Another protest dogs Bush's heels
By Beth Semmer
Chicago
It seems like everywhere President George W. Bush goes these
days he is greeted by protesters. May 13 in Chicago was no
exception.
In the middle of the work day, while Bush was speaking to a
group of Republican business executives inside the posh
Sheraton Hotel, more than 300 came out to confront Bush on the
U.S. government's policies--everything from the environment,
U.S. aid to Israel, the proposed invasion of Iraq and the
racist death penalty to the attacks on civil liberties and
intervention in Colombia and the Philippines.
The Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism called the
demonstration. More than 40 other organizations endorsed. These
included many Palestinian groups, a big contingent from DePaul
Students Against the War, and Latino groups representing
struggles from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua--and an especially
loud, militant Puerto Rican group demanding an end to the
bombing in Vieques.
Loud chants of "Free Palestine," "Free Rabih Haddad" and
"Free Mumia" filled the air.
Reprinted from the May 23, 2002, issue of
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