Hundreds March Through Manhattan For Peace
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Hundreds gathered in Manhattan on Saturday to march for world peace.
The United National Anti-War Committee organized peace rallies with dozens of speakers and demonstrators.
Protesters marched from Union Square to Foley Square, calling for an end to the wars overseas and an immediate withdrawal of U-S forces from Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We think that instead of being at war with Iraq or Afghanistan, the United States should spend its money on social programs and education programs here at home instead," said Kay Sweeney of the United National Anti-War Committee.
"A lot of what we're doing is really trying to come together across movements in support of labor organizing, in support of communities being targeted right now by U.S. wars," said Kimber Heinz of the War Resisters League.
Protestors also demanded cuts to military spending to fund programs for jobs, education, health care, housing and the environment.