Protests target profiteers, "war at home" on the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
06 Apr 2009 04:01 GMTMarch 19 marked the sixth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. That week, protests took place across the United States expressing outrage at the continuing destruction and connecting the dots between the war abroad and profiteering and racism on the home front. Many events took place on Saturday, March 21st, sponsored by the ANSWER coalition and coinciding with a march on the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Marchers also targeted the Veterans Administration and four companies who are making money off the war. [Read Report]
Image: Die-In at Hollywood and Highland from Los Angeles Indymedia.
Looking ahead, a national memorial project was launched in Olympia, WA on March 20. Over the next few months, the effort will build memorials in cities across the country, commemorating civilians whose deaths have been documented to be a result of US aggressions. On the east coast, anti-war groups are joining forces to target the commodification of war at a huge shopping mall in Pennsylvania.
More Highlights:
» In San Francisco, CA, demonstrators drew links between the war in Iraq to oppression against people of color here at home. Dozens of gatherings converged on the public transportation centers to protest the January murder of an black passenger by a police officer. [Read More]
» In Rochester, NY, a series of protests covering the entire day of March 19 were coordinated using a spokescouncil meeting model. [Read More]
» In Chicago, IL, protests marked another successful challenge of the city's restrictive regulations on public gatherings, which peace and immigrant rights activists have been fighting for seven years. [Read More | | | Background: Feb11 | Feb8]
More Reports: Boston, MA | Fresno, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Long Beach, CA | Fort Collins, CO | Salem, OR | St. Paul, MN | Tacoma, WA | Washington, DC (March 19) | West Chester, PA | | | Related: Day X, The Re-Xamination
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censors to policy progress
mr blame 23.Apr.2009 00:05
why do you deny peace when your education of hate always chooses the losing side of policy as a favor to your devils advocate postures.....
And there’s a lot of talk now also about a green-collar economy.
war 03.May.2009 09:42
I think that’s very important, but one of the reasons that it’s important to ban derivative trading is the investment banks are salivating over a green-collar economy, and that needs to be explained why, because they are—have set up trading desks. It’s estimated that carbon trading, the idea of trading in pollution rights, in ten years will be larger than all energy markets combined. So they’re looking to make a killing off of it. They’ll create derivative instruments, and this will just create another bubble. So we need to be now thinking about clearly exactly what to do to put in progressive ideas and to prevent this disaster from happening again.
http://waronyou.com/topics/bend-over-america-and-get-ready-for-the-largest-tax-increase-in-history-the-cap-and-trade-scheme/