TurnYourBackOnBush.org
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Turn Your Back On Bush
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We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.
On January 20th, over 5,000 people turned their back on President Bush at his Inaugural parade. This simple, direct action was taken by people from all walks of life: grade school students and ministers, veterans and artists, union organizers and single mothers, military families and environmental activists. People travelled from every corner of America - individuals by plane from New Mexico, three busloads from Wisconsin, and carloads from Louisiana, to take an action that lasted minutes, but which will reverberate for the next four years. We stand together against Bush's policies: he has turned his back on the ideals that we hold dear, and we're turning our back on him.
We started out ten weeks ago as two guys and a website. Since then, hundreds of you have made this action your own, and we're proud to stand with you. In the coming weeks we'll be telling the story of how these individuals helped turn Bush's parade into a true celebration of democracy. The sight was unmistakable: block after block of individuals and groups of hundreds turning their backs as the President drove by.
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