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Five Years Too Many!! the anti-war movement steps it up

IMC-US, 21.03.2008

On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, anti-war protesters across the United States stepped up actions of civil disobedience to make their voices heard. Across the country, hundreds of people blockaded streets; targeted federal building, corporate headquarters and military recruitment stations; staged walkouts; and kept vigil in resistance to the war. See below for roundup of Indymedia coverage.

These actions followed nationwide protests against the war on International Women's Day, as well as the Iraq Veterans Against The War's "Winter Soldier" hearings — probably the most important anti-war action since the onset of aggressions, but virtually ignored by the corporate media. According to the latest poll in March, 65% of Americans are opposed the war in Iraq, yet coverage of the anti-war movement in corporate media has declined in the past year. A statement released by students in Portland, OR, reads: "We as students also believe that anti-war efforts have been too moderate and passive to make a difference."

» Ashland, OR: Candlelight vigil on the Plaza
» Austin, TX: A Thousand Spirited Protesters Fill Streets of Austin
» Boston, MA: Boston Unites for Peace | Harvard/Boston Protests | Residents Shut Down Tremont Military Recruiting Station | Good Friday Anti-War Vigils
» Chicago, IL: Chicago to warmongers: five years of war is five too many | Marches and Civil Disobedience Part of Week of National Resistance to U.S. War Policies in Iraq | Video by CIMC and Labor Beat | Dispatches from M20 day of creative actions | No! To Five Years of Illegal War - Protest and March in Chicago
» Concord, NH: Video Coverage
» Denver, CO: Cost of War Rally
» Houston, TX: Rice for Peace marks 5th anniversary of US invasion | Voices from the Bridge
» Lancaster, PA: The Awakening Left: Inside the M15 March | | Roundup Coverage with Video
» Los Angeles, CA: Protests Mark Five Years of US War on Iraq
» Miami, FL: Arlington South: Iraq War 5th Anniversary Memorial Service-Candlelight Vigil
» Minneapolis/St. Paul: Photos from MPLS Antiwar Demos, 3-15-08
» New York, NY: Raging Grannies Knit-in | Pics from 3 protests | Eight Activists Arrested in War Profiteer Blockade
» Philadelphia, PA: Moratorium to commemorate Fifth year of Iraq War
» Portland, OR: M19: Funk The War | M20 Student Walkout: 1 | 2 | Washington County Peace Vigil
» Rochester, NY: Arrests at Antiwar Demonstration
» San Francisco Bay Area, CA: Reports from Direct Action to Stop the War | Community Protests Chevron's Role in War, Warming, Toxics and Human Rights | Students Demand a Democratic UC Board of Regents and No More Nuclear Weapons; 12 Lockdown | Marine Recruitment Protests Continue in Berkeley
» Seattle, WA: Female and Fearless Against War: Blockaders of Military Shipments Speak Out | VIDEO-Recruitment Center Shut Down! | VIDEO: Big Media in Seattle Gets Dressed Down!
» Tacoma, WA: Video: Report Back From Recruiting Center Action
» Washington, DC: 5 Years of War and Occupation Brings Resistance in the Streets of DC, March 19 | Five Minutes of Stillness Remembering Five Years of War | One M19 Participant's Impressions
» Worcester, MA: Five Activists Arrested at Federal Building | Anti-War Youth and Student March Takes The Streets

Related: The Warmongers Fear US: PR and 5 Years Too Many in Iraq | Indypendent Anti-War Issue







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