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Pro-peace activists announce anti-war rally in Washington

Saturday, 18 February 2023 7:10 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 18 February 2023 7:10 PM ]

A person walks along the frozen Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with the Washington Monument and US Capitol in the background in Washington, US, January 17, 2022. (File photo by Reuters)

US antiwar activists have called for a large rally in Washington, DC, to protest against the US government's war-mongering foreign policy and other issues.

The "Rage Against The War Machine" rally is set for Sunday where protesters will call for peace talks in Ukraine and an end to US funding and military aid to Kiev forces fighting against Russia.

The rally, which has been organized by the Libertarian and People’s Parties, promises to be the largest US anti-war rally since the protests against the Iraq War in 2003. It is set to feature speakers from across the political spectrum, including former US Senator Ron Paul, former presidential nominee Tulsi Gabbard, and comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore.

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On their website, organizers have laid out the demands they intend to deliver to “warmonger-in-chief Joe Biden.” The points include “not one more penny for war in Ukraine,” the disbandment of NATO, slashing the Pentagon budget, abolishing the CIA, and freeing Julian Assange.

Speaking to FOX News host Tucker Carlson, Tara Reade – one of the speakers due to appear at the rally – argued that Americans are fed up with seeing their government spend almost $100 billion in aid to Ukraine while problems at home are being ignored. “Our infrastructure is falling apart. America is becoming a failed state,” she explained.

Reade blamed both Washington and Brussels for the years-long Ukraine crisis.

“The speakers are all gathering to ask to abolish NATO, because it’s not a peacekeeping force, it’s an aggressive force that’s been pushing up against the borders of Russia, and now we’re getting closer to the brink of WWIII,” Reade pointed out.

Russia launched its special military operation in the Russian-speaking regions of eastern Ukraine almost a year ago over the perceived threat of the ex-Soviet republic joining NATO. Since then, Ukraine's Western allies have extended all-out support to Kiev, sending the country tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons, including rocket systems, drones, armored vehicles, tanks, and communication systems to fight in the West's proxy war against Russia.

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