UNC Students Join Tens of Thousands in Iraq War Protest

UNC students at Iraq war protest in Washington, D.C.UNC Students join 100,000 at protest in Washington

A group of about 20 University of North Carolina students drove from Chapel Hill, NC. to Washington D.C. Saturday to join a massive protest of American involvement in Iraq. The UNC group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) has organized several protests in Chapel Hill

Most recently the group joined a MoveOn organized demonstration on Thursday, January 11, at 5:30 pm on Franklin St. across from the Post Office to protest the escalation of the Iraq war after it was announced earlier that night.

photos by Edythe McNamee, Daily Tar Heel

The group United for Peace and Justice placed the number of protesters who attended at about 100,000.

Protesters of Iraq War in WashingtonUnited for Peace and Justice placed the number of protesters who attended at about 100,000.

Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq.

Jane Fonda, in what she said was her first anti-war demonstration in 34 years, joined the throngs of marchers.

"Silence is no longer an option," Fonda said to cheers from the stage on the National Mall. The actress said she had held back from activism so as not to be a distraction for the Iraq anti-war movement, but needed to speak out now.

The rally on the Mall unfolded peacefully, although about 300 protesters tried to rush the Capitol, running up the grassy lawn to the front of the building. Police on motorcycles tried to stop them, scuffling with some and barricading entrances.

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