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Downtown Hound

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14. That was an amazing day, so many people. 15 million across the globe.

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 01:15 PM

Feb 2013

Bush of course, dismissed us as a "focus group."

I caught some tear gas and pepper spray a little over a month later during the Day X protests in San Fran when the war broke out. There were so many of us in the street and so many got arrested that we actually began to strain the resources of the city. The mayor made a public plea with us to stop.

It's a shame that the level of resistance there was to the Iraq War will probably never be truly known by history and discussed the same way that the protests of the 60's are. We were just as big, if not bigger, and just as determined. February 15th was the largest protest in the world EVER at that time, and a monumental event in human history. Yet it will probably never be discussed in history books, never talked about on the evening news, and is largely forgotten today.

That's sad. But there are those of us that will always remember and will never forget.

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10 years ago today, millions around the world joined to protest the upcoming iraq war. [View all] niyad Feb 2013 OP

Yep, stood on a street corner with my sweet Samoyed (passed in 2009) for a couple sinkingfeeling Feb 2013 #1

I am sorry for your loss. and thank you for being there. niyad Feb 2013 #2

Those were ugly years libodem Feb 2013 #3

I was just thinking about your v day one billion rising rally. glad it was peaceful and lovely. niyad Feb 2013 #5

I'm a terrible photographer libodem Feb 2013 #13

We were at the same corner yesterday for One Billion Rising duhneece Feb 2013 #4

was thinking about you and libodem just before I checked this, wondering how it went. niyad Feb 2013 #6

It went really well duhneece Feb 2013 #38

I eneded up in a horrific scuffle with NYPD and their horses immediately following this event... Earth_First Feb 2013 #7

oh my word--how badly were you injured? niyad Feb 2013 #8

Thankfully, I was not injured... Earth_First Feb 2013 #9

glad that you were not injured. I was thinking about what the horses must have been going niyad Feb 2013 #11

Wonder what they would do if... ReRe Feb 2013 #24

I was in the New York demonstration . . . . patrice Feb 2013 #10

I was there. intheflow Feb 2013 #12

you were in the springs? or one of the other protests? I do not recall hearing anything about niyad Feb 2013 #44

I was in the Springs. intheflow Feb 2013 #47

are you still in the springs? and who was your professor? niyad Feb 2013 #48

No, I lived in Denver at the time. intheflow Feb 2013 #49

That was an amazing day, so many people. 15 million across the globe. Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #14

I will never forget that day either... ReRe Feb 2013 #29

The day the media forgot. nt valerief Feb 2013 #15

Was as NY protest HelenWheels Feb 2013 #16

I was home, watching it on CNN... Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #17

And what was the big story of the day in the media? Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2013 #18

Wish I knew DU back then, I was sure I was the only one SaveAmerica Feb 2013 #19

Big Media Abdicated Their Responsibility colsohlibgal Feb 2013 #20

+1000000 to everything you said! The media still needs to be held accountable Fight2Win Feb 2013 #26

I joined the other 1000s in LA that day. xxqqqzme Feb 2013 #21

I drove 3 teenagers 900 miles to NYC for that mokawanis Feb 2013 #22

Good for you (I mean that) but I wonder what they took away from the experience years later. randome Feb 2013 #25

You are correct mokawanis Feb 2013 #35

Sounds like 'Never give up' is the lesson learned by your kids. Kudos! randome Feb 2013 #36

I drove a long way.... ReRe Feb 2013 #33

I would have just driven to the nearest one hfojvt Feb 2013 #56

My husband and I were at the Seattle protest liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #23

Yes--nothing like it since the Vietnam War protesters took over I-5-- eridani Feb 2013 #30

I wish once our media would point this out to people like Dick Cheney Johonny Feb 2013 #27

I remember someone saying recently that colin powell could only go by the "intelligence" he was niyad Feb 2013 #42

How nineteen50 Feb 2013 #28

because the powers that be had too much to gain from their long-planned wars. we were simply niyad Feb 2013 #43

I froze for peace in NYC that day rocktivity Feb 2013 #31

Me, too. 4 hours with my sign, screaming. I made it to the street that could see the stage, did you? lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #53

to be part of this world-wide effort was truly amazing. if only that had been the last time we niyad Feb 2013 #54

Lather, Rinse, Repeat-The United States of Amnesia triplepoint Feb 2013 #32

Saddam Lover! Saddam Sympathizer! Saddam Apologist! RandiFan1290 Feb 2013 #34

indeed it does sound familiar. I have been called many names over the years for my activism, niyad Feb 2013 #40

Set of pictures from around the globe that day KurtNYC Feb 2013 #37

thank you for sharing those pics-- a good reminder of that day niyad Feb 2013 #39

I was there. DC March. mnhtnbb Feb 2013 #41

I did not think it was that early in the year hfojvt Feb 2013 #45

fortunately, it was not terribly cold here--was reminded about the blizzard in the eastern part of niyad Feb 2013 #52

So when do the prosecutions for war crimes start? Initech Feb 2013 #46

only when the icc can get some of these criminals rounded up. this country certainly is not niyad Feb 2013 #55

They ignored the worldwide protests LeftInTX Feb 2013 #50

don't forget that iraq sat on about the second largest deposit of oil in the world. and look who niyad Feb 2013 #51

And Bush's buddy Ray L. Hunt of Hunt Oil got that very first plum. nt. polly7 Feb 2013 #57

. . . niyad Feb 2013 #58

I still await full reporting of what happened that day..... FredStembottom Feb 2013 #59

unfortunately, I think it will be a VERY long time in coming. niyad Feb 2013 #60