[Bush]: We will give our fellow Americans greater freedom from want and fear and make our society more prosperous and just and equal.

While President George W. Bush gave his inauguration speech and laid out his hopes for the next four years, protestors who disagree with his policies and plans held a counterinauguration nearby. The main protest was hosted by ANSWER a national organization that is demanding a end to war and racism. Brian Becker, National Coordinator for the organization, highlighted a recent coordination between UNITE-Here and ANSWER. They helped hotel workers in Washington, D.C. who had been without a contract for more than two years, get the hotels to the bargaining table and sign off on a contract that met the workers standards. Becker said it was an important moment because it shows how organizations working together can define the direction for the Bush mandate.

[Becker]: Forty-six or forty-seven million people in can't go to a doctor when they are sick because healthcare in America is for profit. Rather than to cure the sick. The mandate must be not just some healthcare, but healthcare for all.