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The US War on Iraq: Chicago: One thing that has been made abundantly clear talking to people about the 20th anniversary of the Iraq war is that the rulers of this country, the war makers, and the pliant media want the people to forget their massive crimes committed against the people of Iraq. We are pleased to announce our two presenters for Monday's event: longtime Chicago anti-war activist Andy Thayer, and Behind Enemy Lines activist Arwa Awan. Both bring a wealth of knowledge of US wars of empire and a critical look at the necessity and possibility for renewed resistance. It has been one year of the war in Ukraine. This war has been a disaster of monstrous proportions: tens of thousands of lives have been lost and wasted, crucial infrastructure has been destroyed, and millions have been forced to flee their homes. Far from moving towards a just outcome or even a ceasefire, both sides of the conflict have dug in, threatening to further escalate the war, including the possibility of expanding the war and the heinous possibility of the use of nuclear weapons, an existential threat to all of life on earth. At a time when resistance to this war is urgently needed, we find instead a great deal of confusion. As part of our responsibility to foster that much-needed anti-imperialist resistance, we offer the following points for discussion. In 2003 the US unleashed a murderous and unjust war on Iraq, followed by a criminal occupation of that country. Students at the University of Chicago are confronting the complicity of their own University with the murderous Israeli apartheid regime, and the University's promotion of mouthpieces for Israeli atrocities. This week Behind Enemy Lines took to the streets to let people know that Lori Lightfoot is the candidate of the US war machine. Lightfoot had accepted more than 100,000 dollars in campaign contributions from the Crown family the so-called philanthropists who have gained their blood soaked fortune from their ownership stake in weapons contractor General Dynamics. Lightfoot has also expressed her pride in Chicago’s JROTC program, that is riddled with sexual abuse and primes Chicago children from recruitment to the US imperialist military. Lori Lightfoot: the candidate of the US war machine. Full article link in bio.