House OKs no permanent bases in Iraq
While the House of Representatives passed $92 billion “emergency” funding mostly for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan last week, it also approved California Rep. Barbara Lee’s amendment that bars permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.
S.F. march fills Market Street
SAN FRANCISCO — Led by hunger strikers, some on foot and others in wheelchairs, who had fasted for a week to protest proposed anti-immigrant legislation, thousands of marchers jammed downtown Market Street March 27 on their way to a massive rally in front of Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office.
Republican voters jumping ship on Iraq occupation
With news from Iraq bleaker than ever, a new poll shows a large bipartisan majority of Americans want to begin pulling out U.S. troops, and strongly oppose permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. The University of Maryland Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) poll was conducted March 1-6.
Peace, peace, peace! Children greet antiwar pilgrimage
OAKLAND, Calif. — All morning, it was the same. At each schoolyard stop through Oakland’s Fruitvale district, groups of children and teachers gathered outside their classrooms, waiting eagerly to greet the marchers who had walked so far to bring them a message of peace, respect and justice.
EDITORIAL: Baseball nations
Baseball, the quintessential American sport, is enjoyed by nations worldwide, whose athletes make invaluable contributions to the game. The inaugural World Baseball Classic ended this week which struck a new beginning for a real World Series.
Worldwide rallies say Stop the war
The third anniversary of the Iraq invasion was marked by worldwide demonstrations demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq and in many cases, “No attack on Iran.”
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A sampling of 500-plus Iraq war protests across the nation last week.
Thousands say enough! in nationwide war protests
Thousands marched down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, March 18, demanding an end to the Iraq war. The evening march, estimated at 7,000, was one of the largest of hundreds of protests around the nation on the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. En español:
Veterans march to New Orleans: Make levees, not war
NEW ORLEANS — Sunburned and footsore but in high spirits, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans for Peace (VFP) and their allies marched through this city March 19 chanting “Make levees, not war,” and “Hey, hey Uncle Sam, we remember Vietnam.”
Cheers, whistles greet Latino march for peace
TIJUANA, Mexico — The “Peregrinacion por la Paz” (March for Peace) began March 12 at Centro Cultural de Tijuana, just south of the California border. From here, this long trek will go all the way to San Francisco. In the lead are peace activist Fernando Suarez del Solar and war resisters Pablo Paredes, Camilo Mejia and Aidan Delgado.
