------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Sept. 5, 2002 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
ANTI-WAR PROTEST AT BUSH'S "SUMMER PALACE" By Gloria Rubac Crawford, Texas More than 400 activists from around the state converged on Crawford, Texas--George W. Bush's summer palace--on Aug. 24 to demand that the Pentagon not invade Iraq. After a rally at a local park, a car caravan tried to go to the president's ranch. The caravan was almost a mile long, including bicycles, two buses from Houston and hundreds of cars with banners and Palestinian flags flying. State troopers, local sheriffs and federal cops blocked the highway to the ranch. When the whole caravan stopped along a small two-lane highway and made plans to march back to the barricade, the local sheriffs threatened to tow all the vehicles. Activists then caravaned to the Crawford public high school where the media was congregated. They were threatened with arrest for entering the building. After a brief rally outside the high school, activists departed, vowing to return to Crawford unless Bush stops his war threats against Iraq. - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
