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annm4peace

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145. protest in Fresno, Ca then Minneapolis

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 11:07 PM

Mar 2013

part of Peace Fresno... when I left fresno, CA the sheriff's dept was spying on Peace Fresno.. a small group that formed after the war on Afghanistan started. at that time we didn't know if the next war was to be Iraq, Iran, or Syria or even North Korea.. one of the guys made a big stand up wheel of fortune and had the names of countries we might attack.. then it became more and more clear we were heading to war in Iraq. I went from protesting with a small group on a busy street corner being harassed by the Mayor, City Council members, police, rightwing radio hosts, and the Free Republic idiots and many angry white men who would some times park they cars to come yell in our faces.

moved to Minneapolis in the summer of 2002... where there where huge crowds of anti war protesters.. where churches would be out in force at the marches.

but we couldn't stop it. I'm broken hearted, and very depressed. I don't even think I can go to the vigil tomorrow to remember the anniversary, instead I will be going to a yoga class at a meditation center, to try and heal my soul.

there is still suffering in Iraq, and death, and a destroyed infrastucture, and children starving as our US Embassy has clean water, electricty, etc.
Heart breaking

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Check in if you protested the Iraq War [View all] elehhhhna Mar 2013 OP

San Francisco, Sacramento, during the lead-up to the war n/t DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #1

L.A. Have no freaking idea of the exact dates. busterbrown Mar 2013 #249

Checking in brush Mar 2013 #253

Sure did. FarPoint Mar 2013 #2

Washington D.C. redwitch Mar 2013 #3

Both times. earthside Mar 2013 #4

me too - X2 lunasun Mar 2013 #136

Westwood 2002, LA and So Cal 2003, '04, '05, SF 2003... Tikki Mar 2013 #5

Seattle 2004, 2005, 2006. Aristus Mar 2013 #6

Was in tiny ones in my neighborhood. They were *every* weekend in several places. freshwest Mar 2013 #17

I remember. There were some small ones in Tacoma and Bremerton. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #21

Same here... regnaD kciN Mar 2013 #183

I was there. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #18

Me, too The Blue Flower Mar 2013 #119

Check WilliamPitt Mar 2013 #7

If I remember right, someone at the protest I was at in Salem talked to you on the phone. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #20

I beleive i met you, Kephra and... LynneSynn (sp?) at the DU tent... stlsaxman Mar 2013 #51

Marched with St. Pete for Peace in St. Petersburg, FL. nt stevenleser Mar 2013 #8

10 years and 3 days ago. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #9

Three times.. DCBob Mar 2013 #10

austin, tx - 2003 eom arely staircase Mar 2013 #11

I was there, too. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #128

Oxford Road, Kingston, Jamaica malaise Mar 2013 #12

My husband and I just attended candle vigils and chanted kumbyah Auntie Bush Mar 2013 #13

DC twice, Pittsburgh once. johnp3907 Mar 2013 #14

same babydollhead Mar 2013 #187

Checking in n/t HangOnKids Mar 2013 #15

Protested with Skidmore Mar 2013 #16

Protested various places around Portland. Still Blue in PDX Mar 2013 #19

Yes. Several cross-country trips to D.C. rollin74 Mar 2013 #22

In Seattle. I would post pictures but dont know how. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #23

If your pics are on a photo sharing site UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #65

Thanks. Do I have to set up an account with like photobucket? nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #147

Yeah. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #151

I know but I am lazy. But for you I will do it. Thanks for the rhett o rick Mar 2013 #153

Cool. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #157

2005 Seattle rhett o rick Mar 2013 #159

Great pic. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #160

Another 2005 Seattle rhett o rick Mar 2013 #161

I know right where that is. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #163

2006 Seattle rhett o rick Mar 2013 #162

2007 Seattle rhett o rick Mar 2013 #164

2007 Seattle one more rhett o rick Mar 2013 #165

No, just go to tinypic and post Coyotl Mar 2013 #193

Yup, protested the first one too in 1990 or 1991 DC, I think it was. nt Bonobo Mar 2013 #24

Chicago Feb 2003 & Washington DC March 15 2003 Martin Eden Mar 2013 #25

Me. babylonsister Mar 2013 #26

Yup. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #27

Yes Lars39 Mar 2013 #28

San Fernando Valley, L.A. pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #29

We met Martin Sheen at one of the LA marches Beaverhausen Mar 2013 #125

hi neighbors olddots Mar 2013 #177

Times Square, NYC! choie Mar 2013 #30

San Francisco DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #31

Check. Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #32

Yep, multiple times, multiple protest groups etherealtruth Mar 2013 #33

D.C. a couple, three times.... stlsaxman Mar 2013 #34

W was the second best president. Lionel Mandrake Mar 2013 #131

Hofstra University, 2008 name not needed Mar 2013 #35

We held a protest every Sunday, in Flint Township Siwsan Mar 2013 #36

Minneapolis, Winona, Madison, reteachinwi Mar 2013 #37

Marched in San Francisco AnotherDreamWeaver Mar 2013 #38

Borrego Springs, CA.. and Kingston, WA... Bigmack Mar 2013 #39

7 trips to DC from 2002-2003 Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2013 #40

I wasn't old enough to be politically involved at the time, Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #41

In Yakima, WA 16th and Summitview rustydog Mar 2013 #42

I was on the right side of the debate, not the popular side. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #43

DC twice, NYC once.... met some great DUers at both bettyellen Mar 2013 #44

DC twice, Philadelphia once. (nt) enough Mar 2013 #45

DC, two days before I deployed Recursion Mar 2013 #46

DC January 2003, NYC February 2003 DinahMoeHum Mar 2013 #47

I was in the NYC march, too. Jim Lane Mar 2013 #178

6 national rallies, split between D.C. & NYC + appx. 3 years of Sundays in a centrally located patrice Mar 2013 #48

Me. ProSense Mar 2013 #49

Check.... jdadd Mar 2013 #50

DC x 3 PuraVidaDreamin Mar 2013 #52

Washington, D.C. RainDog Mar 2013 #53

Did we meet?? JanMichael Mar 2013 #123

DC...twice JanMichael Mar 2013 #124

Maybe? RainDog Mar 2013 #134

DC and Pittsburgh twice Curmudgeoness Mar 2013 #54

The NYC march. Huge, underreported crowd, but I couldn't believe EVERYONE was not there. Squinch Mar 2013 #55

I was there, too and many more. countmyvote4real Mar 2013 #208

I did. Apophis Mar 2013 #56

San Francisco during the lead up to the war and after Luminous Animal Mar 2013 #57

Long and hard. RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #58

check GeorgeGist Mar 2013 #59

yes LiberalEsto Mar 2013 #60

I participated in most DC demonstrations (UFPJ, Code Pink, ANSWER, etc.) deutsey Mar 2013 #61

Several times BainsBane Mar 2013 #62

Madison Wisconsin Augiedog Mar 2013 #63

On campus at Iowa - near my home rurallib Mar 2013 #64

I was here in red California Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #66

Marched on the Texas Capitol jmondine Mar 2013 #67

Numerous times in San Francisco before and after the war started, and with DUers, too! arcane1 Mar 2013 #68

NC State Capitol...there were THOUSAND OF US...REALLY! KoKo Mar 2013 #69

Pictures- NYC, 2004 (Republican National Convention). hay rick Mar 2013 #70

DC and my little corner of Alexandria, VA. (n/t) WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2013 #71

U betchA ...and Vietnam n/t L0oniX Mar 2013 #72

Same here.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #80

We tried locks Mar 2013 #73

Minneapolis in 2002 and 2003 against the madness. myrna minx Mar 2013 #74

I marched in DC CANDO Mar 2013 #75

Kennebunkport, Maine with spartan61 Mar 2013 #76

i was there too! great march BREMPRO Mar 2013 #180

Checking in Jack Rabbit Mar 2013 #77

Yes, both in Chicago and the western Chicago suburbs. Many times.... riderinthestorm Mar 2013 #78

Houston-Galveston area, and Camp Casey - where I met elehhhhna! nt Lisa0825 Mar 2013 #79

Protested the build up to the war in D.C. Zero Division Mar 2013 #81

Checking in jrthin Mar 2013 #82

Camp Casey PDittie Mar 2013 #83

Washington DC llmart Mar 2013 #84

SF, sacramento... Bennyboy Mar 2013 #85

Yep, Anchorage, Alaska. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #86

Dave, were you guys at this one? Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #171

I was not. I was working but Jodie was there. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #172

And by the way, how was Nome? Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #173

Nome has been great. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #175

Right on. Arctic Dave Mar 2013 #176

From the beginning easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #87

SF, Oakland and zentrum Mar 2013 #88

Hollywood Blvd. There were 10s of thousands of us, the biggest thing I've ever seen in LA and it got Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #89

Organized and rallied here (FL) quaker bill Mar 2013 #90

Sure did Botany Mar 2013 #91

Wilmington, N.C.... GainesT1958 Mar 2013 #92

Dub lied... GainesT1958 Mar 2013 #98

More than that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2013 #93

Checking in ReRe Mar 2013 #94

yep, Seattle right before the war liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #95

Denver. Me and the wife. Before the war. denverbill Mar 2013 #96

Ben Lomond, ca jsand883 Mar 2013 #97

Outside Hotel Del Coronado, 2005 maveric56 Mar 2013 #99

DC 2005, 2007 and 2008, and NYC in 2006... OneAngryDemocrat Mar 2013 #100

Alamogordo, New Mexico...weeks before the war, weeks then months after the war started nt duhneece Mar 2013 #101

many times denese Mar 2013 #102

MoveOn anti-war peace march/vigil March 2003 Rhiannon12866 Mar 2013 #103

Washington, DC Marrah_G Mar 2013 #104

the first one, and the second one and the one between and the one after green for victory Mar 2013 #105

I was at every one in my city. liberalmuse Mar 2013 #106

*hug* you did the right thing. that's part of the "lotta good" bettyellen Mar 2013 #174

Both Iraq wars in marches inSan Francisco mulsh Mar 2013 #107

Champaign-Urbana dog_lovin_dem Mar 2013 #108

NYC-1, NYC-2. 2003. WinkyDink Mar 2013 #109

Portland, Oregon multiple times neverforget Mar 2013 #110

San Francisco Oct 2002, Chicago 2002, 2003... modestybl Mar 2013 #111

. bigtree Mar 2013 #112

L5P - Atlanta, GA Iris Mar 2013 #113

yep cally Mar 2013 #114

I was one of 30,000 people in Portland, Oregon, who protested on the first day Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2013 #115

Many, many times, Tulsa, Ok. 5X Mar 2013 #116

Yes - KT2000 Mar 2013 #117

San Diego area events, several times relayerbob Mar 2013 #118

checking in from san diego frylock Mar 2013 #120

Marched on the Naval station in San Diego... cascadiance Mar 2013 #197

Chico, California Stargleamer Mar 2013 #121

Salt Lake City, Utah when Hatch showed up to call us all "nutcakes" icarusxat Mar 2013 #122

I remember all too well when George the Stupid came to town. defacto7 Mar 2013 #148

checking in-- weekly protests, letters, calls--and just missed getting gassed at the feb 15 protest niyad Mar 2013 #126

Yes. Portland, Ore. in 2003 Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #127

Every chance I could with kids in tow Emit Mar 2013 #129

I protested In washington DC in 2007 and at the RNC in NYC 2004. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #130

Burned and distributed thousands of free antiwar music cds and dvds johnnyreb Mar 2013 #132

San Francisco, Sacramento... 3 Or 5 Of Them I Believe... WillyT Mar 2013 #133

Very small group in a park near Lake Huron, speeches & singing.. fadedrose Mar 2013 #135

February and March 2003 rosesaylavee Mar 2013 #137

Minneapolis, St. Paul FiggyJay Mar 2013 #138

Many Times in San Francisco AndyTiedye Mar 2013 #139

Downtown Dayton, Ohio nt charin Mar 2013 #140

+1 San Diego n/t FreeState Mar 2013 #141

Twice a week for a long long time. peace13 Mar 2013 #142

San Francisco for the first four days of the war. Webster Green Mar 2013 #143

Yup. Was in High School. RedCappedBandit Mar 2013 #144

protest in Fresno, Ca then Minneapolis annm4peace Mar 2013 #145

Mexico City, US Embassy Feb 2003. Zorra Mar 2013 #146

Western Chicago Suburbs nevergiveup Mar 2013 #149

NYC Feb 2003 in the snow Yavin4 Mar 2013 #150

I was there too. nt alsame Mar 2013 #209

Checking in. onestepforward Mar 2013 #152

1st and 2nd anniversary in Little Rock SciFiRK Mar 2013 #154

Grand Rapids MI catbyte Mar 2013 #155

Yes. LWolf Mar 2013 #156

NYC. Not the first (at the UN... where Bloomberg stuffed demonstrators in pens.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2013 #158

Oh yes! Rosa Luxemburg Mar 2013 #166

I did...my one and only protest. dkf Mar 2013 #167

Check. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #168

Twice in DC Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #169

Glasgow, numerous times in the run-up and after it began Denzil_DC Mar 2013 #170

actively BREMPRO Mar 2013 #179

went to dozens of marchs olddots Mar 2013 #181

Boston n/t GCP Mar 2013 #182

Yes, I protested the Iraq War and TM99 Mar 2013 #184

st petersburg Florida onethatcares Mar 2013 #185

Washington DC and Columbia SC. 2003+ Swamp Lover Mar 2013 #186

I marched in protests before and during both wars. lunatica Mar 2013 #188

Checking in here. darkangel218 Mar 2013 #189

San Francisco alittlelark Mar 2013 #190

Many many times roody Mar 2013 #191

The LIES were so obvious, it hurt. Coyotl Mar 2013 #192

Protested from the day we invaded Afghanistan G_j Mar 2013 #194

Washington, DC. 01/18/03 (or thereabouts). nt raccoon Mar 2013 #195

More than once. davsand Mar 2013 #196

SF -- too many times to count. Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2013 #198

October '03 march on Washington... Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #199

I generally don't protest anything but I protested the fucking Iraq War Johonny Mar 2013 #200

Protested before and during War, Tampa FL, Inverness Fl, Macdill Airforce base, DC katmondoo Mar 2013 #205

Yes from Ohio samplegirl Mar 2013 #201

Five times, all in D.C. . . . even once in 2009 (10?). HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #202

Gainesville, Florida clyrc Mar 2013 #203

Jan. 18, 2003 - New York City (nt) Autumn Colors Mar 2013 #204

Los Angeles whatchamacallit Mar 2013 #206

Washington, DC - several times 1-Old-Man Mar 2013 #207

Camp Casey,2005 & 2006, D.C, Fort Worth, Austin, Galveston. broiles Mar 2013 #210

Both wars. Many times in Austin and Melissa G Mar 2013 #211

Early & Often. bvar22 Mar 2013 #212

San Francisco...it was great meeting other DUers noiretextatique Mar 2013 #213

check felix_numinous Mar 2013 #214

Was arrested protesting the war in Febuary of 2003 jimlup Mar 2013 #215

Check. SamReynolds Mar 2013 #216

NYC march 2003, 2004 Amaya Mar 2013 #217

Here. Rex Mar 2013 #218

Twice in college - Central Michigan University, 2005 and 2007. UrbScotty Mar 2013 #219

Stood with Women in Black Chiquitita Mar 2013 #220

May 18, 2006 Washington DC with Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan mountain grammy Mar 2013 #221

This message was self-deleted by its author Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #222

DC. My first time ever to go to DC to protest anything. mnhtnbb Mar 2013 #223

Twice my husband, son and myself took to the streets of San Francisco kimbutgar Mar 2013 #224

Checking in for myself and ChickMagic, both Camp Casey attendees derby378 Mar 2013 #225

Seattle padruig Mar 2013 #226

I was one of 2200 people arrested in San Francisco on the day the war broke out Downtown Hound Mar 2013 #227

Belonged to a group called "GlynnPeace" in Brunswick, GA. murray hill farm Mar 2013 #228

Oklahoma City, OK Stand and Fight Mar 2013 #229

San Francisco, Washington DC BlueToTheBone Mar 2013 #230

Twice in Denver and otohara Mar 2013 #231

Thought it was moronic. We hadn't captured the 9/11 folks yet PatrynXX Mar 2013 #232

San Diego - in the marches. haele Mar 2013 #233

I did. Still do. n/t Tab Mar 2013 #234

I hated this war from the start mamayo Mar 2013 #235

Colorado Springs Heathen57 Mar 2013 #236

Multiple times in DC. Little news coverage. Faygo Kid Mar 2013 #237

I marched in Cincinnati somethingshiny Mar 2013 #238

LA october 2007 FreedomRain Mar 2013 #239

3 times Cali_Democrat Mar 2013 #240

Yep, while lots around me were for it. graywarrior Mar 2013 #241

Victoria BC arikara Mar 2013 #242

Concord, NH 2006 mikeargo Mar 2013 #243

Feb. 2003, San Antonio. Rozlee Mar 2013 #244

Multiple Protests in D.C. and Fort Bragg. Here's one of the PHOTO threads I did: Hissyspit Mar 2013 #245

Lexington, Ky took part in vigils too. alfredo Mar 2013 #246

Burlington, VT and yep I did that. Agschmid Mar 2013 #247

San Diego. silverweb Mar 2013 #248

NYC February 15,2003 Johnny Noshoes Mar 2013 #250

Twice in Washington and three in the Cle...eom Kolesar Mar 2013 #251

I did! NYC on Feb 10.. (I think that was the date) in 10 degrees cold. Kahuna Mar 2013 #252

hell, I protested the 91kuwait invasion Spartacus Maximus XL Mar 2013 #254

DC, chervilant Mar 2013 #255

Kansas City KansDem Mar 2013 #256

Yup SarasotaDem Mar 2013 #257