There’s a real surge in opposition to the war but on the other hand as we get into the (2008 presidential) election, the Democrats will be trying to get off scot-free and pretend they’re opposing...

We’ve got to put Congress on the hot seat. Congress gave George Bush the authority and money to wage this war. Now they have to hold him accountable.

Sentiment has changed and the anti-war movement, the peace movement, is growing. We have been very focused on ending the war and bringing the troops home.

It’s a very powerful protest to tell the Bush administration to end the war in Iraq.

There is not a major figure in the Democratic party who is pushing to end the war and bring the troops home now. It’s going to take a carrot and a stick.

The mayor, a Republican, has rolled out the red carpet for the convention,

We had a counterculture then, a huge block of people who differed with the values of our society. In that era, things were polarized to the extent that a person would wear either a peace...

But he has thrown obstacle after obstacle in the course of protesters, including stopping us from holding a rally in Central Park, a very basic constitutional right.

These regulations strike a serious blow against the constitutional rights of a large group of people to get across their point of view. The Bloomberg administration conjured up the specter of damage to the lawn...

It’s a completely fascinating array of people being arrested,

It’s good. This represents an escalation by the peace movement. It’s really sending a message to the White House.

People are reflecting on the Bush administration’s callous response to the hurricane and asking what’s all the money and material and people doing in Iraq when it could have been used to prepare here.

It’s the next big thing for the anti-war movement.

The terrible tragedy of Katrina brought a silver lining and that’s more scrutiny of Bush’s foreign and domestic policy,

There is a real push to put members of Congress on the hot seat. It’s one thing to put the blame on Bush for this whole mess, but it’s Congress who has the power to...