Rage Against The War Machine - Anti-War Rally In D.C. (19 February 2023)

[Working Poor]

A coalition of the Libertarian Party, The People's party, The Mises Caucus and others are planning a anti-war protest.

Join us at the Lincoln Memorial at 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 19th, on the anniversary of the Ukraine War and President's Day Weekend, to Rage Against the War Machine! Veterans, speakers, rock musicians, comedians, and more. After the rally, we'll march to the White House and deliver our demands to Warmonger-in-Chief Joe Biden. Join us at the Lincoln Memorial at 12:30 pm on Sunday, February 19th, on the anniversary of the Ukraine War and President's Day Weekend, to Rage Against the War Machine! Veterans, speakers, rock musicians, comedians, and more. After the rally, we'll march to the White House and deliver our demands to Warmonger-in-Chief Joe Biden.


OUR DEMANDS

Not One More Penny for War in Ukraine
Negotiate Peace
Stop the War Inflation
Disband NATO
Global Nuclear De-Escalation

Slash the Pentagon Budget
Abolish the CIA and Military-Industrial Deep State
Abolish War and Empire
Restore Civil Liberties
Free Julian Assange
https://rageagainstwar.com/#Coalition

 

[CaptUSA]

A coalition of the Libertarian Party, The People's party, The Mises Caucus and others are planning a anti-war protest.

Scott Horton and Jimmy Dore have already been confirmed speakers. Let's hope this gains some traction. This could potentially be the last straw to demolish the left/right split and turn it into a us/them split.

 

[Working Poor]

Scott Horton and Jimmy Dore have already been confirmed speakers. Let's hope this gains some traction. This could potentially be the last straw to demolish the left/right split and turn it into a us/them split.

I think it could gain some traction.

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/LPMisesCaucus/status/1622439761683021826

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/gaughen/status/1622253399486906368

 

[Marenco]

Rage Against The War Machine - Anti-War Rally In D.C. On February 19

Ron Paul will be one of the speakers:

 

[CaptUSA]

This is a great "White Pill". I needed that right now.

That speaker list keeps growing! Very impressive since the last time I checked.
Speakers:
Jimmy Dore
Ron Paul
Tulsi Gabbard
Dennis Kucinich
Scott Horton
Ann Wright
Chris Hedges
David Swanson
Daniel McAdams
Garland Nixon
Max Blumenthal
Anya Parampil
Supreme
Jill Stein
Tara Reade
Diane Sare
Scott Ritter
Kim Iversen
Jackson Hinkle
Craig Jardula
Wyatt Reed

Updated to include:
Roger Waters
Tatiana Moroz
Jordan Page
Cynthia McKinney
Gerald Celente
Dan McKnight
Dan Cohen

 

[Occam's Banana]

Scott Ritter

Unfortunately, some nasty drama has erupted over that guy.

https://twitter.com/LPMisesCaucus/status/1623051068136427523

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https://twitter.com/RealSpikeCohen/status/1623169555181838336

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On the other hand, Daniel McAdams (among others) is vehemently defending Ritter and is opposed to excluding him.

https://twitter.com/DanielLMcAdams/status/1622083864410685440

And then there are people both inside and outside the anti-war movement who are condemning some of the speakers for being insufficiently critical of Russia (because of course there are). Apparently, it's just not enough simply to be opposed to U.S. involvement - one must also have all the "correct" opinions about Russia as well.

That's in addition to all the regime hacks and/or holier-than-thou virtue signalers who are denouncing the rally for presenting speakers who are "holocaust deniers", "pro-Assad lobbyists", or "anti-trans" (for just a few of a wide variety of such accusations).

 

[devil21]

Watch out for Tulsi. CFR member who scrubbed her membership when it was politically expedient.

And if "Supreme" means Vermin Supreme, for the love of all holy, make sure he doesn't do his boot schtick and actually speaks as he is capable of without the gimmicks. He's a gifted orator when he's not looking like a fuckin' loon.

 

[vita3]

Right & Left coming together for anti-war equals HOPE.

 

[CaptUSA]

Unfortunately, some nasty drama has erupted over that guy.

Oh, FFS. Don't ruin my white pill - lol.

I'm with McAdams on this. The correct response would have been, "yeah, some people are gonna have issues with certain speakers. So, if that's you, don't listen to that speaker. We're not here to coalesce behind anyone or anything except the opposition to this horrendous war escalation." LP MC could have stopped at tweet 3 and left it there. And Spike?? Seriously, the "there's no room in this movement for..." line is virtue-signaling at its finest.

Remember who the target is here. Gotta stop with the circular firing squad.

 

[acptulsa]

Oh, FFS. Don't ruin my white pill - lol.

I'm with McAdams on this. The correct response would have been, "yeah, some people are gonna have issues with certain speakers. So, if that's you, don't listen to that speaker. We're not here to coalesce behind anyone or anything except the opposition to this horrendous war escalation." LP MC could have stopped at tweet 3 and left it there. And Spike?? Seriously, the "there's no room in this movement for..." line is virtue-signaling at its finest.

Remember who the target is here. Gotta stop with the circular firing squad.

Nice to have you back.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Scott Ritter: The Best Speech I Never Gave: Scott Ritter pulls out of the Feb. 19 anti-war rally

Oh, FFS. Don't ruin my white pill - lol.

Hey, man, don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger!

I'm with McAdams on this. The correct response would have been, "yeah, some people are gonna have issues with certain speakers. So, if that's you, don't listen to that speaker. We're not here to coalesce behind anyone or anything except the opposition to this horrendous war escalation." LP MC could have stopped at tweet 3 and left it there. And Spike?? Seriously, the "there's no room in this movement for..." line is virtue-signaling at its finest.

Remember who the target is here. Gotta stop with the circular firing squad.

Circular firing squad, indeed - apparently, it's now McAdams' turn to be the virtue-signaling drama queen ... *sigh*

(And for the record, I don't have a side in this. I just wish mom and dad would stop fighting.)

https://twitter.com/DanielLMcAdams/status/1623908462047674368

 

[CaptUSA]

Circular firing squad, indeed - apparently, it's now McAdams' turn to be the virtue-signaling drama queen ... *sigh*

Man, and this is what happens. Always.

Somehow, for a very short moment, Ron Paul was able to cut through that. I really hoped the MC could try to "unite the clans" so to speak. This rally was the perfect chance to do that. But they F'd up. And are paying the price. The butthurt is too strong with libertarians. Let's hope they can somehow see the error of what happened here and can pull up on the yolk on this nosedive. Hell, you don't even need to unite the clans, you just need them to stop fighting themselves. That goes for the MC, Spike, McAdams, and anyone else that gets caught up in the drama.

We have bigger enemies.

 

[Occam's Banana]

The butthurt is too strong with libertarians. Let's hope they can somehow see the error of what happened here and can pull up on the yolk on this nosedive.

Less than 10 minutes ago:

https://twitter.com/DanielLMcAdams/status/1624123219157319700

 

[CaptUSA]

Less than 10 minutes ago:

I feel like you're trying to white pill me again.

Good on McAdams! I don't Twitter, but it seems like it fosters over-the-top reactions and bad initial takes. Hopefully, the MC makes a similar mea culpa.

 

[vita3]

McAdams full on denied that covid was real for well over a year.

He stated that dangerous & false position over & over

Haven't heard an apology

Dude should have a fork in him after that

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Subversion of the Anti-War Movement
The biggest anti-war event of the past decade is targeted by the establishment and its cohorts.

On February 19th in Washington DC, the Rage Against the War Machine Rally, organized by the Libertarian Mises Caucus and other peace groups, promises to be the biggest anti-war rally in America since the outbreak of the Second Iraq War. The rally has a mix of speakers from across the political spectrum, a coalition of some of the brightest and loudest anti-war speakers in our generation.

Naturally, the proponents and benefactors of the war machine will do anything to stop it.

The event got pushback as soon as it was announced, with claims of it being a pro-war, Putin apologist rally. The Twitter handles associated with the event got bombarded with demands that this-or-that speaker get pulled from the event. Screenshots of tweets from various speakers were passed around as evidence that it’s not really an anti-war rally. After all, if you are against the endless stream of weapons and aid to Ukraine, then that must mean you are enabling the aggressor in their invasion.

To be clear, the event includes people with a pro-Russian tilt, as well as a neutral and pro-Ukrainian tilt. In the complex web of geopolitical events spanning decades, there is bound to be a wide range of perspectives on the origins and nature of the conflicts. There are also going to be incendiary comments coming from controversial speakers that can be cherry picked and used in an unfavorable light. But the event is bigger than that. What unites people at this time exceeds the dogmatic confines of any one speaker or ideology— it is the common cause of world peace.

The critics of the event have overlooked this, willingly or unintentionally, to put pressure on the Libertarian Mises Caucus to cancel certain speakers and break up the event from within. One speaker, Scott Ritter, a former Chief UN weapons inspector, uniquely qualified to speak on the issue of nuclear disarmament, had been invited and uninvited twice before backing out of the event. The backlash comes from some of his comments about the inevitable Ukrainian defeat in this current situation, and his recent charges of unlawful contact with a minor.

The charges come not from children being harmed, but from a fantasy role play in an over-18 online chatroom. Lead Jeffery Epstein researcher Ryan Dawson said on the case: “Pedos 99% of the time have CP on their computer and fit a particular profile. Scott Ritter didn't. It was simple entrapment and also entirely online in role play [with] only adults. That's not a predator. That's a setup.”

The entrapment started when Scott Ritter was one of the loudest voices against the Iraq war before the invasion in 2003. He correctly claimed that Saddam did not have weapons of mass destruction. But any good-faith interpretation would not suffice for critics, and the rally came under fire from constant attacks and smears for having such a speaker. The LP and the other organizations in the event caved to pressure from the mob. They released a statement trying to clear up the bad PR from his invitation. Scott Ritter published his speech that he would’ve given on his Substack. It is one of the best speeches I’ve ever read.

Optically, cancelling Ritter is understandable. Event organizers were put in the difficult position of having to choose between eliminating targets on their back or keeping the speakers they had already booked. The mob is unrelenting—they prey on any weakness and infighting, and will not stop until they destroy your event. Bickering among supporters and detractors over the fiasco almost threatened to tear the whole thing apart, also wedging a gap between those hoping to appeal to a wider audiences and those not willing to compromise values. Of course, it’s that very quality of remaining steadfast on core values that gave the many of the speakers and organizations behind this event their appeal in the first place.

The event is subject to big tech censorship as well. Let’s look at the Google algorithms. When you look up the event, the first Google search result is a hit piece. The Black Agenda Report piece titled “Why the Rage Against The War Machine Rally Is #antiwarsowhite”:
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More: https://openbookreport.substack.com/p/subversion-of-the-anti-war-movement

 

[CaptUSA]

I see they added Roger Waters to the speakers list.... Cool.

Updating the list.

 

[tod evans]

Rage against war machine Ron Paul this weekend

https://rageagainstwar.com/#Speakers