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

[sheri at speakeasy.org]

perhaps a link to the global protests that this was a party of:

http://www.indymedia.org/en/2004/03/110608.shtml

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Eisenschmidt [mailto:relayer at riseup.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 04:06 PM
> To: 'ListEditorial'
> Subject: [Seattle-editorial] FP: Global Day...Article #239255
> 
> Eds., 
> 
> Please feel free to tweak the center column feature I posted.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Joseph
> 
> ___________
> 
> 
> 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!
> 
> ____________
> 
> JEE
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