Can't be in DC, will be in Pittsburgh's Sister March event.

[Mc Mike]

We have two, I'm hitting the City County Bldg 11 am - 1 pm one.

It appears there is some kind of pig repug skulduggery, which caused 2 different events to be scheduled for 11 am. The other one is in East Liberty. All the orgs who I'm in the loop with (Moms Rising, The Nation, Voto Latino, etc.) have only the City County site event shown as officially being on the national map, for Pgh. (They show an event in Big Beaver and Indiana, PA, as well.)

Ournsler's group is promoting the East Liberty event, but no other social or political activist group I get info from mentions it. Some sort of organizing fight pitting race and gender against each other occurred, apparently. Typical repug infiltrator bull shit.

It's not too complicated, we all have one big fat bald orange nazi enemy, who wants to attack 99% of America and Americans (and the world.) Everyone else is an ally who is under attack by the same nazi swine. Not too tough to organize an allied march around a propostion as simple as that.

Best wishes for a fantastic day to the DC main March, and all the Sister marches.

[johnp3907]

1. I'm going to the one you're going to.

[Mc Mike]

2. Great turn out. Great day.

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I heard 15,000 from the stage. It was sunny and 60 degrees.

Glad they gave a shout out to the East Liberty Marchers, whatever went on to foster the split.

Do you happen to have any kind of link to archived coverage that you could offer, john? The official sign up site isn't giving me anything.

On edit: Crowd estimate updated to 25,000, even with the split.

See appleannie1945's o.p.:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10748775

[johnp3907]

3. I just got home and have to head to work in a few minutes.

So I haven't had time to check on coverage. I'm hoping the march's facebook page will have links to coverage, but I won't be able to check it out til late tonight or tomorrow.

[Mc Mike]

4. Thanks for the re.

The square was fairly full before I got there, but the crowd streamed in for 45 min after I arrived, at least. They stopped sending them in the original side street off 5th (Market), and sent them in one further east up the Ave (McMasters).

If you get any info and make an o.p. in PA forum, I'd be interested.

Have a good shift.