Protests greet Bush over Iraq war

In a week when a bomb attack on a U.S. base near Baghdad killed nine and wounded 20 U.S. troops and when the puppet prime minister of Iraq pleaded with the U.S. command to stop building a wall to split Iraq’s capital city, protests against the Iraq war and especially against the U.S. president continued throughout the country.

Grand Rapids, Mich., April 20. Photo: Tamara St. Clair

On April 20, with Bush speaking in Grand Rapids, Mich., hundreds came out to line the streets demanding that the troops be brought home, with some calling for President George Bush’s impeachment.

On April 21 over 400 people marched and rallied in Greensboro, N.C., against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, against torture and for the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Groups that took part and/or spoke included Action Center For Justice, Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society, CodePink Charlotte, Grassroots Impeachment Movement (GRIM), Greensboro Peace Coalition, Justice at Smithfield Campaign, NC Labor Against The War, UNCG Campus Anti-War Coalition, Cakalak Thunder drummers, the World Can’t Wait, ANSWER and Troops Out Now Coalition, musical performances and others.

Local activists with Food Not Bombs provided food and drinks to the protesters.

The two keynote speakers in Greensboro were Cindy Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families For Peace, and Terri Johnson, Iraq War GI resister.

David Dixon contributed to this article.