March 14, 2018

Trump's military parade faces counter-march

Global Research -A coalition of anti-war, peace and justice groups is organizing to oppose the [Trump mlitary] parade . Their goal is to bring hundreds of thousands of people to Washington, DC around Veterans Day weekend in November to protest the parade—and to call for solidarity actions around the world. According to Dr. Margaret Flowers, one of the countermarch organizers,
“We are going ahead with our organizing to protest the military parade, no matter what form it takes. We would like to stop the glorification of war and the expensive and polluting flyovers. We will have a strong response to oppose militarism and expose the cost of wars, and the impacts of the war economy abroad and at home.”
Dr. Flowers is a pediatrician, Green Party activist, and co-founder of the news website Popular Resistance.
“Veterans, active duty GI’s and their families are paying a high price for these endless U.S. wars,” explained Gerry Condon, president of Veterans For Peace, a member of the #NoTrumpMilitaryParade coalition. “We are inviting our brothers and sisters, sons and daughters in the U.S. military to march with us in Washington, DC on November 11, Armistice Day.”

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