TODAY!, Many Cities Added: National Day of Action – U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!

On Saturday, January 4 CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, United AntiWar Coalition (UNAC), ANSWER Coalition, World Beyond War, Popular Resistance and Voices for Creative Nonviolence are calling on people from around the United States to organize local demonstrations to demand: NO MORE U.S. TROOPS TO IRAQ OR THE MIDDLE EAST! U.S. OUT OF IRAQ NOW! and NO WAR/NO SANCTIONS ON IRAN!

In response to the massive protests in Iraq following the latest U.S. aerial assault that killed scores of Iraqis, Donald Trump has ordered 750 more U.S. troops to the Middle East and potentially 3,000 more. This is in addition to the 5,200 U.S. troops already stationed in Iraq. Every U.S. president over the last 28 years has ordered the bombing of Iraq. The decision by Donald Trump and the Pentagon to launch new air assaults against Iraqis in the past week ignited nationwide resistance by Iraqis who want to reclaim their full sovereignty and do not want Iraq to be used in a U.S. war on Iran.

More than a million Iraqis have died during the past 28 years as a consequence of U.S. occupation, bombings and sanctions. Tens of thousands of U.S. troops have either been killed or suffered life-changing wounds. The U.S. government has spent more than $3 trillion dollars in the on-going occupation and bombing of this oil-rich country. Instead of taking the United States out of this endless war, Trump is building up U.S. forces in the region and threatening a war with Iran.

Initiators for this call include CODEPINK, Popular Resistance, Veterans For Peace, ANSWER Coalition, World Beyond War, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, and many other antiwar and peace organizations.

Rallies will take place on Saturday, January 4 in the following cities.

Go to our Global Activist Toolkit to Grab Our Posters to Bring With You

• Washington D.C.
  The White House – Washington D.C.12noon at the White House

• Alabama
  Birmingham, Alabama 5pm at Five Points South

• Arizona
  Phoenix, AZ 12noon at 24th St. and Camelback

• California
  Los Angeles, CA 1pm at Pershing Square
  Monterey, CA
  San Francisco, CA12noon at Powell and Market
  San Jose, CA 3pm at San Jose City Hall
  Santa Monica, CA2pm at Santa Monica Promande

• Colorado
  Boulder, CO 11am at Broadway and Canyon
  Denver, CO 2pm at Colorado State Capital Building

• Connecticut
  New Haven, CT3pm Sunday, January 5th at Church and Chapel St.

• Florida
  Miami, FL1pm Torch of Friendship, 301 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33032
  Gainesville, FL

• Georgia
  Atlanta, GA3pm at Little Five Points

• Illinois
  Chicago, IL 12noon at Trump Tower

• Indiana
  Fort Wayne, IN2pm at Allen County Courthouse Green

• Kansas
  Topeka, KS 11am at the Topeka Capital Building

• Maine
  Portland, Maine 12pm at Congress Square Park

• Massachusetts
  Arlington, MA11am at Broadway Plaza, Mass. Ave. and Medford St
  Northampton, MA11amin front of the Courthouse on Main St

• Minnesota
  Minneappolis, MN1pm at Mayday Plaza

• Missouri
  Kansas City, Missouri 3pm at Plaza Fountains
  St. Louis, MO 12noon at the Missouri First Congressional District Building

• New Mexico
  Albuquerque, NM2pm at Kirtland Airforce Base, San Mateo and Gibson Blvd
  Taos, NM 12noon at World Cup

• New York
  Buffalo, NY 12PM at Bidwell Parkway
  Ithaca, NY 10am at Corner of Clinton and Meadow Streets by CVS
  New York City, NY11am at Time Square

• North Carolina
  Durham, NC 11am at the corner of Gregson St and Main St
  Fayetteville, NC 2pm at Market House
  Raleigh, NC 12noon at North Carolina State Capitol

• Ohio
  Columbus, OH 12noon at North High St. & East North Broadway
  Cleveland, OH 12noon at Market Square

• Oregon
  Corvallis, OR
  Eugene, OR 1pm at Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza
  Portland, OR 5pm at Terry Shrunk Plaza

• Oklahoma
  Oklahoma City2:30-3:30 PM

• Pennsylvania
  Lancaster, PA12noon at Lancaster County Prison
  Philadelphia, PA12noon at Philadelphia City Hall
  Pittsburgh, PA 12noon at Forbes Ave
  State College, PA12noon at Allen St. Gates

• Tennessee
  Nashville, TN 12PM at the State Capitol Building

• Texas
  Austin, TX 11am at Texas State Capitol
  Dallas, TX 3pm at Dealey Plaza
  El Paso, TX12noon Friday, January 3rd at the U.S. Federal Courthouse

• Vermont
  Burlington, VT 12noon at the Federal Building

• Washington
  Seattle, WA2pm at Victor Steinbrueck Park
  Spokane, WA 12noon at Division and Wellesley
  Tacoma, WA

• Wisconsin
  Madison, WI12noon at the state capitol
  Milwaukee, WI 12noon at 27th St. and Oklahoma
  Stevens Point, WI 12noon at Courthouse Stevens Point

To have an event organized in your city emailCarley@codepink.org!