[lbo-talk] March 20, 2004, Columbus, OH: A Day That WillLive In Infamy

Michael Pugliese michael098762001 at earthlink.net
Sun Mar 21 07:35:32 PST 2004


Wow, 500 in Atlanta.

Better Fewer But Better!

http://www.columbia.edu/~lnp3/msg45564.html Subject: Re: [Marxism] March 20 protest accounts From: Adam Levenstein <cleon42 at yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 05:48:03 -0800 (PST) Here in Atlanta, we had a march/rally starting from the Israeli consulate going to Piedmont Park. An IMCer did a count of the march and said it was between 400-500, closer to 500. (For Atlanta, that's really impressive.) The march was also much more broad than it has been in the past; there was a much higher proportion of people of color, as well as more generational diversity. There were also several vigils later in the evening; I didn't make any, but I heard later that one in Decatur drew over 100 people, and another at Atlanta University Center (a grouping of several historically black colleges) drew about 75. (I didn't hear anything about Marietta--Jose?) All in all, I have to say Atlanta was a great success. You can consider a protest "successful" here with a couple hundred people; not only did we have hundreds out (including the vigils), but the diversity of the demonstrations showed a major victory in the anti-war movement linking up with people of color here. Adam --- glparramatta <glparramatta at greenleft.org.au> wrote:
> Can comrades send some brief accounts, and estimates of numbers
> participating, of the March 20 protests in their areas?
>
> Norm.

Michael Pugliese



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