Militant march and direct action follow week-long challenge in front of Congress

Anti-war march of new type from Protest to Resistance... Preliminary Report from the Encampment to Stop the War and the the September 29, 2007, March on Washington


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In Washington, during the Sept. 22-29, 2007 Encampment to Stop the War at Home and Abroad: more and more participants arrived and staked their tents in front of the Capitol building leading up to the Sept. 29 mass march.

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Anti-War Encampment Sept. 29: Labor in the House

Troops Out Now Coalition TONC encampment at the Capitol ending with march and rally on September 29, 2007. Labor unites with youth, immigrants, Katrina survivors, Iraq War veterans and many other resisting imperialism and manifesting a broad spectrum of the American people who are solidly against the wars at home and abroad.

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Militant march and direct action follow week-long challenge in front of Congress

For one week, activists from across the U.S. maintained a 24-hour encampment directly in front of the Capitol to demand "Cut the War Funding - Stop the War at Home and Abroad!" ( for details, photos, video and more, see http://encampmenttostopthewar.blogspot.com ) The march on Saturday, September 29  was a departure in tone and make-up from many past anti-war demonstrations. It was a serious and highly successful effort to involve more community based organizations and issues and to link the struggle against the war with the struggles against racism, oppression, and economic injustice at home. 

The multinational crowd that assembled Saturday morning included contingents from Common Ground, International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Code Pink, the Peoples Organization for Progress, Iraq Veterans Against the War, the Green Party of the U.S., BAYAN USA, and many more. 

Speakers and participants all drew clear links between the war in Iraq and the war at home.

Estimates of turnout ranged from  10,000 to 15,000.  The march took a route that wound through the DC streets targeting FEMA, ICE, the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education.

At the end of the march hundreds of youth organized an action that blocked traffic on major streets in front of the Capitol including sit-ins of Pennsylvania and Constitution Ave for 5 to 6 hours. Hundreds of young activists signed up to join Troops Out Now.

A simple flyer asked: "If you believe that the antiwar movement, should also fight racism here in the U.S. If you believe that endless war is not merely evil or wrong, but central to U.S. Imperialism’s drive to re-colonize the middle east and  much of the rest of the world... and it must be stopped! If you believe that supporting the struggle of immigrant workers in the fight against raids and deportations is something that the antiwar movement should be involved in. If you believe that supporting the struggle of poor and working people is key to our movement…..than join us."

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