Home > Oct. 27 Protests Throughout the United States (International ANSWER)

Oct. 27 Protests Throughout the United States (International ANSWER)

by Open-Publishing - Sunday 28 October 2007
2 comments

Demos-Actions Wars and conflicts USA

The October 27 demonstrations represented another important step forward for the anti-war movement in the United States.

Oct 27 SF 2Over 100,000 people took to the streets in coordinated regional and local protests to demand an immediate end to the war in Iraq. The October 27 demonstrations took place just six weeks after the September 15 National March and Die-In in Washington, D.C. that was led by Iraq War Veterans and family members of soldiers and marines.

We have included below a brief summary from some of the events that took place yesterday, along with Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco television coverage. (San Francisco march of 30,000 pictured here.)

Anti-war sentiment is growing. The demonstrations yesterday, like the September 15 March on Washington, were noteworthy for the large number of young people - students and young workers - who are joining the front ranks of the anti-war movement in the United States. The Arab American and Muslim community was well represented. The participation of Iraq War Veterans and their families continues to grow. The energy and spirit of the demonstration is an indicator that the people of this country are fed up with the criminal war and occupation of Iraq.

Everyday, the corporate-dominated media tries to convince people that the anti-war movement is shrinking. That is a lie, as you can see from the reports below. The same media lies to the people about the so-called progress made by the “surge” in Iraq. The truth is that the U.S. military occupation of Iraq cannot succeed. The Iraqi people insist on their right to determine their own destiny. The people of the United States, who have no voice in either the Republican or Democratic Parties or in the big business media, are determined to find a way to end the war, which has taken hundreds of thousands of lives and costs $3 billion each week.

The ANSWER Coalition, UFPJ and hundreds of other groups organized for the October 27 protests. What is needed now is to intensify the mass organization of the people. As it was in Vietnam, it will be the people, not the politicians, who will bring this imperialist war to an end. Check the ANSWER Coalition website for regular updates and reports on future steps for the anti-war movement.

http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-13395968.html

Forum posts

  • Why do you guys (ANSWER & UFPJ) keep breaking up your protests?? There was one in Sept by ANSWER too. Make up your damn minds. If you really want to stop the war with folks in the street, better be more than 100,000. I’m not impressed with the ineffectiveness protesting has gotten us. Bush figures protests are good, cause that way the public can release steam-but it changes nothing.

    LBJ once said "when I looked out of the White House window and saw 850,000 people out there, I knew the Vietnam war was over." I have been in DC and other places to protest Iraq these last 5 1/2 years and the lack of participants was pathetic. I guess because Americans say they care about the troops but won’t waste their own time complaining about repeated deployments until their own little darlings are looking at a draft.

    Short of that (and Americans are the meekest bunch I have ever seen) you better go into their offices and tell them end the war. Tell them if they continue not to listen, it must mean they want their jobs to consist of listening to a steady stream of bitching constituents, telling them to do their job.