[Seattle-editorial] FP: Global Day...Article #239255

[Joseph Eisenschmidt]

Eds., 

Please feel free to tweak the center column feature I posted.

Thanks.

Joseph

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Global Day of Protest Against War

<p>In Seattle Saturday, <a href="http://www.mar20th.org/">The March 
20th Coalitions<a/> well planned and quickly assembled peace march 
went off well. Organizations such as <a 
href="http://www.snowcoalition.org/">SNOW<a/> were able to get the 
people out quickly and in force.

<p>Although at least 3 people were arrested when the <a 
href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/239217.shtml">Seattle 
Police<a/> would not provide adequate traffic control, prompting at 
least one <a href="http://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/snow/2004-
03/msg00027.html">attorney<a/> to seek information, The march from 
Seattle's First Hill to the Waterfront via the Federal Building 
provided an excellent way to get out and meet neighbors committed 
to Peace and Justice. 

<p>Actor <a 
href="http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/images/2004/03/239247.
jpg">Ed Asner<a/> gave a <a href=” 
http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/239248.shtml”>speech<a/>, 
and the crowd swelled to 
about 15,000 by the time it reached Pier 61/62. Other actions <a 
href="http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml">around the globe<a/> 
were reported to have been attended by the hundreds of thousands, 
as in <a href=http://nyc.indymedia.org/>New York<a/>, and by over a 
million people in Rome.

<p>Even the press got a good tongue lashing, as 
<href="http://images.indymedia.org/imc/seattle/images/2004/03/239240
.jpg">signs<a/> saying 
'America wants the Truth' circulated. KOMO was singled out for at 
least <a 
href="http://seattle.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/239236.shtml">one 
good report<a/>, 
Showing a small crack in the wall of silence by the corporate press.

<p>All in all, it was a most peaceful day!

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JEE