Grassroots Action

At noon on Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 30 Long Islanders gathered on the sidewalk in front of Rep. Gary Ackerman's Bayside office with signs and flags to protest HR 362, Ackerman's resolution asking for an embargo to be imposed on Iran. Our action took place several hours after Code Pink's "naval blockade" of Ackerman's houseboat in Washington, D.C. We were comprised of members of Great Neck SANE/Peace Action, Five Towns Forum, Code Pink, Pax Christi Long Island, MoveOn.org, LI Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, Veterans for Peace, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock.

IRAQ VETERAN KRISTOFER GOLDSMITH FROM LI TESTIFIES AT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON MAY 15, 2008

Congress has heard from politicians, pundits, and generals, but not, up to this point, from the average boots-on-the-ground soldier.