ANTI-WAR PROTESTS CONTINUE ACROSS U.S.
By Leslie Feinberg
November 7, 2002--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.
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