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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.
i wish...
by krooked zak
Monday, Sep. 02, 2002 at 2:17 PM
krookedgrind@hotmail.com
i wish i coulda been there
oh well..ill be home in a few weeks
semi dissappointing
by ------7
Monday, Sep. 02, 2002 at 4:23 PM
Just a couple ruminations from the march-
I thought the march was okay. It's critical that we start establishing some type of regular outward presence.
We need to get on the street. I can't emphasize this enough. Staying on the sidewalks doesn't cut it. I know that Mayday was traumatic to a lot of people, but at some point we need to take back the streets. Tactically we could have had a short street march and left before the cops reacted with sufficent numbers. I think this would have been preferable to the longer sidewalk march. We also need to make sure the media is at things like this. Folks tried to get the corporate media to show wihout sucess.
Maybe next time..... media and a street march?
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