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Diverse Anti-War Crowd
Thousands of anti-war protesters include a diverse cross-section of Americans opposed to the President's efforts to attack Iraq.
Estimates vary as to the size of the Demonstration. Some estimates were as low as 50,000 differ wildly from other estimates as high as 200,000. But what could not be debated is that the demonstration included a broad representation of Americans from all walks of life.
Apparent in the crowd were Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, European Americans, Middle Eastern peoples. There were contingents of demonstrators self identified as Palestinians, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Veterans, Gays, Architects, Native Americans, and students. All ages were represented, From the elderly to toddlers.
Apparent in the crowd were Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, European Americans, Middle Eastern peoples. There were contingents of demonstrators self identified as Palestinians, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Veterans, Gays, Architects, Native Americans, and students. All ages were represented, From the elderly to toddlers.
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i was there and there were so many white middle class wanna be hippie peackniks with liberal to conservative signs it made me sick. i saw a sign that said "forget saddam, get ossama" and another one that said "israelis and palestinians, equally oppressed, blah blah" it wasnt diverse ethnically or politically. more like typical mainstream white liberal hegemony. especially the fuckin answer controlled speakers on the stage and who got all the media attention. we gotta do our own shit. this white liberal shit is wack. its not even subversive or oppositional. thats the last answer rally i'm goin to.
"thats the last answer rally i'm goin to."
Sounds like your resolve is pretty pathetic, if diversity is your only litmus test of the protest's worth. If you had seen DC's speaker lineup, it was far from "whitewashed."
Did you even show up at all? Probably in undercover garb. Typical divide-and-conquer COINTELPRO strategy--or maybe a Most-Sad Agent.
Sounds like your resolve is pretty pathetic, if diversity is your only litmus test of the protest's worth. If you had seen DC's speaker lineup, it was far from "whitewashed."
Did you even show up at all? Probably in undercover garb. Typical divide-and-conquer COINTELPRO strategy--or maybe a Most-Sad Agent.
For more information:
http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLIT...
ok, i'm just tellin you wat i honestly witnessed, i'm not tryin ta divide and conquer, i'm sayin my opinion, you dont have to accuse everyone of being an agent who voices oppositional views than yours. i went to the 4/20 rally last year, the O26 one, and then this last one. 4/20 was dope, there were more pro-palestinian groups and more radical views being put out. O26 was bigger, but answer watered it down and there were much more white liberals. and this last time, yea, it was big as fuck, but the main march and activities were not diverse politically, and all i saw on stage were joan baez tryin ta sing arabic and martin sheen .. gimme a break. not that many people talkin bout how this problem is this system of capitalism and white supremacy.. altho some ppl burned some flags and there was the black bloc thing. i mean, wen you got more american and zionist flags bein waved than palestinian flags, you got some SERIOUS issues.
dont turn this into a racial competition. we are protesting the war not counting white people.
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