anti-war demonstrators

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.

Thousands march against the war in S.F.,
across the country

Jim Doyle,Susan Sward, Chronicle Staff Writers
San Francisco Chronicle

Saturday, October 27, 2007

a dramatic Die-In on Market Street where the crowd lay down to symbolize the almost 3,900 U.S. and over 1 million Iraqi deaths.
(10-27) 17:17 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- On cue from a bullhorn's blast, thousands of protesters fell to the pavement on Market Street in a symbolic "die-in" Saturday as part of a coordinated protest staged in cities across the country against the war in Iraq.

Protester Waves Blood-Colored Hands in Rice’s Face

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WASHINGTON — An anti-war protester waved blood-colored hands in U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s face at a congressional hearing on Wednesday and shouted “war criminal!”, but was pushed away and detained by police.“The blood of millions of Iraqis is on your hands!” yelled the protester, Desiree Anita Ali-Fairooz of the Code Pink organization which often disrupts hearings on Capitol Hill with protests against the Iraq war.

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