Anti-war protest at Bush's 'Summer Palace'
By Gloria Rubac
Crawford, Texas
More than 400 activists from around the state converged on
Crawford, Texas--George W. Bush's summer palace--on Aug. 24 to
demand that the Pentagon not invade Iraq.
After a rally at a local park, a car caravan tried to go to
the president's ranch. The caravan was almost a mile long,
including bicycles, two buses from Houston and hundreds of cars
with banners and Palestinian flags flying.
State troopers, local sheriffs and federal cops blocked the
highway to the ranch. When the whole caravan stopped along a
small two-lane highway and made plans to march back to the
barricade, the local sheriffs threatened to tow all the
vehicles.
Activists then caravaned to the Crawford public high school
where the media was congregated. They were threatened with
arrest for entering the building.
After a brief rally outside the high school, activists
departed, vowing to return to Crawford unless Bush stops his
war threats against Iraq.
Reprinted from the Sept. 5, 2002, issue of
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