March on the Pentagon
On Saint Patricks Day, March 17, 2007, the anniversary of the start of the United States invasion of Iraq, an estimated at 15,000 to 25,000 demonstrators marched in the bitter cold from the Vietnam War Memorial, down Route 27 to the Pentagon North Parking Lot. A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition organized the event in symbolic tribute to the historic 1967 march to the Pentagon. The march capped a week of anti-war protests in Washington. Prominent speakers at the event included anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.).
We're here in the shadow of the war machine. It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down. - Cindy Sheehan
No matter who the father of Anna Nicole's Baby is or who wins the next season of American Idol or what new song is on the radio, people are dying, both from this country and in massive numbers in the Iraqi Civil War. - Hip Hop activist Immortal Technique
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Brian Beck is the National Coordinator of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition. "The US has 730 military bases in a 130 countries... Its not to protect the people, Its not to defend the country. Its to exploit the land, the labor, the resources, of the people of the world."
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Crowd of protesters look on as Brian Beck addresses them.
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Man holds up shirt - FARMS NOT ARMS
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Crowd of protesters.
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This protester yells out against the war. Many were hopeful that the White House would take notice and hear there cries.
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Man with VETERANS for PEACE shirt on.
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Woman hold up sign - Guilty of War Crimes.
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"If you think about it, the Pentagon is the ideal scene for a Major anti-imperialist anti-war demonstraton. This is a war machine."
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Crowd of protesters.
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The front line.
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This protester holds up a sign that reminds us of 'The Human Cost of War'.
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Camp Alex - Alex Arredondo was killed in Najaf August 25, 2004. Carlos has traveled across the country with an empty coffin and a picture of his son's open casket.
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society. "We are hear to say if you save a life, you save humanity."
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society "The politicians will not stop this war. The people will stop this war."
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. -Jimi Hendrix
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