NYC demonstration

[Louis Proyect]

I returned a little while ago from an immense antiwar demonstration in NYC 
which started on Times Square (B'way and 42nd Street) and terminated at 
Washington Square Park (5th Avenue and W. 4th Street). For the entire 
stretch of 38 blocks,  marchers filled the streets. My guess is that there 
were at least a quarter of a million people, a figure that is not far off 
from the cop's own estimate. (See: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/22/international/worldspecial/22WIRES-RALLIES.html)

As has been the case for a while now, there was a profusion of hand-made 
signs evoking all sorts of sentiments from "Zionists Against War" to 
"Puppies for Peace". There was a significant number of blacks and labor in 
the march, which was preponderantly young and white. The mood was militant 
but disciplined. Unlike previous events, there were no rallies either at 
the starting point or end point. Why, I am not sure. Logistics, I suppose.

I strongly suspect that if the USA cannot prevail in Iraq within a week or 
so, these demonstrations will become much larger and more powerful. Here 
are some photos I took:

http://www.marxmail.org/mar22_1.jpg
http://www.marxmail.org/mar22_2.jpg
http://www.marxmail.org/mar22_3.jpg
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