Arrested at Cannon: Nancy Lessin and Dusty Gannon on the Iran War Protest
Aired live on April 22, 2026.
Nancy Lessin and Jeff Merrick of Military Families Speak Out and Dusty Gannon of About Face described the mass civil disobedience arrest in the Cannon House Office Building rotunda over the Iran war, alongside Veterans For Peace, Common Defense and the Center on Conscience and War. They covered wearing the uniform at a protest, the push to repeal the 2001 AUMF and force a War Powers vote, and the near total absence of mainstream coverage.
Show notes
In this episode, the panelists will discuss the recent Direct Action event that members of 50501 Veterans, in conjunction with 50501 Veterans, About face: Vets Against the War, Common Defense, Veterans for Peace, Fayetteville Resistance Coalition, The Center on Conscience and War, and Military Families Speak Out.
This is an episode you don't want to miss because this is what we call a post mission smoke pit, and its where the stories come out that you wont see any where else.
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