From: "Wesenberg, Nancy Christine" <WESENBNC@uwec.edu> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:49:23 -0500 Subject: Chicago Rally Message-ID: <E3F0E607B3CF71418CE725F002B5F60440E1076FC9@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
If you judge by the media coverage, the anti-war demonstrations in 11 citie
s this past weekend, including Chicago where I was, were a non-event. But b
elieve me, they weren't. Here are some photos to show http://www.flickr.c
om/photos/solidarityeconomy/ Make sure you look at the second page of ph
otos to get a better sense of the crowd, because marchers and demonstrators
, along with participants at two rally points, came together, so many photo
s don't give a full sense of the extent of participation. Old, young, eve
ry color, many nationalities, people in wheelchairs, etc. There is also
video available on the United for Peace and Justice Web site, which is the
only place you can see the hundreds of police officers, on foot and on hors
eback, in full riot gear, that were there.
Nancy Wesenberg
Communication Specialist
News Bureau
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
715-836-4423
wesenbnc@uwec.edu