Anti-War Protesters Plan To Imprison Recruiters
Organize Pittsburgh:
March 19 War Anniversary Protest
Evict the military recruitment station, cage the recruiters!
When: Wednesday, March 19
Rally: 6:00pm
March: Departs at 6:30pm for the Military Recruiting Station
Where: Meet at the dinosaur sculpture in front of Carnegie Library (4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
This March 19 hundreds of cities across the U.S. will hold events to mark the anniversary of the war in Iraq and remember the tragic toll the world has and continues to pay; nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed, 30,000 wounded, at least 100,000 Iraqis killed, four million displaced, and nearly a trillion dollars squandered.
While there will be events in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere, members of Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) feel it is important that there be a local event connected to our community’s long-standing, successful efforts to use education and action to oppose the war and undermine the militarism that leads to perpetual war(s).
On Wednesday, March 19, POG will be holding a torch-lit march to a modern day castle of abominations—our local military recruiting station. If the station remains open, we intend to evict it and everything inside of it, occupy the location, and transform it into something useful for the community. We’ll also be bringing a movable cage in which to confine military recruiters until they no longer pose a danger to our friends and neighbors. Of course, the station may be closed and recruiters may flee or hide behind the police apparatus that enables the war to continue. That is often the case, and we’ve seen in the past the overwhelming resources the state directs against these anniversary events because of their importance as a symbol of dissent. We believe in acting effectively, in confronting the war, at times and places of our choosing. When the state brings the resources necessary to suppress direct action against the war, it makes sense to hold a symbolic protest, and we still consider that a success, as it exposes the reality that it is ultimately on the local level that our countries war policy will be decided.
The truth is, the anniversary of the war—much like symbolic casualty milestones—is not significant in and of itself. Just as each death is equally lamentable, so too is each day that we continue to engage in a brutal occupation, that we marginalize and repress progressive non-sectarian organizations, that we crack down on independent Iraqi trade unions, that we arm multiple “sides” of a conflict, that we work to maintain the economic advantage of U.S. corporations, that innocent Iraqis die, that the powerful operate with impunity. In short, each day we sacrifice more lives and resources in an endless, self-serving war, a cycle of violence and retribution.
But the anniversary has meaning for those who have suffered, for those who remember. And while the President will use the day to claim a new victory with new benchmarks on the horizon, we have an opportunity to present the people’s story, a counter-narrative. When the body count of American deaths decreases, regardless of how many Iraqis die in our place, the media attention lessens and the politicians move on. But our responsibility to work for peace and justice remains.
It is our sincere hope that you will join us on March 19 if only to stand with others of similar good faith to show that there is dissent at home, and there is a common humanity that binds the people of the United States and Iraq—the desire to create and sustain a new world based on mutual understanding and solidarity.
For peace with justice,
In solidarity,
Pittsburgh Organizing Group
www.organizepittsburgh.org
pog@mutualaid.org
POG c/o TMC
5125 Penn Ave.
Pittsburgh PA 15224
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you have got to be kidding me…
March 12th, 2008 at 8:23 amD*** Sh*t C*ck!!! Here I am in P-burgh and I can’t do a damn thing about it cuz I have class at….you guessed it…6pm. Now I’m mad. At very least I’d go down and photograph this absurdity for police….heeeey…..didn’t they always say Pittsburgh police were brutally anti-union….well maybe they’ll also be heavily anti-protester. This should be interesting. There better be a followup to this story tomorrow!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:26 amLOL- yeah right. They won’t do it, they are all talk and little action. They’ll march, but not one of them will have the balls to even TRY and lay a hand on a marine.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:26 amlets play a game, it’s called “let’s see whos better at hand-to-hand combat” the military? or the wussy anti-war liberals!!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:26 amwhy are these stupid pussies so concerned? they’re not involved in it or sacrificing a damn thing.
Its also funny that they believe this will actually work. they believe that no one will show up in defense of these recruiters? they are wrong about that. And the people who will show up arent scared of a bunch of dirty ass hippies. If anyone sees this happening, myself included should see it as skull cracking time!
March 12th, 2008 at 8:29 amSphincters.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:32 amDid anybody catch “The Daily Show” the other night? Rob Riggle was interviewing those Code Pink idiots at Berkley. He just let them talk, making themselves look like complete retards. Way to go Rob.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=163653&title=marines-in-berkley
March 12th, 2008 at 8:43 amGod I hope they try.. Watching them get their ass kicked will definitely end up on my top ten video’s of all time.
March 12th, 2008 at 8:53 amProtesting the government is one thing, protesting a recruiting station is another. These idiots can’t see past the hair in their faces. What do they think would happen without a military? What a bunch of dorks. They need to go watch Ken Burns The War if they can put the doobie down long enough.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:03 amIslamist Forum Posts Instructions for ‘Media Jihad’
Hat Tip - Little Green Footballs
5. Stay away from demonstrations… Know that demonstrations are held for one purpose only: in order to give citizens the feeling that they have done something significant, WHEN [IN FACT] THEY HAVEN’T.
I guess jihadists don’t consider making a fool of yourself “signigicant.”
March 12th, 2008 at 9:15 am“We’ll also be bringing a movable cage in which to confine military recruiters until they no longer pose a danger to our friends and neighbors. Of course, the station may be closed and recruiters may flee or hide behind the police apparatus that enables the war to continue.”
March 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am__________________________________________________________
I sincerely hope they try this…………and I doubt the Marines will “flee”
that daily show bit is hillarious.
seriously, who do these jackasses think they are…to think they can “Cage” marines.
March 12th, 2008 at 9:18 amhmmm…. i do have spring break next week, and you know what its nice to be out of 4 years active duty going to college knowing i did something with my life that makes a difference, i think i’ll drive down to p-burgh and explain to those jerk offs the benefits of serving others and liberating them from evil empires like the extremist islamic insurgents hold in the middle east, as well as show them a little bit of the comradery we marines hold true to and bring a few friends
March 12th, 2008 at 9:22 amMarines The ones happy to show fools the error of their ways
This is the kind of Mob Rule the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. I hope the police crack some hippie skulls open, a la Chicago ‘68.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:04 amIt’d be nice of the Marines could ‘Semper Fu’ these assholes too, but being the honorable men & women they are, they won’t.
I love it. Gonna show up at 6:30, when most recruiting offices are closed. Phucking idiots.
March 12th, 2008 at 10:31 amThe Daily Show bit is fucking awesome
I think every recruiting station needs to post a sign that says “There isnt a draft, go home Hippie”
March 12th, 2008 at 10:41 am______________”A Time for Everything ____________
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”
It seems like now is;
a time to kick-ass bigtime, if your in the activity zone…
March 12th, 2008 at 11:00 amput …”FEAR”… in their brainless skulls……..!
Yeah, HOW late are recruiting stations open? I don’t remember mine being open that late.
There will probably be no one there because it is after hours, and then the prostaters will claim “victory” as if they frightened the recruiters off…
Yep, whatever you people need to tell yourselves to sleep at night…
March 12th, 2008 at 11:11 am“tragic toll the world has and continues to pay; nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed, 30,000 wounded, at least 100,000 Iraqis killed,”
Nice play asshat. Lure an impressionable youngun into an asskickin’ zone based on the old liberal lies. How about you, the cadre of anarchy reveal yourselves to prove how willing to sacrifice for “The Cause” you are.
Show yourself yellow corksucker!
March 12th, 2008 at 11:39 amI’m surprised they didn’t deliberately inflate the Iraqi deaths…
March 12th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
at the daily show. To the protestors-i’d like to see them try to cage a US Marine-we’ll see who gets caged 
March 12th, 2008 at 12:51 pmSo these knuckleheads, of which I’m sure there will be tens, are telegraphing the fact that they will show up at a specific place to do specific illegal acts (but only if the office is open) at a specific time when they KNOW no one will be in the office. Such courage!
Anarchists: all talk, no action. Fucking putzes. No wonder they can’t affect “change” to save their lives and do nothing more than clutter up the local jail after one of these “demonstrations.”
March 12th, 2008 at 1:39 pmToo bad all of us who would beat the shit out of them are all working…
March 12th, 2008 at 2:51 pmNever gonna happen.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:17 pmTHIS is exactly why liberals could never fight a battle or win a war …
They just laid out their P-Day Plans for everyone to see and prepare for …
What a bunch of fucking idiots. These ones aren’t even “useful” …
I really think military recruiting offices need to be designated “Fully-Loaded Zones” … Post signs:
“Any agressive action taken by outsiders on this facility or it’s inhabitants and employees will be viewed as an attack against the United States of America, and will be met with full-bore opposition and the violators terminated with extreme prejudice.”
March 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm“This March 19 hundreds of cities across the U.S. will hold events to mark the anniversary of the war in Iraq and remember the tragic toll the world has and continues to pay; nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed, 30,000 wounded, at least 100,000 Iraqis killed, four million displaced, and nearly a trillion dollars squandered. ”
doesnt IVAW say 1 million iraqis have been killed. quite a different number wouldnt you say?
March 12th, 2008 at 6:10 pmthat daily show report was hysterical.
not bad for a liberal comedy show 
March 12th, 2008 at 6:50 pmI was reading this and started to feel like I was in the twilight zone. What the hell.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:00 amWe have some real lunatics in this society.