Nearly 10,000 anti-war protesters gather in S.F. (a couple of pics)

[Kadie]

Nearly 10,000 anti-war protesters gather for march through S.F.

Carrie Sturrock and Meredith May, Chronicle Staff Writers

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Nearly 10,000 enthusiastic anti-war protesters stepped off from San Francisco's Civic Center at 12:30 this afternoon on an afternoon-long trek through San Francisco to mark the third anniversary of the war in Iraq.

The protest was one of hundreds being held throughout the country as anti-war activists worked to keep up the drumbeat against the U.S. military presence in Iraq.

"Because of the air attacks and because of people's growing dissatisfaction with where their tax dollars are being spent'' there's plenty of support for the anti-war effort, said Rachel Hereford, 22, one of the coordinators of Saturday's march.

A stage was set up, festooned with a banner saying "Bring the Troops Home Now! End Colonial Occupation." The marchers planned to walk through the Tenderloin, through the downtown shopping district near Union Square and then back through the South of Market before returning to the Civic Center for a rally with speakers, singers and street theater groups.

more...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/18/MNG8SHQJMR5.DTL




Nearly 10,000 anti-war protesters gather for march through S.F.
Rally participants (from left to right) Val Coshnear, Walden Simper, Roger Anderson, and Yannis Cosmadopoulos take part in a Liars Anonymous skit at the Civic Center. Chronicle photo by Jakub Mosur

[lonestarnot]

1. WOOOOOHOOOOO! Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Boards are going

to start lighting up soon with action pics from across the country! Enjoy! :toast:

[napi21]

2. I hope this is just the beginning. There were a lot bigger protests

in other countries! I hope it finally comes here!

[babylonsister]

3. Thanks, Kadie! Great pix, the protesters make me proud! nt

[rodeodance]

4. mighty nice

[malaise]

5. Bring em on

Lovely pix.

[Breeze54]

6. WoW! Quite a turnout!

Fanatastic!! Nice pictures!!
Thanks for sharing this!
More protests coming tomorrow too!
:thumbsup:

[senseandsensibility]

7. I am so proud of my Bay Area neighbors!

You can always count on them. Thanks!

[onecent]

8. FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[bigwillq]

9. Super pics!

Good to see the crowds! :bounce:

[kansasblue]

10. more pics of the march

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=695424&mesg_id=695424

[mom cat]

11. Thanks!

[Kadie]

12. Here are some more pics from San Francisco today...

more at...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?o=0&f=/c/a/2006/03/18/MNG8SHQJMR5.DTL

[Gormy Cuss]

13. The boots were at the Walnut Creek rally

There were 100 boots, each with the name of a California soldier or Marine lost in Iraq. The display was set up in the Veterans' Memorial Park.

The Chronicle claims there were 3000 at the Walnut Creek (East Bay) rally -- I would have guessed half that amount but it was a good turnout.

On edit: those are in addition to the 10K in SF. There was also a rally planned for Palo Alto.

[Kadie]

14. Thanks.

They have added several more pics now from Walnut Creek.

[Gormy Cuss]

15. Thanks for posting the pix!

There were plenty of veterans of Vietnam War protests, including singer Country Joe McDonald, former Republican congressman -- and current candidate for Congress -- Pete McCloskey and Democratic Rep. George Miller of Martinez, who was elected in 1974.

The Walnut Creek march and rally were very orderly and laid back with a few exceptions, like when Country Joe lead the crowd in a Fish Cheer. Gimme an F! Gimme a U!...
B-)

[mogster]

16. Kick! n/t

[acmejack]

17. From SF by Kansas Blue!

Cindy is from Last Year But Hey!

[IsIt1984Yet]

18. Great pictures, thanks for sharing! Added here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=699027&mesg_id=699027