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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Man holds sign - BUSH = HITLER
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Filipinos group hold up sign - NO U.S. OCCUPATION in IRAQ, the PHILIPPINES & EVERYWHERE!
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Thousands showed up to voice their opposition to the war in Iraq.
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Crowd of protesters gather at the podium.
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Linsar Taylor from the World Can't Wait to Drive out Bush Regime. "The Democrats are not going to stop the War on Iraq. They are not going to stop the war on Iran."
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Crowd of protesters listen to the anti-war speakers.
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Protester holds up her sign.
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"Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and John Edwards said keep all the options on the table, including nuclear with Iran" screamed Linsar Taylor. "Hillary Clinton just said if she gets elected she is going to keep the troops in Iraq."
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"We have not yet seen civil disobediance throughout this country."
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"We demand the United States leave Iraq immediately and completely." Efia Nwangaza of the "Not In Our Name" Project.
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society
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Mahdi Bray - Executive Director of the Muslim American Society
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Efia Nwangaza - "No Money for War."
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Efia Nwangaza received a huge applause from the crowd as she addressed them.
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Mahdi Bray meets and greets Brian Beck and others.
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