The cops estimated 5K, my son, who attended (I has to be out of town), estimated 10-15K. Given the rule of doubling the cops' estimate and halving the organizers' estimate, my son is probably in the money.
--- Robert Wrubel <bobwrubel at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The San Francisco Chronicle, a bastion of unhelpful
> neutrality on this kind of thing, reported
> "thousands"
> at the Saturday march and stated it occupied
> "several"
> blocks of Market St. From past experience, I'd say
> that means about 8,000. Included in the Chronicle
> online photos were some from NYC, which looked a lot
> more disciplined and better organized than the SF
> march.
> BobW
> --- Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> > Any reports from demos elsewhere?
> >
> > The podium claimed 30,000 in Chicago. I doubt it.
> It
> > was from my
> > perspective just big enough not to be embarassing,
> > but not big enough to
> > send people home with much enthusiasm.
> >
> > The cops were less provocative than two years ago.
> > We took 10 people
> > from B/N. Pretty damn fucking poor.
> >
> > Carrol
> >
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