Where the stars line up on the war

Those who signed the Artists for Winning Without War statement include: Gillian Anderson, Ed Asner, Kim Basinger, Jackson Browne, Matt Damon, David Duchovny, Olympia Dukakis, Mike Farrell, Mia Farrow, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Samuel L Jackson, Tea Leoni, Camryn Manheim, Chris Noth, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Tim Robbins, REM, Lily Tomlin.

Those who have publicly condemned the war include: Ani Di Franco, Barbra Streisand, Bono, Ed Harris, Madonna, Martin Scorcese, Meryl Streep, Oliver Stone, Robert Redford, Spike Lee and Vanessa Redgrave, Phil Donahue, Warren Beatty, Sheryl Crow, Penelope Cruz, Toni Collette, Daniel Day Lewis, Colin Farrell, Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin and Oprah Winfrey.

Those who support the war include: Fred Thompson, Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Kid Rock (who told a pre-Emmy press conference "We got to kill that mother-fucker Saddam. Slit his throat. Kill him and the guy in North Korea."), Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Dennis Miller, Matthew McConaughey, Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal.

From Green Left Weekly, April 2, 2003.

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From GLW issue 532