Antiwar March Makes Its Way Through Downtown
Eric Richardson
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — If you're Downtown this afternoon, you way well have already realized that the antiwar protest march just made its way through. I was sitting in my apartment and heard them making their way down Broadway, so I figured I might as well go out and grab a few pictures.
The march seemed decently attended. I caught the front making the turn onto 4th and came to the end around 7th. So I'd say maybe four blocks worth of people, not all to dense at times.
One thing I always love is the random side-protests that get attached to marches like this. For instance, the nurses' association was chanting "Stop Arnold. Stop the War." I saw several random "Free Palestine" signs. And as always the Bus Riders Union showed up.
I didn't notice until I was uploading the pictures, but I'm pretty sure the guy in the pictured photo for this post is giving me a Fight On! in response to my USC t-shirt. Less than two hours until game time...
David Kennedy on September 29, 2005, at 01:54PM – #1
This might be more political than you'd like, but here's some background information on the march organizers. I suspect most people in attendance don't know.
International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) is a front group for the Communist Workers World Party. The Workers World Party is, literally, a Stalinist organization. It rose out of a split within the old Socialist Workers Party over the Soviet Union's 1956 invasion of Hungary
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on September 29, 2005, at 02:01PM – #2
I can't remember where, but the other day I was reading where someone had observed that ANSWER's leading of the marches was likely what kept there from being any high level Democrats involved. I thought that was interesting. -e;