Richmond march wants troops home
Over 1,000 demonstrators marched and rallied
in Richmond, Va., July 3 to demand an end to the war on Iraq.
The protesters called for real sovereignty for Iraq, bringing
the troops home now, ending the occupations of Iraq, Haiti,
Afghanistan and Palestine, and money for jobs and human needs,
not war.
King Salim Khalfani, executive director of the Virginia
NAACP, led the diverse and enthusiastic crowd in chants of "the
only solution is the people's revolution" and "the only
terrorists in the USA are the FBI and the CIA."
The march, nearly three miles long, stop ped to hear
speakers outside a right-wing daily newspaper, at the State
Capitol, and at the offices of CACI International--a
corporation under contract to the U.S. government whose
involvement in the horrendous illegal tortures at Abu Ghraib
prison in Iraq has been exposed.
Marchers received great support from people in cars--honks
and shouts, fists raised and peace signs--as the march headed
down Broad Street, the city's main drag.
The rally and march were called by the Virginia Anti-War
Coalition. Endorsers inclu ded, among others, the Muslim Stu
dent Associ ation of Virginia Common wealth Uni versity,
Richmond ANSWER, Food Not Bombs, the Defenders for Free dom,
Justice and Equality, the Pro gressive Muslim Net work, the
Rich mond Greens, the Living Wage Campaign and the Unitarian
Church.
-- Susanne Kelly
Reprinted from the July 15, 2004, issue of
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