Antiwar Protest Largest Since '60s

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

At 12:17 PM -0500 10/29/02, Chuck0 wrote:
>They have very limited effects, even more so when they happen in 
>Washington. Strategically speaking, if I had planned a similar 
>national mobilization, I would have picked New York or Philadelphia 
>as the venue. The problem with Washington is that these types of 
>protests hvae to compete with similar historical events. The local 
>and national media will look at the event and say, "How does this 
>compare to the Million Mom March or the pro-choice marches?"

Come to Columbus, OH on Saturday, November 9, 2002 for a statewide 
rally against the war on Iraq:

11 AM, assemble at the Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale Blvd., Columbus , OH
12 noon, march past the Federal Building (200 N. High St.) to the Statehouse
1-3 PM, rally at the Statehouse, Broad & High Sts., Columbus, OH

Speakers at the rally: Ahmad Al-Akhras (Council on American-Islamic 
Relations-Ohio), Vernon Bellecourt (American Indian Movement), Debra 
Calhoun (American Friends Service Committee-Akron/People for Peace of 
Akron, OH), Jonathan Farley (the Green Party), Alvin Hadley 
(Metropolitan Area Church Council), Barry Landeros-Thomas (AIM & 
Veterans for Peace), Leatrice Tolls (Not In Our Name-Cleveland), etc.

Map of the Goodale Park: <http://www.columbusroadrunners.org/goodale.htm>
Map of Downtown Columbus around the Statehouse: 
<http://www.statehouse.state.oh.us/encampment/map.htm>

As the rally has nothing to do with WW/IAC/ANSWER, no one has any 
excuse not to come.  ;->
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>