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Mar. 19th, 2004 06:01 am
The World STILL Says "NO!" to WarThe War On the World
This weekend on March 19 and 20, people from all parts of the US and world will take to the streets to voice opposition to the Bush administration's lies and bloody oil war. A year has passed, and instead of celebrating an anniversary, many people are calling attention to the fact that the war is still wreaking havoc at home and abroad. While Gen. Tommy Franks of the US Central Command has affirmed that "(the Army) doesn't do body counts", the world has been watching and counting and is truly horrified. With an estimated 10,000 Iraqi civilians dead and at least 566 American soliders (our kids) killed in Iraq to date, the people of the world continue to express outrage at the US's illegal bid for control of Iraq's oil fields at any cost. Speaking of cost, this "quick" and "efficient" war has turned out to be one of the most expensive in modern US history, diverting billions of dollars from social and educational services. Video
Told by the Army that they would only be in Iraq for several months, many soliders continue to express anger and frustration at an ever-delayed homecoming, bordering on two years for many, and forced protection of companies like Haliburton, who are better armed than the soliders themselves. Soldiers like Stephen Funk and Brandon Huey continue to desert the immoral war, while Camilo Mejia, the first veteran of the Iraq war to apply for conscientious objector status, awaits the verdict of the US Army regarding his five month absence from the war.
With the Bush administration continuing to dodge inquiries into their knowledge of 9/11 and capitalizing off of the misery of victim's families in order to fuel a re-election campaign, the government still has not provided any concrete proof that Iraq was a threat to US lives or in possession of weapons of mass destruction.
Afghanistan continues to suffer, as media attention has been drawn to Iraq, and the world vehemently disagrees with Bush's assertions that they are safer. Press freedoms also continue to be hijacked, with Middle East reporters detained and tortured by US forces.
San Francisco has been the backbone of the antiwar movement, capturing the imaginations of the world and inspiring hope that a different world is possible.
This weekend on March 19 and 20, people from all parts of the US and world will take to the streets to voice opposition to the Bush administration's lies and bloody oil war. A year has passed, and instead of celebrating an anniversary, many people are calling attention to the fact that the war is still wreaking havoc at home and abroad. While Gen. Tommy Franks of the US Central Command has affirmed that "(the Army) doesn't do body counts", the world has been watching and counting and is truly horrified. With an estimated 10,000 Iraqi civilians dead and at least 566 American soliders (our kids) killed in Iraq to date, the people of the world continue to express outrage at the US's illegal bid for control of Iraq's oil fields at any cost. Speaking of cost, this "quick" and "efficient" war has turned out to be one of the most expensive in modern US history, diverting billions of dollars from social and educational services. Video
Told by the Army that they would only be in Iraq for several months, many soliders continue to express anger and frustration at an ever-delayed homecoming, bordering on two years for many, and forced protection of companies like Haliburton, who are better armed than the soliders themselves. Soldiers like Stephen Funk and Brandon Huey continue to desert the immoral war, while Camilo Mejia, the first veteran of the Iraq war to apply for conscientious objector status, awaits the verdict of the US Army regarding his five month absence from the war.
With the Bush administration continuing to dodge inquiries into their knowledge of 9/11 and capitalizing off of the misery of victim's families in order to fuel a re-election campaign, the government still has not provided any concrete proof that Iraq was a threat to US lives or in possession of weapons of mass destruction.
Afghanistan continues to suffer, as media attention has been drawn to Iraq, and the world vehemently disagrees with Bush's assertions that they are safer. Press freedoms also continue to be hijacked, with Middle East reporters detained and tortured by US forces.
San Francisco has been the backbone of the antiwar movement, capturing the imaginations of the world and inspiring hope that a different world is possible.
March 20: In San Francisco people will gather at Dolores Park at 11am and march from there to Civic Center.
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In San Jose People are gathering at 12:30 in Roosevelt Park(East Santa Clara St. & North 19th St.) for a march and rally.
In Oakland, ILWU Local 10 will shut down the port for the day.
A large protest is also planned in Los Angeles and smaller rallies are planned in Bodega, Claremont, Eureka, Fresno, Long Beach, Orange County, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Sonora, Temecula, and Ventura.
In Taos, protesters plan to topple a 20-foot-tall statue of Donald Rumsfeld and a protest in Fayetteville, NC will take place near Ft. Bragg, one of the largest military bases in the U.S. Around the world there are going to be protests in many major cities including Bogotá, Chicago, Houston, London (1, 2), New York City (1, 2), Seattle, Sydney, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Hear more about the protests and the reasons for protesting on DemocracyNow! today.
Listen to online protest coverage on Enemy Combatant Radio. (thx
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