Sat. March 18 — National March on Washington: Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine!

March 18th, 2023

Awake Goy

Sat. March 18 — National March on Washington: Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine!

posted by Answer Coalition | 263pt
February 03, 2023

Protest on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq

Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine!

Peace in Ukraine – Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars!

Saturday, March 18 at 1:00 p.m.
Washington, D.C.
The White House

*IMPORTANT TRAFFIC INFORMATION*
There is a marathon and a 5k run scheduled in Downtown DC in the morning on March 18th, including road closures and parking restrictions. Most of the disruptions will be cleared by 2:00PM, but transit into the city for the demonstration will likely be affected.
For those driving from Maryland, be advised that North Capitol Street between Bryant and K streets, Harvard street between 16th and 5th Streets, and Calvert Street between 24th Street and Columbia Road are closed to traffic until 2:00PM.
For those driving from Virginia, be advised that Constitution Avenue will be closed between 15th and 23rd Streets until 2:00PM.
Full list of street closures and parking restrictions is available here.
Additionally, Parking will be restricted on certain sections of Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues. There are numerous parking garages in the immediate vicinity of Lafayette Park with acceptable rates that will be open, including:

655 15th St NW
1401 New York Ave NW
1625 I St. NW
801 17th St NW
1575 I St NW

Find transportation here

Endorse the march here

Download and print a special outreach flyer on the connection between the war and the inflation crisis
A wide range of anti-war organizations are uniting for a powerful weekend of action anchored by a demonstration outside the White House, including:

ANSWER Coalition
The People’s Forum
CODEPINK
Black Alliance for Peace
United National Anti-War Coalition
World BEYOND War
Popular Resistance
Roger Waters
Veterans for Peace
Party for Socialism and Liberation
Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Black Power Media
Green Party of the United States
Jill Stein, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate*
U.S. Labor Against Racism and War
National Council of Eritrean-Americans
Democratic Socialists of America International Committee
AFSCME Local 2401
United Students Against Sweatshops
Palestinian Youth Movement
Pivot to Peace
Arab Americans for Syria
Peace and Freedom Party
U.S. Peace Council
Black Lives Matter – Los Angeles
Black Lives Matter Grassroots
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
Alliance for Global Justice
Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility*
Potere al Popolo! Sardegna (Sardinian branch of the Italian political party Potere al Popolo!)
Pax Christi USA
Pakistan Labour Federation (PLF)
Universal African Peoples Organization
Cuba and Venezuela Solidarity Committee
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US
Malcolm X Center for Self Determination
Geneva Women’s Assembly
Eisenhower Media Network
Coop Anti-War Café Berlin
Oahu Water Protectors
Green Party of California
Haiti Liberté
International Action Center
Howard University Dissenters
Students for a Democratic Society
Haiti Action Committee
Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique
United Native Americans
Los Ronderos de las Redes
International Manifesto Group
Green Party National Women’s Caucus
Los Alamos Study Group
Rising Together
People’s Tribune
Tony Ndege
Hawaii Peace and Justice
PeaceWorks
Foreign Policy Team, Progressive Democrats of America
California Interfaith Power and Light
East Bay Democratic Socialists of America
Task Force on the Americas
Hunter Peace Group
Jim Lafferty, National Lawyers Guild, LA Chapter*
Women Against Military Madness
Struggle-La Lucha
Peace Praxis – Shenandoah Valley Antiwar Coalition
Nevada Green Party
Mobilization Against War and Occupation (Canada)
Green Party of Michigan
Peoples Power Assembly
CODEPINK S.F. Bay Area
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Stop the War Machine – New Mexico
Workers World Party
Socialist Action
End the Wars & Occupations Team of Progressive Democrats of America
Bronx Green Party
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Hampton Institute
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
Socialist Party of America
Chicago Anti-War Coalition
Claudia Jones School for Political Education
National Immigrant Solidarity Network
Ellie Ommani, American Iranian Friendship Committee*
China-US Solidarity Network
Dissenters at UVA
North American Climate Conservation and Environmental Group
Ohio Peace Council
Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran
Peoples Power Assembly
Socialist Unity Party
Green Party of Connecticut
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Social Justice Committee
Environmentalists Against War
Pacific Green Party (OR), Linn-Benton Chapter
Lauren Faith Smith Ministry for Nonviolence
Maine Cumberland County Greens
Clínica Martín-Baro San Francisco, CA
Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
San Jose Peace and Justice Center
Servicio Particular Alacran
Minnesota Peace Action Coalition
Green Renaissance-Sovereign Rights Movement
PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick
UPWARD (Uniting Peace With Actions Respect and Dignity)
Socialist Party of America
North Country Peace Group
ADDICTED TO WAR
Green Party Elders
Students for a Democratic Society at USC
WilderUtopia
Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality
Organizing Committee for a Democratic Revolutionary Left
Odessa Solidarity Campaign
Capitol Area Greens (Michigan)
Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice Canada
Hands Off Uhuru! Hands Off Africa! Defense Campaign
Uhuru Solidarity Movement
Soakoaroan Mix Youth Organization
Friends of Latin America
Workers Voice Socialist Movement (Louisiana)
Boston May Day Coalition
Antiwar.com
MN Anti-War Committee
Maine Green Independent Party
The Libertarian Institute
Bianca For San Francisco
Green Party of Utah
Dancing Redband Publications
Peace, Land, and Bread
League of Revolutionaries for a New America
Party of Communists USA (PCUSA)
American Party of Labor
San Jose Friday Peace Vigil
League of Young Communists USA (LYCUSA)
WNC4Peace
DC Young Communist League
Peace Action Network of Lancaster
People’s Network for Planet, Justice, and Peace
People’s Party of Maine
Middle of the Mitten Greens
Church Women United in New York State
Partisan Press
Peoples School for Marxist-Leninist Studies
Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace
Community Organizing Center Ohio
Peace Fresno
Green Liberty Caucus
Korean Friendship Association USA
Diaspora Pa’lante Collective
Green Party of Santa Clara County CA
Movement for People’s Democracy
Vrede Met Venezuela NL/Peace With Venezuela Netherlands
DC Statehood Green Party
Chicago ALBA Solidarity
AlgeriaRevoltup
Pacifica Peace People
Communist Party USA – Detroit Club
Green Party of New Jersey
NuclearBan.US
Midwestern Marx Institute
Northwest Ohio Peace Coalition
Planet Versus Pentagon (Oregon)
The key (Palestine)
ClassConscious.org
National Lawyers Guild International Committee
Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign/Poor People’s Army
Seattle for Assange
California United Front
Free Democratic Palestine Movement (FDPM)
Frente Unido América Latina – Berlin
Taoseños for Peaceful and Livable Futures
Phoenix Antiwar Coalition
Extinction Rebellion Peace, SF Bay Area
Orinoco Tribune
Pittsburgh Anti-Imperialist League (PAIL)
Munich-American Peace Committee
Global Strategy of Nonviolence
Four Lakes Green Party
Philadelphia Young Communist League
Porcupine Gear
PeaceDaySF
Dallas Peace and Justice Center
Nebraskans for Peace
Green Party of New York
HiCHRP
Red de Solidaridad con Palestina Costa Rica
Turkish Peace and Justice Committee (Davis, CA)
Peace Action WI
Rising Sun Media
Baltimore, MD Phil Berrigan Memorial Chapter Veterans For Peace
Interfaith Peace Working Group
Wisconsin Green Party
Mothers Against the repression Against the Lynx operation (No NATO bases in Sardinia)
No More Guantanamos, Berkeley Chapter
PEX al lado del corazón
Red Star Publishers
North Carolina Green Party
CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition
Anticapitalism for Artists
Iowa Green Party
MD2Palestine
G-REBLS
Upstate Drone Action
Associazione Città Aperta
Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition
BanKillerDrones.org
Ann Arbor Coalition Against the War
Extinction Rebellion Peace
New York Peace Council
Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
Anti-imperialist America
Hamilton Coalition Against the War
Racine Coalition for Peace & Justice
North Alabama Peace Network
Green Party of Washington State
Brainerd Area Coalition for Peace (BACP)
Chicago Area Peace Action
Ron Ridenour, Author and anti-war/pro-equality activist
Los Angeles Harm Reduction Network
NH Peace Action
Cuba Inside Out
Women Against War
CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition
Seattle Anti-War Coalition
Long Beach Area Peace Network
Seed of Love Hawaii
Church Women United in New York State
Border Peace Presence
UPWARD
Occupy Bergen County
Mississippi Green Party
Our Revolution Ocean County, NJ
National Network Opposing the Militarization of Youth
NYC Free Assange
Green Party of Allegheny County
Rehumanize International
Birthing The Future – A Nonprofit
Friends of La Aurora
Organic Consumers Association
Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition
Unite North Metro Denver
Rocky Mount Racial Justice Group (NC)
People’s Ideas
Towson University Young Democratic Socialists of America
New Paltz Women in Black
Palestinian American Council
Green Party of Pennsylvania
Our Revolution Hawaii
Brandywine Peace Community
Peace & Planet News
Traprock Center for Peace and Justice
Peace Praxis/Shenandoah Antiwar Coalition
Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition
CT Peace and Solidarity Coalition
NH Veterans for Peace
World 5.0
Esther Iverem, On the Ground: Voices of Resistance from the Nation’s Capital*
Real Progressives
Disarmisti Esigenti
War Industry Resisters Network
Michigan Peace Council
Cagliari Social Forum Contro la Nato
Centro Studi Sereno Regis
Friends of La Aurora
Birthing The Future – a nonprofit
Washtenaw Reds
Radical Elders
Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz Branch
Veterans For Peace Santa Fe, New Mexico chapter
Europe for Peace
Green Party Peace Action Committee
Baltimore Peace Action
Malu ‘Aina
June 15 Korean American Committee for Prace and Reunification of Korea
No More Battle of Okinawa: Life is a treasure
VFP Ryukyu/Okinawa Chapter Kokusai (VFP-ROCK)
Reinhabitory institute
Cultura è Libertà
Milwaukee Anti-War Committee

*For identification only
Climate Crisis & Militarism Contingent

Prutehi Litekyan/Save Ritidian (Guam)
O’ahu Water Protectors
Nodutdol
People’s Democratic Party (Korea)
Korean American Support Committee for Korean Prisoners of Conscience
No More Battle of Okinawa/Nuchi du Takara Association
Okinawa Volunteer Association for the Repeal of the Land Regulation Law
Gonowan No! PFAS Association
Okinawa Dialogue Project to Stop the War Over Taiwan
Alaska Community Action on Toxics
Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
Veterans For Peace – Climate Crisis and Militarism Project
The Empire Files
The East Asian Community Institute Ryukyu Okinawa Center

Veterans and GIs Contingent

About Face – Veterans Against the War
Eyes Left
Veterans For Peace

Associated demonstrations taking place on March 18 in other regions of the country!

Columbus, OH
2:00 p.m.
Ohio State House
Des Moines, IA
2:00 p.m.
915 Mulberry Street
More information on Facebook
Detroit, MI
12:00 p.m.
Hart Plaza
Fresno, CA
12:30-2 pm
Corner of Blackstone and Nees Aves.
Sponsor: Peace Fresno
Contact: [email protected]
Harrisburg, PA
7:00 p.m.
Capitol Steps
Candlelight vigil (bring candles if possible, but some will be provided)
Los Angeles, CA
1:00 p.m.
Rally begins at CNN Building
6430 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
Madison, WI
11:00 a.m.
Anderson Street and Wright Street
Minneapolis, MN
1:00 p.m.
Library Plaza (Hennepin & Lagoon Ave S.)
San Diego, CA
3:00 p.m.
Miramar Rd. & Clayton Dr.
San Francisco, CA
12:00 p.m.
March and Rally
24th and Mission St. BART
[email protected]
Santa Cruz, CA
12:00 p.m.
No One Wins a Nuclear War Rally and March
Town Clock
Seattle, WA
2:00 p.m.
Westlake Park
Spokane, WA
1:00 p.m.
Tom Foley Federal Building
920 W Riverside Ave

Springfield, MO

5:00-7:00 p.m.
Park Central Square

Westbrook, ME
1:30 p.m.
Stroudwater St. & William Clark Dr.
Coinciding with the 20th anniversary weekend of the criminal U.S.-invasion of Iraq a major set of actions will take place including a demonstration at the White House in Washington, D.C. on Saturday March 18 demanding “Peace in Ukraine – Say NO to Endless U.S. Wars” and “Fund People’s Needs, Not the War Machine.” Since 2003, the U.S. has engaged in sanctions (economic war) on more than 40 countries. These targets of U.S. economic warfare include the people of Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran and many other nations. Even in the wake of the worst disasters, like the recent deadly earthquake, Washington keeps its cruel sanctions in place against Syria. U.S. bases and “commands” blanket most of the world. It is a global empire.
The Biden administration is determined to escalate the Ukraine war. The real goal of the massive arming and training of Ukrainian forces has nothing to do with the interests of Ukrainian, Russian or American people. The aim instead is to “weaken Russia” as stated by the U.S. Secretary of Defense himself, even at the risk of a catastrophic nuclear war that could end life on Earth. A U.S. General commanding 50,000 troops in the Pacific also issued a letter to his sub-commanders in recent days informing them that he believes that the United States will be at war with China within two years. The danger of global war is growing! The people must act!
The demonstration will make connections between the human and financial toll of U.S. militarism at home and abroad. Key demands include:

Peace in Ukraine – Negotiations not escalation!
Abolish NATO – End U.S. militarism & sanctions on Syria, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran and many other nations
Fund people’s needs, not the war machine!
No war with China!
End U.S. aid to racist apartheid Israel!
Fight racism & bigotry at home, not other peoples!
U.S. hands off Haiti!
End AFRICOM!
End the siege on Syria!
Free all political prisoners – Mumia Abu-Jamal, Julian Assange, Leonard Peltier, and many others