Thousands in US protest funding of Ukraine war, call for disbanding NATO
Thousands of anti-war demonstrators took to the streets in Washington on Sunday against the US government's war-mongering policies, urging the Joe Biden administration to stop supplying arms to Ukraine and disband the NATO military alliance.
According to Press TV, the biggest demonstration was held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, a symbolically significant venue for American political activists, as people participated in the 'Rage Against the War Machine' national rally.
The protesters at the rally, who held anti-war placards, called for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, an end to US funding and military aid to Kiev, and diverting the Pentagon budget to fund numerous domestic needs.
The anti-war protesters also demanded the dissolution of the NATO military alliance, blaming it for the horrors of war across the world.
Nick Brana of the “People’s Party” and Angela McArdle of the Libertarian Party, who moderated the national rally, described the event as an opportunity by the organizers and the speakers from across the political spectrum of the United States to “bring together” the “left and the right” and end the war in Ukraine.
Pacifist journalist and author Chris Hedges delivered one of the keynote speeches at the event.
The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as West Asia Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief for the paper, set the platform for the notable “left-right” speakers who would follow up in the national gathering.
Veteran US Congressman and former presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, Ron Paul was one of the speakers who spoke at the rally, stating that a “simple” way to stop the wars was to “end the Fed!” – and to not send people to war unless they vote for it.
“If you cannot print the money, you cannot collect taxes by debasing the currency and stealing the wealth from the people, unnerving the middle class and the poor because that is who really pays for this, you could not have a war,” Paul said.
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