Protest in Seattle
Some 1,500 people rallied and marched in Seattle April 20
against war and racism, at an action called by Wake Up
Washington. Palestinians, activist youths, and others from the
peace and religious communities crowded into downtown Westlake
Center, in convergence with marches in Washington, D.C., San
Francisco and internationally.
Among the featured speakers were African American minister
the Rev. Robert Jeffrey and Lena Khalaf Tuffaha of the
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The anti-war
fervor was so great that the rally turned into an unscheduled
march to Capitol Hill, in the face of a large police presence.
There the marchers rallied again at the site of an anti-World
Bank/International Monetary Fund event.
--Jim McMahan
Reprinted from the May 2, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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