My First Protest (part 3 of 3)

The news media said that March 15: 10,000 Protest Iraq War in Los Angeles
People Hit the Streets to Stop the War
On the 5th Anniversary of the Illegal Invasion of Iraq

The March 15 march and rally in Los Angeles on the 5th anniversary of the Iraq war showed that mass opposition to the criminal war is still organized and strong. At least 10,000 people took to the streets in a regional protest in LA to demand an immediate end to the war. That same day, tens of thousands more marched in hundreds of cities across the United States.

Demonstrators began gathering at Hollywood and Vine at 11 a.m. By 12 noon, thousands of people were cheering for speakers and musicians at the opening rally. Speakers from various organizations and music filled the area.

As the marched stepped off, thousands of people filled in behind the lead banners, chanting and waving signs in the air. Former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Vietnam vet Ron Kovic, actor Mike Farrel and others helped lead the protest.

The march filled the six-lane street from sidewalk to sidewalk on Hollywood Blvd. from Vine to Schrader--many blocks away. During the march, people at the front of the march could see the marchers still joining the action 7 blocks behind them. The demonstration was overwhelmingly youthful, with students pouring into the march from hundreds of Southern California schools.

Once the marchers arrived at the main rally point at Sunset and Cahuenga, at least 10,000 people stood at the CNN building. Protesters chanted "CNN, can't you see? Put the peace march on TV!" Despite strong, cold winds and scattered rain, many thousands stayed at the rally site for hours.
Singer Tom English delivered a moving ballad for peace after Theresa Bonpane, Office of the Americas, led a moment of silence for the 1 million Iraqi dead and 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed in the war. Los Duggans and award-winning filmmaker also performed portions of the multimedia anti-war performance piece "Proving Ground."

It was a very large turnout; the biggest anti-war action in Southern California since fall 2007, far exceeding organizers' expectations.

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[Sanosagara13]

war is good....Im all for war nothing any one says is going to stop it

people cant stop the war...us soldiers will stop it when we are finished keeping all your asses safe.....if it was up to civilians we would all be whiped out by now

[Kreatorix]

Figth pseudo leftism & pacifism as a treason of defense republican democracy round the world against nazi-islamism!

If people like you had win in 1939 1941,the aryan rassists & the nazis would rule the world together with antisemit-islam,who organized themselfes in the SS together with Bagdhad progromists & arab nazis under Al-Husseini, Arafats greatuncle.-Iraquis had deserved to be liberated after cold war ended!No defame"Occupation",-for defense freedom against fanatic antisemite islamists!

[kmcqkmcg]

keep going....kev uk