The ANSWER Coalition is part of the call to action to organize nationwide demonstrations to demand an end to the U.S. war on Afghanistan on its 16th anniversary. Join a protest in your area!
The ANSWER Coalition demands that the United States immediately withdraw all of its troops and contractors from Afghanistan.
In Chicago the anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan was marked by a protest called by ANSWER Chicago and co-sponsored by the Gay Liberation Network, CodePINK Chicago, and Black Lives Matter Women of Faith.
Trillions of dollars spent on wars of aggression over the last fifteen years has robbed communities of color and poor and working people of the money needed for jobs and education while destroying the Middle East and leading the world closer to a military confrontation between major powers.
Taking a break from his Christmas vacation in Hawaii, President Obama gave a speech at a Marine base claiming that “Next week, we will be ending our combat mission in Afghanistan.” This is not true.
On the 11th anniversary of the criminal war on Afghanistan, people across the country took to the streets to denounce U.S. imperialism and the war machine.
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· October 07, 2010 8:00 PM
On Oct. 6, March Forward! veterans led a dramatic shut-down of a military recruiting station to mark the ninth anniversary of the war on Afghanistan.