Leading up to, during, and after Bush's State of the Union address, the growing movement to drive out the Bush regime took new steps in its determination and breadth. In an intense political situation, with Bush's spying and lying more exposed and much talk of impeachment, the demand "BUSH STEP DOWN and take your program with you" resonated throughout society. Acting on its
Call, The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime dove into this situation in which the future is in the balance, mobilize people outside of the killing confines of "politics as usual" to stop Bush's fascist remaking of society.
A full-page ad in the NY Times with signatories including politicians, movie stars, artists, activists and voices of conscience broadcast this demand to the world. Echoing and elaborating on this demand were statements from prominent voices such as Daniel Ellsberg, Michael, Ratner, Mark Ruffalo, and Gore Vidal, as well as calls to action from students at Hampton University and Georgetown Law Students who turned their back on Donald Rumsfeld. The
Bush Crimes Commission held its final session, and released preliminary findings of the Bush regime's guilt of war crimes and crimes against humanity. And
Jan. 31st saw thousands of people in over 68 cities taking to the streets to drown out Bush's lies during his State of the Union address.
In the wake of all this, Feb. 4th's rally of several thousand in Washington DC and march around the White House took the demand that BUSH STEP DOWN right to the regime itself. It was marked by its determination and breadth of participants, all united around this single demand. And it garnered
media coverage in the Washington Post, evening and morning TV news, and more.
Click here to check out beginning reports from the Feb. 4th protest including video, audio, pictures, and news coverage.
And stay tuned to our website for the next plans in the movement to drive out the Bush regime.
"There is no escaping it: the whole disastrous course of this Bush regime must be STOPPED...We must, and can, aim to create a political situationwhere the Bush regime's program is repudiated, where Bush himself is driven from office, and where the whole direction he has been taking society is reversed. We, in our millions, must and can take responsibility to change the course of history. The future is unwritten.
WHICH ONE WE GET IS UP TO US." --from the
Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime