BY Joe Iosbaker | Chicago, IL | 6/22/14
150 people protested President Obama’s threat of a new war on Iraq. Called by the ANSWER Coalition, and involving a number of other groups, including the Anti-War Committee-Chicago, the June 20 protest showed that there is a lot of opposition to U.S. plans.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/22/14
Speaking out against a new U.S. war in Iraq was the task of over 50 people who joined an anti-war protest here, June 21, along the sidewalks at Hiawatha Avenue and Lake Street, one of the most visible locations in the city on a Saturday afternoon.
BY Chris Manor | Provo, UT | 6/19/14
Facing disaster in Iraq, President Obama addressed the rapidly developing conflict in a June 19 address. President Obama claimed, “American troops are not going to be fighting in Iraq again.” However, in the next breath Obama also laid out his plans to expand U.S. intervention.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 6/17/14
The organizers of a weekly peace vigil on the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge are urging people to attend the Wednesday, June 18 vigil as an initial way of speaking out against a new U.S. war on Iraq.
BY Tom Burke | Chicago, IL | 6/14/14
With sectarian militants seizing cities and towns across northern Iraq and threatening war on Bagdad, President Obama announced on June 13, “We will not be sending US troops back into combat in Iraq, but I have asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options.” In response, antiwar leaders in the US are speaking out against US intervention and mobilizing people to protest US war moves.
BY Sara Flounders | United States | 3/20/13
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from Workers World.
BY Chris Manor | Salt Lake City, UT | 3/23/11
Students, military veterans and anti-war activists rallied here March 19 for the National Day of Action Against War.
BY staff | St. Paul, MN | 3/21/11
More than 600 people marched and rallied here, March 19, calling for an end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan and an end to the continued U.S. occupation of Iraq.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 3/21/11
150 people protested here, March 19, to demand an end to the wars and occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 3/20/11
1000 people rallied and marched here March 19 to mark the eighth anniversary of the war in Iraq.
