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[-] Boingboing@lemmy.world 41 points 11 months ago

Marched against the Iraq war. We were a million there too in London. Got the coach down from my home town to go. They went to war anyway. Industrial war machine doesnt care about people or their voice. Just the money it can make from more war.

[-] Doorbook@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It doesn't matter, it is a statement of individual humanity.

[-] boyi 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

it is a statement of individual humanity.

it matters ~~that~~ then.

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[-] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago

Um... (looks out window in DC) ... Where?

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 29 points 11 months ago

Presumably the national mall. And yesterday.

[-] Resol@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

You probably live in the DC universe instead of Washington, DC.

If I got that information wrong, there a pointing down arrow that you can press so that I'll stop making jokes in the context of serious political problems.

[-] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 3 points 11 months ago
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Quite comical, I'd add

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[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know how many people marched in London but for DC it is mentioned that "thousands" marched... And "hundreds" for Paris and Rome. Maybe London carried this thing

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/14/global-day-of-protests-draws-thousands-in-washington-and-other-cities-in-pro-palestinian-marches-00135508

E: It's the same for London, it just says "thousands".

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago

Almost one million people (combined)

Searching for the DC protest, it just mentions "thousands" which, unless London really carried this, seems like a far cry from the "almost one million".

And for London I just found similar claims of "thousands".

The claim sounds like bullshit to me...

[-] EnderMB@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

In London, at least, it varies wildly on who is reporting the statistics. The BBC will usually shill for the government, whereas you might have more luck with The Guardian for something a bit less biased - as long as you're not looking at their opinion pieces.

It's a regular battle in the UK. We've had several huge protests that have likely reached hundreds of thousands, where getting out of the area is ten times worse than getting out of Wembley Stadium, yet the BBC have reported "several thousand", or have shown images where it's a small subset of the people there.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I didn't really see any reports stating anything other than "thousands". I checked The Guardian and it's the same there. If London and DC were to reach a million or even close to it, you'd expect one or more likely both of them to be in hundreds of thousands.

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[-] iterable@sh.itjust.works 18 points 11 months ago

But Military Industrial Complex need make money...

[-] istoff@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Expect to see nothing on mainstream TV.

[-] ULS@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

The only thing that will ever stop the war machine is the death of all humanity.

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

As long as there's two people on the planet, someone is going to want someone dead

[-] lostme@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

You sure sound like a crazed gunman

[-] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

I'm not a crazed gunman dad. I'm an assassin. Well the difference be that one is a job and the other is a mental sickness!

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Alright you're both very clever, but how about we at least try to stop our elected governments from using our money to kill poor people. Things sometimes actually get better because of our actions

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

A giant number for sure.

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