Maroons on parade
Posted on 11/02/2005 8:21:52 PM PST by jmc1969
Thousands of protesters staged rallies on Wednesday across the United States against the policies of President George W. Bush, including the war in Iraq and response to Hurricane Katrina.
The World Can't Wait organization, a coalition of groups formed recently to stage the rallies, used the anniversary of Bush's re-election to call for his resignation in protests that took place in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco and Chicago.
In New York, students walked out of schools and colleges and joined other supporters as thousands rallied in Union Square before marching nearly 2 miles to Times Square along avenues lined with police on motorbikes.
"The Bush regime is out to remake the world with its policies," said organizer Sunsara Taylor. "From the war in Iraq to environmental policies to the remaking of the Supreme Court ... we are staring down the barrel of fascism in this country."
Olivier Martineau, 16, walked out of his high school with 17 others to join the march. "I am strongly against the war in Iraq," he said. "We are always sticking our noses into other people's business when we don't even realize our battles at home."
Student Tuarian Wolfe, 19, carried a sign reading "No Iraqi ever left me on my rooftop to die," to protest the slow response to help poor people stranded in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
"This war is now resonating with youth with the military recruiting in their high schools and they know they are not far away from danger," she said.
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Maroons on parade
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I went to the WCW rally and march today here in FRisco. It blew. Small crowd, mostly kids. The whole thing is completely stupid. They have no agenda, except to "demand" that the President, and his entire administration, resign. Who will then lead the government is not mentioned. There were some communists there, and on another thread someone said that the whole thing is a front for the Revolutionary Communist Party. This would make sense. There is money and organizational skill coming from somewhere that seems all out of proportion to the triviality of the "movement" itself.
No mature adults, but kids would do anything to skip school. Heck, they probably don't even know who "Bush" is!
This can't be taken seriously. If I promised them all $1 to skip school, they'd do the same thing.
Ditto here. It happened all at once too, when I got my first big girl check and wondered who the h3ll was the FICA guy?
The DUmmies have been ballyhooing these protests for a week. Now that the numbers regarding attendanceare coming in they are not so mouthy.
GMTA!
My humble apologies.
Thanks for the first-hand report. If it was a dud in SF, you can be sure it was a REAL dud elsewhere.
Our Ideology is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
Our Vanguard is the Revolutionary Communist Party
Our Leader is Chairman Avakian
Thousands rally? Big deal. Who cares? There are many thousands that support Bush. So...their point is??????
Their heros
Had I not read this thread, I'd have no idea what you were talking about. I didn't see any liberal children dressed up in their disturbing, anti-American costumes today, and I'm in NY!
No, Iraq just murdered, raped and pillage but...she IS right...they never left her on a rooftop to die. :)
Ya know, these fools are in trouble if we ever decide to take sedition and treason seriously again.
Thanks,...I think.
Forgive my naivete or outright ignorance, but what does GMTA mean?
I didn't see anything and I live in SF! I saw some posters and wondered where the protest was.
Um, excuse me? I think you meant that for another poster?
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