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Encyclopedia > List of slogans and chants opposing the Iraq war
Anti-War

Events Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti_war is a name that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ... Peace symbol File links The following pages link to this file: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament User:ContiE Peace symbol Categories: GFDL images ...


Cairo Conference
Vietnam War Protests
Afghanistan War Protests
Iraq War Protests
delegates attending the conference The Cairo Conference (against U.S. hegemony and war on Iraq and in solidarity with Palestine) generally known simply as Cairo Anti-war Conference is an anti-war and anti-neo-liberalism conference held in Egypt. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In 2001, a number of small protests against the invasion of Afghanistan occurred in various cities and college campuses across the United States and other countries in the first days after the start of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. ... This article is about protests concerning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ...

Organizations


ANSWER Coalition
Anti-War Coalition
Campaign for Nuclear
Disarmament
Not in Our Name
Stop the War Coalition
United for Peace and
Justice
Veterans for Peace
Vietnam Veterans
Against the War

Other anti-war
organizations
ANSWER banner at the head of an April 12, 2003 anti-war march in Washington DC. A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)—also known as International ANSWER and ANSWER Coalition and sometimes written as ANSWER—is a radical protest organization established by... The Anti-war Coalition (AWC) is a South African Anti-war Coalition. ... Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo In British politics, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament has been at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom and claims to be Europes largest single-issue peace campaign. ... Not in Our Name (NION) is a United States organization founded on March 23, 2002, in order to resist the U.S. governments course in the wake of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks. ... The Stop the War Coalition (StWC) (informally just Stop the War) is a UK anti-war group set up on 21 September 2001. ... United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) is a coalition of more than 1,300 international and U.S.-based organizations opposed to what they describe as our governments policy of permanent warfare and empire-building. ... Veterans For Peace is an American organization founded in 1985. ... Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) is a tax-exempt Non-profit organization and corporation, originally created to oppose the Vietnam War. ... In order to facilitate organized opposition to war, anti-war activists have often founded anti-war organizations. ...

Media/propaganda


Books
Films
Peace symbol
Protest song
Chants and slogans
An anti-war book is a book that is perceived as having an anti-war theme. ... An anti-war film is a movie that is perceived as having an anti-war theme. ... A peace symbol is a representation or object that has come to symbolize peace. ... A protest song is a song intended to protest perceived problems in society which can include injustice, racial discrimination, war, globalization, inflation, social inequalities and so on. ...

General anti-war


Anti-imperialism
Conscientious objector
Monroe Doctrine
Pacifism
Peace churches
Peace movement
2003 Iraq War
Vietnam War
2001 Afghanistan War
War on Terrorism
Anti-imperialism, strictly speaking, is a term that may be applied to any idea or movement opposed to some form of imperialism. ... A conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, perhaps with any role in the armed forces or just with a particular war. ... U.S. President James Monroe. ... Pacifism is opposition to war. ... A peace church is a Christian group in the pacifist tradition. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Children run down a road near Trang Bang after an ARVN napalm attack on villages suspected of harboring National Liberation Front fighters in this June, 1972 photo by Huynh Cong Ut, which became a symbol of the international movement against U.S. involvement in Vietnam. ... It has been suggested that Post-September 11 anti-war movement be merged into this article or section. ... Criticisms of the War on Terrorism addresses the issues, morals and ethics surrounding the War on Terrorism. Arguments are also made against the phrase itself, calling it a misnomer. ...

Short slogans and chants opposing the Iraq War and related policies of Bush and Blair are commonly heard or seen on signs at antiwar protests. Some on this list are specific to the war in Iraq, while others have been recycled from earlier antiwar movements. It has been suggested that 2003 Invasion of Iraq be merged into this article or section. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... The Right Honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... This article is about protests concerning the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti-war is a term that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ...

Contents


Chants

Chants include:

  • "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your oil/racist war! 5, 6, 7, 8, we will not cooperate!"[1]
  • "War and occupation... will never bring liberation! That's bullshit, get off it, this war is for profit!"
  • "Bush, Blair, CIA - how many people have you killed today?"
  • "Bush, Blair, IMF - how many kids have you starved to death?"
  • "Bush... pull out... of Iraq, like your daddy shoulda."
  • "Occupation is a crime, from Iraq to Palestine!"
  • "No justice, no peace. U.S. out of the Middle East!"
  • "Out of Afghanistan, out of Iraq, out of Palestine and don't come back!"
  • "Bush says war, we say no!"
  • "Drop Bush, not bombs!"
  • "Exxon-Mobil, BP, Shell, take your war and go to hell!"
  • "Hell no, we won't go, we won't kill/die for Texaco!"
  • "President Bush, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!"
  • "The real terrorists in the world today, the Pentagon and the CIA!"[2]
  • "George Bush, what do you say? Regime change in the USA!"
  • "George Bush, we know you, your daddy was a killer too!"
  • "Good for the rich, bad for the poor, we don't want your racist war!"[3]
  • "Got money for war, can't feed the poor. Hell no, hell no!"
  • "They say warfare, we say welfare!"
  • "Hey, hey, ho, ho, this racist/oil/Bush's war has got to go!"
  • "Sexist, racist, anti-gay, military/right-wing-bigot, go away!"
  • "Blacks, Latinos, Arabs Asians and Whites! No racist war no more no more, defend our civil rights!"
  • "Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation!"
  • "Money for school/jobs, not for war!"
  • "College not combat! Relief not war!"
  • "Move Bush, get out the way!"
  • "Who let the bombs out? Bush, Blair, Sharon!"
  • "War! Uhh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!"
  • "What do we want? Peace/Troops Out! When do we want it? Now!"
  • "Si se puede, we can stop the war!"
  • "Support our troops, bring them home!"

Nonspecific

Some often-heard chants are not specifically antiwar, but relate to the right to protest and/or the power of protest. These include:

  • "Show me what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like!"
  • "This is what democracy looks like, that is what hypocrisy looks like!"
  • "Whose streets? Our streets!"
  • "The people, united, can never be defeated! La gente, unida, no se vencida!"
  • "We won't back down, we won't retreat, the world needs us in the streets!"[4]

Slogans

Other very common or otherwise notable antiwar slogans include:

  • "Troops out now!"
  • "Bring the troops home now!"
  • "No blood for oil!"
  • "Not in my name!"
  • "Bliar, Bliar!" [5][6]
  • "Regime change begins at home."
  • "Make tea, not war!"[7]
  • "Make levees, not war!"
  • "No Iraqis left me on a roof to die"[8]
  • "Who would Jesus bomb?"[9]

See Also

List of political slogans °List of political slogans. ...


External Links

List of parody chants


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