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Monday, October 28, 2002 at 10:00 AM EST
The Case Against War
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One hundred thousand protestors marched on Washington this weekend. United in action against the war, the peaceful demonstration was the largest of its kind since the Vietnam Era. The Administration has put forth its reason supporting an attack on Iraq. This hour, the flip-side, a look at the case against war.

Guests:

Rev. Robert Edgar, General Secretary National Council of the Churches of Christ, former six-term member of the US House of Representatives

Karen Dolan, Director of the Progressive Challenge Project at the Institute for Policy Studies

Larina Brown, senior at the University of Minnesota-Morris who attended the demonstration.

 
 

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