Anti-war protests continue across U.S.
By Leslie Feinberg
Even as the huge national anti-war demonstrations were
taking place in Washington and San Francisco on
Oct. 26, thousands more people were marching in cities across
the country.
More than 10,000 people marched in St. Paul, Minn.,
from the St. Paul Cathedral to the State Capitol building. More
than 50 groups endorsed the demonstration.
Some 3,000 protesters marched and rallied in the Maine
capital of Augusta. One veteran activist estimated that it
was the largest protest in Augusta since Spiro Agnew came to
town in 1972.
An estimated 3,000-5,000 marched in Seattle to the
theme "Stop the war before it starts."
A demonstration estimated at 4,000 marched in
Chicago. Thousands more came out in Denver.
In Taos, New Mexico, 2,500 marchers gathered outside
the home of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Some 1,000 people marched in Madison, Wisc., and in
Albany, N.Y.
In Nashville, Tenn., 600 activists held an anti-war,
anti-weapons march.
Salt Lake City had a rally of 300.
Hundreds rallied for peace in Durham, N.C. More than
200 protested in Rock Hill, S.C., at Winthrop University.
An estimated 50-75 people in Sioux Falls, S.D.,
assembled on the busiest street corner in the city to protest
the U.S. war drive. Two members of the South Dakota Peace and
Justice Center held a banner that read: "Attack Iraq? NO!"
In Terre Haute, Ind., 65 people protested the
war.
In Texas, marches took place in San Antonio
and Austin--Bush's hometown.
A week earlier, around 1,500 people had marched in
Tucson, Ariz., against the war.
Demonstrations continued the following weekend. On Nov. 3,
hundreds rallied at an anti-war protest outside MacDill Air
Force Base near Tampa. The protest was organized by the
African People's Socialist Party.
That same Sunday, thousands of young people swelled the
ranks of 15,000 New Englanders protesting the war on Boston
Common. Speakers included actor Tim Robbins, Howard Zinn,
and Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner, who urged participants
to demonstrate in Washington on January 18-19. The rally and
march were sponsored by United for Justice with Peace.
Reprinted from the Nov. 14, 2002, issue of
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