So far most (all?) the D.C. stuff is copy-cat organized by the usual suspects (ANSWER, Campaign for America's Future), so don't expect to see anything new of the OWS type.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Dan Scanlan <[email protected]>wrote: > I was at the October 6 antiwar rally in Freedom Plaza Washington DC today. > There were plenty of cops although they stayed out of sight. There were > several thousand people. David Rovic sang , speeches etc. I got in a two > hour jam with a couple of young hobos and a couple of old fiddlers and banjo > picker. There was an organizers' bossiness to the event that was off-putting > and it so far does not have the kind of brisk intention I usually witness in > San Francisco or Sacramento. Most attendees I spoke with however are sure > the crowds will swell over the coming weeks. Big presence of Veterans for > Peace and other vet groups. It took more than an hour to find a two-hour > parking space. Plenty of media but whether the footage makes it past the > front office is doubtful--no blood. > > I should be in New York later today to be the guy with the banjo-uke on > Wall Street. > > Dan > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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