Hurricane Katrina
Washington D.C. saw the largest demonstration with hundreds of thousands of people marching. Organisers put the figure as high as 250,000 though police put the number at 150,000. Many speakers linked the massive deployment of US troops in Iraq and the inability of the federal government to respond adequately to the needs of people displaced by 
, and others linked the Iraq war to the occupation of Palestine and the oil crisis. The mobilisations were united around the slogan "Bring the Troops Home Now!" San Francisco, and Los Angeles also had demonstrations.
Thousands march to demonstrate opposition to U.S.-led wars