[saymaListserv] t r u t h o u t - Hundreds of Thousands March against the War

[steve livingston]

I just came across a great write-up in Tom Dispatch.

put www dot in front of this: "tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=24319"

Many interviews, lots of photos. Excerpt:

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". . . the march will be a Katrina, a cacophony, of handmade signs, 
waves and waves of them, expressing every bit of upset and pent-up 
frustration that the polls tell us a majority of Americans feel . . ."

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" . . . From Virginia, he's the assistant controller at a dairy ('an 
accountant basically'). Like a lot of people at this demonstration, he 
speaks calmly, even quietly, but with a deep-seated disgust. 'I'm just 
sick of it . . . "

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". . . As we circle back toward the Mall, we pass a mother and son 
standing on the sidewalk. She's holding what, for me, is the most 
striking sign of the day: 'No Iraqis left me on a roof to die.' Her 
twelve year-old son, Muata Hunter, holds a sign too. It's simple and 
eloquent. 'No war.'"

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Good read. Look at the pictures. They are our fellow citizens, ordinary 
Americans, all different, and all ready to hear what Peace can do.

Steve