Three years ago, at least a half dozen of my friends were thrown in jail after the 10,000-person marched pushed its way onto Lake Shore Drive. This year, after months and months of battling with city hall, the organizers actually got a permit to take Michigan Ave. There was not a single reported arrest. Pretty terrific. If that doesn't go to show who's really causing all the problems when people get thrown in jail for exercising their First Amendment rights without a "permit," I don't know what does.
It's also interesting to look at the way it was reported in the two major Chicago newspapers, the Sun-Times (traditionally Dem) and the Tribune (traditionally Rep), and which wire stories each chose to run.
From the Tribune:
Anti-war march prompts traffic changes
Three years on, Iraq protests smaller (AP Story)
From the Sun-Times:
7,000 march against war on Mag Mile
Worldwide protests mark Iraq war's 3rd year (AP Story)
Each paper had a couple further, more generic stories about the demonstrations, but these were the big headlines (and also what appears on Google when you search for Chicago anti-war).
Labels: iraq
posted by Little Gordie @ 11:53 AM
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time to ignite the thread: how would you end the troubles in iraq?
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