PONTIAC, MICH.
Protesters ‘am-Bush’ Gov. Death
By Mark Marzolf
Pontiac,
Mich.
The Bush/Cheney campaign wagon was met with militant
protest Aug. 5 in Pontiac, Mich. Several young activists from
Detroit held banners and chanted throughout Texas Gov. George
W. Bush's speech. They disrupted him on several
occasions.
The protesters, including two members of the International
Action Center, chanted "murderer" and "George Bush, you can't
hide, we charge you with genocide." The IAC representatives
held signs that read, "Gov. Death executed an innocent man,
Gary Graham! Stop the racist death machine," and "Bush =
lynch law."
The small but determined group managed to capture the
Republican nominee's attention with their militant voices.
Despite being quarantined by police at the back of the rally,
the chanters prompted Bush to comment on "silencing the angry
voices of dissent."
However, the dissent strengthened when challenged by the
establishment and its intimidation tactics. Protesters
reported police harassment and violent, offensive behavior by
the pro-Bush crowd. The activists were spit on, pushed,
kicked and nearly attacked by a vicious Rottweiler, all
within view of the police.
But their voices only grew stronger. They continued chants
of "Bush murdered 137, stop the racist death penalty!"
Pro-Bush attendees and supporters of Democratic candidate
Al Gore encircled the demonstrators in an attempt to silence
the young activists. A sea of chants shouting, "Bush! Bush!"
and "Gore! Gore!" enveloped the rally.
The anti-Bush protesters answered the challenge, this time
adding a new dimension, chanting "No more Bush, no more Gore,
it's class war!"
Soon the determined voices of the young activists drowned
out the pro-establishment ones, showing once again that it is
not the size of the movement that counts, but the militancy
of its actions and voices.
Am-Bushed once again!
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