Hey New Yorkers! Where were you on Saturday, FEB. 15, 2003

[Lodestar]

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when NYC played a critical role as center stage for a massive and worldwide
anti-Iraq war protest? The eyes of the world were on you.
Well we need you to turn out once again, lest it happen again!
PLEASE show up for the revolution and support BERNIE!!!
OCCUPY YOUR HOME LAND!

February 15, 2003 - In world-wide demonstrations in hundreds of cities around the world, millions of people protest to try to prevent US plans to attack Iraq. As many as a million people in New York City alone marched. The New York Times reported there were now ”two superpowers on the planet - the United States, and worldwide public opinion."


February 15, 2003, New York Times

Cities jammed in worldwide protest of war in Iraq
Sunday, February 16, 2003

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Huge crowds of anti-war demonstrators jammed into midtown New York on Saturday as protesters in dozens of U.S. cities joined large crowds worldwide in voicing opposition to war with Iraq.
Demonstrators converged near the United Nations to protest the possible war in just one of the more than 600 anti-war rallies around the globe. Organizers estimated the crowd at more than 375,000, but Police Commissioner Ray Kelly estimated turnout at 100,000.
Besides protests in large cities such as Chicago, Illinois; and Los Angeles, California; rallies were held across the United States in smaller towns such as Gainesville, Georgia; Macomb, Illinois; and Juneau, Alaska, according to the anti-war group United for Peace and Justice.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/02/15/sprj.irq.protests.main/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I was there.

[gordyfl]

7. Was Hillary Clinton There?

[Autumn Colors]

2. I was there in that crowd .... somewhere (nt)

[hrmjustin]

3. I was there.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

4. Many Many Thanks - I wonder where these guys were?

[klook]

10. Wow, never seen this pic before!

WTF?? Interesting gathering, to say the least.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

15. wtf - you think!

i just can not wrap my head around this one

[klook]

17. Info here:

http://www.snopes.com/photograph-clinton-bush-wallace/

[LiberalElite]

5. I was there -

with the Greens.

[Squinch]

6. I was in that crowd. And I will be proudly voting for Hillary.

[world wide wally]

8. I was there...

But in Colorado.
It was all over the world.

[Smarmie Doofus]

9. I was there. Brought along my son who was 7. We tried to save lives by stopping Bush, Clinton etc.

They were too strong though. ( Not politically.... just militarily and financially.) And tens of thousands died, hundreds of thousands made homeless and the entire middle east is consequently a giant killing field.

But I'll never stop resisting that type of arrogant, opportunistic evil.

[Lodestar]

13. You 'da bomb! It will be a long fight but both the planet and humanity

depend upon us persevering and living our lives being the change we want to see.

[Kip Humphrey]

11. If you were there, you have no business supporting her:

She voted for & defended what you & millions upon millions worldwide demonstrated against.




Vote for Bernie Sanders, the peace candidate.

[Divernan]

16. Never seen her look so genuinely happy with Bill.

Photos of them typically have her pasted on phony smile. Especially that top photo with Kissinger. She looks in LUV! just total adoration!

[beastie boy]

12. I was there with my union brothers and sisters

And we are coming out to vote for Hillary!

[karynnj]

14. My three pre teen to teen daughters, my husband and I were in NYC at the edge of that huge protest.

Why the edge? There were a huge number of people there starting even before the rally was to start.

[In_The_Wind]

18. Locking because this OP belongs in GD:P. Please post it again there.

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