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The crowd in front of the stage around
2 PM.
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Patti
Smith with Oliver Ray on guitar.
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She sang "People
Have the Power"
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Cheney and oil guzzling Bush puppet.
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Respectable Suburban housewives against war.
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| "I would be an insurgent." The other side of her sign said: "If New York were occupied by foreign invaders." |
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"97 yrs old and Outraged!"
She
was also at the Republican Convention.
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The "Raging Grannies" had
an extensive songbook of protest songs.
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The Missile Dick Chicks had choreography
and songs.
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"Draft the Twins" and "
Follow the profit to the source of the lie."
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| "Terrorists don't abuse prisoners they just behead them" and "Bring our troops home made love and thank you gifts....Our prayers support and let them finish their job!" "Anti-war protesters demoralize our troops" "Bring them home in victory!" Other entrances to the park from Fifth Avenue were blocked off and we were funneled past these few counter protesters. I'm not sure but I think these are a group calling themselves "Protest Warriors." |
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I left about 2:30. Here's what the
crowd looked like then. Click
to see a larger version.
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| Newsday
reports that thousands later marched "to
a street corner near the East Side town house of Mayor Michael Bloomberg."
I passed several cops on bikes waiting, I assume, for the marchers. Madison
Avenue and 97th Street. |
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