Santa Monica residents Jerry Rubin, left, and Tighe Barry, center, were amongst activists who took part in a Raise Hell for Molly Ivins Protest at the Federal Building in Westwood on Sunday, August 19. Molly Ivins, a syndicated columnist from Texas who died earlier this year, challenged people in her final column to “Raise Hell…Hit the streets to protest Bush’s proposed surge…We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding STOP IT, NOW!” photo by Margaret Molloy
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