Grassroots organizations, or political resistance groups in the U.S., take advantage of the First Amendment; which allows them the freedom to comment, organize, and speak against the political environment. However, remembering that these are grassroots organizations, they do not have the needed resources to spread their m
essage through EXPENSIVE MEDIA... and they therefore, rely solely on donations and volunteers to stand up against the powerful voice of the media.
If we date back to President Bush's presidency, we vision many of the rallies on the streets of Washington to have increased around that time. These gathered voices against the presidents' decisions were organized by grassroots organizations, and therefore, what these organizations think of the president makes a huge difference of other people's approach on presidents as well.
As of President Barack Obama, we can witness that many grassroots organizations who are in support of Middle Eastern conflicts are DISLIKING how the President is handling the following controversies:
1. Palestine-Israel - apparently, the President is made a major shift from pro-Palestine to pro-Israel dating his campaign.
2. Iraq - according to members in ANSWER Coalition, president is promising too many actions of withdrawing troops from Iraq, but they will not be going home and will instead transfer to Afghanistan.
3. Afghanistan and Pakistan - ANSWER members are also stating that while Obama might end the war in Iraq, he will be intensifying a different war in Afghanistan, and possibly Pakistan.
Here is a list of some of the grassroots organizations in Washington D.C. for Middle Eastern conflicts:
- ANSWER Coalition.
- United Palestinian Appeal.
- Muslim American Society.
- ADC.
- U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
To Date, since the President's Inauguration, ANSWER Coalition has already organized a massive Anti-war protest against America's interven
tion in the Middle East. Generally, the rally called to ending the occupations.
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