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Madrid ( 300,000), Melbourne ( 150,000).
The messages of many that day painted the Bushies, as bullies and villains, who choose bullets, bombs, destruction and death to solve these complicated issues rather than broker honest, peaceful solutions that should be the watchword of the last standing “superpower” in this new millennium.
We heard from speakers that included Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, singers Pete Seeger and Rich Havens, actors Danny Glover, Sarah Safeway and Harry Bealeton, Julia Bond, Martin Luther King III. All made passionate pleas to echo the battle cry: “The World Says No To War”.
Unquestionably, the demonstrators believe that Saddam Hussein should not be allowed to possess weapons of mass destruction or bio-chemical agents and that he should be replaced. But the protesters do not support America becoming an aggressor nation through preemptive military strikes.
In the end, America would be morally bankrupt, economically destitute and unworthy to be the leader of the “free world.” New York’s “finest”
From my perspective as a visitor, the police were often unfriendly and not very helpful when asked simple questions. If NYPD had a plan to manage the crowd they did a very poor job of communicating what they expected of the 500,000 rally participants that well exceeded the police’s projections.
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