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[[File:Max Blumenthal Rage.png|thumb|[[Max Blumenthal]] at Rage Against the War Machine]] | [[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> | 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]] | [[File:Chris Hedges Rage.png|thumb|[[Chris Hedges]] at Rage Against the War Machine]] | ||