CKUT Radio: Resisting the U.S. Presidential Inauguration
On Thursday January 20th, as George W. Bush was sworn in for a second term
as U.S. president in Washington DC, thousands of demonstrators took the
streets of downtown DC, to voice rejection of both the domestic and
foreign policies of the current U.S. Administration. A key focus of the
large-scale demonstrations, estimated at 10 000 people, was the ongoing
internationally condemned U.S. lead military occupation of Iraq, in which
according to public health experts from the U.S., an estimated 100 000
Iraqi's have died.
This radio segment features an interview with Lelia Spears of DC Anarchist
Resistance, a group formed in the spirit of directly confronting Bush's
inauguration, who on January 20th confronted police lines guarding Bush's
inauguration parade route. Also this radio segment features an interview
with Drew Poe, from DC Indymedia and DC Radio Co-Op who spoke about the
independent media convergence, which took place to facilitate alternative
coverage to the corporate / state-run media of Bush's inauguration.To listen to the CKUT radio segment on the DC demonstrations visit:
here.
For extensive alternative coverage of the demonstrations in DC visit:
here.
For more information on the various groups & organizations who
participated in the demonstrations visit:
here and here.
[This report was recorded and produced for CKUT Radio by Stefan Christoff,
who is a member of CLAC, the Anti-Capitalist Convergence of Montreal.]
