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AP. 15 March 2003. Thousands rally in Austin to protest possible war. AUSTIN -- Thousands of anti-war protesters descended on the State Capitol today to condemn the Bush administration's position on possible war with Iraq while also expressing solidarity with U.S. troops and veterans. Protesters including U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, political satirist Molly Ivins and counterculturist Wavy Gravy addressed the crowd in a series of speeches that went beyond anti-war rhetoric to bolster the protesters' sense of patriotism. "We're being told that you can either be a patriot and support the president or you can be anti-American, and that is a lie," said Louis Malfaro, the event's master of ceremonies and a member of the Austin Central Labor Union. It was the second major protest on the Capitol's south lawn in a month. The crowd appeared comparable to that at a Feb. 15 protest, which police estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 people. Keala Carr, 29, handed out blue ribbons for a campaign by the Austin Against War group, one of the rally's organizers. "The blue ribbon campaign is a way for you to show your support for the troops by wanting them to come home," said Carr, a legal secretary from Austin. Robert Arjet, a 36-year-old Web designer from Austin, handed out bags of uncooked rice for people to send to the White House with a label reading, "Rice for peace. No war on Iraq." "It just seems so obvious that we should be helping people rather than hurting them," he said. "If we keep using violence, we will keep getting violence in return." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProletarianNews http://www.utopia2000.org --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
