January 4, 2008
From December 31st until January 3rd, Seasons of Discontent: a Presidential Occupation Project (SODaPOP) occupied four offices of leading presidential candidates in Iowa. Members of the campaign visited former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (Dec 31), Governor Mitt Romney and Sen. Barack Obama (Jan 2), and Sen. Hillary Clinton (Jan 3).
In total, 15 members of SODaPOP were arrested. The demands of the campaign to the presidential canidates are a complete withdrawal of the U.S. military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan within 100 days of assuming the office of President and a halt to any and all military actions against Iraq and Iran.
ARTICLES, VIDEO, AND MEDIA COVERAGE
- VIDEO: Kathy Kelly, with Voices for Creative Nonviolence, was interviewed on C-SPAN: Washington Journal
- NEW! - ARTICLE: Clinton Campaign Office Re-Occupied by Peace Activists on Day of Iowa Voting, Mike Ferner, Jan 3
- NEW! - NEWS RELEASE: Clinton Occupation Include Fierce Stand-Off But No Arrests, Jan 3
- ARTICLE: Demonstrators held after Iowa anti-war protests, Daniel Nasaw in Des Moines, Guardian Unlimited, Jan 3
- VIDEO: Barack Obama campaign office occupation, Jan 2
- ARTICLE: Twelve Arrested in Des Moines as Obama Campaign Hinders Press Coverage of Protest, Michael Gillespie, Jan 2
- ARTICLE: Obama and Romney Iowa Campaign Offices Occupied by Peace Activists, Mike Ferner, Jan 2
- WASHINGTON DC ACTION: Citizens went to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Arlington, VA office to follow up on a letter requesting the Senator’s pledge to affirm the points put forth by the SODaPOP campaign. Read the report, Hillary’s National HQ Visited by Peace Protesters, and Read the Press Release, Jan 2
- VIDEO: Reverend Mike Huckabee, Who Would Jesus Bomb?, Dec 31
- ARTICLE: Peace Activists Occupy Huckabee’s Iowa Campaign Office, Mike Ferner, Dec 31
SODaPOP is a project of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and the Iowa Occupation Project
