Caption This: AntiAmericanWar Protesters January 18th 2003

Yahoo ^ | Jan 18 2003 | various, posted with phots

[weegee]

An anti-war sign hangs around the neck of a statue of President Abraham Lincoln in Portland, Ore., Saturday Jan 18, 2003. In Portland, police said at least 20,000 people marched through downtown. (AP Photo/Steve Slocum)

Startling new "evidence" shows that President Lincoln opposed fighting the Civil War.

[kcvl]

lol!

[Slyfox]

Is that an SUV that they are driving in their protest?

Yeah, and what about that case in the wayback -- of water bottled in plastic -- a product of the oil companies?

[kcvl]

about the break away
by john • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 08:00 AM
finwithwork@yahoo.com


I took part in the break away march and had a great time taking back are streets and fucking up what we could. Violence against people i think is to much but violence against property really harms no one especially when its starbucks or citibank or anyone of the other places we hit up. The rest of us don't feel like sitting around and waiting for the bad things to happen we set out to outright stop them. Sorry you may not like or methods but we will be back...as none of us even got arrested or even any major media coverage....

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Naive Pacifists
by redsam • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 02:28 PM



I took part in the break away march, and it wasn't some mindless action of property destruction. It targetted institutions which are directly involved in the exploitation and suffering of the world population. The destruction of the front of the INS building, over the yells of "no more borders!" was fucking BRILLIANT, and I think will send a great message of solidarity to those families whose members have been "disappeared" by the capitalist state. In fact, as we marched through the financial district, there were many cheers from sympathizers. The only negative thing I could say about the march was that few instances of graffiti on parked cars, but for the most part all property vandalism was targetted at the banks which profit from war and exploitation, and the INS building which has been involved in deportation and dententions of thousands of proletarian immigrants. As long as these direct actions maintain coherent political messages, targeting the basis of capitalist power, then I support them completely and will participate in them.

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why not cars?
by jj • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 06:19 PM



why not write on suvs?
suvs = oil = war

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SUV's WOULD be a good idea
by Jordan • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 06:39 PM



Yes, they may be working class, but just because they get minimum wage doesn't mean they shouldn't be targeted for the terrorism SUV's promote. Not-to-mention SUV's are expensive, so they probably get a little more than working class conditions. SUV's are a HUGE reason for this war, and the people who drive them have been told time and time again the dangers of SUV's, but they refuse to accept, as driving a bigger and better car is worth any price, be it human lives or global warming. Not to mention, you could be saving a life by destroying an SUV (they are significantly more likely to flip over from hitting a SINGLE CURVE than a regular car)

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tagging suvs
by lips • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 07:21 PM



As someone already stated, suvs do cost more than many working class folk can afford.
But, even if it is working class folk who own a suv, so what? Just because youre working class youre allowed to do something that people always condemn yuppies for doing? Yeah right. I don't care what class youre in, if youre going around destroying the environment (of course that's not the only reason suvs suck, but its my personal favorite) you should have your suv tagged.
Also, if in fact these suvs were owned by working class folk (which I doubt, its much more typical to see a rich yuppie in downtown san francisco driving and suv than someone whos working class) it was just some paint. Maybe their cars wont look as great (arnt all cars ugly though?) but they still run and function perfectly. I didn't see anyone breaking any suv windows or anything that would stop the suv from working.



http://indybay.org/news/2003/01/1562040_comment.php

[weegee]

These are the same scum who indescriminately will damage property (and under conditions of anonmymity could be likely to act out violently against counter protestors) and yet will cry on Pacifica about how their rights were violated when they got arrested.

[kcvl]

I like this one...




Why Not?
by LADUDE • Sunday January 19, 2003 at 08:00 PM



why not write on suvs?
suvs = oil = war


Why not write on your house:
Heat=oil=war?

[weegee]

GREAT! I've wondered when someone was going to counter the anti-SUV/private-transportation/"oil" crowd with discussion of heating oil.

[weegee]

Those loons are alleging that the perpetrators of the violence may have been dupes of the FBI! Another kook said that she didn't want these rowdy types to protest this way "Not in our name!".

They need to realize that the anticapitalists at ANSWER are the ones funding these rallies and they are getting the protests that they want. The protesters are dupes of the socialists and won't open their eyes. "The flyer said peace protest so that must be what we are protesting!"

[meyer]

A protester lights his cigarette with a burning United States flag at an anti-war protest in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2003. (AP Photo/John Gress)

If the SOB tried that here, I'd personally make sure he was never able to light a cigarette again.

[Porterville]

All I can say is "God these people are stupid."

[Porterville]

I thought we already crushed the Socialist. Oh well, the more people who are clueless to reality the less competition for resources.

[meyer]

It'd be a shame if those flag poles got up into those streetcar wires. :^)

[weegee]

If you (or others) want to fight in the PR war, the photos I posted in this (and the patriot rally, linked early in the thread) can be voted on at Yahoo.

Clicking each of the photos allows registere Yahoo users to vote 1 for hippy socialist protesters and 5 for Freeper patriot photos.

I have voted up some of the photos of our enemies that the protestors comforted as well.

[CARepubGal]

yahoo! :-)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for posting this.

No doubt we have enemies within our borders!

[End_Clintonism_Now]

[Trajan88]

Don't these clone-freak peace-nicks realize that their federal taxes go to support our troops in helping to make the world safe for democracy?

If they really want to make a statement, maybe they should go to another country (say Cuba or N. Korea) and work in a police/dictator state... alas they won't leave because they know America is the one and only city on the hill.

Hey all you pretty boy/girl left coasters (Martin Sheens, etc.) and lice-infested hippies... go to hell & don't come back.

Trajan88; TAMU Class of '88

[Slyfox]

Man, what a bunch of whiney-butt-losers.

"The Working Class"? Who do they think is paying their share of the taxes that they DON'T have to pay? It's us "working class". While we are paying their taxes they are buying their vegan crap and drinking their water encased in oil-based plastic containers. And, as they yammer about the environment, they are throwing crap out the windows of their dinky-assed cars, fouling up the "environment".

It is the great working middle-class of this nation who have made this country allergic to tyrants.

[Slyfox]

Well Done!