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June 29th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Cmdr. Zoe Dunning, USNR (Ret.), involved in one of the first “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” legal cases during President Clinton’s term, helps organize a protest at the White House calling for an end to the policy. The demonstration was put on by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a legal service for military personnel affected by “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” They estimate that about 265 service members have been been fired under the policy since President Obama took office – which he said would change under his administration during his election campaign.
Pentagon Protest on the 6th Anniversary
March 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
At least several thousand people marched this weekend on the Pentagon, roughly between 5,000-8,000 would be a good guess – since the Park Service doesn’t do official counts anymore. It was substantially smaller than than many of the protests I’ve covered in previous years – 2003 in DC and the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC – but I was surprised that there was even this much of a turnout – mostly young folks, with a few noticeably visible vets up front. Protests in the U.S., both anti-war and anti-globalization, seem to have fallen off dramatically in the last few years.