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Today marks the five year anniversary of the war on Iraq. Protests have been staged all over DC and have been shutting down streets around my office all day. Check out their intense protest schedule:

7:30am - Opening Circle & Press Briefing at McPherson Square
8am - War Resisters League action at the IRS - 1111 Constitution Ave
8am - Separate Oil from State action at the American Petroleum Institute, 13th & L St NW
8am - Student Peace Action Network and Peace Action Give War Profiteers the Day Off.
9am - Veterans March for Peace begins on the Mall at 7th St
9:30am - March of the Dead begins at the Women's Memorial at Arlington Cemetery
10:15am - Veterans ceremony with Buffy Saint-Marie in front of the American Indian Museum
11am - Public Gathering & Press Briefing at McPherson Square
12noon - Funk the War: Student Power Dance Party Against Empire, meet at Franklin Park, 14th & K NW
12:30pm - Die In at CAT, 1445 K St, with the Coalition for Justice and Accountability
1pm - War Profiteer of the Year Roving Award Ceremony
1:30pm - Anti-Torture demonstration with World Can't Wait at Lafayette Park
2pm - Public Gathering & Press Briefing at McPherson Square
3pm - CODEPINK action at the NSA - 725 17th Street NW between Pennsylvania and New York
5pm - meet at the Reflecting Pool on the west side of the Capitol, march to the Democratic National Committee Headquarters - bring pots & pans, drums, noisemakers, signs, banners

Had I not had meetings all day I might have liked to participate. I snagged this photo at the recruiting office right across from my building.