On 19 March, the US “Stop These Wars” coalition, led by Veterans for Peace, sponsored a rally and protest at the White House, Washington DC, with over 1,500 people calling for an end to US war-making in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, and for the release of Wikileaks defendant Bradley Manning. 113 people, including many veterans, were arrested. On the same day, 11 military family members and veterans were arrested for civil trespass in Hollywood, California, where they staged a sit-in among hand and footprints of Hollywood legends, pressing the footprints of empty combat boots into wet cement, signing the footprints “Forgotten Dead”.
Topics: Anti-war action