We are not alone
Posted by unbrand on 27 October 2002 | 1 Comments
Yesterday we went to the anti war demonstration in San Francisco, one of the two main events in the US (the other one was in Washington DC) of an international day of protest against the government’s campaign for a war in Iraq.
Man, there was LARGE crowd! The official number given was 42,000 people, although I have seen estimates twice as high. It was very moving to see so many people expressing their disagreement with the Bush administration and their policies behind which we do NOT stand united, no matter what the powers that be would like us to believe. The crowd was very diverse and certainly not only “young punk rockers with mohawks, aging hippies and middle-aged couples with children”, like an earlier AP wire article idiotically tried to dumb it down. Police were present, even fencing off a few buildings in riot gear (the California State building, the Federal Building, and, yes, I’m not making this up, the GAP. Phew, wouldn’t want those punk rockers to scare yuppies shopping for low-rise stretch jeans and sherpa duffle coats), but they seemed relaxed enough and everything was peaceful. Overall, a very powerful and positive experience.