Editing Rage Against the War Machine (section)

== Rally ==

=== Preparation ===
On the morning of February 19, 2023, the Rage Against the War Machine organizers began setting up platforms, microphones, and cameras for the speakers at the rally to use at the start of the event at 12:30 PM.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RageAgainstWar_/status/1627318309241733123?s=20 Just getting started at the Lincoln Memorial #RageAgainstWar]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/RageAgainstWar_/status/1627333290079256576?s=20 Check 1…2…3 #RageAgainstWar]</ref> At 12:000 PM, 30 minutes before the rally, [[Scott Ritter]] gave a speech streamed on [[YouTube]] and [[Twitter]] that was originally intended to be delivered at the event itself.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_dMAQ2viCg Scott Ritter Uncanceled: Rage Against the War Machine Speech]</ref>

=== Lincoln Memorial ===
[[File:Max Blumenthal Rage.png|thumb|[[Max Blumenthal]] at Rage Against the War Machine<ref>[https://youtu.be/C6k5t-05bxo Max Blumenthal at Rage Against the War Machine] on [[YouTube]] by [[The Grayzone]]</ref>]]
The rally speakers and protesters in attendance met at the [[Lincoln Memorial]] in Washington, D.C. At 12:30 PM, the rally officially kicked off. Nick Brana, the Chairman of the People's Party, and [[Angela McArdle]], the Chairwoman of the Libertarian Party, gave the opening remarks for the event, then passing the microphone to ''[[The Grayzone]]'' editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal to give the first speech. Blumenthal first spoke about his upbringing during the 1980s [[CIA crack epidemic]] and [[Operation Condor]] in [[Latin America]], connecting it to the [[Vietnam War]] veterans who were left betrayed by their government. He talked about [[First World War]] veterans from the [[United States Army]] who rallied against the government in opposition to [[Jim Crow]], regardless of political affiliation and race. He then talked about how [[Douglas MacArthur]] demonized the anti-war movement, and how the US government cracked down on Communists during the [[Second World War]] and the subsequent [[Cold War]]. He followed this by connecting it to the contemporary economic crisis in the United States, stating the necessity of standing together against the imperial war machine. His speech was 8 minutes long.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J5QMtiGps8& Rage Against The War Machine - Full Rally]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cZfMs6Ggc Max Blumenthal - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>
[[File:Chris Hedges Rage.png|thumb|[[Chris Hedges]] at Rage Against the War Machine]]
Following Max Blumenthal was Chris Hedges, a [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning journalist. Hedges opened by talking about [[idolatry]] and, emphasizing how those who commit idolatry must commit suicide in the name of their idols. He connected this to imperialism, explaining how empires commit suicide in the name of their idols. He followed by stating the need to denounce "the unelected, unaccountable high priests of empire" that launder endless somes of money to fund their massacres of [[Islam|Muslims]], Russians, and [[China|Chinese]] people. He emphasized that the United States had no "rational objectives" in the [[Iraq War]], the [[War in Afghanistan]], the [[Syrian Civil War]], the [[First Libyan Civil War]], the [[Somali Civil War]], and—now—the Russo-Ukrainian War. He explained how imperialism moved from "the Republican Party to the [[Democratic Party]] and then back again, mutating from Cold Warriors to [[Neoconservatism|neocons]] to [[Liberal interventionism|liberal interventionists]]." He then went on to condemn US imperialism in [[Guatemala]], [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Palestine]], [[Iraq]], [[Sudan]], [[Yemen]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], and [[Kosovo]], explaining how the imperialist actions in the country exposed the "[[Morality|moral]] bankruptcy, intellectual dishonesty, sick bloodlust, and delusional fantasies" of the [[global elite]]. His speech was 10 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3GWxRPw6I&t Chris Hedges - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>
[[File:Kim Iversen Rage.png|thumb|[[Kim Iversen]] at Rage Against the War Machine]]
Chris Hedges was followed by Kim Iversen, an independent journalist and the host of ''[[The Kim Iversen Show]]'', making her the first woman to speak at the rally as a featured speaker. Her speech was 2 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXfoMhOCdwc Kim Iversen - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>
[[File:Garland Nixon Rage.png|thumb|[[Garland Nixon]] at Rage Against the War Machine]]
After Kim Iversen was Garland Nixon, a radio talk show host, YouTube/[[Rumble]] streamer, [[Center for Political Innovation]] (CPI) member, D.C. resident, and political analyist, being the first [[African-Americans|African-American]] to speak at the rally. His speech was 4 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea5rVad7nzE Garland Nixon - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>
[[File:Dan McKnight Rage.png|thumb|[[Dan McKnight]] at Rage Against the War Machine]]
Following Garland Nixon was a brief video about [[World War III]] as a mass-extinction event, then succeeded by Dan McKnight, a veteran of the [[War on Terror]] and founding Chairman of [[Bring Our Troops Home]]. His speech was 7 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtAWhFjBVMQ Dan McKnight - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>
[[File:Diane Sare Rage.png|thumb|[[Diane Sare]] at Rage Against the War Machine]]
Dan McKnight was followed by was Diane Sare, a musician, political activist, candidate for the [[United States Senate]] from [[New York]], and [[RT]] journalist, making her the second woman to speak at the rally as a featured speaker. Her speech was 7 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htiNiL74gJs Diane Sare - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>

After Diane Sare was Tara Reade, a writer, poet, actress, former Senate aide to [[Joe Biden]], the host of ''[[The Politics of Survival]]'', producer of the ''The Kim Iversen Show'', CPI member, and political analyst, being the third woman to speak at the rally as a featured speaker. Her speech was 3 minutes long.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbLfvkyr85A Tara Reade - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>

Following Tara Reade was [[Jackson Hinkle]], a prominent MAGA Communist, independent journalist, ally of [[Infrared]], and host of ''[[The Dive with Jackson Hinkle]]''. His speech was 4 minutes long, and is considered to be the best speech at the entire rally by many of the Communists in attendance.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Yuvlxyy0E Jackson Hinkle - Rage Against The War Machine]</ref>

=== White House ===
After the initial rallying at the Lincoln Memorial and 4 hours of speeches, the crowd organized a march all the way to the [[White House]]. Beginning at 4:30 PM, the march lasted approximately 30 minutes.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsTo6hQ_Oos Rage Against The War Machine]</ref> The crowd then gathered outside the fence that protected the White House, and then continued to protest. New speakers from the Alt-Right and the [[African People's Socialist Party]] (APSP) gave remarks outside the White House, encouraging the protests to continue their movement against imperialism and the Deep State. Among the topics discussed by the protests gathered outside of the White House were [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] [[COINTELPRO]] raids, particularly those against the APSP in August 2022.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbiwrxhY8YA Rage Against The War Machine Live Coverage]</ref>

After about an hour at the White House, Nick Brana declared Rage Against the War Machine a success and the main crowd dispersed. The protest officially ended at around 6:00 PM. Smaller crowds continued to remain in D.C. throughout the rest of the day, with flags of Russia and the [[Soviet Union]] being seen around Washington in the next few hours.

=== CPI reception ===
After the rally came to its formal closure, the [[Center for Political Innovation]] (CPI) held a reception in Washington, D.C. entitled "Preventing [[Third World War|World War Three]]." The reception featured CPI founder [[Caleb Maupin]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOF24JVahoo&list=PLf7J70UQL1LMw45bM-o5EjIBBhe8_-wZq&index=1&t=60s Opening of Feb 19th Rage Against The War Machine Reception - What is CPI All About?]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnO1_ntBaUU&list=PLf7J70UQL1LMw45bM-o5EjIBBhe8_-wZq&index=4 Choosing Life or Death in Capitalist America - Caleb Maupin speaks to Feb 19th Reception]</ref> anti-[[Iraq War]] activist Scott Ritter,<ref name=":8">[https://infrawiki.us/index.php/Rage_Against_the_War_Machine?veaction=edit#Reactions Scott Ritter speaks at Feb 19th Reception After "Rage Against The War Machine"]</ref><ref name=":9">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3sj0c1audI&list=PLf7J70UQL1LMw45bM-o5EjIBBhe8_-wZq&index=3 Scott Ritter on Chinese Weather Balloon Hysteria]</ref> APSP leader [[Yejide Orunmila]],<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WSm32nHzGc&list=PLf7J70UQL1LMw45bM-o5EjIBBhe8_-wZq&index=5 FBI Repression of Black Revolutionaries - Yejide Orunmila of Uhuru Movement speaks to CPI Reception]</ref> and other prominent members of the American anti-war movement as official speakers.