anti-war

Editorial Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday March 7, 2003

Hollywood’s Anti-War Mobilization

Singer Sheryl Crowe’s wears a “War Is Not the Answer” T-shirt.

Actor Sean Penn has made a trip to Baghdad to discover for himself how Iraqis deal with their day-to-day lives after 12 years of UN sanctions on the country. 

Fellow actress Anjelica Houston says: “I speak out as a proud American. I praise the struggle to maintain the openness and just spirit that has been the mark of a democratic America. I speak out with the loud voice that my conscience demands of me.” 

They are just three Hollywood personalities who are taking a very public stand against war. 

But this – as far as some are concerned – is just spittle flying in the public eye. 

And they are being slammed as anti-American — even “Taliban”. 

Martin Sheen, who plays the US President in the Emmy-award winning series “The West Wing,” is the chief spokesman of the anti-war coalition. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)