Five Years of the Iraq War — Express Your Opposition!
March 19 2008 is the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which initiated the U.S.-led war that continues to rage in that country, costing hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of Iraqi lives, almost 4000 U.S. soldiers lives, many thousands more people with injuries, and over 2.8 trillion dollars.
Express your opposition to the Iraq war at any of the following events:
SF Bay Area
- Sun March 16, 5 pm. Peace Vigil, SF Unitarian Universalist Church, Franklin & Geary, San Francisco. Speakers: Sean Penn, Cindy Sheehan, Rev. Gregory Stewart, and more.
- Wed March 19, 7 am - 4 pm. Peace Vigil, outside Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office, Montgomery BART station. We will read the names of the more than 600,000 Iraqis and 4,000 Americans killed in the senseless war as we leaflet commuters during the morning. We invite everyone to join us in a nonviolent spirit as we set a solemn tone. Bring flowers. Poets and musicians are encouraged to blend their work with the reading of the names. Join us for part or all of the morning and into the afternoon. At some point during the lunch hour, numbers of us will take nonviolent direct action and invite you to join us.
- Wed March 19, noon. Peace vigil, Market and Powell St.
- Wed March 19, 5 pm. San Francisco, March and Rally, SF Civic Center. This is the big one.
- Fri March 21, 12-1 pm. Mission District vigil, corner of Mission and Virginia.
- Fri March 21, 2-4 pm. Berkeley Vigil, University & Acton St.
- Fri March 21, 6-7 pm. Bernal Heights Vigil, Cortland Ave & Andover St.
