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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Anti-War Protests In Washington And Los Angeles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img width=580 height=371 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D06552.B52F3D40" alt="Description: 1springrise"></span><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/category/resist/" title="View all posts in Resist!"><span style='color:blue'>Resist!</span></a> <a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/tag/iran/"><span style='color:blue'>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/tag/iraq/"><span style='color:blue'>Iraq</span></a>, <a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/tag/peace/"><span style='color:blue'>Peace</span></a>, <a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/tag/war-and-militarism/"><span style='color:blue'>War and Militarism</span></a> <br>By Staff, <a href="http://rt.com/usa/242961-anti-war-protests-us/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>www.rt.com</span></a><br>March 22nd, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Powered by <a href="https://translate.google.com" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=116 height=41 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D06552.B52F3D40" alt="Description: https://www.google.com/images/logos/google_logo_41.png"></span><span style='color:blue'>Translate</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://www.popularresistance.org/anti-war-protests-in-washington-and-los-angeles/" target="_blank" title="View more services"><span style='color:blue'>7</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.popularresistance.org%2Fanti-war-protests-in-washington-and-los-angeles%2F"><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=23 height=25 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.gif@01D06552.B52F3D40" alt="Description: Print Friendly"></span><span style='color:blue'>Print Friendly</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Above photo by Ted Majdosz. <a href="http://photobyted.smugmug.com/SOAW/Spring-Rising-March-21-2015/"><span style='color:blue'>Click here to see more photos</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A series of anti-war protests rolled through the US on Saturday, condemning Washington’s involvement in past and ongoing conflicts in the wider Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>In Los Angeles about a hundred anti-war activists took to the streets marching on Hollywood Boulevard with coffins. Rallying against US involvement in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Palestine, protesters carried signs reading <i>“Hands off Syria”</i> and <i>“Wanted for the destruction of Iraq.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Organized by the Answer Coalition and supported by other anti-war activist groups including CodePink and Popular Resistance, the activists marched from outside the CNN headquarters on Sunset Boulevard to the TCL Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>“All the weapons that the United States have sent are in the arms of ISIS. Look at the photos. Look at the videos. All ISIS has is US made weapons. The communication equipment is all US made,”</span></i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> actor Johnny Achi told the crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Earlier in the day a 200-strong crowd of anti-war activists took to the streets of Washington DC, as part of a three day ‘Spring Rising’ campaign, that stands in opposition to US military interventions across the globe – especially its drone campaigns.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A drone sculpture, with “killer” written on it, awaited the crowd as it gathered in front of the White House. Marching from the White House to Capitol Hill some wore orange jumpsuits and black hoods like Guantanamo Bay prisoners. Some others carried coffins with Iraqi and Libyan flags draped over them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>On the way to Capitol Hill, protesters made stops at offices of organizations and defense contractors accused of providing assistance to the government’s military campaigns. They took their time laying symbolic flag-draped coffins at their doorsteps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Solidarity Spring Rising Protest in San Francisco, video by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0-QH9btLsQ"><span style='color:blue'>Freeman Sullivan</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>