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Short slogans and chants opposing the Iraq War and related policies of Bush and Blair are commonly heard or seen on signs at antiwar protests. Some on this list are specific to the war in Iraq, while others have been recycled from earlier antiwar movements.

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Chants

Rhyming or rhythmic chants, written to be yelled by large groups at demonstrations, can be divided into several categories, based on the message or politics they express. Some chants simply reject the war or the Bush administration:

  • "What do we want? Peace/Troops Out/Justice! When do we want it? Now!"[#endnote_da]
  • "Support our troops, bring them home!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your racist/bloody war! 5, 6, 7, 8, we will not cooperate!"[#endnote_indy]
  • "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your oil/daddy's war! 5, 6, 7, 8, stop the violence, stop the hate!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "Occupation is a crime, George Bush should be doing time!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "Hey, hey, ho, ho, this Bush's/bloody war has got to go!"[#endnote_can]
  • "They threaten Iraq by the hour. What do we do? Fight the power!"[#endnote_swarth]
  • "US out of Iraq! Let them have their country back!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "Bush... get out... of Iraq, like your daddy shoulda!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Bush says war, we say no! War! No! War! No!"[#endnote_bbc]
  • "Move Bush, get out the way! Get out the way, Bush, get out the way!"[#endnote_dailycal]
  • "George Bush, what do you say? Regime change in the USA!"[#endnote_swarth]
  • "Rita, Katrina, we need anotha leada, No war in Iraq, we want our country (soldiers) back"

Power of the people

Some chants, which may not be specifically antiwar, relate to the right to dissent and demonstrate and/or the power of protest:

  • "Show me what democracy looks like. This is what democracy looks like! Show me what democracy sounds like. This is what democracy sounds like!"[#endnote_da]
  • "Whose streets? Our streets! Whose world? Our world!"[#endnote_swarth]
  • "The people, united, can never be defeated! El pueblo, unido, jamás será vencido!"[#endnote_swarth]
  • "We won't back down, we won't retreat, the world needs us in the streets!"[#endnote_da]
  • "There ain't no power like the power of the people, cause the power of the people don't stop!"[#endnote_saw]
  • "1, we are the people. 2, a little bit louder. 3, we say no war. 4, no stopping us til we've..." ("1, we...")[#endnote_swarth]
  • "Get up, get down! There's an anti-war movement in this town!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "Si se puede, we can stop the war!"[#endnote_can]

Anti-imperialism

Some chants express a broader opposition to intervention by the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East or the world in general:

  • "Occupation is a crime, from Iraq to Palestine!"[#endnote_can]
  • "No justice, no peace. U.S. out of the Middle East!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Out of Afghanistan, out of Iraq, out of Palestine and don't come back!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "The people of the world are under attack. Out of Afghanistan, out of Iraq!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Who let the bombs out? Bush, Blair, Sharon!"[#endnote_bbc2]
  • "Bush, Blair, CIA - how many kids have you killed today?"[#endnote_csaw]
  • "Bush, Blair, IMF - how many kids have you starved to death?"[#endnote_csaw]
  • "The real terrorists in the world today, the Pentagon and the CIA!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Hey, hey, ho, ho, imperialist war has got to go!"[#endnote_msaw]

Rich, poor, corporate power

Some chants refer to the alleged impetus for the war in a drive for oil and profit, and/or to its diversion of resources from social welfare programs at home:

  • "War and occupation... will never bring liberation! That's bullshit, get off it, this war is for profit!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Exxon-Mobil/Esso, BP, Shell, take your war and go to hell!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Hell no, we won't go, we won't kill/die for Texaco!"[#endnote_da]
  • "George Bush, corporate whore, we don't want your oil war!"[#endnote_mus]
  • "No blood for oil! U.S. off Iraqi soil!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Hey, hey, ho, ho, this oil war has got to go!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Good for the rich, bad for the poor, we don't want your racist war!"[#endnote_indy]
  • "Got money for war, can't feed the poor. Hell no, hell no!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Feed the poor, not the war!" [#endnote_da]
  • "They say warfare, we say welfare!"[#endnote_csaw]
  • "Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Money for school/jobs, not for war!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "College not combat! Relief not war!"[#endnote_can]

Racism and civil liberties

Some chants refer to the reduction in civil liberties and immigrant rights that are part of the home front of the "War on Terrorism":

  • "Blacks, Latinos, Arabs Asians and Whites! No racist war no more no more, defend our civil rights!"[#endnote_can]
  • "Hey, hey, ho, ho, this racist war has got to go!"[#endnote_can]

U.N. and U.S. sanctions

Some chants express opposition to the sanctions imposed on Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion:

  • "Lift the sanctions, stop the bombing, hands off Iraq!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "No bombing, no sanctions, let Iraq live!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Hey hey, ho ho, U.N. sanctions have got to go!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "Thousands of innocents slaughtered. Give back the food, give back the water!"[#endnote_pink]
  • "George Bush, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide!"[#endnote_msaw]
  • "George Bush, we know you, your daddy was a killer too!"[#endnote_da]

Counter-protesters

Some chants are designed to be shouted at pro-war or pro-Bush counter-protesters:

  • "Sexist, racist, anti-gay... right-wing-bigot, go away!"[#endnote_can]
  • "This is what democracy looks like, that is what hypocrisy looks like!"[#endnote_can]

Other slogans

Other very common or otherwise notable antiwar slogans include:

Notes

See also

External links

 

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