I know some people, who would not show up to this peace rally, this anti-war rally, because of some of the speakers they had lined up on stage, Jimmy Dore, a comedian and popular podcast host said on stage. Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst-turned-peace activist who revealed that the U.S. government had been lying about its war on Vietnam, died on June 16. Thousands rally in Berlin, Paris to call for peace in Ukraine Protests in Russia opposing the invasion of Ukraine, "Nyet voynye!" [395] After three weeks of war, around 14,000 were said to have left for Turkey. " ("Stop the war with Ukraine! Thousands March in London to Demand Peace in Ukraine WebItaly Faces Mass Anti-War Protests Against Military Aid to Ukraine | Georgia Meloni | Ukraine War Anti-European Union and pro-Ukraine. Dave DeCamp 5/12/2023 To Avoid a War With China Over Taiwan, the US Needs To Back Down. [233][234], In April 2023, anti-Kremlin activists gathered at a Paris rally organised by Navalny's team and urged the European Union (EU) to ban Svetlana Maniovich, ex-wife of Timur Ivanov, from living in Europe and freeze her assets. Moreover, in 2008 and 2014, the wars were relatively short and they ended with 'our' victory. March 19, 2023. "[356], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has reported that students in some universities have been threatened with expulsion over acts of anti-war protest. In Moscow, as in Kyiv, people are struggling to find out", "What would be signs protests in Russia are making a difference? Words like "invasion" and "war" are banned in Russian media. How the Real Story of a Migrant Boat Disaster Escaped Our Attention, Third Open Letter to Rahul Gandhi, Indian National Congress Party, Business Ready Report (Bready) : Perpetuating neo liberal agenda, Lessons from past and Challenges Ahead, Ahead of Independence Day, India Should Release Several Wrongly Arrested Activists. Anti-war protesters interrupted President Biden's dinner with First Lady Jill Biden in Washington, D.C. Saturday to advocate for an end to the Ukraine-Russia war. by Eric Garris February 19, 2023. After war broke out in Europe in 1914, American women played a leading role in subsequent protests. [186], In Voronezh and Lukhovitsy, cases of arson of military enlistment offices and police departments in Krasnoyarsk and Smolensk were recorded. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day after battling a medical condition for months. Anti [172][173][174], On 24 September, anti-mobilization rallies organized by Vesna took place in many cities. [339], In July 2022, Alexey Gorinov[ru], a member of the Krasnoselsky district council in Moscow, was sentenced to seven years in prison after making anti-war comments at a council meeting in March, including stating that Russia was waging a war of aggression against Ukraine. [208], Among service personnel who have refused to conduct hostilities against Ukraine include 11 OMON fighters from Khakassia [271], about 100 OMON fighters from Omsk [272], as well as servicemen of the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment,[209] the 9th Guards, 165th and 227th Artillery Brigades, the 15th Separate Peacekeeping, 25th Guards, 38th, 64th, 74th Guards, 80th, 138th and 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigades, 5th and 71st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigades, 54th and 95th Control Brigades, 6th Regiment of NBC Protection, 51st Separate Logistics Brigade, 69th Separate Covering Brigade, 108th and 247th Guards Air Assault Regiments,[210] 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade stationed in the Crimea,[211] commanders at different ranks of the 3rd Motor Rifle Division, and the personnel of two battalion tactical groups of the 4th Guards Military Base from South Ossetia which has been deployed with the 58th Combined Arms Army. Protesters Anti-war protests break out across Russia - CNBC On the morning of March 20, 2003, school [286] The hip-hop artist Oxxxymiron cancelled upcoming shows and called for mass protest, calling the invasion "a crime and a catastrophe". ANSWER Coalition Home anti [171] More than 1,311 protesters in 38 cities had been detained by the end of the day, according to OVD-Info. July 20th, 2023. Protest Thats what supporters of Alexei Navalny are ginning up for the jailed Russian opposition leaders 47th birthday on Sunday. Anti-war protests have a long history in the U.S., with the First World War sparking the first anti-war movement which resulted in thousands of people being arrested and charged with sedition for their opposition to Americas involvement in The Great War. [274], Ukrainian-born Russian politician and diplomat Natalia Poklonskaya, who rose to prominence during Russia's annexation of Crimea, called the invasion a catastrophe, also adding "People are dying, houses and entire cities are destroyed [leaving] millions of refugees. Really? [396] Journalist Boris Grozovski published a Facebook post saying that "We are not tourists, dear citizens of Georgia. [275], On 23 May, Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev announced that he had resigned from his position in protest over the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[276] referring to the invasion as an "aggressive war",[277] saying that it was not only a crime against the Ukrainian people, but also "the most serious crime against the people of Russia, with a bold letter Z crossing out all hopes and prospects for a prosperous free society in our country". WebSay No to Nuclear War Say No to World War III. I think they themselves do not know what they are doing. "[430] Maria Silina of the Universit du Qubec Montral has stated that "the overwhelming majority of [anti-war protestors] were women, queer or trans many of whom were rarely visible as political activists in Russia due to homophobic laws against them."[185]. The protest was criticized, mostly from the left, for hosting some speakers who hold conservative views on social issues, and for being organized in part by libertarian groups. Manipur Violence and the Outrageous Assault on Women, Purity and Pollution in Patriarchal Violence against Women, Mass Murder at Sea: Greek coastguard tried to tow hundreds of migrants to Italy, capsized the vessel, Foundations and Future of INDIA Political Alliance, Planetary Inferno: Nero fiddles while Rome burns. [219] On 26 February, a petition for the impeachment of Putin was published by a Russian citizen on the Change.org website, gathering more than 200,000 signatures by the end of 27 February. We say, "STOP the weapons! Updated Feb. 21, 2023 anti-war protesters gathered at the Monument and marched to the White House with the goal of pushing back against the administrations approval of funding foreign wars. By Alexey Kovalev, a Berlin-based investigative journalist. Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva called for "this all [to end] as soon as possible, like a bad dream". "[311], On 26 February, Human Rights Watch stated that videos of the crack down it analysed showed "brutal arrests of peaceful activists by police officers" and stated that "authorities' actions to prevent people from participating in peaceful public protests and freely expressing their opinions violate fundamental rights. But they are crucial reminders of the power of an aroused flood of anti-war protest that swept American society during the U.S. war in Vietnam. She also said that Ukraine's society has "changed" in the eight years since the war in Donbas with pro-Russian separatists was ongoing and that Ukrainians "would not greet Russia with flowers". On 22 March, Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov was charged after he published information that Russian forces had shelled a maternity hospital in Mariupol;[337][338] he later fled Russia where he received Ukrainian citizenship and was sentenced to arrest in absentia after a court said his posts contained "deliberately false" information. The White House and Congress must come to their senses to avert a wider war that poses the risk of nuclear annihilation. "[382] An audio recording from a protestor arrested that weekend who managed to conceal her phone while detained and interrogated by multiple police documented 11 minutes of physical and verbal abuse, with one officer telling her that "You are the enemies of Russia. [310] On 8 March, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed concerns over "the use of repressive legislation that impedes the exercise of civil and political rights and criminalising non-violent behaviour. ACTION ALERT: Check out our activities for the Week of July 10, 2023. Ben Noble of University College London stated that: "Russian state media continues to portray a very different reality to the coverage in western media. Protest "[294] Russian billionaire and owner of the REN TV television network Alexei Mordashov spoke out against both the fighting and the economic fallout that has resulted from it. NYC protest: Emergency Antiwar Demonstration - Action Network "[312] On 3 March, it stated that the Russian government had blocked access to at least eight independent Russian media outlets, along with a number of Ukrainian media outlets, and that it was "bluntly imposing censorship combined with a false narrative that they demand everyone must parrot. Protesters held signs that read No war with Russia, Fight COVID not Russia and Money for housing, not for war.. February 19, 2023. Beginning in late 2002 and continuing after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, large-scale protests against the Iraq War were held in many cities worldwide, often coordinated to occur simultaneously around the world. Both of these parties opposed the illegal annexation of Crimea and hold moderately pro-Ukrainian positions. My two native countries are killing each other, that's not what I wanted and it's not what I want". "[445], Media related to Demonstrations and protests related to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in Russia at Wikimedia Commons. July 21, 2023 Navalny Sent to Solitary Confinement After Requested 20-Year Prison Term Anti-war protests are effectively outlawed in Russia under harsh wartime censorship laws. "[386] Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russian state-controlled news agencies RT and Rossiya Segodnya, stated that "If you are ashamed of being Russian now, don't worry, you are not Russian. [220] Some of the petition signers lost their jobs. "[425] CNN International's diplomatic editor Nic Robertson stated that "a generation here has grown up willfully ignorant of state disinformation, weaned instead on social media, so are impervious to the lies that cowed their parents," but that they were "still contained by the massive state security infrastructure that is the real muscle behind state media's messaging. She was taken to the police station, according to the Avtozak Live telegram channel. Dennis Kucinich said: We know what each of you did. [259] On 26 February, the Gorbachev Foundation stated: "In connection with Russia's military operation in Ukraine, begun on February 24, we affirm the need for an early cessation of hostilities and immediate start of peace negotiations. On March 18, a coalition of organizations held a rally in Washington, DC and other cities to oppose the US-NATO war against Russia. Hours: Usually M-F, 10am-6pm closed during COVID The speeches ended with a video message from former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters. Maria Motuznaya (an opposition activist) had criticised the justification for the removal red stripe of the flag. [124][125] Russia's interior ministry justified these arrests with "coronavirus restrictions, including on public events". putin is a lowlife and cowardly bum. Countercurrents is answerable only to our readers. A national Rage Against the War Machine rally was also held at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. [232], We, artists, curators, architects, critics, art critics, art managers representatives of culture and art of the Russian Federation express our absolute solidarity with the people of Ukraine and say a resolute "NO TO WAR!". Among many leftists who challenged my analysis of this L.P.-backed rally, I seem to recall none of them engaging with other anti-imperialist groups for nationwide [147] The Russian interior ministry reported over 3,500 detentions. [344] Lawyer Pavel Chikov said that this was the first jail term under the new law. [348], In December 2022, a Moscow court sentenced opposition politician Ilya Yashin to eight years and six months imprisonment for his statements about the circumstances of the killings in Bucha on charges of "spreading false information" about the armed forces. Egyptian-American Activist Sues Interpol, Egypt and UAE After Detention in Dubai. "[307], Memorial, the oldest human rights organization in Russia, which has been repressed against by the Russian government and forced to shut down in 2021, described the invasion as "a crime against peace and humanity" in a statement, adding that it "will remain a shameful chapter in the Russian history. They held signs saying Rage against Russian Invasion and carried Ukrainian flags. They were arrested for those actions. Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to [150] The total number of arrests reached 13,000 overall on 6 March. The Right to Dissent in the Socio-legal Context: Reimagining Citizenship, Strengthening Democracy, Why There Are Serious Concerns Regarding Amendment of Forest Conservation Law, Black money: Some plain questions to Gurumurthy and Ajith Doval. [120][121] Hundreds demonstrated in Yekaterinburg,[122] and there were also demonstrations in Chelyabinsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk and Perm, including other cities. On March 18 protesters will gather at the White House to call for an end to Joe Bidens cruel proxy war. Pussy Riot song protests against war in Ukraine and calls for Putin to be prosecuted. February 22, 2023 15:28 GMT By RFE/RL's Idel.Realities; Russians over the course of the last year, often catching up with them after they had been fined or jailed for their anti-war protests. Anti Anti Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, stated that "now is not the time to be divided. Updated February 24, 2022 at 7:16 p.m. EST | Published February 24, 2022 at 1:46 p.m. EST. [400], By early April, an estimated 100,000 Russians had fled Russia to Georgia. Now is the time to unite, to unite around our president," while acknowledging that "there are heated debates among cultural figures. The protest will call for peace negotiations in Ukraine and the end of military aid. He claimed that shortly after he was released from detention strange anti-war messages appeared on his phone, and had feared the messages were an attempt to incriminate him before he could leave the country. I think we are teetering very close to nuclear war. Thousands in Georgia Rally in Ukraines Support on Invasion Against #saynotowar". [146], On 6 March, there were protests in at least 60 cities,[147] including Vladivostok, Irkutsk and Khabarovsk. That is why I am here to say it is wrong and to ask the American people to keep putting pressure on the members of Congress to say no more weapons, but negotiate.. We will not rest until you are held accountable by Congress, by the International Criminal Court, and by the American people at the next election., Kucinich added that the U.S. governments greatest talent is to craft misinformation and disinformation to subvert the media and misuse it as an instrument to incite fear and hatred among our people, exciting partisan divisions at home through cross-politics, and stirring ancient hatreds abroad through lies, deceit, false flag operations and provocations which profane the very essence of democracy.. We are refugees. 2023 07/23/2023. WebFind transportation near you: March 18 national anti-war protest in D.C. Feb 23, 2023. Protesters The opposing sides remained friendly and peaceful during the event. Anti [437] According to researcher Mikhail Sokolov, "If you are younger than 30, live in a big city, have a higher education and do not watch television, the probability that you will not support the actions of the Russian army exceeds 80%. The recorded number of anti-war protestors arrested by day according to OVD-Info is: Russian NGO OVD-Info reported that it had confirmed at least 30 cases of protestors being beaten by police on the weekend of 56 March, as well as several cases of arrested protestors being tortured in detention, while saying that "it is likely that this number is much higher. In Italy's Genoa, several thousand protesters gather to demand an end to the war in Ukraine, on February 25, 2023. Sun 20. [148] OVD-Info reported over 5,000 arrests throughout the day. [141] A special detention center set up in Yekaterinburg ran out of room for prisoners arrested from protests. [184][185] The artist Alexandra Skochilenko was arrested for allegedly replacing supermarket labels with messages protesting the Mariupol theatre airstrike, and jailed for eight weeks pending trial under the Russian fake news laws. [187][188][189] As of beginning-June, at least 15 cases of arson directed at military recruitment centres had been recorded. However, not all protesters appreciated the flag. Former Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, who fought for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and 2008, cited abombshell reportby Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh to demand accountability from the U.S. government. of rallies and protest marches in Washington [406] The proportion of respondents who considered Russia an "aggressor" increased from 29% to 53%, while the share of those considering Russia a "peace-maker" fell by half from 25% to 12%. "[419][420], Grigory Durnovo, analyst for Russian NGO OVD-Info, told France 24 that "we have never seen such a large number of detainees per day," with protestors risking fines "from 2,000 to 300,000 rubles (from 17 to more than 2,500) and risk up to 30 days in detention." Rage Against The War Machine protests against NATO and US funding of Ukraine. [232], Lev Ponomaryov initiated a petition titled " ! ", " " " " " ", " . A man, who later fled to Armenia, reportedly stopped a car with the letter Z on its windscreen with a shovel and ordered the car's inhabitants to rip it off. [403] Thousands are said to have gone to Uzbekistan. ", ": ? A New Right-Left Coalition to Oppose the War. "[361], According to The Moscow Times, Russian authorities and pro-government figures have actively encouraged reporting other citizens, including friends and family, for "anti-Russian" activities including anti-war statements.[362]. [287] Yelena Kovalskaya resigned as director of the state-owned Meyerhold Theater Center, writing that it was "impossible to work for a murderer and receive salary from him". WATCH: Anti-War Rally at Lincoln Memorial - Consortiumnews Carrying anti-NATO placards, protesters could be heard criticizing NATO and demanding an end to sending military aid to Ukraine by holding banners such as 'Weapons support war'. [339] On 25 March, Russian journalist Izabella Yevloyeva was charged under the "fakes law" after sharing a post on social media that described the "Z" symbol as being "synonymous with aggression, death, pain and shameless manipulation". war 500 ", " : ()", " ", " | ", " ", " ", "Russian artist faces jail over peace protest using supermarket price labels", "Radical Resistance from Russia to Invasion of Ukraine: Part 2", "Protestor 'throws firebomb at Kremlin' in anti-war protest at Putin's residence", "Moscow Student Gets Two Years For Throwing Molotov Cocktail During Anti-War Rally", "Russian teacher 'shocked' as she faces jail over anti-war speech pupils taped", "Russia Holds 'Peace Defenders' Open Lesson on Ukraine Invasion", "Russia Instructs Teachers to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine", "Radical Resistance from Russia to Invasion of Ukraine: Part 4", "Demonstrant skal ha brote inn i direktesending p statleg russisk TV", "Anti-war protester interrupts Russian state TV news broadcast", "Producer who crashed Russian TV broadcast with antiwar message can't be found, lawyers say", "Russian journalist who staged TV protest over Ukraine invasion briefly detained", " . From exile, they are calling Russians to action, both inside and outside the country. 24 February 2023 will mark one year since Putins army launched its all-out attack on Ukraine. What is going on between Sweden and Iraq, and why are copies of It was powerful enough to force all sectors in the country to take notice, and ultimately helped the Vietnamese force the government to stop the war. [168] In September, singer Alla Pugacheva spoke out against the invasion, writing that Russians were dying in Ukraine for "illusory goals", and that the invasion was "turning our country into a pariah and worsening the lives of our citizens. [358], A number of anti-war activists and independent journalists in Russia have had their homes targeted with vandalism since the beginning of the invasion, including having manure and messages calling them traitors left outside their doors. : ! In Moscow the Alexander Garden was closed to block access to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, so flowers were left nearby. But today is blacker than the others. Anti-war protesters gather in front of the White House in Washington on Jan. 27. "[407], The effect of international sanctions and condemnation of the war at domestic anti-war protests has been debated. Thousands rally in Berlin, Paris to call for peace in Ukraine WebEMERGENCY ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY, March 5, 2022, 3 PM Father Duffy Square (North side of Times Square), Intersection of Broadway & Seventh Avenue, Uslysh'te golosa millionov goda Rossiya nachala voynu protiv Ukrainy. [306] Svetlana Golub, head of the Union of the Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia told The Guardian that "Wars always lead to deaths. If it wasnt one of the speakers, it would have been the weather. Other individuals who signed anti-war petitions have faced reprisals. Today people from over 200 organizations from the peace movement have rallied in Washington DC, March 18, 2023 (Social Media) Sources reported on Saturday that a peaceful demonstration is taking place in Washington DC to protest against military support for Ukraine and US militarism in general. against war Hundreds of protesters gathered in Washington, DC Sunday for the March Against the War Machine rally, with a number of prominent speakers from across the political spectrum of U.S. calling on the U.S. government to end its military support of Ukraine in favor of diplomacy, and slashing the Pentagon budget to address numerous domestic issues. [128] In Yekaterinburg, hundreds gathered, shouting 'No to war!'. ',[216] protesting the "party of war in the Russian leadership" and state media. [398][399] Bolshoi Theater ballerina Olga Smirnova left Russia to continue her career in the Netherlands in protest of the war. Protests raged all over the country. The Yabloko party published a petition demanding the withdrawal of troops from the Ukrainian-Russian border Another example, Ms Farasat says, is Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and saw 14 members of her family being murdered by a Hindu mob during the 2002 anti-Muslim Emergency Antiwar Demonstration to Stop the Endless War Subsequently, these council members have been arrested by police "due to actions aimed at discrediting the current Russian government." Anti At the moment, a lot of Russians accept Putin's 'peace operation.' right view on Twitter: "Anti-War protest outside embassy of Russia They Could Be His Undoing", "Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message", "Russia: Brutal Arrests and Torture, Ill-Treatment of Anti-War Protesters - Russian Federation", "More than 15,000 Russians have been arrested in anti-war protests", "Ukraine war: Protests in Russia's Dagestan region against new draft", "Moscow Warns Russians Against Staging Anti-War Protests", "Nicola Sturgeon praises Russians' courage as anti-war protests erupt in Moscow", "Russian celebrities risk being banned for life to slam Putin's attack on Ukraine", "Russia detains opposition activist who called for anti-war protests in Moscow", "Thousands join anti-war protests in Russia after Ukraine invasion", "In Russia, police arrest thousands participating in 'anti-war' protests, threaten with 'legal repercussions', "Ukraine: Police arrest more than 1,700 anti-war protesters in Russia as anger erupts over invasion", "Russia-Ukraine: Mapping anti-war protests around the world", "Protests in Russia resume as government seeks to quash antiwar voices", "Russia arrests hundreds of protesters as anti-war demonstrations grow", "Russian Police Detain Over 3,000 Anti-War Protesters, Human Rights Organization Says", "Russians hold anti-war rallies amid ominous threats by Putin", "Police detain more than 900 people at anti-war protests across Russia monitoring group", "Van with captions 'People, wake up! Anti "[308], On 3 March, the multinational company Lukoil, the second largest company in Russia after Gazprom, called for a ceasefire and diplomatic means to solve the conflict. 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