Kremlintarianism/Rage Against the War Machine Rally

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pro-war rally pretending to be anti-war

Kremlintarian, warmonger, vatnik, tankie event on February 19, 2022.

Pro-war-symbols.jpeg

Official from the rally

  • Press Release “The US has instigated World War Three in Ukraine. NATO and the US are at war with nuclear superpower Russia. Countless thousands are being slaughtered for empire. Billions of taxpayer dollars are being torched at the altar of US hegemony, the Military Industrial Complex, and a corrupt Congress. The Doomsday Clock is closer to Midnight than ever before. Nuclear war threatens to kill nearly all life on Earth. Rage Against the War Machine will likely be the largest US anti-war protest since the Iraq War. Not one more penny for war in Ukraine!”

The actual rally

Video livestreams

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1qZaLZuNgXolN8Q_lzMBV8dwH3ATzibid

pre-rally

Speeches

Photos from the rally

Flags and banners

Rally speeches

Counter protestors

After-rally

After-rally event organized by CPI:

About the rally

Websites about the rally

Calls to boycott

Threads and articles about the rally

Vatniks opposed to the rally / controlled opposition (?)

  • Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report, “Why The Rage Against The War Machine Rally Is #AntiWarSoWhite”, February 8, 2023 ( works for RT)
    • “And look, on the surface, if one would look at the list of demands on the Rage Against The War Machine webpage - and I do take offense at their play on the name of the band Rage Against The Machine - one easily agrees with not sending one more penny to Ukraine, to slashing the Pentagon budget, to abolishing war and empire, to disbanding NATO, and to freeing Julian Assange, among others reasonable sounding demands and think, “Well this is great, I agree with all of these things, so of course I’ll support/align with them!””

Twitter hashtags

Media coverage

Podcasts

Statements from other parties

Rally organization

Statements from organizers

LP affiliates

  • Libertarian Party of Ohio [21]

Organizers and sponsors

Organizers

Gold Sponsors ($5k)

  • TNT Radio.live
  • Food Forest Abundance

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Withdrew

Speakers


Speakers having received funds from pro-Assad group

Speakers having received the Serena Shim Award ($5k cash-award) Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees (7 speakers)

Speakers with links to RT

Speakers wishing for Ukraine to surrender

Withdrew

Financing

https://givebutter.com/RageAgainstWar

https://twitter.com/TheWastingTimes/status/1627013528967159808

Related organizations and supporters

  • Green Libertarians
    • Endorsed, withdrew support, endorsed again [41]

Sister rallies

  • San Francisco Rally
    • Organizer: Cynthia Papermaster
  • Sacramento Rally
    • Organizer: California United Front
  • Austin Texas Rally
    • Organizer: Will Gullatt
  • Montpelier, Vermont Rally
    • Organizer: Olga Maria
  • Los Angeles Rally
    • Organizer: Lena Platt

Seattle

Munich, Germany

London, UK

Demands and misinformation

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List of Demands

Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine The Democrats and Republicans have armed Ukraine with tens of billions of dollars in weapons and military aid. The war has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and is pushing us toward a nuclear WW3. Stop funding the war.


Negotiate Peace The US instigated the war in Ukraine with a coup on its democratically-elected government in 2014, and then sabotaged a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in March. Pursue an immediate ceasefire and diplomacy to end the war.


Stop the War Inflation The war is accelerating inflation and increasing food, gas, and energy prices. The US blew up Russian gas pipelines to Europe, starving them of energy and deindustrializing their countries. End the war and stop increasing prices.


Disband NATO NATO expansion to Russia’s border provoked the war in Ukraine. NATO is a warmongering relic of the Cold War. Disband it like the Warsaw Pact.


Global Nuclear De-Escalation The war in Ukraine has brought us to the edge of WW3 and nuclear war with Russia. US intelligence agencies estimate a one in four chance of nuclear war, which would plunge the world into nuclear winter and kill almost all life on Earth. Adopt a no-first-strike nuclear policy. Drawdown nuclear weapons worldwide.


Slash the Pentagon Budget Half of the federal discretionary budget goes to Pentagon. The military budget is $857 billion per year, and the Pentagon just failed its fifth straight audit. The Pentagon can only account for 39 percent of its $3.5 trillion in assets. Cut the military budget in half and return those funds to the American people.


Abolish the CIA and Military-Industrial Deep State The CIA and deep state are an unelected permanent government of intelligence agencies that run our country outside of constitutional and democratic control. They surveille Americans, manipulate the media, curtail free speech, blackmail politicians, infiltrate activist organizations, torture people, overthrow governments, and assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Abolish the CIA and deep state and restore a government of, by, and for the people.


Abolish War and Empire War and empire subjugate billions of people around the world to enrich a small group of elites. In just the past two decades, the US has waged and backed wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Ukraine, and other countries. End all US wars and regime change. Stop all military aid to other countries. End drone strikes. Close all US military bases abroad. Bring all US troops home. Build a world that guarantees every person freedom from war and empire in place of the collapsing US hegemonic world order.


Restore Civil Liberties Restore the constitutional liberties taken from us in the name of war and empire, including freedom of speech, the press, and assembly. End mass surveillance, repeal the Patriot Act, and restore the right to privacy and habeas corpus.


Free Julian Assange The US is charging Julian Assange with espionage and criminalizing our right to publish information that challenges the military-industrial deep state. He is imprisoned in the UK and being extradited to the US. The CIA plotted to assassinate him for exposing US war crimes. Free Julian Assange and all political prisoners.



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