PRESS RELEASE: Women's March on the Pentagon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Cindy Sheehan
Email: [email protected]
March 19, 2018 -- In direct response to ongoing military aggression and mind boggling increases in military funding that pass with bipartisan support in the United States, as well as the absence of the issue of war in the popular Women’s Marches held in 2017 and 2018, anti-war activists are calling for a Women’s March on the Pentagon, akin to the 1967 anti-war event in Washington D.C. and subsequent march on the Pentagon. The march is slated to take place on October 20th and 21st 2018, the 51st anniversary of the anti-war march that drew upwards of 50,000 people.
Anti-war voices have been marginalized by popular protest movements since Trump took office. While anti-war champions are in solidarity with most social and environmental movements, discussion of the effects of preparations for war, the consequences of war and war itself, have largely been absent from these popular movements.
The goals of the Women’s March on the Pentagon are simple. Our goals include the complete end to wars abroad, closure of foreign bases and dramatic slashing of the Pentagon budget.
On October 7th 2001, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan under the pretext of apprehending those behind the September 11th attacks. U.S. forces have remained in active occupation since, making the illegal and immoral war on terror the longest and most misdirected war in U.S. history, overseen by presidents belonging to both major political parties.
The bloated military budget is draining communities and families in the U.S. of precious blood and treasure while decimating foreign nations and peoples in the process. The U.S. government is constitutionally mandated to provide for national defence, not offense.
No woman is truly free until the United States stops spending trillions of dollars bombing millions of people while militarily occupying over 150 countries around across the globe. War affects each of us and is detrimental to our natural environment.
This movement is not a rally for any part of the bipartisan war party. Instead, this movement is a call to action against the entire blood thirsty U.S. empire.
We invite all women and allies to participate in the Women’s March on the Pentagon on October 20th and 21st 2018 by joining the march, organizing a local march or event, volunteering and amplifying our message.
We believe gun control begins at the Pentagon.
Visit MarchOnPentagon.com to find out how you can support the Women’s March on the Pentagon.
FACEBOOK EVENT: https://www.facebook.com/events/184236778838247/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/womenmarch4paz
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/womenmarch4paz/
Oh, very excited about this. Not sure how I missed it but I'll be doing a bit of digging ASAP. Thank You
I'm glad you're excited! I'm so happy to be helping out. It's like... everything I ever wanted in a movement. :)
This has been such a big gaping hole in the activism world for so long (So, so, so, so,long) A small blip about Syria, but that didn't hold out long. I keep waiting to see something rise up. Maybe this will become something worth while
I sure hope so. I'm putting as much energy as I can into it right now. I made the website and set up the ride share and volunteer and mapping system while doing that. Then wrote this press release. Going to reach out soon to all of my bigger alternative media connections to get it amplified as much as possible between now and October. I have so many ideas and am so so excited to see where this might go. I want it to be more successful than we could even imagine. heh. Just picture solidarity marches around the world.. because no one wants the U.S. war machine!
Do you see the hypocrisy in what these organisations are doing? FFS can we stop dividing people into separate groups and actually unite as one large front that helps everyone? Maybe just call it an anti-war march?
All we hear constantly in the media is about equality and inclusion. If you hold a 'women's march' then you are by definition excluding a shit load of anti-war advocates, who may ironically feel excluded. Yes, that's correct. The same way that women want to feel included, we are now advocating for women only events? It completely defeats the purpose of inclusion and equality. It's the same Orwellian doublespeak, but from the opposite end of the spectrum.
The 1967 March was not based on any gender,
race or any other dividing lines ....
This march is a response to the absence of the war issue in the recent women's marches and, while it is called a women's march, not a single person is excluded here. If you read the press release, it clearly states that we "invite all women and allies to participate in the Women’s March on the Pentagon."
Historically, women have been an extremely large part of the anti-war movement. There is a deep history in women's opposition to war.
We are in agreement about women's roles in anti-war movements and activism. It is well known, and represented as you could see in that very short clip I posted. There were women present at the 1967 march, as well as members of society from all walks of life. How does that text you posted have anything to do with my comments? You have misrepresented my criticism of the organisation and the march. First of all, the organisers would get a 10x crowd at the march, if it wasn't 'perceived' as another DNC women's march that will be hijacked by establishment mouthpieces. Why can't the organisers understand this? Or don't they want to understand it? Perception and reality are two completely different things. #WomenMarch4Peace
Your comments were critical of the fact that this march has been titled "Women's March." My response is defending the fact that it is a women's march and pointing out that this does not exclude anyone from participating. The screenshot is evidence of the immense historical significance of women in the anti-war movement. Please explain how I have misrepresented your criticism when I am responding directly to your saying that a women's march is excluding people. If I am misinterpreting your criticisms feel free to describe them differently.
The organizers are clear. This march is in direct response to both ongoing U.S. aggression and the recent misdirected, hijacked women's marches that refused to acknowledge war. "This is not, nor will it turn into, a Get Out the Vote Rally for the Democrat half of the War Party. This is a principled call to action against the entire rotten Empire."
Please, by all means, go organize your own march on the Pentagon if this one is not good enough for you.
Sorry, but you are taking my criticism right out of context. You're not interested in REAL unity, and think you are immune to criticism. What can I say about that last sentence...I think it speaks for itself.