antiwar movement

Protests Target War Funding

Haider Rizv
IPS

Every month, nearly 100 service people and countless more Iraqis are killed
NEW YORK, Oct 28 (IPS) - Tens of thousands of people across the United States staged demonstrations over the weekend to protest the continued U.S. occupation of Iraq and the White House's reported plans to attack Iran.

Organised by a diverse array of anti-war groups, the nationwide protests were held in more than 10 major cities, including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle.

Anti-war march winds through Loop

Thousands gather in Chicago -- and across the country -- to protest the United States' continued involvement in the war in Iraq

By Gerry Smith
Tribune staff reporter
Chicago Tribune
October 28, 2007

Leonore Lee was among the thousands rallying in Chicago on Saturday to protest the war in Iraq. Amid the crowd carrying signs marching down Ashland Avenue, the 65-year-old from Milwaukee called the event "the most powerful expression of power to the people."

"It shows our solidarity and makes me love this country even more," she said.

The day of speeches and demonstrations was part of a national day of action demanding an end to the five-year-old conflict.

The Listening Post examines how the general's assessment of Iraq was media-managed. Part 1

Part 2

Bush executive order: Criminalizing the antiwar movement
By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
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Jul 23, 2007
Online Journal

The Executive Order entitled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" provides the President with the authority to confiscate the assets of whoever opposes the US led war.

A presidential Executive Order issued on July 17th, repeals with the stroke of a pen the right to dissent and to oppose the Pentagon's military agenda in Iraq.