Why I’m Getting Arrested at the White House Today
By David Swanson, October 26, 2005
The first reason I’m going to lie down, refuse to move, and wait to be arrested outside the White House today is my belief that massive civil disobedience is needed if we are going to end the war and forestall the next war. The power of nonviolent sacrifice has been tried and tested. It may not work this time, but nothing else seems remotely likely to do the job, not even my most extravagant hopes for indictments. I’m being as practical as I know how to be. Public opinion is widely against the war in this country, in Iraq, and around the world. Talk is cheap. Our democracy is a shell. Something more is needed.
But there are other reasons for my action. A few of them are
on what charge were you arrested? dont we have the right to protest peacefully anymore?