500 at militant Bush protest in Rancho Cucamonga
Aug. 29, 2005

IndyMedia.org interview with ANSWER LA organizer John Beacham. mp3 (4:55 min. 1.69 MB)

Over 500 protestors took to the streets on Monday, August 29 in militant protest against President Bush. He was speaking at the James Brulte Senior Center in Rancho Cucamonga. The protest was called by Riverside Area Peace & Justice Action and co-sponsored by ANSWER - LA.

For over 2 hours in 100 degree heat demonstrators chanted with spirited determination to let Bush know that he is not welcome in Southern California. During the action, protesters lined the President's motorcade route. As the heavily guarded motorcade passed by, demonstrators chanted loudly, "George Bush, War Criminal!" and "Bring the Troops Home Now!"

Aimee Hunter of Youth & Student ANSWER said about the protest, "People from all over the greater Los Angeles area and from every community converged on Ranch Cucamonga today to stand together in the streets in opposition to Bush's anti-people policies and to stop the war on Iraq."

She continued, "People are out here today because they know that this war is not in their interests. The war abroad on the people of Iraq and elsewhere is linked to the war on social services, health care, immigrants and working communities at home. That's why you see people out here with signs saying, 'Save Social Security'; 'US out of Iraq, End War & Occupation'; and "Say no to Racism.' We're all united and standing shoulder to shoulder today! If we keep this up and raise the level of intensity, the movement in the US can help stop this war."

The encouraging outpouring of resistance to Bush and the US war on Iraq on a Monday afternoon in scorching conditions vividly shows that the growing anti-war & pro-people movement has the momentum. Bush is on the defensive. Let's take the initiatve and come out onto the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington DC on September 24 in the biggest numbers possible.