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On April 26, the same day that the White House called an all Senate meeting to promote possible military action against North Korea, about 25 area anti-war protesters, led by Peoples Organization for Progress, the NJ Green Party and NJ Against US War on Syria and the Middle East held a protest rally to state unconditional opposition to the idea of any US military attack against the Koreas.
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On April 26, the same day that the White House called an all Senate meeting to promote possible military action against North Korea, about 25 area anti-war protesters, led by Peoples Organization for Progress, the NJ Green Party and NJ Against US War on Syria and the Middle East held a protest rally to state unconditional opposition to the idea of any US military attack against the Koreas.
The protesters held hand made and pre-printed signs stating "Peace with" and "No US Attack On Korea". They used a sound system to communicate to car drivers and passengers as well as pedestrians about the dangers of any such attack on Korea.
Through the sound system, each time vehicles queued up at a red light, Bob Witanek warned the vehicle passengers of the potential for "Hundreds of thousands of casualties North and South of the DMZ" in Korea and the potential of the conflict pushing toward full blown nuclear war with China and possibly Russia. He also highlighted the billions being spent on US war operations as New Jersey still has never fully complied with the court order to fully fund Newark schools - as well as highlighting a litany of other unmet human needs.
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One father with his toddler daughter in a stroller stopped by to join the rally and after having his picture taken with a sign saying "Give Peace a Chance" his toddler daughter indicated with her outstretched arms and her finger motions that she wanted to hold the sign. The father concurred so a the sign was given to her and when they left she clutched to the sign as they traversed down the block - taking the protest down the road.
I believe when we have events like this one where there is pedestrian traffic – we should put effort into this tactic – encouraging passers-by to agree to participate – even if just for a minute – holding a sign and allowing us to take a photo of them holding a sign. We should have a handout to give them with a #HT Hash tag that links to more information about the event. We can offer an idea of a phrase to put with the posting and contact / URL information. This will serve as a social network bullhorn to spread our message even further.
Before the rally closed, dispensing from his usual speech, Peoples Organization for Progress Chair Lawrence Hamm played "Give Peace a Chance" and "For What It's Worth" through the sound system, ending the rally that was often times offering expressions of anger about the current situation on a peaceful note. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjrIS-ZN3yE&feature=youtu.be
According to Bob Witanek, a rally organizer, one of the goals of the various organizations that have been rallying against the war moves of the current US administration is to develop throughout New Jersey the ability to respond to war escalations and threats with larger numbers on short notice. This is the third such rally during the month of April, earlier rallies in Newark and Highland Park responded to a missile attack on Syria and the use of an MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US war arsenal in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, also on April
26, the Leonia Vigil for Peace and Justice continued its persistent ongoing protest
against US war making at a vigil protest action in Teaneck.
Here are link to a
Bergen Record and Peace News blog article on a rally by Leonia Vigil for Peace
and Justice from earlier this month:
In the lead up to the
event, we first proposed the idea of an emergency response to the White House bipartisan
war meeting in a blog article and then – once Wednesday evening in Newark was
decided for the event, a second article / press release provided the details. The two articles were widely shared to about 50
area activist groups on Facebook and the combined readership of both articles
was over 1600. Though at least 4 of us sent the press release to multiple Essex County outlets we were unable to garner interest in actually covering this critical and timely protest event.
Organizations that have
been driving the efforts to respond to the growing threats of war in NJ
include:
People’s Organizationfor ProgressNJ Against US War on Syria and in the Middle East
Green Party of New Jersey
Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War
NJ Peace Action
While we are not coordinating with them yet – this is another group with activities in motion on the ground around protesting the war moves and threats of the US administration.
Leonia Vigil for Peace and Justice https://www.facebook.com/LeoniaVigil
Other organizations we hope to incorporate into the efforts to unify NJ against war include:
NJ Philippine Solidarity Committee and
Jersey City Peace Movement
(and all others interested in participating and activating against US war actions and threats)
NJ Philippine Solidarity Committee and
Jersey City Peace Movement
(and all others interested in participating and activating against US war actions and threats)
NJ Against US War on Syria and the Middle East, with approved support of Green Party of NJ is setting its sites on Bedminster where it has been reported President Trump could be spending some time this summer at his Trump National luxury golf resort.
The group has proposed
formation of a vigil committee to coordinate protests there.We are also considering a regularly scheduled - perhaps monthly - anti-war presence on the streets of Newark - stay tuned for decisions and details.
Those who want to get
more involved can call or text 908-881-5275 and on Facebook join:
As is usually the case, we some of us went out and broke bread (tacos) after . . . and discussed future anti-war organizing - if you on the line with us - and you got some time after - join us!
Otber recent actions:
April 7 response to US missile attack on Syria, Newark
Aptil 15 response to US attack on Syria, MOAB use in Afghanistan and threats against Korea, Highland Park
Dems lining up for war on Korea:
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