------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the April 10, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
DOGGING BUSH IN PHILLY In the largest demonstration in Philadelphia since the U.S. military aggression began, more than 5,000 people braved wind-driven freezing rain for a March 30 protest to stop the war on Iraq and bring the troops home. The demonstration, organized by the Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network, began with a rally at Penn's Landing. Protesters then marched past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, against traffic on South Street through a heavily traveled commercial district. They ended at the Federal Building with spirited chanting and drumming. Several hundred protesters took time off from work and school to return the next day to confront President George W. Bush, who was in Philadelphia to award "Homeland Security" contracts. Despite a daunting police presence that made getting to the rally nearly impossible, demonstrators massed across from the Port Authority building where Bush spoke. They were able to confront his motorcade when it sped away after the event. Among the protesters were Vietnam-era veterans who denounced planned Congressional cuts in veteran benefits. Members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union pointed out that homeless people have no security under the Bush administration's cuts in social programs that are being used to pay for his multi-billion-dollar war. --Betsey Piette - 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 wwnews- [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]>
