Protests greet Bush's 'interim report'

Chanting “Troops out now!” some 60 people filled a traffic island next to New York’s Times Square Recruiting Station on July 16. The quick-response demonstration was called by the Troops Out Now Coalition (TONC) to protest President George W. Bush’s announcement that he intends to keep the war and occupation of Iraq going. Chants also referred to U.S. threats against Iran, Washington’s maneuvers against the Palestinian people, and the growing crises at home in health care, jobs and racism. A broad spectrum of anti-war groups was represented. Meanwhile in Los Angeles, TONC-LA joined with many other groups to hold a news conference on the same issues. The groups plan encampments Sept. 22-28 and mass mobilizations Sept. 29 in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, respectively.

—Report & photo  Deirdre Griswold