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Anti-Bush March
by Nathan Shaffer Sunday, Sep. 01, 2002 at 9:26 PM
nds6@pitt.edu

Almost 40 Anti-Bush protestors took to the streets the evening of September 1st to voice their opposition to G.W. Bush's visit to Pittsburgh on Labor Day.

Almost 40 Anti-Bush protestors took to the streets the evening of September 1st to voice their opposition to G.W. Bush's visit to Pittsburgh on Labor Day. Marching down the sidewalk in several loops around Forbes and 5th Avenue, protestors were vociferous in their disapproval of the President's policies and what they see as hostility to Labor, the Environment, and Pittsburghers in general. Shouting slogans like, "You can't eat guns, you can't breath money, George Bush is a f--cking dummy," the group made it's views clear. Some signs read, "Fascism isn't good," and, "W Go Home."
Reactions from bystanders were mixed. Some cars honked in support while others disapproved. One Bush supporter harangued the march, calling the protestors, "Pathetic."
The march was shadowed for a short time by University of Pittsburgh Police, but a confrontation did not take place. The activists remained on the sidewalk for the majority of the march.
The march was quickly assembled from a teach-in concerning World Bank and IMF issues that was being held at Pitt.

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