ATLANTA
'Biggest anti-war protest in 30 years'
By Dianne Mathiowetz
On Nov. 9, several thousand people filled the downtown
streets of Atlanta as chants of "No War on Iraq" resounding off
the tall buildings.
Organized by a broad coalition of student, religious and
community justice groups called the Georgia Peace Coalition,
this was the largest anti-war protest to take place in Atlanta
in 30 years.
The demonstrators assembled at the Martin Luther King Jr.
Center and marched to Centennial Olympic Park across from Cable
Network News headquarters.
Many students from elementary to college age came in groups
with their banners; whole families marched together with
parents and grandparents pushing strollers; veterans from WWII,
the Korean, Vietnam and Gulf wars were present along with
members of the Arab and Muslim communities and elected
officials such as US Representative John Lewis.
The Atlanta chapter of the International Action Center
collected hundreds of signatures on the "Vote No War"
referendum. Plans for similar protests are already under way in
other Georgia cities such as Savannah on Dec. 14. All this
activity is evidence that the groundswell of opposition to
Bush's war plans is growing.
Reprinted from the Nov. 21, 2002, issue of
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