Former Georgia Congresswoman and 2008 U.S. Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has called for a demonstration against escalation of the Afghanistan War outside the White House in Washington D.C. on 12.12.2009.
On 10.29.2009, the Washington Post reported that President Barack Obama already has 68,000 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan, twice the number when Bush left office.
On November 29, 2009, Cynthia McKinney, former Georgia Congresswoman and the Green Party U.S.'s 2008 presidential candidate, announced a new website, EndUSWars.org, and, an emergency Anti-Escalation rally on Saturday, December 12, 2009, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, at Lafayette Square, the White House, Washington D.C. The announcement featured Jordan Page's music video, "Listen":
