Chris Hedges: A message of hope by the White house fence

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Real News coverage of senior arrests at White House demonstrations

slide show courtesy of op-ednews.com

If you wonder why there is no coverage by the main stream media, try googling, first, the web, then, the news. You will see that there is a lot on the internet, but that the news sources that you are finding don't represent the corporate media, such as Fox, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, etc. They have obviously been instructed not to give this any play because there are some influential people involved, and also because it would draw more attention to the Wikileaks situation.

Ray Mcgovern, Daniel Ellsberg, and other senior demonstrators arrested

The Indypendent

131 Arrested at Veteran-Led Civil Resistance to Wars at the White House

By Ellen Davidson
December 16, 2010
Veterans For Peace board member Elliott Adams chained himself to the White House fence with a bicycle lock Dec. 16. Photo: ELLEN DAVIDSONAfter a 10 a.m. rally in Lafeyette Park featuring Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame, retired CIA officer Ray McGovern, Dr. Margaret Flowers of Physicians for a National Health Program, and others, activists formed a solemn single-file process to the White House, silent except for a drum beat. There, they encountered police barricades. Some veterans began climbing over the barricades, until the police opened them up, allowing people to approach the fence in front of the White House.

As the light snow increased to heavy and began accumulating, activists kept warm by singing and chanting. At about 12:30, police began arresting protesters who remained along the fence, while supporters who did not want to risk arrest were moved across the broad street. Some of the demonstrators stood in the snow and freezing temperatures for nearly four hours before being taken to Anacostia processing center and released. They have all since been released. Some have elected to pay a fine, while others, including Ellsberg and McGovern, will go to trial on the charge of disobeying a lawful order.

Video from Huffington Post, who did good coverage of this. A google search showed plenty of web traffic, but very little main stream media,