Anti-Gulf War D.C. Protests (1991)

Sat Jan 26, 1991

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On this day in 1991, between 75,000 - 250,000 placard-wielding students, veterans, farmers, and feminists marched past the White House in protest of the Gulf War initiated by President George Bush. The march stretched over a mile long, sweeping down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Chants included “Hey, Hey, Uncle Sam, we remember Vietnam” and “No blood for oil!”. Representative Rangel (D-NY) was the only member of Congress among the speakers there, saying “We have no right to have a Clint Eastwood foreign policy”.

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    33·
    1 day ago

    Yeah fuck the million and a half people that died, they definitely don’t deserve a couple hours of people’s time.

    Discugusting and vile.

    • pimento64
      11·
      16 hours ago

      In what way is any figure, real or fake (like 1.5 million), relevant to the thesis of my comment?

    • Uranium 🟩@sh.itjust.works
      42·
      1 day ago

      Not excusing anyone here, but I’m curious where you got the 1.5million dead from?

      Wikipedia seems to suggest that combined total losses from the (edit) first Gulf war and the uprising following to be about 500,000 casualties, from all sides, including civilians and combatants.

      And to put into perspective, Saddamn killed/massacred/genocided between ~155,000 and ~480,000, many of whom were killed by the use of chemical weapons during this period. Entire villages of Kurds were genocided.