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  • More Arrests for War Protests(About time!)

    03/22/2007 7:21:08 AM PDT · by kellynla · 48 replies · 1,059+ views
    maconareaonline.com ^ | Mar 20, 2007 | Adam Tanner
    A woman is arrested during an anti-war demonstration to mark the 4th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in San Francisco, California, March 19, 2007 (Enlarge Pic). REUTERS/Kimberly White SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police arrested more than 100 Iraq war protesters in San Francisco and New York City on Monday as the nation marked the fourth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Uniformed police outnumbered the fewer than 100 protesters outside the stock exchange building at the corner of Broad and Wall streets in New York's historic financial district. "Stop the money, stop the war," demonstrators chanted as...
  • Without Draft as Target, Iraq Anti-war Protests Lack IIntensity of Vietnam Era(Yellow Bellys)

    03/22/2007 7:37:20 AM PDT · by kellynla · 38 replies · 730+ views
    NCTimes.com ^ | March 20, 2007 | DAVID CRARY
    NEW YORK -- America's current anti-war movement is resourceful and persistent, but often seems to lack the vibrancy of its counterpart in the Vietnam era when protesters burned draft cards, occupied buildings and even tried to levitate the Pentagon. The biggest difference, say activists and historians, is the lack of a draft. Today's college-age youth face no threat of conscription to fight in Iraq, and campuses are more tranquil than during Vietnam. "We're not as unified, not as hard-core, not as big," said Frida Berrigan, 32, a board member of the War Resisters League and daughter of the late peace...