TODAY!, Many Cities Added: National Day of Action – U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
On Saturday, January 4 CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, United AntiWar Coalition (UNAC), ANSWER Coalition, World Beyond War, Popular Resistance and Voices for Creative Nonviolence are calling on people from around the United States to organize local demonstrations to demand: NO MORE U.S. TROOPS TO IRAQ OR THE MIDDLE EAST! U.S. OUT OF IRAQ NOW! and NO WAR/NO SANCTIONS ON IRAN!
In response to the massive protests in Iraq following the latest U.S. aerial assault that killed scores of Iraqis, Donald Trump has ordered 750 more U.S. troops to the Middle East and potentially 3,000 more. This is in addition to the 5,200 U.S. troops already stationed in Iraq. Every U.S. president over the last 28 years has ordered the bombing of Iraq. The decision by Donald Trump and the Pentagon to launch new air assaults against Iraqis in the past week ignited nationwide resistance by Iraqis who want to reclaim their full sovereignty and do not want Iraq to be used in a U.S. war on Iran.
More than a million Iraqis have died during the past 28 years as a consequence of U.S. occupation, bombings and sanctions. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have either been killed or suffered life-changing wounds. The U.S. government has spent more than $3 trillion dollars in the on-going occupation and bombing of this oil-rich country. Instead of taking the United States out of this endless war, Trump is building up U.S. forces in the region and threatening a war with Iran.
Initiators for this call include CODEPINK, Popular Resistance, Veterans For Peace, ANSWER Coalition, World Beyond War, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and many other antiwar and peace organizations.
Rallies will take place on Saturday, January 4 in the following cities.
- AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama 5pm at Five Points South
- ArizonaPhoenix, AZ 12noon at 24th St. and Camelback
- CaliforniaLos Angeles, CA 1pm at Pershing SquareMonterey, CASan Francisco, CA12noon at Powell and MarketSan Jose, CA 3pm at San Jose City Hall
Santa Monica, CA2pm at Santa Monica Promande - ConnecticutNew Haven, CT3pm Sunday, January 5th at Church and Chapel St.
- FloridaMiami, FL1pm Torch of Friendship, 301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33032
Gainesville, FL - GeorgiaAtlanta, GA3pm at Little Five Points
- IllinoisChicago, IL 12noon at Trump Tower
- IndianaFort Wayne, IN2pm at Allen County Courthouse Green
- Kansas
Topeka, KS 11am at the Topeka Capital Building - MassachusettsArlington, MA11am at Broadway Plaza, Mass. Ave. and Medford StNorthampton, MA11amin front of the Courthouse on Main St
- MinnesotaMinneappolis, MN1pm at Mayday Plaza
- Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri 3pm at Plaza FountainsSt. Louis, MO 12noon at the Missouri First Congressional District Building - New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM2pm at Kirtland Airforce Base, San Mateo and Gibson BlvdTaos, NM 12noon at World Cup
- New YorkBuffalo, NY 12PM at Bidwell ParkwayIthaca, NY 10am at Corner of Clinton and Meadow Streets by CVSNew York City, NY11am at Time Square
- North Carolina
Durham, NC 11am at the corner of Gregson St and Main StFayetteville, NC 2pm at Market HouseRaleigh, NC 12noon at North Carolina State Capitol - Ohio
Columbus, OH 12noon at North High St. & East North BroadwayCleveland, OH 12noon at Market Square - OregonCorvallis, OREugene, OR 1pm at Wayne Morse Free Speech PlazaPortland, OR 5pm at Terry Shrunk Plaza
- PennsylvaniaLancaster, PA12noon at Lancaster County PrisonPhiladelphia, PA12noon at Philadelphia City HallPittsburgh, PA 12noon at Forbes AveState College, PA12noon at Allen St. Gates
- Tennessee
Nashville, TN 12PM at the State Capitol Building - TexasAustin, TX 11am at Texas State CapitolDallas, TX 3pm at Dealey PlazaEl Paso, TX12noon Friday, January 3rd at the U.S. Federal Courthouse
- WashingtonSeattle, WA2pm at Victor Steinbrueck ParkSpokane, WA 12noon at Division and Wellesley
Tacoma, WA - WisconsinMadison, WI12noon at the state capitolMilwaukee, WI 12noon at 27th St. and OklahomaStevens Point, WI 12noon at Courthouse Stevens Point
To have an event organized in your city emailCarley@codepink.org!
posted by Satish Sharma at
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