More than fifty local communities and sixty local schools & colleges will come together this Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of the ground invasion of Iraq.
This massive anti-war protest will be one of more than two hundred nationally coordinated protests, rallies and marches this weekend.
Saturday, March 17 @ 12 NOON
~ GATHER with thousands of like-minded people at the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
~ MARCH at a leisurely (but outraged) pace to Hollywood & Highland.
~ LISTEN to a dozen inspired and inspiring guest speakers.
~ ROCK paper scissor with Ozomatli, Ben Harper and Jackson Browne.
Go to the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) website for a confirmed list of speakers, details on parking logistics, the schedule of events, and general inquiries.
Give it a chance.
Photo by DG Jones via Flickr
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It's funny that Ending Racism is part of the A.N.S.W.E.R., while looking deeply into the group will get you a heavy dose of why the Middle East mess is all the fault of the Jews.
It's true. Many "peace" groups are actually trying to pass the buck of responsibility onto the backs of other, generally peaceful people.
addressing Highguy, I am often troubled when I hears things about ANSWER's politics (besides No War in Iraq). I am whole heartedly against the war and I went to 5 anti-war rallies *before* the war started (I thought before the war was the best time to protest it (Hillary) and I'd have to attend this to make it 5 since the war started).
If I got caught up on hang-ups about certain positions of certain people involved in all of the organizations behind each one of those rallies, then maybe that is why only two had at least 200,000 people attending - and those could have been bigger or at least the no war message could have been better received by people who have legitimate disagreements with ANSWER's backer's politics.
The first no war in Iraq rally I went to was in September of 2002. The concerns of Highguy are totally correct but you have to put some things aside when you go outside in the street to make a sign. A lot of the complexities get confused when you march on the street. I guess I just have a pet peeve against protesting protestors because it is obviously not the best way of communicating and you don't agree with everyone there on everything - just the one silly thing on the name of the rally - Stop the War in Iraq - and sometimes you have to go anyways rather then staying at home for some long winded John Kerry type "well, I voted against the bill before I voted for it and if you recall that ..."
It is just: war yes? or war no? (this war - not an abstract should their ever be war? or do you agree with the all of the politics of some person you don't really like that much?)
The metro red-line doesn't yet have a Westood stop. What is the best way to get to the protest via public transport?