[Peace] Anti-Fascist Demonstration in DC Yesterday

[Karen Aram]

Sorry Carl, your focus on only one issue is detrimental to building a movement.

That is what this is all about. ANSWER more than any organization in the US is focused on war and foreign policy, but as most Americans really don’t care about war, afterall “we’re not killing Americans like us” and you can argue that point all you want but the fact is:

1) The largest protests against war in the US pre intervention of Iraq, was really opposing Bush policy’s and was organized by the Democrats.

2) The protests against just about everything the past two years is about Trump, and organized by the Democrats.

3) The protests in the 70’s died when Nixon dropped the draft. I was there, I was with the organizers who managed the largest ever protest during that time, the Counter Inaugeral, and that is precisely why Nixon eliminated the draft, after that it was extremely difficult to get the numbers.

4) Only the “Costs of war” are going to bring people out into the streets enmass in D.C. because of the impact on individual lives.

5) Organizing against the many horrific policies being promoted by the current USG due to our system of capitalism which is the cause of all, including war, takes strategy and tactics to educate, organize, and coordinate. It means working with others on issues of concern. Just talking about it in a venue that suits us, isn’t getting us anywhere.













On Aug 13, 2018, at 04:39, C G Estabrook <cgestabrook at gmail.com<mailto:cgestabrook at gmail.com>> wrote:

But they were not chanting, “No war! Bring the troops home!”

It’s a distraction. Fascism is not the problem. US war-making is.



On Aug 13, 2018, at 6:34 AM, Karen Aram via Peace <peace at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:

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[15,000 gather against Nazis and KKK]

Dear Karen,

Today, was an amazing demonstration of strength and unity. By 4pm there were more than 15,000 people in Lafayette Park chanting, “No Nazis, No KKK, No Fascist USA”.

It was a remarkable demonstration of unity from so many communities: Black, Latino, Asian, Arab, white people, young and old. All stood together to condemn the Nazis and KKK who thought they could come and rally in front of the White House, because they believe they have a dear friend who occupies that residence. It was shameful that the U.S. government and police spent millions of tax dollars to act as a private security escort for a handful of fascists. The police escorted them on the metro and provided police vans to take them from the Washington, D.C. area back to Virginia.

We will give a more detailed report of what happened in the coming days, but we wanted to give a shout out tonight and a huge thank you to everyone who supported this effort. Thousands of people volunteered, mobilized, or donated to make this success possible. Everyone should feel very proud. Most importantly, we laid the basis for taking next steps in making this new movement even stronger.

In solidarity,
All of us at ANSWER Coalition
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