Video: Protest or Appropriation: Pro-War Rally Lafayette Crosses Pt 3 & 4

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Monday March 19, 2007 · 9:33 PM PDT

2007/03/19 · 21:33

On March 8th the pro-war group, Move America Forward (MAF), staged a rally at the Lafayette Hillside Iraq War memorial that was built and is maintained by anti-war activists. MAF awful group with horrible credentials. Read about them at sourcewatch.

Pt 3: Speeches

This video contains the Speeches from the pro-war rally. With anger and threats they... Download or link to video of speeches.

Pt 4: The Bikers

The only thing I enjoyed about the pro-war rally was the presence of about 2 dozen bikers. Despite their politics... Download or link to video of bikers.

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Saturday March 17, 2007 · 12:54 PM PDT

2007/03/17 · 12:54

Part 1: Sights and Sounds

On March 8th the pro-war group, Move America Forward, staged a rally at the Lafayette Iraq War memorial, built and maintained by anti-war activists. The rally was the groups first stop on a cross country caravan to DC. They used our spatial representation of the cost of the war to serve their anger and agenda... Link to or download this video.

Pt 2: Ballad of a Stollen Name

At the Move America Forward rally a Goldstar father found his son's name on a cross. Understandably, he became very offended that his son's name was being used for a memorial with goals that ran counter to his own politics. However he dealt with the situation in an bullyish way... link to or download this video.

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Monday March 05, 2007 · 5:04 PM PST

2007/03/05 · 17:04

3,170 crosses now stand at the Lafayette Hillside Memorial, one for every soldier who has died in Iraq. While the number of crosses will continue to meet the ever increasing number of war dead the site will now shift from a community art project in production to a space for gatherings and reflection. ABC Channel 7 News covered the event on Sunday. Link to Video. SF Gate also published a better video with voice overs of activist interviews. Link to SF Gate Video.

An article in the SF Chronicle followed on Monday. The blog eschew obfuscation has also posted about it.

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Tuesday February 27, 2007 · 12:08 AM PST

2007/02/27 · 00:08

click here to watch video from lafayettecrosses.blogspot.com

The Lafayette Crosses Hillside Memorial to the US soldiers killed in Iraq manifests two phenomena within the anti-war movement. One is the prominence of aesthetic/spatial representations of the cost of the war such as the Lafayette memorial, Arlington West and the Quaker organized traveling memorial of empty boots. The other is activism in affluent suburbs.
Interestingly, these phenomena became more apparent when signs voicing their opposition to the memorial were put up across the street. The new signs protest how the memorial exposes children to death and in doing so exposes the struggle over space and values in suburbia.
This video attempts to expose how space and values are constructed together in suburban California. I hope...

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Wednesday February 14, 2007 · 9:15 PM PST

2007/02/14 · 21:15

Footage from the January 11ths candle light vigil to protest troop escalation where a contempory rendition of "This Little Light of Mine" was sang. Roughly 300 people came to the rally at the war memorial in suburban California.

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