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South Asian community marches against war
By
N.S. Singh
Chicago
Published Oct 19, 2008 5:04 PM
Approximately 400 people on Oct. 11 attended a three-hour, peaceful, anti-war
rally and march through West Rogers Park, a diverse, largely immigrant-based
and working-class neighborhood in Chicago.
Attendees and marchers were greeted with the propulsive musical strains of
South Asian folk and dance music. While the march and rally were explicitly
sponsored by an ad-hoc committee of various socialist, progressive and
anti-imperialist organizations, local Pakistanis assisted in the procurement of
a neighborhood rally permit.
During the rally, multiple speakers called for an end to U.S. occupation and
involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan; additionally, they warned of possible U.S.
military intervention in Iran and Pakistan. Speaker after speaker was clear
that ALL the troops needed to come home immediately and also addressed other
important related political issues, including expressing support and solidarity
with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Following the speeches, the crowd marched six blocks down Devon Avenue, through
the heart and central focal point of the Indian and Pakistani communities in
Chicago, and was greeted positively by onlookers and neighborhood residents.
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