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How about if you start singing? So I can record? About wait on Washington. What was going on? 2:30? 3:00 a.m. What time is it 2:30 when we get there? Okay. You with food not bombs guys. Oh, yeah. Okay. And so what are you helping? What's your name? Jacqueline's wails? Hi Jacqueline. Well, yes, and we've done this before. Oh, yes. Oh, yes. What if you think you've gotten out of it? And what do you want to get out of it this time? Well, I'm going. I'm going because Bush and his father and everybody that you know, all the Republic's they stole the election are everybody knows that whole world knows I think they'll be stole the election. Any mushroom here wasn't fair and I'm just going to show my support on behalf of all the voters who didn't get their votes casted. We weren't allowed to get their votes cast and wants to do a lot to get their votes counted. And to show my support on behalf of Vice President, Al Gore because I went to, I went to California. I was a delegate for him. I'm not convinced. I was a delegate for Al Gore at the commission. It was beautiful. I never get to experience long as I live. Do you think, do you think the fact that Gore didn't win? Because he cheated, because it was a because it was such obvious riding. I think that was so right. What's it? Tell me about why? You think that you saw cheating? Tell me some of the things that you heard around. Where are you from? Cleveland? Yes, I'm sorry that you were hearing during the voting time. Oh, how they were stopping citizens, telling them that? I mean good. Just in Cleveland, and Cleveland. And yeah, and I mean, I heard about it included as well as other states, uh-huh, but it, but it is for you talking about specifically in Cleveland. Yeah. Yeah. Well, you know, the caucus two weeks ago, had a public hearing on the voter registration and the election day. And a lot of people were testifying how they didn't get a chance to vote. They were telling some people that they If you send a card in your hand, yeah and you show them. You mean you're showing them this card and it says that you just where you voted but they're there. They were telling people looking on paper so we don't have a name down so they weren't allowed to vote for, huh? But what's that happening primarily in East Cleveland or the east side of Cleveland? You know, that I was I called some of the papers around. Well, I know her some I heard it was some of these Cleveland as well as Cleveland, right? I'm done. What's the black station with a woman who's part reporter and park, DJ or DJ Kim? Something Kim sellers. She was getting calls people calling her. I was I was listening to it on the radio and saying they were being turned. And she was prompting them to go back. Right? Right, but I am. Okay. I heard the same thing also, but you know some people that are older and I gotta go back. I'll take the time to go out and go downtown to Mom can't you know, right. Well and I heard also that some of them were first-time voters and very inexperienced and somehow some of the main get that we're at this public hearing, they were saying that this was their first temple and Long time and they didn't really know what to do. But someone was kind of like helping them. But actually, when they were turned away, and that's what they were calling her. And saying we got turned away and they told us, we weren't registered, when we write we are right, right down to a lot of people, especially out of a lot of men to a lot of men and young and a lot of young men. A lot of young men. Yeah. Whoo. Whoo. Whoo. for the first time ever really voting anything in particular, you want to Say to anybody that might hear this on the radio, about what happened. I mean, we haven't we haven't finished yet at gone to the protest or lying then that we've done what we're going to do. What out that this does not stop people from voting or when they say your vote counted because it just see there you go. If who they should vote, does not count, you know, it's with my person and I hope this doesn't deter people from voting. I hope that the next time when it's time to elect another president, is we make more people Right, the sacral and they're going to end. But the leaders are going to make sure that Maybe our valence are like two supposed to be with people can won't have a problem. I'm just interpreting things that are going there and protesting the fact that so many of us know that it was stolen. It's because going to, I think it's important, I think will make impact because they were saying like it's from where we get ready to do with everybody else. They have like triple triple their police security. I heard for our president getting this morning. It's like history. They've never had a lot, you know, a lot of this. People protesting against this. Uh-huh. So, United States, the citizen of United States are against us or them yet. Lot of sisters all over the world. Then how United States goes to other countries. When they try to have dictatorship in a country. We're gonna turn around. And what do they do? Right? This may uncover a little, maybe we can hit it. It's just going to change in my opinion. If they've been doing this all alone. It just got caught the same. You think? So, that's not. It might have a point. They're also look at it, you know, the history. How every president who was elected in the year, ending with the zero and other people have been assassinated, or had a tragic death to our yes. Yeah, and it was in a magazine story that 19 1919 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60. I said, well, you know, look at this way. This, maybe it's Maybelline guys. We have saving outdoor because now we're still young and it still has another chance. Who knows? You know now railing rain Gardens guy, didn't get a sense to anybody, got shot. But look at him. Now, you know, he's suffering now. See you pay for the dirt. You do maybe but everybody has their judgement day whether it's good or bad. You got it coming to you. Do you think that more folks being involved at this level and understanding that they have? A voice is a good way to Sort of take back our politics, that take back our right to to be in politically involved. I think opening people's eyes, more making people more aware, and I think it'll make a lot of young people want to get them to want to get involved and change things. Have you talked to any young people that I talk to young people all the time. I mean, those that They are they talking? I think, talking about this second. Well, yes, I have 19 year old daughter and my daughter and her friends know they were talking about it. And some of my girlfriends, they're teenagers as well. So maybe they're coming around to understand that. There's some, some things that they can take care of rather than letting business as usual, go by. Yes. That's good. Okay. How about if we cut this off at this moment? Okay. Okay. Can you do me a favor and make sure that's turned up and down. I can and I know it's a Time. See start to see. I have one exactly like this. Office with the wider part of their. I

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like that. I just let me not cover that. Okay. What's your name? Mike? Pisa like me. Then. Why are you driving with us today? I'm going to Washington because George w--, Bush, embodies everything, that's wrong with America. His presidency spells trouble for all the progressive movements. Civil rights, women's rights environment. You name it? He's against it and he's it's just as bad. If not worse than the Reagan Administration, only one big difference that he does not have the Mandate of the people. He did not win the popular election, and he only won the electoral vote by intimidation and Foul Play. And and we're here to send that message. That that we want to bring America and the world in a positive direction and not go back to the problems of the

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past. To our other young people. Who do I have friends, who are kind of think the long, the way you do and talk to the politics about coming from the ground up. Yes. There's, there's a large student Grassroots movement. I mean, there's, there's about 20 students on this bus. Now we're off from Kent State. And there's going to be students from all over all over the country there. And yes, we're getting very politically involved and I think there's a lot of, a lot of. How do you said a lot of concern among the young people of America today? Because we see what's wrong with the world and we want to do something about it and we we will do something about it. You know, you say you're coming from Kent State. You had to overcome a lot of barriers, you know, 30 years ago or so Kent State was really politically active and not and then it went conservative. It sounds like you had to make some fights in there too. You know, for the most part Kent State is still far too conservative and my taste. There's a lot of apathy, a lot of ignorance and There's a new revitalization that seems to be going on in college campuses everywhere and I'm seeing it happen, at Kent State. Also, there's more and more people getting involved in activism and we're becoming more united activist community and getting more things done.

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When when I was young. I my concern was that the students and the workers, you know, didn't quite get it together. This the students would ask the workers to come out and then they get a hard time. Having the workers understand the students were on the side of the workers and then but then I heard a little bit more in history where sometimes they actually did students and the workers were able to get together. Do you see that as an obstacle that has to be overcome? It is an obstacle, a lot of times, you know, people who are busy, you know, working working all day long for living to provide for their family and everything. They don't have time to educate themselves about all the issues and stuff. They don't have the privilege that we have of having the spare time. And so sometimes, you know, there might be some prejudice against us, but I think it's an obstacle that we can overcome and, and we must overcome. We want to change things. We need, we need to have everyone working together on this. It can't just be a bunch of students, making a fuss. They need. We need everyone in America to get involved. We need and the world. We need to think globally to. Okay. What's your name? Again? Mike Pisa. He's out. Pizza PESA, okay. Right. We're here. We're small. We're energetic. We're not as cohesive as maybe we should be lot of people coming down, just to look. And I'm very enthusiastic folks who are saying that. We are on the road to destruction, if we can't make a change, a change in the Democracy that we so much want to hold up. The folks who are here for the most part are saying that what has happened to them, as they've been betrayed. Many are walking around, unsure, looking listening to everyone on every side, many people on one side. Look like they may be some truck problems. We think the police are reconnoitering bush, has not come out yet. He supposed to do the inauguration at 3 and 11:30. Many people are learning today, watching the signs listening to the people lot of interaction. Everyone talking about what needs to be done.

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A of solidarity in the group. At some level things are a little tense. What is that? But one of us to arrest the SS Dash CIA and to delegitimize, the federal government, take away corporate control, not necessarily 3 to 4 spot through appealing to the forces also. Join us like they did and we can legitimately tax governments. They've done it already. We can't deal with gentlemen, tonight's government. That's been dealer gentlemen. Sighs do it by having a mass movement so we can have I can have a road bike or government already like country. That's right. Where are you from next spring? I'm gonna hike to Juba. I mean to Colombia. Are you independent today? You're not with anyone? No, I don't but I think it's in a Will be himself. Where you coming? Where you where? I'm from me, man. Okay, you hang out with a great out. I got a neck. I spent a lot of time Boston. I've been giving Street speeches all week inside the Metro so they can't get out. So I suggested Evelyn and wipes wet. My wife should

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not least if we just have you signs inside the Metro. There's like 150 people. Someone trained, right. Many of us do are on a schedule. You know, we have only so much time and we have to leave but we've met up with a lot of people who seem to feel the idea that we that we have been derailed for sure. And that this is completely what a stereo, what I mean. Well, you know, the fraud is out this is we are keeping us here. Here, people can't know. We're talking about the administration where and how