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I beg you not to resort to demonstrations, for they have become nothing but burned paper.

Demonstrations must be dignified and nonviolent, as the overwhelming protests in Ferguson and Staten Island have been. Do not confuse anarchists who don't want the system to work and thugs who want to exploit a situation with the majority who from day one have operated with impeccable nonviolence and clear goals.

It seems the only way to gain attention today is to organize a march and protest something.

Progress would be wonderful - if only it would stop.

Illegal immigration can never be completely stopped, no matter how high the wall or how many patrol agents you have watching it.

I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.

Naturally, no march on Washington would be complete without its counter-demonstration.

We now have powerful technology, which allows us a voice across boundaries, which was unimaginable at the time of the Greenham Protest, a protest that pre-dates the Internet and the mobile phone.