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Protesters gear up for Rice's appearance at Twin Cities synagogue
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A handful of Twin Cities peace organizations are targeting for protest the speaking engagement of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a St. Louis Park synagogue next month.
The groups are characterizing their plans as an "anti-torture rally" on Nov. 8 outside Beth El Synagogue.
Among the participants are Women Against Military Madness, Veterans for Peace Minnesota and the National Lawyers Guild, said Colleen Rowley, a former FBI agent and onetime candidate for Congress.
Rowley said the protesters intend to remain on public property and have no intention of engaging in any civil disobedience such as being arrested or otherwise disrupting Rice's evening appearance.
She said "it would be nice to get a couple of hundred people" to turn out in opposition to the appearance by former President George W. Bush's top diplomat.
--Paul Walsh • 612-673-4482
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