Anti-war rally protests American influence on foreign countries and violence within the U.S.
on April 18, 2018
Andrea Turner has been singing protest songs against war for four decades. On Sunday morning, she joined the Rally against “US Wars at Home and Abroad,” organized by a coalition called Spring Action 2018.
At the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, speakers not only raised their concerns about American influence in the Philippines, Yemen or Syria, but they also denounced violence against the black community within the United States. Among the attendees was former Oakland mayor Jean Quan.
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- Ju-Hyun Park, holds a sign with the group Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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- Megan Whelan, chairperson of the organization Gabriela, a Phillipine-based women’s organization, spoke on Sunday. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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- Over 200 protesters came out to the rally against U.S. Wars at home and abroad on Sunday. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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- After the recent U.S. strike on Syria, many protesters on Sunday focused their opposition on U.S. involvement in Syria. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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- A number of organizations were present at the rally, including Code Pink. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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- A rally took place on Sunday at Oakland’s Lake Merritt Ampitheater, against U.S. wars at home and abroad. (Photo by Caron Creighton)
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It’s been like this for a long time, and the end result is always in American favor, for me the most notorious American stunt was the Iraqi war, at first they said there were weapons of mass destruction, and at the end there where none, the only thing that they wanted was the oil, Sad.