The Council of Lebanese American Organizations is sponsoring a demonstration in front of the Federal Building in Westwood this Saturday between 3 and 6! Let’s support them in their desire to drive out the Syrian Baathists. They deserve it after years of living under those fascist thugs. And, hey, it’s not raining in Los Angeles anymore. Time to soak up some rays!
Meanwhile, the frequently interesting Lebanon Daily Star has a report on anti-Syria protests from the Lebanese diaspora.
UPDATE: BoiFromTroy has the demonstrations already in progress outside his office.
Now this is interesting. Did anyone read what Walid Jumblatt was saying? Hint: the Iraqi election made quite an impression on him.
Roger,
OT but not by much, there is a Panel Discussion tonight at the Nessah educational and Cultural Center in Bev. Hills, CA tonight. See the PDF here.
7:00 PM Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Nessah Educational and Cultural Center
142 So. Rexford Dr. Beverly Hills, California
Attendance: $10.00
For information call (310) 777-1200. For reservations email lili@nessah.org
The panel will consist of three authors of world renown:
Bat Ye’or, author of Eurabia: the Euro-Arab Axis 2005) and Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide (2003)
Robert Spencer, author of Onward Muslim Soldiers
(2004) and Islam Unveiled (2002)
Raphael Israeli, author Islamikaze: Manifestations of Islamic Martyrology (2004) and War, Peace and Terror in the Middle East (2003)
The panel will be moderated by Los Angeles journalist Avi Davis.
And here’s an article about the students’ sit-in:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=12897
The best I can do is be there in spirit, but I’m there.
Orange, purple, red and white–the colors of freedom.
I wish them luck.
I posted about this on my blog this morning. I think its very interesting that Mr. Jumblatt links these changes and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The left was missing from the last 20 years of the cold war as well.
I just hope the Syrians don’t start killing people.
Came across this blog with interesting information out of Lebanon, such as the fact that Walid Jumblatt has sent one of his son to France because he is afraid of assassination attempts . . .
http://beirut2bayside.blogspot.com/
Pursuit, I wish the left had been merely missing during the last 20 years of the cold war.