New York City protesters
'Iraq is not the problem!
Around 1,000 people marched from Times Square to Union
Square in Manhattan Sept. 8 to demand "global peace and
justice."
While the spirit of the march was focused on commemorating
the events of Sept. 11, the protesters obviously had Iraq on
their minds. Signs called for "A regime change in D.C." as well
as "Global peace and justice." One of the more popular chants
was: "War is not the answer, Iraq is not the problem."
People on the sidewalks generally reacted very positively. A
group of African street peddlers even joined the march for
several blocks. A number of foreign television crews covered
the event.
At the beginning of the march, police arrested one protester
for carrying a "deadly weapon." He had a box-cutter taped to
his sign.
--G. Dunkel
Reprinted from the Sept. 19, 2002, issue of
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