How MANY Protested today? 3/19/2005

[Tigress DEM]

Can people from any of the groups below submit state by state or city or site counts?

North American ANTI-WAR campaign sites


101 Ways to Stop the War on Iraq
List compiled by environmental site EarthFuture.


Americans Against Bombing
Conservative/libertarian coalition opposed to US bombing in the Middle East and Kosovo.


American Friends Service Committee
Multi-faith organisation established by the Quakers in 1917, backing peace building.


Axis of Justice
Us anti-war opinion forum.


Bushwatch
Site devoted to keeping tabs on George Bush.


Campus anti-war network
United, democratic, grassroots network of campus/school based anti-war committees.


Citizens for Legitimate Government
A pro-democracy activist group established to 'expose the Bush coup d'etat'.


Cities for Peace
Coalition of local elected officials and citizens in US cities encouraging people to email city councils and pass a resolution against the war.


Campaign for Peace and Democracy
Campaign urging people to sign a statement opposing war on Iraq.


Code pink for peace
Group of women organising vigils for peace and calling for a campaign of civil disobedience if war begins in Iraq.


Direct Action to Stop the War
Nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action against war.


Duct Tape for Peace
A site urging anti-war protesters to express their views with a duct tape ribbon, duct tape bumper sticker, duct tape banner or sign, or by posting a strip or roll of duct tape to George Bush.


Education for Peace in Iraq
Organisation dedicated to improving humanitarian conditions in Iraq and defending the human rights of the Iraqi people.


Food Not Bombs
Volunteer organization dedicated to nonviolence.


Fellowship of Reconciliation USA
Nonviolent interfaith group set up in 1915.


Harrass the Brass
Anti-military newspaper produced byradical US soldiers in Vietnam.


Iraq Peace Pledge
Site to publicly register opposition to war on Iraq.


Michaelmoore.com
Website of the author of Stupid White Men.


MoveOn
A nationwide network of more than 600,000 online activists working to support US citizens in finding their political voice.


Not in Our Name
Group of artists and activists inspiring protest and resistance to the US government's course in the wake of September 11.


Patriots for Peace
Grassroots campaign arguing that you can be a patriot and stand for peace.


Peace Action
Grassroots peace group.


Ploughshares Fund
Group providing resources to stop the weapons of war, from nuclear arms to landmines.


Rooting Out Evil
Canadian site that wants to send an international team to the US to inspect a site suspected of housing weapons of mass destruction.


September 11th families for peaceful tomorrows
An advocacy organisation founded by family members of September 11 victims, seeking effective non-violent responses to terrorism.


Sojourners
Anti-war christian ministry.


TrueMajority.com
Grassroots education and advocacy project founded by Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's.


United for Justice and Peace
National campaign that brings together a broad range of organisations throughout the US to help coordinate protest against war on Iraq.


Veterans for Common Sense
Group of war veterans who argue they must play a key role in the public debate over national security issues.


Veterans for Peace
A nonprofit organisation dedicated to the abolition of war founded by ex-service members in 1985.


VoteNoWar.org
A non-political, educational campaign against war and racism and in support of grassroots democracy, including teach-ins, conferences, local and regional events.


Vote to Impeach
Site calling for people to vote electronically to impeach George Bush.


Win Without War
A coalition of national organisations advocating alternatives to pre-emptive war in Iraq.


Who Dies for Bush Lies?
Created by the Committee to Unsell the War to put the case against war on Iraq.

[Tigress DEM]

1. Multiple Groups, including DUers Loring Park, Minneapolis, Mn

Minneapolis pics taken by MN DUer Dodger 501 at http://www.dodgerdigital.com/rally

At the speaker rally afterward, they announced the head count leaving Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN was 1,500. As far as I know we got zero news coverage, although I think there was a reporter from Kare11 taking pics.

We were lucky. There were 2 cop cars (purely to handle traffic) and there was one freeper. I drove by and told her "You're on the wrong side of history, babe."

My friend and I never did find a parking place until after the march had ended. We are one of the gold cars in the huge traffic jam on Lyndale. We kept chasing the protest march around thinking we could park and jump out and get in line, but there were NO parking places available.

[Tigress DEM]

44. Last YEAR Protests in US 319 - THIS YEAR in US 765 - all 50 STATES

DO YOU UNDERSTAND ** WHY ** THIS ISN'T NEWS??? I DON'T.

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2688

<snip>
March 18-20 marks the two-year anniversary of the U.S. bombing and invasion of Iraq. At least 765 U.S. towns and cities, in all 50 states are holding anti-war events - more than double the number of anti-war actions on the first anniversary of the war last year.

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2336
<snip>
Protests on One-Year Anniversary of Iraq War Took Place in at Least 319 Cities and Towns in the United States and 398 Around the World

[Tigress DEM]

45. Mainstream Media WON'T Report THIS. Nominate IT - DU, please?

I'm begging you. I can do this alone, but WHY should I?

Isn't this important to anyone else?

The media lockdown has longtime activists discouraged at a time when we have DOUBLED the number of protests and when people who NEVER protested are getting involved.

I'm so MAD I could cry in frustration and in joy. There is a REAL Democratic Underground MOVEMENT here. A lot of US are part of it, but we feel alone and we AREN'T.

DON'T you SEE How IMPORTANT this Message IS?

I know. I know. Snappy HEADLINES are what scoops the DU. I scooped Will Pitt on one of his own articles. OK here's a redirect for you....

[marcologico]

54. good idea :)

[Tigress DEM]

57. THANK YOU !!! Now I can go eat !

I've been working on this last night and today to get it some momentum and I was being SO stubborn. I KNEW there was more to this than I was initially seeing.

There were so many planned protests - about 530 reported prior to 3/19 and 765 have checked in so far today. Then I found out last years number was 319 and we've gone twice that... I know I am about twice as committed as I was last year at this time... at least that much... ok too obsessed to eat until I knew this thread could carry on.

So if this has impacted me this much what about everyone else?

ANOTHER tool the repugs are using is classic ISOLATION and it's WHY the DU is so important in getting this message out.

WE ARE NOT participating in ISOLATED and USELESS protests. WE ARE ALL CONNECTED. Even one lone protester in front of Taco Bell in Florida is part of the MASSIVE Movement to SPEAK TRUTH to POWER.

There is a power greater than ALL of US and contrary to GWII it isn't him.

[alfredo]

2. Lexington Ky

I believe it was United for Justice and Peace that organized our rally. Close to 100 showed on a cold rainy day.


Pictures.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3303356#3304977

[Tigress DEM]

3. Thank You!

[alfredo]

4. Welcomed.

[TexasLawyer]

5. We had many hundred in Houston, Tx

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1672371

CNN International covers some of the protests in US cities.

[Tigress DEM]

6. Thank You!

[Tigress DEM]

42. INDY News Source SAYS...

http://houston.indymedia.org

<snip> Dunleavy Park

A march of between 200 and 300 people gathered at Dunleavy Park, and marched down Richmond Avenue, to Montrose where they headed south over highway 59 to Bell Park at Banks and Montrose. Among those present was a bike bloc of around 25 people, a antiwar profiteering bloc, and a fantastic sound system. At Bell Park, there was a long list of speakers, and a dance off with the 5 or 6 Protest Warriors who demonstated that they love the american flag and can not dance

http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/38045.php

<snip> (Now I get the MASK thing. Doh!)
Last night, Code Pink Houston activists took to the downtown streets for a walking requiem in honor of troops and civilians who've lost their lives in Iraq. KPFT News reporter Dianne Roberts says activists walked in pairs... with one person reading the names of coalition soldiers, and the other wearing a gag to represent the iraqi dead. The two disparate groups symbolized the difference in the way US media and government count the unnecessary losses of the Iraq war.


Looks like SOMEONE in Houston is holding GWI accountable for the blood on America's hands.
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/37372.php

[Tigress DEM]

47. INDY News Source SAYS...

http://houston.indymedia.org

<snip> Dunleavy Park

A march of between 200 and 300 people gathered at Dunleavy Park, and marched down Richmond Avenue, to Montrose where they headed south over highway 59 to Bell Park at Banks and Montrose. Among those present was a bike bloc of around 25 people, a antiwar profiteering bloc, and a fantastic sound system. At Bell Park, there was a long list of speakers, and a dance off with the 5 or 6 Protest Warriors who demonstated that they love the american flag and can not dance

http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/38045.php

<snip> (Now I get the MASK thing. Doh!)
Last night, Code Pink Houston activists took to the downtown streets for a walking requiem in honor of troops and civilians who've lost their lives in Iraq. KPFT News reporter Dianne Roberts says activists walked in pairs... with one person reading the names of coalition soldiers, and the other wearing a gag to represent the iraqi dead. The two disparate groups symbolized the difference in the way US media and government count the unnecessary losses of the Iraq war.


Looks like SOMEONE in Houston is holding GWI accountable for the blood on America's hands.
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/02/37372.php

[BlueTarheel]

7. Hollywood, CA

There were about 2,000 people marching. It was an amazing experience. I'll post some photos when I get them developed.

Also, we were marching by the tourist mall at Hollywood and Highland and a lot of tourists were watching. I guess just an added bonus to their trip to LA. B-)

[Tigress DEM]

9. 2,000! Wow! I KNEW the numbers would be Huge....

even if the news isn't reporting them.

During bushits European Tour there were 12-15,000 people protesting in Mainz Germany during the weekend and the day he arrived. I'm not sure if it was a Friday or a Monday when he was in Mainz, but they showed the empty streets. The government sent * on an alternate route for his safety. US under reported all European protests.

There were 1,000 in Brussels. 3-4,000 in Spain. No news coverage.

So I knew even if we got great numbers the pugs would try to supress it. That's why I posted this thread, so we can get a real count.

[joefree1]

43. Los Angeles Times says there was 4,000 +

Pretty good turn out with a forcast for showers. For more images of the Hollywood protest ...

On the DU California Forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=141&topic_id=8327#

On my http://ediablo.com website:
http://ediablo.com/LAprotest3-19-05.html

[Tigress DEM]

69. Who am I to argue with the Times? (grin)

Nice pics BTW

[Maraya1969]

8. About 30 in Fort Myers, Florida but that is GOOD

And we stood along the highway at a big intersection with our signs - spreading out about 10 feet apart so we had a big line. We got a lot of horn honking, (good - we had a big sign saying "Honk if you want the war to stop)

My friend's son is in Iraq now and she was carrying a sign saying, "Bring my baby home" When she left I held it for her. I was way up past most of the sign holders and it was amazing how many people just stared at me. I think that sign really hit home.

One guy yelled out, "Get a Job" which was really funny because it is Saturday, (dumb fuck!). And one started screaming stupid things like, "You're a bunch of fags". These freepers are so intelligent!

So in a town that is very RED we got a lot of people to see the truth about the war. I consider it a big success and it was a good place to do it because that intersection is big and congested. People who didn't want to see anything about the war got it right in their faces.

[Tigress DEM]

10. My Republican friend gave me a ride to the protest.

She says she "sees old guys out on this particular corner all the time with signs protesting the war," which has been getting to her.

I've also read some other reports about the effect of the few in a very hostile environment.

We had one person holding a Bush sign accross the street from the Loring Park Rally. Even though I disagree with her, told her she was on the wrong side of history, I had to admire her willingness to stand up for her beliefs in a peaceful dignified manner, all by herself. Now that's cahjones!

Today when my friend saw 1,500 marching from Loring Park and heard the speakers talking about the problems we face she was proud to have been there with me. Said it was very informative.

She's a pro-lifer and otherwise I think she would be a DEM.

My independent friends at work look to me for things they can say to repugs. I'm the leftist propoganda source even though I'm a tough minded moderate DEM who is just beginning to warm up to the progressive side of things.

[grannylib]

26. We got similar responses from freepers when blivet** showed up

here pre-election-theft 2004.
"get a job" (took vacation time to be here, FT employed, underpaid though)
"fuckin' hippi freaks" (thank you!)
"I got mine, so who cares about anyone else?" (no lie. several times.)
Party of 'moral values' my aunt fanny.
There are no words to describe just how much it pains me to see this happening to AMERICA...My God.

[Tigress DEM]

32. Check out post #30 - Sisters of St Benedict. Think I found my faith again.

Or go to their website. WOW is what I kept saying. WOW.

http://www.thedome.org/sisters/rule.html

[Name removed]

11. Deleted message

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[Tigress DEM]

13. You are welcome!

If you find any numbers, or if you can post a comment to the sites you review to send us their numbers, I'd appreciate it. You can have them post on this thread if you like.

[burrowowl]

12. I did

2 protests in ABQ (Albuquerque, NM). 5 hours worth ...
They were less people being belligerant against than the last several times and some not honked but said thank you for protesting. Are people being to wake up?

[Tigress DEM]

14. Yes, people are waking up, BurrowOwl, big time I think.

Did ABQ get any news coverage?

Minneapolis got a little blip and we had 1,500 in one location.

[burrowowl]

16. Not much

and of course, the number around 500 was downgraded in the news as almost a hundred.

[Tigress DEM]

24. Let me clarify - PEOPLE are waking up, Mainstream Media is still groggy.

However, check out an INDY News Service. Does that look like REAL News or what??!!


http://portland.indymedia.org

<snip>
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313865.shtml
CNN POLL: 87% SAY IRAQ WAR 'UNJUSTIFIED"
10:27 Mar-20

<snip>
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313859.shtml
US DoD McNiven RICO SUIT! BUSH SENIOR, CIA head, & his 1976 state terror plan to hit WTCs!

<snip>
A LIVE COURT CASE! DEAL WITH IT! WELCOME TO REALITY.

<snip>
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313834.shtml
Democrat puppet organizations misdirecting anti-war movement

( I don't agree with everything they say, but I defend their right to say it. At least this looks a lot more like Democracy to me.)

AND BurrowOwl, you aren't the only one discouraged. I was really down for a while and it gets to me time and again. I would have gone down for the count if I hadn't picked up Paul Loeb's book, "The Impossible Will Take Awhile." I bought it on Buzzflash.com to support the news groups that were actually bringing me news.

I know Plaid Adder has said spoken about how discouragement and there's an article in this INDY paper about someone who left the march after 4 1/2 minutes. His big peeve? Donations being solicited in KFC Buckets. If someone is ready to give up, they will find a reason. He's got some good points I guess, but nothing is ever going to get me as concerned about the death of a chicken as the death of a human being.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313828.shtml

The funny thing is in many areas people who have never protested or participated in politics are getting involved and there is a learning curve, so we need the people who are just now getting really worn down by the struggle to share their wisdom now that people are open to hear it.

I went to MY first war/Occupation protest yesterday. I took a Republican. It was great, but our most of our speakers didn't have the skills to rally over 1,500 people or even talk in front of 300 at the end of the line when most had gone to rescue their cars from the parking meters.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

34. Protest Pics up at IndyMedia for Portland

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/313780.shtml

They are usually first getting local pictures up.

on edit - one of the comments about # of protesters...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Den Mark, Vancouver link


My count, done by counting ranks & estimating file & then multiplying, did not come up with 1000, BUT ..... , get ready, people. The "official" police "count" was 230 (!), according to AP, & that is what AP policy dictates be used in stories, the "official" police count. It's unfair, & it's infuriating, because PPB is underestimating intentionally, as a dis to the Movement. AP's story, & thus PPB's lie, will now travel the world. If PPB claims that somebody actually counted, either that somebody is an idiot, or they are liars. Or maybe they don't use base 10!

[Tigress DEM]

39. Well, it looks almost as big as the Minneapolis Protest.

Ours only counted people leaving from the Loring Park to march and there were people picked up and people who dropped out of the march along the way, but a solid 1,500 were counted.

When I first saw the Portland pics, 1,000 didn't seem too off. Besides your organizers may have counted people they know were there, but doing set up and such as well.

I have an idea for a cheap way to confirm counts - ribbons for participants and a secondary item, one of those plastic kids rings, just a little round ring with nothing on it to drop in buckets to be counted later.

Then you can see by the ribbons on their arms who has been counted, mail ribbons out in advance to those who register, but in case they don't show up, the ring in the bucket is an easy confirmation.

Handing a ribbon to someone and dropping a ring in the bucket as they head off to march can be done quickly and efficiently. Much more accurate than rank and file.

Kind of like a voter paper trail or a reciept. What do you think?

[Tigress DEM]

15. These states and cities had planned events for 3/19/05

Per the United for Peace and Justice events calendar and the anti-war vigil listings of the American Friends Service Committee and Sojourners Magazine.

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2782

ALABAMA: Anniston, Calera, Jacksonville, Hoover, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Oneonta

ALASKA: Anchorage, Homer, Juneau

ARIZONA: Cottonwood, Phoenix, Prescott, Show Low, Tempe, Tucson, Window Rock, Winslow

ARKANSAS: Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock

CALIFORNIA: Alameda, Albion, Altadena, Bakersfield, Belmont, Benicia, Berkeley, Bishop, Brentwood, Camarillo, Capistrano Beach, Castro Valley, Cazadero, Chico, Claremont, Clayton, Cloverdale, Corona, Costa Mesa, Cupertino, Davis, Eagle Rock, El Centro, Encinitas, Eureka, Fairfax, Fallbrook, Fort Bragg, Fresno, Glendora, Hollister, Hollywood, Huntington Beach, Idylwild, Irvine, La Canada, Lafayette, Lakeport, Livermore, Loomis, Los Angeles, Malibu, Mendocino, Mill Valley, Mountain View, Mt. Shasta, Napa, Newbury Park, Oakland, Oxnard, Pacific Palisades, Pacifica, Palm Springs, Palo Alto, Pasadena, Penn Valley, Petaluma, Piedmont, Placerville, Pleasanton, Point Arena, Redding, Redlands, Reedley, Riverside, Rohnert Park, San Bruno, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, San Rafael, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Santa Cruz, Santee, Sausalito, Sebastopol, Sonora, Susanville, Thousand Oaks, Torrance, Tustin, Valencia, Van Nuys, Ventura, Walnut Creek, West Hollywood, Willits

COLORADO: Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Evergreen, Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Longmont, Lyons, Niwot, Paonia, Steamboat Springs, Walsenburg

CONNECTICUT: Danbury, Hartford, Madison, New Haven, Norwalk, Shelton, West Hartford

DELAWARE: Lewes, Odessa, Rehoboth Beach, Wilmington

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Washington, D.C.

FLORIDA: Altoona, Bunnell, Coral Springs, Delray Beach, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key West, Lake Worth Beach, Lakeland, Marina, Melbourne, Miami, Naples, Niceville, Orlando, Ormond Beach, Palm City, Pensacola, Sanford, Sarasota, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Sunrise, Tallahassee, Tampa, Vero Beach

GEORGIA: Adel, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Decatur, Gainesville, Milledgeville, Savannah, St. Simons, Stone Mountain

HAWAII: Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului, Pahoa

IDAHO: Boise, Ketchum, Pocatello, Sandpoint

ILLINOIS: Arlington Heights, Canton, Carbondale, Chicago, Dekalb, Evanston, Glen Ellyn, Kankakee, Macomb, Morton, Mt. Prospect, Naperville, Oak Park, Olney, Palatine, Park Ridge, Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford, Schaumburg, Springfield, Urbana-Champaign,

INDIANA: Bloomington, Cromwell, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Granger, Goshen, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Mishawaka, Muncie, North Manchester, Notre Dame, South Bend, Terre Haute, Washington

IOWA: Ames, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Fort Madison, Iowa City, West Union

KANSAS: Emporia, Hutchinson, Kansas City, Lawrence, Manhattan, Newton, Olathe, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Salina, Topeka, Wichita

KENTUCKY: Bowling Green, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah

LOUISIANA: Baton Rouge, Keithville, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Thibodaux

MAINE: Augusta, Boothbay, Brooksville, Brunswick, Damariscotta, Falmouth, Farmington, Kennebunk, Machias, Newcastle, Portland, Presque Isle, Skowhegan

MARYLAND: Baltimore, Columbia, Darnestown, Eastport, Mount Rainier, Olney, Pasadena, Rockville, Salisbury, Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Walkersville

MASSACHUSETTS: Abington, Amherst, Andover, Arlington, Boston, Brimfield, Brookline, Cambridge, Connecticut Valley, Duxbury, Fall River, Falmouth, Framingham, Harwich, Holyoke, Hyannis, Jamaica Plain, Lexington, Longmeadow, Milton, Monson, Montague, Nantucket, Natick, New Bedford, Newburyport, Newton, Northampton, Norton, Pittsfield, Quincy, Roslindale, South Hadley, Spencer, Springfield, Stoneham, Stow, Sudbury, Vineyard Haven, Wendell, Waltham, Warwick, Wenham, Westborough, Westfield, Wilbraham, Winchester, Woburn, Worcester

MICHIGAN: Adrian, Ann Arbor, Big Rapids, Chelsea, Detroit, East Lansing, Ferndale, Flint, Fremont, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Livonia, Marquette, Midland, Monroe, Montague, Muskegon, Owosso, Pinckney, Port Huron, Prudenville, Redford, Royal Oak, Saranac, St. Joseph, Traverse City

MINNESOTA: Alexandria, Anoka, Bemidji, Burnsville, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Lake Crystal, Lino Lakes, Litchfield, Little Falls, Marshall, Minneapolis, Montevideo, Red Wing, Shoreview, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Stillwater, Winona

MISSISSIPPI: Biloxi, Jackson, Jonestown, Oxford, Pass Christian, Starkville, Tupelo

MISSOURI: Camdenton, Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Kansas City, Lake St. Louis, Osage Beach, Rolla, Springfield, St. Louis

MONTANA: Bozeman, Dillon, Dutton, Great Falls, Helena, Kalispell, Livingston, Missoula, Whitefish

NEBRASKA: Belgrade, Gothenburg, Grand Island, Hastings, Lincoln, Omaha

NEVADA: Las Vegas, Reno

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Concord, Conway, Gofftown, Hanover, Keene, Milford, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Wakefield, Walpole, Wolfeboro

NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City, Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Cherry Hill, Englewood, Hackensack, Hackettstown, Highland Park, Lambertville, Maplewood, Marlton, Merchantville, Montclair, Moorestown, Ocean Gate, Secaucus, Stirling, Woodstown

NEW MEXICO: Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Las Cruces, Rinconada, Santa Fe, Silver City, Taos, Truth or Consequences

NEW YORK: Albany, Bay Shore, Bellport, Binghamton, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chatham, Cherry Valley, Cooperstown, Coram, Dobbs Ferry, Dunkirk, East Norwich, Elmira, Farmingdale, Flushing, Garden City, Greenport, Greenwich, Honeoye, Ithaca, Johnson City, Kingston, Liberty, Malden Bridge, Nanuet, New Hartford, New Paltz, New York, Norwich, Oneonta, Patchogue, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Saranac Lake, Sarasota Springs, Saugerties, Schenectady, Setauket, Southampton, Staatsburg, Staten Island, Stony Brook, Syracuse, Troy, Trumansburg, Utica, Wading River, Watertown, Woodside, Woodstock, Yonkers, Yorktown Heights

NORTH CAROLINA: Asheville, Belhaven, Boone, Buies Creek, Burnsville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Columbus, Cullowhee, Fayetteville, Fletcher, Hendersonville, Raleigh, Shelby, Southport, Waynesville, Wilmington

NORTH DAKOTA: Fargo, Minot

OHIO: Akron, Archbold, Bellevue, Cambridge, Cincinnati, Circleville, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Dayton, Delaware, Jefferson, Kent, Lima, Medina, Oberlin, Reynoldsburg, Sandusky, Springfield, Stoutsville, Tiffin, Toledo, University Heights, Westerville, Wilmington, Youngstown

OKLAHOMA: Fort Gibson, Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa

OREGON: Albany, Bend, Corvallis, Cottage Grove, Enterprise, Eugene, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Lincoln City, Manzanita, Medford, Pendleton, Portland, Salem, The Dalles

PENNSYLVANIA: Allentown, Bally, Bangor, Beaver, Bellefonte, Bethlehem, Bryn Athyn, Chambersburg, Coatesville, Easton, Emmaus, Erie, Harrisburg, Hatboro, Hatfield, Healdsburg, Hellerton, Honesdale, Huntingdon, Jenkintown, Jim Thorpe, Kutztown, Lancaster, Lansdowne, Lewisburg, Middleburg, Mohnton, Nazareth, New Tripoli, Norristown, Pennsburg, Philadelphia, Phillipsburg, Pittsburgh, Schnecksville, Squirrel Hill, St. Davids, State College, Valley Forge, Warminster, Wellsboro, West Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Worcester, Wynnewood, York

RHODE ISLAND: Newport, Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA: Anderson, Charleston, Florence, Greenville, Myrtle Beach

SOUTH DAKOTA: Custer, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Spearfish

TENNESSEE: Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Mountain City, Nashville, Sevierville

TEXAS: Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Bellarie, Brownsville, Cameron, Cedar Park, Colleyville, Comfort, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Galveston, Granbury, Houston, Lubbock, McAllen, Rowlett, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls

UTAH: Logan, Moab, Salt Lake City

VERMONT: Barre, Brattleboro, Bristol, Burlington, Craftsbury Common, Essex Junction, Hardwick, Manchester, Middlebury, Newport, Richmond, Ripton, Rutland, St. Johnsbury, Williston

VIRGINIA: Abingdon, Arlington, Augusta, Blacksburg, Chantilly, Charlottesville, Falls Church, Floyd, Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Leesburg, Lexington, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Staunton, Waynesboro, Williamsburg

WASHINGTON: Anacortes, Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Burien, Centralia, Edwards, Gig Harbor, Kingston, Lacey, Langley, Longview, Lopez Village, Mercer Island, Mount Vernon, Olympia, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Poulsbo, Redmond, Seattle, Shleton, Silverdale, Snohomish, Spokane, Suquamish, Swinomish Reservation, Tacoma, Vancouver, Walla Walla, Wenatchee

WEST VIRGINIA: Charleston, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, Parkersburg, Wheeling

WISCONSIN: Algoma, Appleton, Ashland, Beloit, Brookfield, Burlington, Cable, De Pere, Eau Claire, Fish Creek, Hayward, Janesville, Kenosha, Lyons, Madison, Manitowoc, Marshfield, Menomonie, Milwaukee, Minocqua, Monona, Mukwonago, Oshkosh, Port Washington, Racine, Rice Lake, Ripon, Sheboygan, Sister Bay, St. Croix Falls, Sturgeon Bay, Superior, Viroqua, Watertown, Waukesha, Wausau, West Allis, Wisconsin Dells

WYOMING: Casper, Cheyenne, Lander, Laramie, Sheridan

[liam_laddie]

18. Cincinnati

1:00 pm rally at Fountain Square...many local sponsoring groups including the Intercommunity Justice & Peace Center.. Good speeches (a Muslim woman was co-MC) and some live music. BUT..cold and rainy...about 200 by my guesstimate...no idea of media coverage. It was worth it.

[Tigress DEM]

27. All right Cincinnati, thanks liam_laddie!

I like your INDY Paper, found a link to the Cincinnati organizer. I'll see if I can get you the official numbers.

http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/15124.php

[Tigress DEM]

17. Chicago Thread - Interesting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=150x6119

Plus a post by GettysbergII
Here's a Latest Breaking News with pics and discussion on the police presence in Chicago

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Here's a sideshow of pics I took on the police presence
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gettysburgii/slideshow2?....

First they ignore you.
Then they laugh at you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win!

[GettysbergII]

20. Correct links for Chicago thread

Slideshow of Chicago Police overkill:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gettysburgii/slideshow2?.dir=/501e&.src=ph&.beg=0&.spd=2


Discussion on Chicago protest on DU Latest Breaking News:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1326279

Please join us in boycotting businesses on Michigan Ave where antiwar protesters were not allowed to step foot!!!

[Tigress DEM]

31. Thanks GettysbergII - working too fast and too late into the AM

:hi:

[bunny planet]

19. Multiple groups in Montclair, NJ. About 300 people total from

BlueWave NJ, NJ Peace Action, NJ Citizens for Peace and Progress, Code Pink, etc.

[Tigress DEM]

23. Thanks! Bunny Planet!

[dzika]

21. MSNBC: Anti-war protests in US and around the World - 3/20

March 20, 2005

Video - MSNBC: Anti-war protests in US and around the World - 3/20

MSNBC reports that there are over 700 marches, rallies and protests in the U.S. and many more around the world.



Video in Real Media format (2 minutes)

[Tigress DEM]

33. Appreciate it Dzika!

[Tigress DEM]

22. FANTASTIC! News from Oregon

Ruffhowse says that attendence at the Portland, OR protest was good and that media coverage was also good.

They have and INDY Media Source that (unlike the mainstream newspaper the Oregonian) I didn't have to sign in to get to and here are the numbers I found:

http://portland.indymedia.org PEACE 19-Mar-2005 20:15

<snip> Bend Oregon
About 110 people showed up for the event.

(The Corporate Flag made it's appearance in Bend, a RED city BTW)
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<snip> Portland M19 Peace March
From the open publishing newswire: About 1000 people took to the streets of Portland today to protest the war and occpation of Afghanistan and Iraq. The march wound through downtown, stopping briefly at the Oregonian to upbraid them for their slanted coverage of the occupation and U.S. Policy in general.

(WOW! THIS is a GREAT Protest Sign - SPEAKING TRUTH to Power!)

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(OH MY - You Oregonians, unlike the paper, tell it like it is!)

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AND LOOK AT THAT CROWD!!! WONDERFUL JOB PORTLAND!

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[Nikki Stone 1]

25. Code Pink protested in California this week

IT was good to them out and the protest was actually covered by our conservative local news.

[Tigress DEM]

35. Cool! What were the numbers though? I'm finding heavy under reporting.

What city did you protest in? I know HollyWood had about 2000.

[El Supremo]

28. Denver Protest on 9News

This event was sponsored by the 3novembermovement.org .

Click on the link below and watch the video (you have play twice to get by the ad). Be sure ans watch the Ragin' Grannies.

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=bd34545e-0abe-421a-01be-891791f54ed7&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

[Tigress DEM]

36. Those Young People Hold THE KEY to turning this around....

When WE as DEMs and Progressives STAND and protect not only OUR Country and OUR Freedoms, but those whose opinions are causing US SO MUCH Grief...... when our Young DEMS see that getting carried away and saying hurtful things to the opposition HURTS all us DEMs too, then WOW it turns things totally around.

A young Republican who came to support the War and probably expected to be harrassed, but NEVER expected to be supported in her right to speak her opinion by DEMs has had a life changing event take place in her life.

She said, "These guys came and protected me and offered to walk me to my car," she said. "These guys are my heroes."

If SHE ever gets her hands on the TRUTH about Bush, what those young people did will help her believe it.

I salute those guys, WOW.

[intheflow]

77. Thanks for posting the Denver links.

I couldn't be there, was in Michigan watching my son swim in NCAA nationals. They reported 200-300, so obviously there were 500+.

The piece on the anti-war protesters coming to the defense of the pro-war woman was really fascinating. I highly doubt many of them would have come to one of our defenses! Blessed are the peacemakers!

[tsuki]

29. New Orleans - Several hundreds, I don't know yet.

Good response from the Park to the Quarter. Too many near-rich consuming in the quarter. Got some loud remarks. Last February, we had between 1,500 & 2,000 according to the police. Faux News in NO downgraded the numbers to 250 max.

Don't watch the news, but here is the link. It will be posted next week.

http://www.newdemocracyrising.com/march.asp

[Tigress DEM]

37. Your INDY Media Source SAYS....

http://la.indymedia.org

Oh, darn. That is Los Angeles, not Louisianna. OK I will wait for your numbers, then.

Maybe someone in your area would like to start an INDY.

Here's and example of the application filled out:
Bloomington/Normal IN
http://indy.pabn.org/newswire.php?id=46

[Tigress DEM]

30. Sisters of St. Benedict - 200 strong in Ferdinand, Indiana

Per LeftIsRight's post they " rallied around their peace pole in a prayer/peace vigil marking the second year of the War in Iraq."

Nice Little Website with some REAL Christian Guidelines.

http://www.thedome.org/sisters/rule.html

Anyone sick of right wing crap will find this inspiring reading.

<snip>
Benedict's genius was to understand that each person's rough edges—all the defenses and pretensions and blind spots that keep the monastic from growing spiritually—are best confronted by living side by side with other flawed human beings whose faults and failings are only too obvious. St. Benedict teaches that growth comes from accepting people as they are, not as we would like them to be.

(Sounds like the DU to me)

<snip> (On leadership)
The exercise of authority in the Rule points more to mercy than justice, more to understanding of human weakness than strict accountability, more to love than zeal. What defines the leader of a Benedictine community is not being head of an institution but being in relationship with all the members.

(Leaders of people who lead because they have developed understanding relationships with those who follow them. WOW. If politicians could aspire to that... even if they fell miles short, it would be so wonderful. Even if we could get that moving from the grass roots up, it could change our world.)

<snip>
"Let everyone that comes be received as Christ" is one of the most familiar and oft-quoted phrases of the Rule. It emphasizes the preeminent position which hospitality occupies in every Benedictine monastery. Benedictine hospitality goes beyond the exercise of the expected social graces—the superficial smile or the warm reception of expected guests. Hospitality for Benedict meant that everyone who comes—the poor, the traveler, the curious, those not of our religion or social standing or education—should be received with genuine acceptance.

(So THESE are the people Jesus will be saying to, "Whenever you did for the least among us, you were doing it to me." )

[Blue_In_AK]

38. I think I posted this to you somewhere else, but...

Alaskans for Peace & Justice organized our protest here in Anchorage, although other groups were involved. I thought there were about a hundred people; the newspaper reported 150. We had a LOT of support from the passing motorists, and I personally didn't see any opposition. I'm starting to suspect that our town may be bluer than people thought (aside from the ANWR thing).

ed. - And about the Christians? The Peace & Justice people regularly meet at a Presbyterian church here. Their pastor spoke briefly but eloquently yesterday.

[Tigress DEM]

40. Thanks I still need to get back to the State Forums.

I posted up to Indiana and had to quit at 4:30 or 5am because I was afraid if I saw the sun come up my brain would tell me I'm an idiot for not taking care of myself.

[Tigress DEM]

41. WearyOne from Florida attended the Sydney Australia Protest.

He knew it was thousands, but news didn't report numbers. I found the INDY site.

http://sydney.indymedia.org

INDY reports attendance at 3000+ Site pulls up some html code I think, but if you scroll down the text is clear.

< http://sydney.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=52970&group=webcast >

[rockedthevoteinMA]

46. I was in Boston, and my dad estimated about a thousand people

around 2:30 (which was an hour and a half after it started). It rocked!!

Congrats everyone! The message was awesome, and people were really paying attention. They march went through the city, and people everywhere were stopping to watch us as we went by. It was really cool- overheard some people talking about it, in many spots, who weren't involved. :yourock:

I will have some pics in a few days.

[Tigress DEM]

50. Your INDY News service says as many as 5,000!

http://boston.indymedia.org

<snip> (ONE AWESOME Demonstration!)

BOSTON – On the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a group of local activists staged a dramatic protest outside the Armed Forces Recruiting Center at 650 American Legion Highway in Roslindale. At noon, the Boston Direct Action Project dumped five gallons of fake blood and then took up positions on the doorstep. The activists portrayed a dead Iraqi woman, her grieving husband, a dead U.S. soldier and his grieving wife.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

75. Nice! We got there around 2:30, so we probably missed a whole

bunch of people. Tons were coming and going. Thank you Tigress DEM!

[Tigress DEM]

48. Seattle, Washington PICS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=184x3745

[tnlefty]

49. Chattanooga - short clip on one tv station (Sat.) and an article

buried on Page 10 of the Metro section, but still we were covered. The paper stated approx. 150 marching at that at times the crowd swelled to 200 once we arrived at Miller Park. It truly was a great day. I was hugged by a vet, patted on the back by a couple of others, and about 8 more were laughing at one of our signs and the fact that I had printed slips of paper with the phone numbers and web addresses of each branch of the military to hand to any hecklers.

Our prayer for peace and the candlelit was a somber way to end the event and it was great to be with folks whose energy was for peace and justice and not negative.

Thanks to all who marched!!!

[Tigress DEM]

51. How inspiring! Great way to silence the hecklers!

I didn't find an INDY News Service for Tennesee, but here is a link to Bloomington/Normal Indiana. They post links to many other INDYs.

http://indy.pabn.org/newswire.php?id=46

[Tigress DEM]

52. St Paul Pics from INDY

http://twincities.indymedia.org/feature/display/20264/index.php

Very Beautiful!

[meganmonkey]

53. Ann Arbor, MI

I would say that at its peak there were at least 800 people. Previous rallies there have been much bigger, I was a little disappointed in the turnout but it was still really good.

No media coverage yet that I can find. But it just happened today (Sunday) so hopefully tomorrow.

Congressman Dingell spoke, as did Ann Arbor's excellent Mayor John Hieftje. The rally was at a local night club (!) and after we marched all through town and back there was a band (or more?) at the club, although I didn't stay long.

:bounce:

[Tigress DEM]

55. AND on 3/19 there were also 200..

Per your INDY News Service

http://www.michiganimc.org

<snip>
Over 200 Demonstraters from the greater Grand Traverse Region stood in a late season blizzard on the 2nd anniversary of the US occupation of Iraq.

100,000 PLUS Dead, U.S. Out of Iraq!, and Enough is Enough! These were the themes of the day for over 200 demonstrators in Traverse City, Michigan on Saturday March 19. Even as a late season blizzard blanketed the region, residents from the greater Grand Traverse area gathered for a day of protest and mourning for the 10,000’s Iraqi deaths under U.S. occupation, in addition to the 1,500 U.S.

[meganmonkey]

58. That was Traverse City

a few hours north of here.

There were a bunch around the state yesterday (Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Ferndale, and a lot of smaller towns, although I don't have numbers.

[diamond14]

56. there's a HUGE number of groups missing here...the PEACE VIGILS

the Longshoremen shut down the PORT in SF.....


many many Pro-Peace events were not put up on InternationalANSWER or United for Peace and Justice...those organizing web sites represent just a tiny tiny fraction of the American People who STOOD UP every day, all day long, since last Wednesday...and continuing through this MONDAY, March 21st...


there are 26 MILLION Catholics in America and MANY stood up in Peace Vigils this week, at church meeting halls, outside churches, on street corners and parks (NOT advertised on International Answer or UFPJ web sites).....

Here's a MAJOR article from Catholic Priest, Reverend John Dear, S.J., published in the Baltimore Chronicle....it's an eye-opener..

HYPOCRITE NATION

http://baltimorechronicle.com/030405Dear.html

[Tigress DEM]

59. Thanks, Diamond14.

I think some of the posts include vigils because I see pics with candles.

I saw the SF was going to shut down docks in protest, but I haven't had time to pull that info, so thanks for mentioning it.

http://sf.indymedia.org

THOUSANDS in San Francisco Protest
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/1712519.php

[cally]

80. I couldn't easily find the number at the Indy media site.

A few of us at the SF protest think there were 5 to 10,000 there. I would like to know what the organizers estimate.

[BrewerJohn]

60. Iowa City, IA, Sunday afternoon

We had by my estimate between 100 and 150 for a rally and march in downtown Iowa City today. Organized by the UI antiwar committee in cooperation with several other local groups who contributed speakers.

I think this is the best turnout we have had here since shortly after the invasion. It probably would have been better yet if this past week had not been spring break.

[intheflow]

78. I think they chose to invade 2 years ago this week because

it was spring break. Call me cynical, but I do believe that had something to do with the timing.

[Tigress DEM]

61. TRUTHOUT has picked up the ball....Fayetteville, NC largest protest ever

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/032005A.shtml

Media Downplay Historic Day of Protests
By Scott Galindez
t r u t h o u t | Report

Sunday 20 March 2005

<snip> (Note *CNN International and *CNN US being compared below.)

Fayetteville, NC -- The second anniversary of the war was the impetus for major demonstrations throughout the world. In the United States, over 800 communities held events calling for an end to the occupation.

*CNN, however, reported that in the United States "barely a ripple was made while large protests took place in Europe." The New York Times reported that protests in the United States ranged from 350 people in Times Square to thousands in San Francisco. Later in the same story, the Times reported that several thousand marched from Harlem to Central Park. If thousands marched in New York, why did the Times highlight the 350 in Times Square?

*CNN's report was worse … nothing about US protests. While they only saw a ripple, a huge wave passed them by. If CNN had been in Fayetteville, North Carolina, they would have seen what could be a major turning point in the anti-war movement. The largest Anti-war protest ever in this heavily military town took place.

[mycher]

62. Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

I took part in the Pittsburgh rally and march. One of the speakers said that there were 3,000 of us; the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported 750-1,000.

[Tigress DEM]

66. INDY News Service says 3,000 also. Hmmm. Who do I believe?

The people who were there and counted or reporters from major news outlets that have ignored the story for the most part?

http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org

http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/17698.php
Maybe the Gazette was confused and only counting people in one pic.

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[frictionlessO]

63. Buffalo reporting, Tigress!

Heres the thread!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3308194

Was quite a respectful event, almost church like a couple of times. Thanks for your support!

[Tigress DEM]

68. Very nice. Positive police response is encouraging too.

[Helga Scow Stern]

64. In Denmark -- at least 3000 in Copenhagen

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1674225

[Tigress DEM]

70. Wonderful Ojai ! Thank you so much.

[Name removed]

65. Deleted message

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[zimmer]

67. I was there in Spirit

I was out there in spirit. Excellent webpage. This is my first post here!

[Tigress DEM]

71. Welcome to the DU Zimmer!!

:hi:

I don't know if you've seen the post where I tell about how I chased my Peace march all over town, couldn't find a parking place and got my picture not in the crowd scene itself, but in the traffic jam behind it!

Still I made it to the speakers rally afterward and I saw quite a bit of the march from many angles. I got our official count at the rally and they had counted only the people who marched out, so the number may have been a bit low. 1,500 at the Loring Park, Minneapolis, MN event.

[zulchzulu]

72. Many of us in Madison

Many more in spirit...even some Bush lovers I know believe this shit sucks.

[Tigress DEM]

73. Your INDY News Service SAYS...over 250 people!

http://madison.indymedia.org

<snip>
OVER 250 PEOPLE BRAVED SNOW AND SLUSH TO GATHER OUTSIDE A MILITARY RECRUITING STATION ON MADISON'S EASTSIDE TO MARK THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE BOMBING OF BAGHDAD AND THE BEGINNING OF THE MOST RECENT WAR AGAINST IRAQ.

SPONSORING GROUPS, WHICH INCLUDED THE MADISON AREA PEACE COALITION, IRAQ PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE, AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF VETERANS FOR PEACE WERE SURPRISED AND SOMEWHAT PLEASED TO FIND THAT THE RECRUITING STATION, WHOSE POSTED SATURDAY HOURS WERE 10-2, WAS INEXPLICABLY CLOSED FOR THE DAY. THE CLOSING WAS TERMED BY ONE ORGANIZER AS AN INITIAL VICTORY THAT SHE HOPED WOULD BE REPEATED ON SUBSEQUENT VISITS.

THE CROWD INCLUDED MILITARY VETERANS AND PACIFISTS, YOUNG AND OLD. SOME WERE AT THEIR FIRST DEMONSTRATION, OTHERS HAD BEEN PROTESTING US WARS AND MILITARISM FOR OVER FOUR DECADES. ONE SEASONED ANTIWAR ACTIVIST IN ATTENDANCE WAS LOU BERRYMAN, SHE SAID THIS MORNING'S DEMONSTRATION WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE ONE SHE HAD MARCHED IN TWO YEARS AGO TODAY.

[doublethink]

74. We had over a thousand ...

according to our local News Paper the Union Tribune apparently. That would be San Diego CA. ..... here's a thread with pics I took of the event .....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3309148

[Tigress DEM]

85. There are some good articles on your INDY Newsite too

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/03/107985.shtml

<snip>
1516 popsickle stick crosses and banners with messages promoting inquiry and education are simply "inappropriate" to High School administrators.

<>

Last week at Patrick Henry High School, students from a group known as Students Advocating Greater Awareness consensed on taking action at their school in lieu of the second anniversary of the War in Iraq.

They made 1516 popsickle stick crosses in the quad surrounding a banner that read, "ASK YOUR RECRUITER." The action took place at night, so that by the time kids arrived at school the demonstration would be there for all to see. However, sometime before school started the administration had the crosses and banners taken down...

Later that day, the military recruiters walked on to campus with pull up bar and all. The administration greeted them with smiles and surely pointed them to

[Tuesday_Morning]

76. Video from Miami Protest

even in the apathy capital of the universe, we had a good turnout.

check it out:

http://miami.indymedia.org/

[CitySky]

79. 200-300 in Houston, TX

www.houston.indymedia.org

[ElsewheresDaughter]

81. New Paltz, NY 900/1000 & Rep Maurice Hinchey was at the protest

[sagesnow]

82. Pics from Omaha Speak Out Against Iraq War

About 150 turned out at Memorial Service followed by Protest at the Pedestrian Bridge at UNO. This was a pretty good turn out for this
"Go Big RED" town.

End the War

Pedestrian Overpass at UNO

How Many Deaths Per Gallon?

Peace Dove

[KamaAina]

83. Honolulu: 300. "This is what democracy looks like..."

our figure, given out at the rally afterwards in Ala Moana Beach Park. (Organizers: Always hold your rallies near major shopping areas if at all possible, so your protestors can stock up on books and food afterwards. :-) )

TV news coverage on at least two channels was sullied by craven attempts to contrast our rally with the vigil held that evening at the Capitol. Cluephone: The vigil was ALSO attended by many who oppose the war, including some of the SPEAKERS, dipshits!

We had one of those open-air trolleys available for those with mobility limitations. Anyone else planning demos in a touristy area where those are available should definitely look into that.

[Generic Other]

84. Thanks for all the work you've done to get an accurate count

The numbers are too big to ignore!