Acts of Antiwar: Operation Ceasefire Will Bring Music To the Mall

Operation Ceasefire, a newly formed coalition of musicians who oppose the war in Iraq, yesterday announced plans for a free, 10-hour music festival on the Washington Monument grounds that will be the centerpiece of a cluster of antiwar activities spanning three days, beginning Saturday, Sept. 24.
The concert, billed as a "cultural resistance" by event organizers, will feature acts including the Washington electronica duo Thievery Corporation -- who are also producing the festival -- country-western crooner Steve Earle, socialist rappers the Coup and punk rock/indie artists Le Tigre performing to urge lawmakers to bring the troops home............ ..........Thievery Corporation's Eric Hilton said he felt compelled to do something to stop the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ever since "the day after 9/11, when they first started talking about bombing Afghanistan."
"I don't subscribe to the 'love it or leave it' doctrine," Hilton said during the briefing. "I'm American and I love this country, too. I just feel a moral imperative as a human being who happens to be a musician" to do something about the war..............