Different route planned for anti-war march (SAN FRANCISCO)

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/11/03 | Joe Garafoli

[MikalM]

San Francisco -- Saturday's anti-war demonstration in San Francisco will send protesters on a different route from the one followed in past peace events, organizers said Monday.

Activists are asking people to meet at 11 a.m. in Civic Center, then march to Jefferson Square Park near the corner of Turk and Gough streets, said Bill Hackwell, an organizer with International Answer, one of the main coordinators of the event.

[MikalM]

[doug from upland]

"This could be people's last chance to protest before a war starts," Hackwell said.

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Hey, they finally get it.

[grobdriver]

Different route planned for anti-war march

Y'all march out onto the Golden Gate Bridge... when you get to the middle, turn left.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Beat me to it.

[anniegetyourgun]

I know this isn't going to happen in those neighborhoods, but it would be so cool if everyone put out their American flag along this route.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Confirmed speakers include actor Martin Sheen

Well, it's official, the pretend-President gets to spew his verbal diarrhea within shouting distance.

[WOSG]

here is a plea: President Bush, start the war on saturday while they are doing this, so the audience will be glued to the TV set and we can show how ineffective and wrong they are.

[gridlock]

former Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga

Oh, I do like the sound of that!

By the way, since she's no longer in Congress, is she still a D-GA, or is she a WhoKnows-Don'tCare?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

She may change. The Green Party wants her to join their party so bad they can taste it.

[weegee]

Are there any banks, Starbucks, or INS offices for them to vandalize on their way to the pro-Saddam/pro-Palestinian-war/anti-Bush rally?

[weegee]

Off topic, but is the US Green Party affiliated with the international Green Party? Is this permissible since we do not allow foreign contributions to our elections?

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Different route planned for anti-war march (SAN FRANCISCO)

New route insures a Starbucks every 200 feet versus original, less Frappucino dense route.

[theDentist]

I imagine the guesstimators are already practicing to over-estimate the number of participants.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

That area is mostly Hayes Valley, which is like a mini version of the Haight.

Far out, deja vu all over again....

[WaveThatFlag]

"This could be people's last chance to protest before a war starts," Hackwell said.

And assuming some of these people actually work during the week, this could also be their last chance to protest the war before its over.

[weegee]

2 other recent SF peaceprotestsriots. This is not a peace movement. It is a coordinated effort by socialists and antiBush/antiIsrael idiots. The anticapitalists show their stripe now and then.

200 renegades go on rampage in S.F. (Antiwar Anarchist Riot!)

Splinter group clashes with cops for hours (Antiwar RIOT!)

[doug from upland]

My son lives right above that sign on the corner of Haight and Ashbury. Fortunately, he has short hair, no tatoos, no body piercings, and a nice girlfriend.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

This is no longer free speech but traitors trying to divide this country."SIC THE DOGS ON EM"!

[Republicus2001]

Individuals and Organizations Supporting Communist Party
Taken verbatim from the website of the Communist Party USA 1999

Sen. Barbara Boxer
University of California Student Association
Professor Gerald Horne, Chair, Department of Black Studies, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Linda Chavez-Thompson, AFL-CIO executive vice president
Matt Fong
Patty Murray, U.S. Senate
Art Guzman, a member of Pipefitters Local 250 in Los Angeles
Congressman Ronald V. Dellums - United States House of Representatives
Californian's for Justice
DePaul Cuba Coalition/Junta de Accion Latina
Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles CA
Prisoners' Defense Committee
Southern Arizona People's Law Center, Tucson Az
US Peace Council, Menlo Park CA
Shiu-Ming Cheer - Asian Pacific Americans for Affirmative Action, San Francisco
Nicole Davis - Californian's for Justice
Mark Piotrowski - Center for Campus Organizing
John Martinez - Prisoners' Defense Committee
Daniel Hosang - People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland CA
Paul Gattone - Southern Arizona People's Law Center, Tucson
Kimi Lee, Executive Director University of California Student Association
Martha Acevedo - US Peace Council, Menlo Ca
David Mirtz, National Coordinator - Young Communist League, USA