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Friend of LBO John Mage put it best - a spirited, edumenical, and youthful gathering to protest the imminent war against Iraq. It was one of at least 28 across the U.S. on October 6 and 7, organized by Not In Our Name, a group founded in New York just after 9/11. Here's a taste of what it looked like.
| One of many variations on the flag, which are not yet illegal. |  |
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Mao More Than Ever, a tagline of the Revolutionary Communist Party. An RCPer was seen at the edges of the demo arguing furiously with some pro-Tibet kids, who didn't like his deployment of the word "feudal" to describe the Dalai Lama's regime. Appropriately enough, the sectarian parties kept mostly to the fringes. |
| Molly Klopot of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, one of the organizers of the day. Democracy Now's Amy Goodman can be seen, notebook in hand, over her shoulder. |  |
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| Mira Nair, film director, who said "monologue is not the answer" | Tim Robbins, denouncing fundamentalism of all kinds, religious and business | Susan Sarandon, who displayed admirable skepticism about Hillary Clinton | Sami Al-Arian, computer science prof fired by the University of South Florida for alleged terrorist sympathies | Lynne Stewart, lawyer arrested in April for alleged terrorist sympathies | Kent State student identified only as "Laura," issuing a big "fuck you" to the silence and passivity of her PlayStation generation |
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| Miles Solay of NION leading a youth delegation leading the crowd in the pledge of resistance. |
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