Times Square, New York City
March 19, 2006
Photo credit: Carol Ashley
Ten years ago, on the evening of March 19, 2003, to the horror of many people throughout the United States and the world, the U.S. military, under the command of George W. Bush, began the devastating military operation "Shock and Awe", illegally invading Iraq, a sovereign nation that posed no imminent danger and caused no harm to the people of the United States. This was and continues to be a grave and blatant crime against our humanity, a devastating war crime that, to this day, the current administration of Barack Obama has chosen to perpetuate rather than prosecute.
Seven years ago, on March 19, 2006, a small group of artists and activists, members of Artists Against The War and The Critical Voice, carried a flag throughout New York City, emblazoned with the words, "No Allegiance To War, Torture and Lies", a statement they would continue to make public for many years.
On that day seven years ago, inspired by The White Rose, a student resistance movement from 1942 Nazi Germany, these activists began embodying the message "We Will Not Be Silent" on t-shirts that continue to be worn, up to this present moment, by these activists and tens of thousands of other people throughout the world who joined the campaign's rallying call that they not remain silent in the face of such abuses of power.
Senate Hart Building, Washington, D.C.
January 4, 2007
Photo credit: Carol Ashley
Senate Hart Building, Washington, D.C.
January 4, 2007
Photo credit: Carol Ashley
During the evening of March 19, 2013, in the face of the painful, ongoing suffering and destruction our county's actions unleashed on the people of Iraq, members of We Will Not Be Silent returned to the Military Recruitment Center in Times Square, NY to make a public statement.
Times Square, New York City
March 19, 2013
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
Times Square, New York City
March 19, 2013
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT is an artist/activist collective that has been in existence since 2006. Through the creative use of language embodied on shirts and at times emboldened on signs held up in public spaces, we respond to current social justice issues, encouraging creative, direct public-actions where many people can participate.
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