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~ END THE WAR IN IRAQ ~ BRING THE TROOPS HOME! ~
SEPTEMBER 24 ACTION

In Utah, thousands turned out for the march and rally on September 24, in solidarity with a national call to action

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Local Media Coverage:
SLC protesters join global call for pullout of troops from Iraq - Salt Lake Tribune front page top headline(online version)
3 are arrested at Salt Lake protest - 2,000 gather to express views, hear Rocky - Deseret News ront page, a headline, but further down (online version)
Hundreds Gather to Protest War- Channel 5 NBC
Hundreds Meet At Pioneer Park For War Protest - Channel 2 CBS

PROGRAM


September 24th Demonstration

Support the Troops – Bring Them Home Now! - US Out of Iraq

12:00 – 12:30 PM Gather at City/County Building* 451 S State St
12:15 – 12:45 PM Rich Wyman Instrumental Music
Welcome & Meet and Greet
Announcement of Iraqi Doctors Humanitarian Aid Project
12:45 Presentation of Iraq War Wall
12:50 Zoe, Brian & Shae, Spoken Word Trio
12:55 Rocky Anderson – Salt Lake City Mayor
1:05 Rev. Dan Webster – Episcopal Peace Fellowship
1:10 Julie Holzer – US Labor Against the War, AFL-CIO
1:15 MC Kaotic, Hip Hop Performance
1:25 MC Recnyz, Hip Hop Performance
1:30 Isaac Giron – Youth for Socialist Action -Student Activist
1:35 Tala Fakhouri – Utah N.O.W., Utahns for a Just Peace in the Holy Land
1:40 Gina Cornia – Utahns Against Hunger, Executive Director
1:45 Veterans and Military Families Segment
Introduction by Aaron Davis, Veterans for Peace Ch. 118 Dr. Robert Littlehale,
Veterans for Peace.Joan Maymi, Gold Star Families for Peace
2:00 Sleeper Cell 69, Musical Performance
2:15 Andy Monaco, Musical Performance
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PHOTOS:

Deanna Taylor and Tom King, Photographers
Autumn Killpack-Havey, Radical Cheerleader photographer

Andrey & Olga Filippovs,Photographers

Joanne, Photographer

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