The Reds are coming back to Washington D.C. this weekend to relive the glory days of their failed anti-war protests from 2003, joining up with fellow traveler Cindy Sheehan for a big protest Saturday against the war on terror. Make no mistake, these folks are not only against the war in Iraq. Sheehan herself has condemned the war in Afghanistan, and even called for the removal of troops who are aiding the recovery efforts in New Orleans.

A fawning article from the Washington Post:

One after another their trails led them here -- from California, New York, Baltimore -- disparate members of the same movement, drawn by some strong instinct that told them: Now is the time. This is the place.

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Cindy Sheehan, the movement's own Mother Courage, commands the kind of obsessive cable coverage usually lavished on titillating crimes. Her caravan from Crawford, Tex., rolled into Washington yesterday and 17 television cameras documented her first step onto the soil of the nation's capital in her quest to ask President Bush in person: "What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war?"

Seeking to capitalize on the momentum, Cagan's United for Peace and Justice and the ANSWER Coalition have organized a rally and encirclement of the White House on Saturday morning that they hope will draw 100,000. That will be followed by Operation Ceasefire, an 11-hour concert featuring Joan Baez, Steve Earle, Thievery Corporation and the Coup. United for Peace and Justice is planning more antiwar activities for Sunday and Monday. The overall message: Bring the troops home now.

Actually, the overall message will be: We hate President Bush, we hate America, we hate to bathe, we love Karl Marx.

From the archives:
Marching with Stalinists
Reds Still

More from Captain's Quarters. There's also going to be a counter-protest by supporters of the president and the war. More info here.

Sheehan has also scheduled meetings with a few members of the House and Senate - more here.

More on ANSWER from Outside the Beltway.

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