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Stories from 2002-04-21
"We gather here today and we speak with one voice. And let us remember, that one person can make a ripple. One ripple can make a movement. One movement can make a voice. And one voice can make mighty change." [more]
"In one of the largest Bay Area protests in recent years, at least 20,000 people marched through San Francisco yesterday in opposition to U.S. policy in the Mideast, transforming 2 miles of city streets into a sea of red, green, black and white Palestinian flags." [more]
"At first glance, the morning seemed like a depressing case study in that old left affliction: the narcissism of small differences. Why not ... hold one big rally and march? Organizers of the student coalition cited many reasons for their desire to maintain independence from ANSWER, which is closely related to the Workers World Party, including the coalition's politics and its undemocratic structure, as well as its reputation for taking credit for work done by other groups and other bad behavior." [more]
"Tens of thousands gather in the nation's capital, with attention focused on the Middle East conflict." [more]
"Eager to make their presence felt and their voices heard in the nation's capital as never before, Arab and Muslim families marched and chanted for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, overwhelming the messages of those with other causes in a peaceful day of downtown rallies and marches." [more]
"Tens of thousands of Arab-Americans blended with demonstrators against the military campaign in Afghanistan and those criticizing international financial institutions during protests today in Washington." [more]
"Not all the groups were in perfect agreement. When Black Panthers chanting 'jihad' and 'holy war' hoisted a Palestinian flag next to a picture of Osama bin Laden, a Palestinian activist urged them to take the flag down." [more]
"District of Columbia police officials estimated that 75,000 people from across the country joined four permitted protest marches in Washington Saturday, while San Francisco police estimated that close to 15,000 people took part in what local officials identified as one of the largest peace rallies that city has seen in years. Thousands more joined demonstrations in Seattle, Houston, Boston, Salt Lake City and other communities." [more]
"A chorus of protesters hit the streets of Washington Saturday, rallying peacefully and colorfully for a range of causes under the watchful eyes of police." [more]
"Demonstrators from around the country stood on the Ellipse behind the White House and demanded that President Bush and Congress stop supporting Israel with money and political clout." [more]
"With many of its best interrogators and speakers of Middle Eastern dialects dispatched to Afghanistan, the military has been forced to rely on some underqualified officers whoare overmatched by captives trained in methods of evasion, according to people familiar with the interrogations. In a few cases, young questioners in uniform were conducting some of their first interrogations." [more]
"Three explosions ripped through a major city in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 45 others after a radio-station caller warned of a wave of bombings.
"The caller claimed to be from the Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, which has been holding an American missionary couple for nearly 11 months and is the target of a U.S.-backed military campaign as part of Washington's war on terrorism." [more]
"Anti-war efforts on college campuses seem to be a merge point for organizations involved with civil rights, economic justice and environmentalism. But these coalitions lean so far left that some students cannot identify with them." [more]
"The fragile nature of Afghanistan's peace was evident Saturday, as French peacekeepers were shot at, a plot to assassinate the returned king was uncovered and parents were threatened with death for educating their children." [more]
"A quiet, but growing number of taxpayers say they have had enough. 'I absolutely feel like I am paying for this war on terrorism,' said Westport resident Deana Chase. 'Part of my tax dollars is going to buy the missiles that don't necessarily kill soldiers or terrorists, but target innocent adults and children. I have a problem with that.' " [more]
"Squadron Leader Tom Rounds of the RAF said at Bagram airbase, 'Tens of thousands of dollars have been offered as bounty for both an attack on Bagram as well as killings of Westerners. There is a real and very immediate threat to this base at the moment; that is what our intelligence indicates, and we are taking it extremely seriously.' " [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more] |
This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.
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