The Burning of an Empire - IVAW & Military Families Speak Out - National March on Washginton DC

"Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap peoples minds & then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the willing dead." -Arundhati Roy

On Saturday, thousands of people converged at the White House for the March 20th March on Washington—the largest anti-war demonstration since the announcement of the escalation of the Afghanistan war. By the time the march started at 2 p.m., the crowd had swelled up to 10,000 protesters.Transportation to Washington, D.C., was organized from over 50 cities in 20 states. Demonstrators rallied and marched shoulder to shoulder to demand U.S. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan Now, Free Palestine, Reparations for Haiti andNo sanctions against Iran as well as Money for jobs, education and health care!

Speakers at the Washington rally represented a broad cross section of the anti-war movement, including veterans and military families, labor, youth and students, immigrant right groups, and the Muslim and Arab American community.

Following the rally, a militant march led by veterans, active-duty service members and military families made its way through the streets of D.C. carrying coffins draped in Afghan, Iraqi, Pakistani, Somali, Yemeni, Haitian and U.S. flags, among those of other countries, as a symbol of the human cost of war and occupation. Coffins were dropped off along the way at Halliburton, the Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and other institutions connected to the war profiteering, propaganda, and human suffering. The final coffin drop-off was at the White House—the decision-making center of U.S. imperialism.

The A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition Organized this event;

Visit the A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition Website for More Information: http://AnswerCoalition.org

To read Bobby Whittenberg's blog "Burning Flags and Tearing Down Walls" about this event go to:http://veteranarchy.blogspot.com/2010/03/burning-flags-and-tearing-down-walls­.html

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• cindy sheehan
• peace
• war
• washington d.c.
• afghanistan war
• National March on Washington
• Answer Coalition
• Iraq Invasion
• March 20th
• empire
• imperialism

[Revelutioner]

I = Illegal Installation of Indecent, Ignorant Imposters

S = Squatter? Setup of Savage, Self-righteous Swine

R = Racist Regime of Ruthless, Rights-abusing Robbers

A = American Aggression of An Arrogant Abomination

E = Evil, Envious Enemy of Humankind

L = Lying League of Lewd, Lazy Leeches