On March 14, 1,000 protesters marched against the colonial occupation of Iraq as it enters its sixth year. The demonstration, organized by a coalition of over 50 antiwar and immigrant rights groups, marched through the streets of Chicago’s South Side Pilsen neighborhood.
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Residents from Pilsen’s Latino community lined the streets as the marchers filled the air with chants like, “What do we want? Amnesty! When do we want it? Now!” in both English and Spanish. The crowd carried placards demanding jobs and education, not war and occupation. The demonstration also demanded trillions of dollars in bailout money for workers instead of the greedy banks and Wall Street billionaires.
The crowd rallied at the end of the march as Stefanie Fisher from the Party for Socialism and Liberation spoke out against the United States’ racist occupation of both Iraq and Afghanistan. She also denounced U.S. support of Israel’s genocidal attacks on the people of Gaza.
The crowd cheered on as Fisher urged demonstrators to participate in the March on the Pentagon on March 21. She said, “We have more in common with the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Pakistan, Cuba and Venezuela then we will ever have with the warmongers in the Pentagon!”
Members of the Party for Socialism and Liberation led a strong multinational contingent with chants calling for an immediate end to the United States’ imperialist wars in the Middle East and for a movement to bail out the people. Thousands of leaflets were handed out for the April 25 Socialism Conference in Chicago. The responses to literature about the conference and the PSL slogan “Capitalism is Criminal! Fight for Socialism!” were very enthusiastic. To find out more about the conference click here.
