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End the War; Begin the Peace
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Rally For Peace

what	Antiwar Rally & March
date	Saturday, March 19th, 2011
time	12:30-1:30 p.m.
where	Pioneer Courthouse Square
cost	What's life worth?
calendar

Rally For Peace | Saturday, March 19, 2011 | Portland, Oregon.

"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values."
- Martin Luther King, Jr. "Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence" (Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City)

"Jesus took the biblical command to love your neighbor and extended it to loving your enemy too."
- Gabrielle Chavez, Pastor; Christ the Healer; United Church of Christ

Antiwar Rally & March to Protest the Continuing Occupation of Iraq!

Rally Marks the 8th Anniversary of the Illegal Invasion of Iraq in 2003 by the United States, Great Britain and a Coalition of the Killing.
Day/Date: Saturday, March 19th, 2011.

12:30 PM - Music

1:00 PM - Rally

1:30 PM - March

Place: Pioneer Courthouse Square, SW Broadway & Yamhill, Downtown Portland.

Slogans

Eight Years in Iraq - Nine Years in Afghanistan: How's the War Economy Working for You?

End The Wars And Occupations! Bring The Troops Home Now!
Fund Jobs, Healthcare, Human Needs, Not The War Machine!
Stand For Civil Rights At Home And Abroad!
Take Action!

Cosponsors & Endorsers

Time To Break The Spell

The Sunday afternoon "peace rally" and march scheduled this year is on track to accomplish exactly the same goals as all the previous rallies and marches protesting the violence the United States has perpetrated on the Iraqis, Afghanis and Pakistanis over the past decade or so: zilch. Mission not accomplished. The killing continues. The torture never stops. And Portland's "peace rally progressives" fail to recognize the futility of their feeble attempts to stop a monstrous death machine hell-bent on destroying anything that lives.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, people are waking up and making dramatic changes. In recent weeks, the Egyptian and Tunisian people have successfully toppled the brutal dictators who once oppressed them. Tyrannical thugs our government propped up for decades joined other deposed despots flung onto history's dung heap after their former subjects decided they'd had enough. And right now it looks like the people of that region are just getting started!

What's the response from "peace rally Portlandians" thus far? The kind of response you'd expect from folks who utterly fail to recognize that people half a world away just showed the entire planet what real change looks like. Another rally is scheduled for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Another set of empty, flaccid slogans are proffered. The usual suspects of "cosponsors and endorsers" are rounded up. And the same old annual farce proceeds once again.

(Don't worry - more to come.)

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+<blockquote>"I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values."
+: - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Beyond Vietnam -- A Time to Break Silence" (Delivered 4 April 1967, Riverside Church, New York City)</blockquote>
 <blockquote>"Jesus took the biblical command to love your neighbor and extended it to loving your enemy too."
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 === Cosponsors & Endorsers ===
 [[Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group]] | [[Veterans for Peace - Chapter 72]] | [[Iraq Veterans Against the War - Oregon Chapter]] | [[War Resisters League of Portland]] | [[Portland Peaceful Response Coalition]] | [[Portland Jobs with Justice]] | [[Portland Labor for Peace and Justice]] | [[Metanoia Peace Community]] | [[Jewish Voice for Peace]] | [[Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild]] | [[Military Families Speak Out - Oregon]] | [[East Timor Action Network / Portland]] | [[the No War Drum Corps]] | [[pdxjustice Media Productions (media cosponsor)]] | [[Portland Area Rethinking Schools]] | [[KBOO|KBOO 90.7 FM Community Radio (KBOO.fm - media cosponsor)]] | [[Economic Justice Action Group of the First Unitarian Church]] | [[Freedom Socialist Party]] | [[Northwest Veterans for Peace]] | [[Little Light of Mine Friends Worship Group]] | [[Women in Black]] | [[Sisters of the Road Café]] | [[Living Earth]] | [[Augustana Lutheran Church]] | [[People's Activist Cafe]] | [[Flying Focus Video Collective (media endorser)]] | [[Shelly's Garden]] | [[No War Drum Corps]] | [[Physicians for Social Responsibility]] | [[Alliance for Democracy - Portland Chapter]] | and others ...
+== Time To Break The Spell ==
+The Sunday afternoon "peace rally" and march scheduled this year is on track to accomplish exactly the same goals as all the previous rallies and marches protesting the violence the United States has perpetrated on the Iraqis, Afghanis and Pakistanis over the past decade or so: zilch. Mission ''not'' accomplished. The killing continues. The torture never stops. And Portland's "peace rally progressives" fail to recognize the futility of their feeble attempts to stop a monstrous death machine hell-bent on destroying anything that lives.
+Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, people are waking up and making dramatic changes. In recent weeks, the Egyptian and Tunisian people have successfully toppled the brutal dictators who once oppressed them. Tyrannical thugs our government propped up for decades joined other deposed despots flung onto history's dung heap after their former subjects decided they'd had enough. And right now it looks like the people of that region are just getting started!
+What's the response from "peace rally Portlandians" thus far? The kind of response you'd expect from folks who utterly fail to recognize that people half a world away just showed the entire planet what ''real'' change looks like. Another rally is scheduled for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Another set of empty, flaccid slogans are proffered. The usual suspects of "cosponsors and endorsers" are rounded up. And the same old annual farce proceeds once again.
+(Don't worry - more to come.)