A THOUSAND CHANTS OF 'OUT OF IRAQ' PROTEST IN HOLLYWOOD ATTRACTS ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS.Byline: Lisa M. Sodders Staff Writer HOLLYWOOD - Actor Martin Sheen and other Hollywood figures called for an immediate end to war in Iraq, addressing some 1,000 anti-war activists who marched through Hollywood Saturday on the war's third anniversary. From a stage erected in the street near Grauman's Chinese Theater Grauman’s Chinese Theater famous for the imprints of movie stars’ footprints in its forecourt. [Am. Cinema: Payton, 284.] See : Fame , speakers condemned President George W. Bush as a liar and criticized his administration for the Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. , its record on the environment, the handling of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. relief and other issues.
``Your voices are the only ones worth listening to, and lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for,'' Sheen told the marchers, urging them to continue to their nonviolent protest. The celebrities included actors Mike Farrell For the Northern Irish civil rights activist, see . For the Australian cricketer, see . Mike Farrell (born February 6, 1939) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the popular television series M*A*S*H (1975-83). , Rob Morrow Rob Morrow (born September 21, 1962 in New Rochelle, New York, U.S.) is an American actor currently starring in the television series Numb3rs as FBI Special Agent Don Eppes. He is best known for his role of Dr. and Diane Lane Diane Lane (born January 22 1965) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. Biography Early life Lane was born in New York City, the daughter of Colleen Farrington, a night club singer and Playboy , as well as Academy-award winning screenwriter Paul Harris (``Million Dollar Baby'' and ``Crash''), U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) is a labor union that evolved from unions founded in 1962 by César Chávez, Philip Vera Cruz, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong. This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of co-founder Delores Huerta. The Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . estimated the crowd at about
1,000 people and there no reports of violence, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel.2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Jason Lee. The march and rally was sponsored by the Act Now to Stop War & End Racism Coalition, or ANSWER. Members of the California March For Peace, a 421-mile march from Tijuana to San Francisco in support of Latino opposition to the war, also joined the rally. The crowd made its way from Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street to the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, where protest participants dressed as Bush encountered street entertainers dressed as Spider Man and Pinhead from the ``Hellraiser'' movies near Grauman's Chinese Theater. Protesters carried a variety of signs - many with language not printable in a family newspaper. There were 1960s-style peace signs and posters - ``War is not healthy for children or other living things'' - and more modern sentiments, such as ``Bush is my dictator,'' ``Queremos paz (We want peace)'' and ``A village in Texas is missing its idiot'' with an Alfred E. Neuman-style caricature of the president. Yvette Lopez, 30, of Santa Monica, carried a sign that read, ``My father is a Vietnam Veteran; Support our Troops "Support our troops" is a slogan commonly used in the United States and in Canada in reference to the United States Military and the Canadian Forces (Army, Air & Navy). The slogan has been used in the recent conflicts, including the Gulf War[1] and Iraq war. , bring them home.'' She said her generation had learned the lessons of Vietnam and supported the military even though it opposes the war. ``(Getting) Bush out of office is the only thing that will end'' the war, Lopez said. ``This (rally) is something positive that we can all do together.'' Claire Sharp, 63, of Long Beach, said more than just the war was at stake. ``It's going to take a change in administration, getting some people in office who aren't in it for the oil and money interests,'' Sharp said. ``Nothing good is going to happen until we do. We're never going to get a single-payer health insurance plan.'' Lisa M. Sodders, (818) 713-3663 lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) Marchers on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street protested everything from the war in Iraq to the Bush administration's actions on the environment. (2 -- 4) Actor Martin Sheen, above, helps carry a faux coffin during Saturday's anti-war protest in Hollywood. Right, Sasha Reyes of Los Angeles hands out ``wanted'' posters accusing President Bush and his administration of murder. Below, a child looks over her father's shoulder as he looks at the makeshift coffins on the corner of Hollywood and Vine. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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