[R-G] O26 promises 'largest anti-war protest since Vietnam'

[ProletarianNews]

AP. 22 October 2002. Protest Against Iraq War Set in D.C.

WASHINGTON -- Organizers of a weekend march to oppose the Bush
administration's showdown with Iraq promised Tuesday that the
demonstration will draw thousands to Washington to become the largest
anti-war protest since the Vietnam War.

The march will coincide with similar protests in San Francisco and
several cities around the world, including Berlin, London, Mexico City,
Rome and Tokyo.

Organizers predict that the demonstrations combined will attract
hundreds of thousands of people.

"We will mount an angry, loud opposition just as we did in the Vietnam
War," said Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center,
one of dozens of groups that make up the organizing coalition,
International Answer.

Last April, International Answer held a pro-Palestinian demonstration in
Washington, one of several protests about various topics that occurred
during the spring meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary
Fund.

Saturday's march in Washington will begin with a rally featuring the
Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, actor Ossie Davis, singer Patti
Smith and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Also expected is Ramsey Clark, U.S. attorney general during the Johnson
administration and a longtime critic of U.S. policy toward Iraq.

Event organizers say they are protesting the Bush administration's push
to strike Iraq, an attack they contend would violate international law.
The president's true motive behind such a move, they argue, is to gain
control of Iraq's oil reserves.

Protest organizers said they don't expect violence and doubt that the
demonstration will shut down any part of the city. District of Colombia
police said no additional officers will be on duty.

More than a hundred organizations are planning to send buses to the
event, organizers say. College students, expected from every state, will
comprise about half the participants, they say.

Demonstrators plan to gather Saturday at Constitution Gardens, beside
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Their expected march will loop around the
White House and back.

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