its not anymore. Tom sounds like some one who loves this country. When he wakes up and sees how he has been lied to he will be even more pissed off than we are.","author":"Bill","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2006-10-18 14:38:51","modified":"2006-10-18 14:38:51","fileurl":""},{"id":209669,"heading":"You like the sausage but don't want to see how its made!","article":"Don't get me wrong...I am all for people who want to be a conscientous objector and a pacifist like the Quakers and the Amish. We have religious freedom in this country. But on the other hand you shouldn't put down people in the military because they want to serve their country either. If you don't have people with guns willing kill on your behalf then you won't have any of these freedoms. And don't get me started about the Bush's war in Iraq! I don't have to agree with his policies to make my point. We shouldn't use our military in a stupid manner either. But if you have contempt for people involved with defending our country because that involves violence then you are like the person who likes to eat the sausage or the steak but you hate the butcher who makes it for you because he had to slaugther the cow to make it possible for you to enjoy it. Again, dont tell me about our current moron in the office. This argument is bigger than that president's blunderous term in office. In my mind there are two kinds of pacifists. The first kind are the real deal. They are not afraid of danger but they cannot bring themselves to kill another human no matter what. These people usually became medics or served their country in some other important and useful way, like fighting forest fires. But they were not cowards, they simply had a strong conscience. The other type were those who really did not want to face danger and so they hid behind the pacifist label. I respect the first kind, I have total disregard for the second. Soldier does not equal nazi, or babykiller. As you write back to this I only ask that no matter what you say that you would at least remember that the Bill of Rights including the 1st Amendment only came into being after a long and bloody war with Britain.","author":"J. Sim","parent_id":179830,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2007-11-08 01:53:20","modified":"2007-11-08 01:53:20","fileurl":""}]}