February 23, 2005

"US anti-war movement looking for second wind"

The US anti-war movement is looking for ways to revive itself, following President George W. Bush's reelection and in the face of divided public opinion, to see US troops out of Iraq.
Some 500 representatives of pacifist organizations, former combatants, soldiers' families, as well as actor and activist Danny Glover, met last weekend in Saint Louis, Missouri, for the first time since the start of Bush's second term, seeking a united strategy for their efforts.

"United For Peace and Justice" the name of the coalition seeking to set its strategy in the coming months, organized the big February 2003 and August 2004 marches in New York, and said demos will be held on March 19 -- the second anniversary of the launch of the US war in Iraq...

Posted to ThePeaceMovement at February 23, 2005 01:18 PM

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Bush said we our not at war?
so why are our troops all over the place? its to make a one world idea, and build schools and prisons and have a great new muslim future.

we can ask mexico to send pancho villa to run our government and hell soon we won't need borders because we will all be mexicans. and we can have an open "mines" on paraphernalia to show our kids how to have fun in the old way at 11 years old, and live inside the third world.

so remember bush said we our not at war, and be happy inside the empire.

Posted by: Fred Dawes at February 23, 2005 02:06 PM

I can't think of a better way to marginalize yourself than protesting a war that's over.

Yeah, we know you hated the invasion. Now how about coming up with some ideas to help us help the Iraquis?

When the march to war sounds again for Iran or Syria, these people will be so marginalized that nobody except for the media will pay them any attention.

Posted by: Veeshir at February 25, 2005 05:51 AM

Here is a website you might want to checkout.

www.targetofopportunity.com/iraq_pictures.htm

Posted by: TOP at February 5, 2006 09:56 PM

"A government that encourages impunity, tortures and kills its own citizens, condones rapes against women and commits atrocities against its own people should never be allowed to exist by any civilized people."

This was the Iraqi government before the US decided to take action for the violations of the ceasefire agreement from the 1st Gulf War. Now the Iraqi people have had three free elections. They are definitly better off under freedom.

"The price of freedom is great; it is never given freely and it is forever being paid."

Posted by: TOP at February 21, 2006 05:08 AM

what war is over? as the u.s. continues with daily air and ground assaults on the population, and bush promising to continue the war of occupation indefinitely it is quite a bizarre assertion.

Posted by: apple at March 24, 2006 06:41 PM