March 20 (Page 2)
March 20, 2004 marked the one-year anniversary of the official start of the US
war on Iraq. Millions of people around the world took to the streets to register
dissent. These pages are a compilation of Pittsburgh's efforts. A mass march and
rally was organized by the Anti-War Committee of the Thomas Merton Center as
part of a weekend full of powerful and inspiring events.
Other weekend highlights included Friday's Empty Shoes and Memories, a memorial commemorating the victims of war and violence; a health and first-aid workshop hosted by Three Rivers Action Medics; a screening of "Uncovered; the Truth About the Iraqi War" sponsored by Amnesty International; a silent peace vigil; a teach-in organized by Pax Christi and the Western PA Coalition to Close the School of the Americas; a peace picnic with food provided by Food Not Bombs; a Palestine Solidarity Committee action that smashed a recreation of Israel's apartheid wall; a sit-in at Carnegie Mellon University organized by Pittsburgh Organizing Group following the permitted march; a Saturday night "War and Resistance" concert featuring music by Mike Stout, and a Sunday Pittsburgh Indymedia video screening.
For more information and a collection of local and national media coverage, visit the official M20 Pittsburgh site.
 The crowd struggles to stay dry during intermittent downpours. (Photo by Jane Ashcroft) |
 Food Not Bombs provided warm, healthy food at the Picnic for Peace. The local group collects food that is perfectly fine but would otherwise be wasted and serves hot, delicious meals twice a week in Oakland and Market Square to people that are hungry. (Photo by Jane Ashcroft) |
 (Photo by Jane Ashcroft) |
 (Photo by Nathan J, Pgh Indymedia) |
 (Photo by Mary Hart, Pgh Indymedia) |
 Members of Pittsburgh Organizing Group constructed a large model of Gladiator, one of the robotic tanks with offensive capabilities that Carnegie Mellon University is developing. (Photo by Mary Hart, Pgh Indymedia) |
 (Photo by Mary Hart, Pgh Indymedia) |
 Pittsburgh Palestine Solidarity Committee constructed an "Apartheid Wall" and then tore it down to protest Irael's occupation of Palestine. (Photo by Nathan J, Pgh Indymedia) |
 (Photo by Mary Hart, Pgh Indymedia) |
 (Photo by Mary Hart, Pgh Indymedia) |