Chicago just found out. About ten people showed up in Miami.
In San Francisco, protest capital of America, not more than a thousand mustered:
Some protesters were disappointed with the turnout and the general state of the left wing."It's disheartening," said Howard Keylor of a group called International Bolshevik Tendency. "I'm 80 years old and some decades back the Republicans were further left than the Democrats are today. Our position has largely been one of retreat."
Others were concerned that the peace movement has been split by pro- and anti-Israel factions.
"A lot of us used to march with ANSWER because we're against the war, but ANSWER has become a group that's radicalized militant Islam," said Karl Goldman of San Francisco Voice for Israel. "They have a romantic view of resistance -- just because someone picks up a gun doesn't make him a revolutionary."
It's a positive that at least some have cottoned onto the tenets of ANSWER.
Posted by floridacracker at October 30, 2006 05:36 AMThose mentioned are now automatically out of the running for the San Francisco Bay Gaurdian's Protestor of the Year contest.
Posted by: ken at October 30, 2006 01:24 PMWhiners.
Posted by: Donnah at October 30, 2006 08:52 PMSome of us have J-O-B-S and would love to be out protesting and feelin' the love during the week. And on Saturdays, since we have J-O-B-S, we have to mow the L-A-W-N.
We could mow L-A-W-Ns during the week, leaving Saturdays open for protesting and love.
But then we wouldn't have our J-O-B-S.
The world is a fascist conspiracy.
Posted by: tree hugging sister at November 1, 2006 11:21 AM