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Anti-war crowd cheers labor resolution to 'halt war funding!'
By
Sharon Danann
Cleveland
Published Mar 23, 2007 11:11 PM
At a March 15 rally on Cleveland’s Public Square, called by U.S. Labor
Against the War, the winter cold seemed dispelled as the crowd applauded a
resolution that had been passed the day before by the North Shore
AFL-CIO—formerly the Cleveland AFL-CIO. The labor resolution expressed
opposition to continued funding for the war in Iraq. The resolution stated that
“money already appropriated is more than adequate to bring all the troops
home safely.”
The March 15 Cleveland rally culminated an eight-day, round-the-clock vigil
honoring the 655,000 Iraqis killed as the result of the war, in addition to
over 3,100 U.S. GIs. The vigil brought together northeast Ohio’s anti-war
and homeless communities in a newly deepened alliance.
Tim Smith of the Northeast Ohio Anti-war Coalition and Artists for Peace spoke
movingly of his gratitude to the members of the homeless community who gave
their knowledge, skill and support to get the vigil through the bitter cold
nights.
James, a homeless man, told how the vigil had changed his life. He said that he
had never expected to be speaking at the podium of a rally. Smith and others
who took part in the anti-war vigil had convinced him not to join the military,
James said, where he would have to follow someone’s orders to shoot an
innocent civilian. The crowd cheered James.
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